On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:21 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2010-07-08 4:57, David Mann wrote: > >> I'm planning to upgrade to a reasonably good LCD monitor in the near future. >> Are there any models that offer high quality at good value? > > I /love/ my HP 2475w IPS monitor, but they're still a bit expensive at over > US$ 500 or so.
Thanks for that, it's actually quite a bit cheaper than the Dells I'm looking at (LP2475w = NZ$860) so is worth a look. I'll do a bit of reading. > I recently hooked up a PC to my LCD TV and was frankly shocked at the > pleasant rendition and color depth of the display. And the /blacks/! On the > TV they're amazingly deep, even better than the 2475w. And the TV is a > fairly cheap one. But it made me think ... the 2475w is a 24" monitor that > goes for over US$ 500, but I could get a 27 or 28" 1080p LCD TV for maybe US$ > 350 on sale. So I'm seriously thinking about doing that to see if the color > rendition is there. If it is, I'll just buy TVs for "high gamut" monitors > for photo work. :-) Interesting idea, I wonder if I could use that excuse to get a 60" plasma :) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
