Which Monitor Would You Recommend.......

For photo editing?
How fast of a response speed?
Contrast ratio?
LED or LCD?
Size (I'm thinking 25" or bigger)?
Single, dual or more monitors?
Viewing angle?
Brand?
And anything else that you can think of to add.
Also, the reasoning for your recommendations would also be appreciated.


My reason(s) for asking are:

1) I edit on my laptop and it seems that viewing angle plays a big role. If I adjust my display to where the image seems best, when I get the photo's printed they always seem to come out darker than they appear on my display.

2) I am thinking of adding an external monitor to A) increase my desktop/work-space size B ) hopefully give me a larger, better quality image and C) also hoping that I will find the optimim viewing angle

3) I just ordered Adobe Lightroom 3 and PS CS5 Extended (Yeah!) and I'm hoping to upgrade to get the most out of it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
DonD2

P.S. I am working on a PC platform.

To keep up with Lightroom I'd avoid cheap monitors. While you wait for the useful responses, here are some threads to ponder -

www.photographytalk.com/forum/computers/...sing-adobe-lightroom

www.photographytalk.com/forum/photograph...e-monitor-do-you-use

no help Kelly

The main consideration you need to as about speed, and everything else would be centered around the graphics card capability. It really doesn't make much sense to get a monitor your system doesn't handle.

As for the monitor, perhaps you could give an idea of the price you'd be happy with? I have a Dell U2410 monitor used in combination with a Spyder 3 calibration system. Together I seem to have fairly good, and accurate, color. Here is a URL for that system:
tinyurl.com/yacwsgz
Good luck with your investigations.

KCook wrote: To keep up with Lightroom I'd avoid cheap monitors. While you wait for the useful responses, here are some threads to ponder -

www.photographytalk.com/forum/computers/...sing-adobe-lightroom

www.photographytalk.com/forum/photograph...e-monitor-do-you-use

no help Kelly

Thanks Kelly, there is a lot of great info in those links and the links on those pages as well. So, you was a great help!

Yer welcome. Now I wish my budget would have covered an IPS monitor. On my cheap TN monitor (LG brand) RAW images do not show any difference from JPG images. So I kind of feel like a blind man, even after calibrating my monitor.

Kelly

TsB wrote: The main consideration you need to as about speed, and everything else would be centered around the graphics card capability. It really doesn't make much sense to get a monitor your system doesn't handle.

As for the monitor, perhaps you could give an idea of the price you'd be happy with? I have a Dell U2410 monitor used in combination with a Spyder 3 calibration system. Together I seem to have fairly good, and accurate, color. Here is a URL for that system:
tinyurl.com/yacwsgz
Good luck with your investigations.

Thx TsB for your input. I appreciate it. WOW, the customer feedback on that monitor is either outstanding, love it kind of stuff or the absolute other end of the spectrum. Possibly some Quality Assurance problems? Not sure. But those that love it...LOVE IT!

KCook wrote: Yer welcome. Now I wish my budget would have covered an IPS monitor. On my cheap TN monitor (LG brand) RAW images do not show any difference from JPG images. So I kind of feel like a blind man, even after calibrating my monitor.

Kelly

I feel ya bro...... I definitely feel ya!

My monitor is IPS, About $500 , HP LP2475w. 24 inch.you can check it out. I would do a review on products on the internet.

Thanks Jan. I'll check it out!

DonD2 wrote:

TsB wrote: The main consideration you need to as about speed, and everything else would be centered around the graphics card capability. It really doesn't make much sense to get a monitor your system doesn't handle.

As for the monitor, perhaps you could give an idea of the price you'd be happy with? I have a Dell U2410 monitor used in combination with a Spyder 3 calibration system. Together I seem to have fairly good, and accurate, color. Here is a URL for that system:
tinyurl.com/yacwsgz
Good luck with your investigations.

Thx TsB for your input. I appreciate it. WOW, the customer feedback on that monitor is either outstanding, love it kind of stuff or the absolute other end of the spectrum. Possibly some Quality Assurance problems? Not sure. But those that love it...LOVE IT!

When I was looking for the monitor and choose the Dell, I ran into the same thing about people liking or intensely disliking it. I believe it has to do with the initial set up and the graphics card you have. It seemed as if people thought it came with a very bad initial set up, or it was right on. I found mine not bad but still needed calibrating. Again, I think it has a lot to do with the graphics card rather than Quality Assurance. What ever monitor you get consider a calibration unit. Oh, with Dell I believe you have a trial period that you can return the monitor in. If you do order it you need to know it doesn't come in a small box - which is to say you might want someone to be there when you expect it to come. If you wish to discuss this more with me please contact me through my website: www.phototell.net .

Oh, Don, I looked at your Flickr stream and am adding you to my "contact" list.