IPS panel monitor for editing, any size advice please....

Genoma · 27 Jun 2013 at 16:30

Jimmy1983 said:
What model was your old Dell?

Old Dell was a 2407WFP.

Main change from that is that the old panel had horrible weird contrast and bleed when looking from above and below angles. Viewing angles on this 27" are superb, Also seems much sharper for some reason, not to mention the obvious increase in size (great for games) and desktop working space. Lightroom feels just right now, was a bit cramped before IMO.

buzzlightweight · 27 Jun 2013 at 16:31

Ty but it work differently

ty for looking though!

Genoma · 4 Jul 2013 at 10:24

Well I spoke too soon, my monitor is suffering badly from image retention issues, it's going back for a replacement, just trying to figure out if best route is back to OCUK or via Dell. Think I might drive up to OCUK tomorrow instead.

buzzlightweight · 4 Jul 2013 at 13:16

Oh dear!!! Sorry to hear that

Genoma · 4 Jul 2013 at 16:37

it is a PITA, and a shame because otherwise the picture quality was very good. If the replacement is duff as well I'm going for something else. Not my lucky week as my GTX670 graphics card also died a few days ago.

Dj_Jestar · 4 Jul 2013 at 16:45

Argh, please fix (realign) that blind!

buzzlightweight · 4 Jul 2013 at 19:38

lol its on my to do list

Genoma · 4 Jul 2013 at 22:58

why didn't you go with the 2 smaller monitors on each side of it?

buzzlightweight · 6 Jul 2013 at 13:07

because i wanted more screen real estate

jonneymendoza · 6 Jul 2013 at 19:19

OP, did you calibrate your monitors?

buzzlightweight · 6 Jul 2013 at 19:31

My monitors were beyond calibration, they were not of a size that I enjoyed plus I had the money to change it

jonneymendoza · 6 Jul 2013 at 23:45

But did u calibrate your new one?

My work mate bought this device called colour monkey and he calibrated his laptop and monitor. worked awsome. i tried to temp him to let me borrow his one lol

Genoma · 7 Jul 2013 at 00:21

The Dells come calibrated from factory and it looks pretty good for to me. I swapped the last one which was definitely defective, it had a weird pattern when some grey backgrounds were moved around and image retention with static images after 10-20 minutes. OCUK were great though and refunded me for a replacement. This one unfortunately has some bleed on the lower right.. deciding what to do now.

Genoma · 7 Jul 2013 at 00:22

buzzlightweight said:
because i wanted more screen real estate

I mean you had 2x 24's right? why not have each of the 24"s on each side of the 27" ? You only have one now right?

buzzlightweight · 8 Jul 2013 at 08:27

yes two 22" s but this 27" is 2560x1440 not 1920x1080

mrk · 8 Jul 2013 at 08:54

They don't need to be all the same res though

buzzlightweight · 8 Jul 2013 at 09:09

correct

Genoma · 8 Jul 2013 at 13:09

so why not add the other 24" to the left of the 27"?

In your desk pick you only have one 24" on the right hand side.

buzzlightweight · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:05

Coz I only need two monitors, I sold the other to go towards the new one

cokecan · 8 Jul 2013 at 15:39

Just purchased a U2412m from the members market and I am blown away! The colour and viewing angles compared to my old Samsung 913n monitors are awesome.

I don't know why I didn't buy a bigger decent monitor sooner.

I have installed one of the standard colour profiles from tftcentral but does anyone have any preference on profiles?