Monitor for Graphic Design

Puppetmaster · 2 Jun 2009 at 16:06

I've been asked by someone to find them a monitor for graphic design. Im not too hot on whats great at the moment so would appreciate some advice.

Hes looking to spend about £500. He wants a 24" that is good for graphic design and easy to calibrate.

Anything thats good around that price bracket or possibly a bit lower?

Any websites that are good for reviews?

Thanks

Goofball · 2 Jun 2009 at 16:14

What kind of graphics design? Most important: Is it intended for print or display on a screen?

Puppetmaster · 2 Jun 2009 at 16:30

Goofball said:
What kind of graphics design? Most important: Is it intended for print or display on a screen?

not sure as of yet, i will try to find out.

Got any monitors that are good generally for graphic design?

Goofball · 3 Jun 2009 at 14:32

If it's for display on screen, than something that can display native sRGB is preferable, which limits the options somewhat. NEC 2490WUXi is "king of the hill" for on-screen application and pretty much the only high-end sRGB display on the market right now.

Runners up would be the Benq FP241 if you can still find it, and the new eIPS Dell (which I never remember, is it 2209-something?), or even the NEC 24WMGX3 if none of the above are available.

If it's primarily print, then you can get by with the current H-IPS offerings, HP 2475 being the most popular and fairly cheap. I won't recommend it for on-screen applications. Though It's possible to tweak to a level where it looks subjectively fine for browsing and the likes, but correct sRGB output for reference on it isn't trivial.

unknownsock · 4 Jun 2009 at 13:44

Imo, id look into some of these monitors above but try get your hands on a dual/triple setup.

They'll never look back.