Monitor suggestions

[ukchap]

Hi

Any suggestions for a 23" or larger monitor to work with a MacBook Pro.

My main interest is photo editing. I don't play any games really.

Budget to around £400.

Thank you all very much.

R

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi there, welcome to the OCUK forums

This monitor is worth a look, here is a review.

This one is also good (it is compared in the above review), but it is more expensive and has been suffering from tint issues.

 

[rexehuk]

The U2410 is a cracking monitor and I personally had no tinting. I did however have multiple dead pixels and thickened pixel borders on some cells... all in all I sent it back as I wont accept even 1 dead pixel for that price.

Also bare in mind that Dell support is some of the worst I've come across, and frustrated me within the first 15 minutes of dealing with them. On the flipside a person I recommended to buy one had one with no tinting or pixel issues and continues to be very happy with this purchase.

 

[ukchap]

Thank you both.

I know very little about the different monitor technologies. A couple of other people have suggested these:

Ilyama ProLite E2407HDS or this http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/monitors/352165/samsung-syncmaster-2494hm

Any thoughts?

Thanks again

R

 

[cmndr_andi]

You might want to remove the first link due to this. I'd suggest just posting the monitor make/model number - people can find details from that.

The ones you link to above use TN panels, so will be a fair step down from the quality of an IPS and not ideal for image editing. Here is a great article the explains the different monitor technologies very well.

 

[ukchap]

Brilliant, thank you (for both suggestions!)

Having read the article about TN vs IPS I thought I should say a bit more about what I will use the monitor for:

60% web browsing and email
20% document editing
20% photo editing

But I really enjoy the photo editing bit.