Upgrading my monitor

[Roy Roffey]

just got a nice 22" one from aria….£89+vat i think??

nice monitor, just need5 more now !!

roffs

[Tomas Vidziunas]

It depends on your budget 🙂
Samsung T220 22" good and quite cheap – ~£240
Lenovo 22" L220X – £293
Samsung T245 – £400
Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP Black 24" – ~£420

If you have wide pockets then take a look at professional LCDs
NEC MultiSync LCD2190UXi-BK 21.3" – £603
Basically NEC UX and SpectraView series are good when working with colors.
EIZO ColorEdge CG222W 22" – £800 (?)
Going up you can look at something for LaCie or if you are insane – Barco (although sizes start from 30").

Don’t forget to check what type of matrix there is – S-IPS is far better for design/photography works than TN matrix.

If that would be me I would choose one of two top ones (Samsung or Lenovo)

[Peter Normington]

Ian
its the graphic card, and not the pc that determines what monitor you can run, widescreen looks to be the only choice nowadays, so you need to make sure your graphic card can run the wide screen resolutions, some older ones wont, so an upgrade may be required, but then it depends how old your mainboard is, and what slots are available for graphics.

Peter

[David Rowland]

Thomas is spot on with monitor choices if colour is going to be important in designing etc.. i add Apple mac monitors to that list too… i posted about this subject before if u do a search