Typophile - Which monitors do you use? - Comments

“Patrick, Does your Acer

Trick — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:33:48 -0700

“Patrick,

Does your Acer monitor work on a Mac?

ChrisL”

Sorry Chris I have never tested it on a mac.

Although I don’t see why not, I use a mac at work and we use a hanns G monitor with about the same hook ups and specs. Probably more of a video card question.

i have found samsung color

Ch — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:10:45 -0700

i have found samsung color space to be consistently inferior for volumetric 3D work. i would avoid them. apple LCD’s look best to my eye but offer too few calibration options. the glossy screen is also a bad idea. go for non-gloss if possible.

Just got an 24’Imac. It

Pedro Leal — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:57:58 -0700

Just got an 24’Imac. It has been a perfect work space!
(i was used to my 17’powerbook, now the iMac screen seems endless)

The Viewsonic monitors have

AGL — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:32:41 -0700

The Viewsonic monitors have a good color accuracy.

I’m using an 20” Dell

Jos Buivenga — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:01:50 -0700

I’m using an 20” Dell in a (vertical) 2-monitor setup together with my MBP, but I’m thinking about buying an 24” (Apple or Dell). Color isn’t that important for me. I only use it for type design.

I just purchased a 28 inch

Robert Trogman — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:45:30 -0700

I just purchased a 28 inch ViewSonic for my Mac Pro which has a paired 19 inch Samsung monitor. When using InDesign I have plenty of room for workspace and room for all the tools and preference windows. The two monitors work well together.

Patrick, Does your Acer

dezcom — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:10:43 -0700

Patrick,

Does your Acer monitor work on a Mac?

ChrisL

Solved!! I am now the owner

Jennifer — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:01:22 -0700

Solved!!
I am now the owner of 2 Macs! Hee! I just bought the 24” iMac, which has gotten delicious reviews. And now my laptop can be a kitchen computer!

Now to explain it to the husband. :)

“like working in a grubby fishtank”

lol!

the apple 23” is a

typ01134 — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:55:52 -0700

the apple 23” is a stunning screen and to be honest even in the uk at £400 ish its a pretty fair price.?

ive not come across anything as - plug and play for sharpness and colour.

but i’d avoid the 20” version - we have a couple in the studio and compared to the 23’s they are like working in a grubby fishtank.

cheers
J

yep, you do. this isn’t a

Jennifer — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:19:11 -0700

yep, you do. this isn’t a mac-pc thing, lets not go there. its more a matter of where I can get respectable equipment around here that isn’t apple. since that isn’t a type thing, I’ll figure it out. :)

Urm, you need to calibrate a

Thomas Phinney — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:34:06 -0700

Urm, you need to calibrate a display even it’s from Apple, no? At least if color accuracy is important to you.

Cheers,

Thanks Paul. Cartoonish is

Jennifer — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:22:16 -0700

Thanks Paul. Cartoonish is right. Plus, what a lot of work outlined in the threads. Compared to plugging in an apple display. yikes.

I brought my laptop to Future Shop yesterday and hooked it up, calibrated it as best I could, it was still over-saturated. It wasn’t an Ultra Sharp, but I don’t know about the Dell idea. Maybe you do get what you pay for, and after working on cinema displays this long, maybe I’ll always be bugged by the differences. :(

thanks everyone.

Pretty extensive discussion

Paul Cutler — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:53:52 -0700

Pretty extensive discussion here on a wide gamut monitor (with plenty of color management thrown in):

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b4e24b/2

pbc

Dell seems worth checking

Jennifer — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:52:21 -0700

Dell seems worth checking out, and perhaps can be calibrated away from weird colour settings.

thanks all.

One problem noted with the

Paul Cutler — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:58:31 -0700

One problem noted with the Dell monitors on the Adobe PS board is that they are wide gamut, making color matching particularly testy for web work.

pbc

Which monitors do you use?

Jennifer — Fri, 9 May 2008 15:02:29 -0700

Need a proper size monitor for home — 23 inches or so.
Apple prices make my eyes water.

What would you recommend?