Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Frank, If you're going to be using it for word processing, make sure you have enough control for contrast and brightness, a lot of LCD (TFT) monitors are too bright for all day working with text - in my job, translation, eye-strain gets pretty rough when you're writing/reading around 50 - 60 pages a day. Best of all is a control for "backlight", but you only get that in pretty expensive models. An NEC monitor was on my list until I picked up a 19" Philips 190S at a local discounter for a very reasonable price, it's one of the few monitors that has an sRGB profile built in. I recently re-calibrated it with Spyder 2 and I can see no difference between it and the LaCie CRT I've been using up to now (it's being repaired at the moment, otherwise I wouldn't have bought the LCD), and the sRGB colours are more or less perfect. If you find one, the Philips is an excellent alternative. NEC has three ranges, AccuSync are reasonably priced consumer models, MultiSync are commercial/professional multimedia models, and SpectraView models are for graphic and image editing applications (and more expensive). In Germany, NEC has an excellent reputation, their SpectraView models are rated along with EIZO. Consumer and pro models are rated above market leaders like Samsung. You can read all the specs for the 80 series monitors on the NEC site here http://www.necdisplay.com/SupportCenter/Archive/ Cheers Douglas BTW the model you mention has now been discontinued. Frank Filippone wrote: > I am looking at a NEC LCD2180UX monitor. It is a 21 inch non-widescreen > monitor ( My computer video card will not support a WS monitor, and I do > not > want to purchase a new video card). > > My application is for mostly word processing and occasional picture editing > ( not for me , a true believer in film, but for my wife and friends). > > Any positive or negative experiences out there? There is also a 19 inch > version as well......1980.... > > Thanks > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >