Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love my Eizo ColorEdge CE240W. It's pretty old but still calibrates and has great color. I have a Dell 24' for my second monitor and like it, too, but I prefer the color on the Eizo. Tina On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 9:02?PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I am thinking of getting a new computer monitor. My main reason for > upgrading is to get more screen real estate and less overlapping on the > screen when I run multiple programs, My current monitor is a Dell 2311H > 23 inch "Ultra Sharp" monitor. It still works well, and calibrates well > with a Spyder. But is now over 10 years old. My desk space is a limited, > so one 27- or 32-inch monitor will fit much better than two 24-inch > screens. > > I probably don't need a super-high-end monitor, but I want something > well-suited to photography. Integrated speakers and USB hubs are nice, > but not absolutely necessary. I don't edit video or do gaming. My > principle uses are still photo editing, amateur radio (with 3-4 > applications running simultaneously), and the usual text editing, email > and surfing. > > I don't know the practical details of trade-offs between monitor size, > higher resolution, and the size of one's apps on the screen. My eyes are > 70 years old, not 25. Last night, just for fun, I set up my > standard-size iPad as a second monitor with some free third-party > software. I got it working well, but the text on the screen was too > small for me to read. Scratch that bright idea. > > A reliable brand is a must. I absolutely do *not* want a monitor with a > brand name seemingly created by picking Scrabble tiles at random. > > More techie details: > > My computer is a Dell XPS 8950 i5 Tower. It has one DisplayPort > connector. I'm not using that, as I've added a better video card than > the on-board video. There are two USB C ports: > Front: USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C? with PowerShare > Rear: USB 3.2 Type-C? Gen 2x2 (sic, I think they meant Gen 2.2) > And four USB 3.2 type A ports, two front, two rear. > The added video card is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 G6 w/4 GB video > memory. It has three connectors, but I no longer remember what they > are. I'm pretty sure I'm using DisplayPort. > > Suggestions? > > Thanks! > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- https://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/index https://pbase.com/tinamanley