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I currently edit my photo's using my dell laptop. It is a high end spec machine with i7 processor. As with most laptops the monitor is the weakness, I am wanting to purchase an external monitor that i can calibrate.

what should i be looking at, and what should i expect to pay

regards

Steve
 
riu said:
I currently edit my photo's using my dell laptop. It is a high end spec machine with i7 processor. As with most laptops the monitor is the weakness, I am wanting to purchase an external monitor that i can calibrate.

what should i be looking at, and what should i expect to pay

regards

Steve
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I'd go for this whilst it's on offer http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Ultras...1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1364170960&sr=1-1

you'd be getting a lot for your money and it's 1920 x 1200 resolution, which usually costs more.
 
symmetricalOCD said:
I'd go for this whilst it's on offer http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Ultras...1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1364170960&sr=1-1

you'd be getting a lot for your money and it's 1920 x 1200 resolution, which usually costs more.
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Even better is to click this link - then go to the 'used' section. There are a number of Warehouse Deals that start at under £160. the Warehouse Deals are great - they are usually customer returns. They have a 12 month warranty and should anything be wrong, you generally get one from the brand new stock.
 
Thanks for the links and advice guys, will order one this week.

regards
Steve
 
I was going to go for the Dell U2413 which is a proper high end (ish) screen, 98% calibrated and all that. It's £405 at PCbuyit and £460 at Amazon. It was suggested that I look at the Dell U2412M as that get's great reviews and is a superb screen so I'll prob go with that and save myself a couple hundred quid.
 
If you're referring to the Dell pre-calibration at the factory thing... it's a gimmick. No screen stays calibrated. It may be calibrated at the factory, but all screens drift off with time. I notice a difference in the reported figures from mine after I calibrate and I do it ever 100 hours of use.
That's not to say the U2413 is a bad screen.. it's not, it's superb... but don't get sucked in by that pre-calibration thing.
 
Pookeyhead said:
If you're referring to the Dell pre-calibration at the factory thing... it's a gimmick.
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Yes. I have 3 Dell U2xxx monitors here. Out of the box, on the calibrated sRGB mode and side by side, they all looked COMPLETELY different.
 
Thanks for pointing that out. I can well believe that the screen will change over time. I probably would have calibrated the screen anyway to be honest.

I have just ordered the U2412M which should be with me tomorrow. I'll try it with my current screen to see how i get on with both running together but use the U2412m as the main screen.
 
AndyWest said:
Thanks for pointing that out. I can well believe that the screen will change over time. I probably would have calibrated the screen anyway to be honest.

I have just ordered the U2412M which should be with me tomorrow. I'll try it with my current screen to see how i get on with both running together but use the U2412m as the main screen.
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I use a U2412M and it rocks. Maybe if I was more into photography/was my profession then I'd get something a little tastier, but for a sporadic amateur that uses a camera now and then like myself it's a great buy. :thumbs:
 
redhed17 said:
Can you calibrate an external screen attached to a laptop? :shrug:
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I believe you can.

I have a question, How do you calibrate 2 screens?
 
Unijak said:
I use a U2412M and it rocks. Maybe if I was more into photography/was my profession then I'd get something a little tastier, but for a sporadic amateur that uses a camera now and then like myself it's a great buy. :thumbs:
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That's really good to know :thumbs: Reviews look very good and I doubt I would be able to tell the difference between the U2413 and U2412 plus I'm sure for me there is not £200 worth of difference.
 
redhed17 said:
Can you calibrate an external screen attached to a laptop? :shrug:
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Yes, you can, but if the laptop has ambient light level sensing (auto screen dimming) turn that off... permanently... no point calibrating a screen and having the laptop adjusting it willy nilly.



AndyWest said:
I believe you can.

I have a question, How do you calibrate 2 screens?
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If your calibrator supports it, you just move the software windows where the swatches appear to your other screen, and it, and WIndows will know what screen it's generating a profile for.

I know the i1Display Pro supports two screens.. fairly certain the Spyder 4 Pro does too. I can't confirm the Color Munki as I only use that for print profiling.
 
Thanks. I have the Color Munki and I'm pretty sure it will do 2 screens. Only 1 way to find out eh!
 
I use 3 dell ultrasharp monitors and a huey pro to calibrate them. Have you though of a secondhand monitor, you can pick up some very good deals.
 
riu said:
Finally bought the monitor, now which calibration system will suit my purpose.

I intend to run the screen from my laptop with the integral screen on as well.

regards
Steve
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Re the calibrator, do you print at home or sent it off to a printer. This will help with suggestions as you may need one that does the screen as well as the printer.
 
sep9001 said:
Re the calibrator, do you print at home or sent it off to a printer. This will help with suggestions as you may need one that does the screen as well as the printer.
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Kev, All my printing is from a third party so home printing is not really required

regards
Steve
 
Steve

I use the spyder 3 pro to calibrate my both my Dell 2209WA. It allows you to calibrate 2 separate monitors connected to one pc. Don't know how that would work with a laptop.
 
sep9001 said:
Steve

I use the spyder 3 pro to calibrate my both my Dell 2209WA. It allows you to calibrate 2 separate monitors connected to one pc. Don't know how that would work with a laptop.
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it also depends on the graphics card.

spyder used to say you had to have a pci-e GPU that could handle multiple profiles if i remember rightly.
 
neil_g said:
it also depends on the graphics card.

spyder used to say you had to have a pci-e GPU that could handle multiple profiles if i remember rightly.
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Sorry double post.
 
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neil_g said:
it also depends on the graphics card.

spyder used to say you had to have a pci-e GPU that could handle multiple profiles if i remember rightly.
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Thanks. I do have a hd5450 which is a pci-e. One monitor is plugged via vga and the other via dvi.
 
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