Monitor recomendations anyone???

Believe it or not, I'm still using my Lacie 20 inch CRT's on my older PowerMac G5. But Adobe and Apples decision not to offer upgrades to non-Intel based Macs are finally forcing me to buy a new computer @%$&#$. So CS5 has essentially started a chain reaction here... new CS5 upgrade means new computer... new computer means new monitors! Can any of you suggest a good monitor to work in Photoshop with? I currently have two monitors and I'm thinking I'd be better off with two new monitors in the 20 inch range instead of buying one large monitor. () I have decided that the Mac monitors are over priced, (as most Apple stuff is) and money IS an issue here. (after all I do live in michigan ') I'm hoping that y'all can give me some opinions on what monitors I can buy without breaking the bank, and that still would be suitable to work for working In photoshop on professional portraits.

For cheaper monitors I swear by Dell. My experience is that they are just as good as the Apple ones, even though I read in a review that the quality is supposedly not as consistent. I've been using one for high-end photoshopping on my second workstation for years and it's been working (and looking) very nicely.
Also, I would highly recommend getting a 30" monitor if you can afford it. It makes working on vertical images a whole different experince, with a lot less panning involved.
Here are the ones I can recommend (Note: make sure you only ge tone of their high-end monitors NOT their cheapest models which are a whole different story):
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs =04&sku=222-7175
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs =04&sku=223-4890
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs =04&sku=320-8277
This is also helpful:
http://macperformanceguide.com/RecommendedDisplays.html

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Hello,
I just have a Mac Book Pro to do my editing on. Is there a set-up where I can push my output to both my 24" Cinema Display and external video monitor. Or do I have to choose one or the other? In any case, can anyone recomend a monitor?
Thanks, Ed

If you are editing DV, you use firewire to drive the external video monitor and DVI to drive the second computer monitor. How to connect things up is covered in the FCP manual.
Since Sony has discontinued the PVM series, about your only reasonably priced choices are the JVC TM-H150CGU 15" or the TM-H1750CGU 17" monitors. I've no experience with them.
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The broadcast versions of HDTVs are hideously expensive.
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Hi,
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Dan_Falk wrote:
Hi,
From what I can gather, the W520 does not have "hybrid Optimus" mode and hence can drive only two external monitors, even when connected to the mini-dock. Can anyone (from Lenovo?) tell me if this a hardware or software issue?Is an update to change this possible? Why did Lenovo make this disappointing choice?
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-76767.html and http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-76617 don't match. The first document says 3 of the 5 display connectors on the dock can be used at the same time. In the second document, the W520 is nowhere to be found on the quad display sections.
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I am c300 owner, and slowly learning editing and color correction on my CS6 PP, probably later will learn to work as well in Resolve..... anyway, when it comes to pc monitors what would u recommend? and what should i look at when buying monitor? how many monitors do i need?
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naumen,
Aug 8, 2013 8:21 PM in reply to Kranex1
so u say if my card is just 8 bit.... curently gtx580 , but planing to get 680 or 780 ...... still 8 bit, its not worth getting 10bit monitor or even higher prduction monitor? right?
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Thanks in advance.

I'm only spouting, trying to force a discussion perhaps.
HD this and that, that's better than this and that's worse than those and every vendor has their own flavor of the month. I can be a hugely elitist pig when it comes to monitoring issues but which display will work best with how may variants of HDV, XDCam, DV100, HDCam, SR, WhatHaveYouHD?
Will a generic recommendation over the web actually be best for the reader? I recently used the new JVC 24 inch display with DVCPRO HD, 720p60 video and I liked it. I have also used professional Panasonic and Sony displays with 720p and 1080i video and to me, those are some of the worst displays that I can think of, not much better than a Vizio from Costco yet there are folks whose opinion I respect that admire those displays.
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Hey macbookProblems17,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
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I like to view my projects while editing on an external monitor but the Playback Settings are grayed out. I've done all my prior projects with external monitor display enabled with no problems and can go back to a prior projects completed and view them using an external playback monitor. For some reason, the Playback Settings on my latest project are grayed out and I'm not able to set Desktop Video Display During Playback.
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Hi,
I am on permanent hold right now waiting for a Lenovo tech support rep, so I thought I would just post my issue here. I just purchased a Dell ultrasharp U2713HM monitor and am trying to connect it to my Lenovo T520. Sometimes it sees the monitor and sometimes it doesn't, but that isn't my main issue. The monitor is supposed to be 2560x1440, but all of the resolution settings are greyed out. I know the Lenovo can support it because my last monitor was a Samsung SyncMaster that supported 2560x1440, and it was beautiful (beautiful until the monitor blew up).
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marikof wrote:
Okay, another update. I changed the graphics thingy in the bios from NVIDIA optimus to discrete based on someone's suggestion, but that did not work, either with the displayport cable OR the dual link adapter. I also just spoke with the Dell tech, and he basically told me to take it to a shop to see if they could figure it out. In other words, I am out of ideas, and I think I will just return the monitor unless anyone out there has any other suggestoins! Thank you!
Just to be clear, are you saying you have a cable with DisplayPort on both ends and your tried that with the default BIOS setting (Optimus), then Discrete, then Integrated and it didn't work on either of those three settings?

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