Best Graphics Monitor?

[Lively]

We're shopping around for a new box and monitor for me. Will probably go the used box route and upgrade the graphics card. That part is easy, but I would like to get a really good monitor for graphic work, anyone have an opinion about the best monitor out there?

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[3ncryptabl3_lick]

If you have the money, Eizo and Lacie have some of the best monitors on the market.

When I was doing research on what monitors to buy I couldn't find a single company or manufacturer (other than the two listed above) that provided a consistently good monitor. It always came down to the model, what version of the model, where the panels were made, when they were made and who made them.

The best thing you can do is go hit a computer store and look at their stock. Find the ones that suit your budget and look good, then get home and google the models to read up on what people have to say about them.

Of course you have to take reviews and complaints with a grain of salt. But if you consider the fact that most people who have problems with something, go to the web to complain, don't take all the complaint as the end-all-be-all of the monitor. Check the dates, look for consistencies in complaints and compare them to reviews.

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I'll bounce this out into the Computers & Internet forum for some added exposure.

[Lively]

Originally Posted by 3ncryptabl3_lick

I'll bounce this out into the Computers & Internet forum for some added exposure.

Very cool, thanks!

I did a bit of research on the Eizo and the refurbs aren't out of my price range. Only two of the six computers in my house are new and other than the monitor on the laptop - all the monitors are refurbs. Obviously, I don't mind refurbs... lol.

I'll bebop around the net again when I have a few free minutes and check more deeply into the specs, if I don't pick up the camera again, or open Paint Shop

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