Teh Advice required on PC monitor

Bargain.hunter_4

Hi There,

Maybe someone can shed some light and offer some assistance.

I currently have a Dell ultrasharp 19" 1905FP monitor.

When viewing the screen at any time, there is always an imprint, almost like a screenburn of the previous screen I was viewing. Ie I can currently see the shadow of my previous browser session from 5 minutes ago on this screen.

Its not too bad, but I assume this is an indication that the screen is on its way out.... is that right? To be honest, I cant complain as I have had this monitor for over 5 years, but i would be nice if someone could clarify.

Anyway, as a result I am looking for a new monitor and would like some advice.

I am very happy with the Dell Ultrasharp and like their 3 year on site warranty, but am suprised at the prices which seem to be around £250.

My requirements are that I am basically after something widescreen, height adjustable and that can fit in a space of maximum height 40cm.

I use my pc mainly for work, and photo and video editing, but would like something that is future proof (can play games on and has HDMI).

Also, I use the monitor for many hours and have heard that some new technologies can cause eye strain and headaches, so would like to keep away from those.

Would something like this be any good??

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/5573955/art/dell/st2210-22e-wide-tft-scree.html?srcid=867

Finally, one item which actually may be asking a bit much, but is an issue that I have with my current monitor and that I would like to resolve is that when i take photos and edit them on screen, the colour and brightness of the photos look great on screen, but when printed, look wrong.

Ironically, when i put the settings back to the original pricture set up (pre-changes) on screen they look wrong, but in print lookk great!

I appreciate any help anyone can give.

Thanks in advance.

BlueC

I wouldn't buy anything from pixmania, but thats beside the point.

In the interests of saving money... have you tried testing the connections from your PC to your current monitor? Or even replacing the cable altogether?

FWIW the Dell Ultrasharps are great monitors, especially if you're doing photo or video editing.

totalsolutions

Dell Ultra series, I had one many years ago, huge beast. Time to let it go and move on.
You really need to spend a lot more. For photo / video editing you need to look at an IPS panel. Old tech CRT tubes were the best for viewing but today's flat panels suffer from colour changes as your viewing angle / seat height changes, budget ends tend suffer light bleed through as well.
If you are indeed spending many hours you need a decent IPS 24" wide-screen monitor together with an investment in colour correction solution too. This calibrates monitor/s to the print output. I use Spyder 3 Elite4 from Datacolor to match a pair of monitors to each other (yes they do vary a lot). An Eizo monitor is just under £1000 but there are others at half that.

totalsolutions

After image not a cable fault, more like tube beam current to high, burning phosphors and sterilising you to boot with high x-ray risk.

Oh, Ultra series continued to their panels as well so forget what I said about CRT's Just get the biggest and best screen you can afford. Plus ~£80 for calibrator.

Bargain.hunter_4

Appreciate your feedback.

Just to clarify, I do amateur photo editing, ie photos of the family, just thought i would mention that as its annoying when you edit a stack of pictures only to spend money printing them and they all comeout too dark or yellow..... 1k on pro equipment is is way out of my budget....

Aside from it being pixmania, would that monitor I highlighted be any good, how is that so different that its only half the price of the ultrasharp.... considering it is 5 years on, would it be an improvement on my screen, or would it be a step back?

Bargain.hunter_4

totalsolutions wrote: »

After image not a cable fault, more like tube beam current to high, burning phosphors and sterilising you to boot with high x-ray risk.

What does this mean?

totalsolutions

I edited my post #4
applies to CRT's not panels

Bargain.hunter_4

Bargain.hunter wrote: »

What does this mean?

PS. the monitor is not a CRT i thought they were the only ones with a risk of radiation.... but very low in any case

Bargain.hunter_4

totalsolutions wrote: »

After image not a cable fault, more like tube beam current to high, burning phosphors and sterilising you to boot with high x-ray risk.

Oh, Ultra series continued to their panels as well so forget what I said about CRT's Just get the biggest and best screen you can afford. Plus ~£80 for calibrator.

I guess my question is what is the best.

Would something like what I put in the link above be an upgrade considering the age of my existing monitor?

Appreciate the info on the calibrator, they have come down in price qute a bit it seems.

Bargain.hunter_4

Also anyone know how i change the heading of this post... bit of a type going on!! :-P

totalsolutions

Have a look at the "A" List in PC Pro mag. Save me typing it in. https://www.pcpro.co.uk