Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" Monitor

[Kirk Gittings]

Just picked up a Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" LED LCD Monitor on Amazon for $275-hell of a monitor for that price. Beats the hell out of my Lacie 319 that just died.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005JN9310/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Kirk Gittings]

I went to buy another one and the price just jumper up like $6.

[Peter De Smidt]

Thank you for the recommendation, Kirk. I'd like to upgrade soon. How does it do differentiating the differences between near white tones?

[Kirk Gittings]

Hmm. Not sure how to test that. I use a ColorMunki Display calibration. I looked back at some of my some of my best B&W with puffy sunlit thunderheads and they look fine. But all of these files would have already been tweaked for holding that bright detail in a print. How would you test that Peter?

[Kirk Gittings]

Peter, I don't know if this really says anything but I went to this website and looked at the top step wedge. I can clearly discern every step in both the shadows and highlights.
http://www.tranquilityimages.com/calibrate.shtml

[Peter De Smidt]

Hi Kirk,

Thank you. That helps. My current monitor squashes everything above 253 into pure white. I can use the eye-dropper, of course, but it'd be nice to be able to visually tell 253 from 255.

[Chuck S.]

Kirk, Peter, and anyone else who bought one of these as their main screen for PS editing.... are we still happy? Would you still recommend today? Putting a new system together, and a decent, affordable monitor is the last piece...

Many thanks for sharing your experience.

[Kirk Gittings]

Works great but be careful some of them suck and won't calibrate. So buy it and calibrate it quick so you can send it back if it blows.

[Taija71A]

Peter, I don't know if this really says anything but I went to this website and looked at the top step wedge. I can clearly discern every step in both the shadows and highlights.
http://www.tranquilityimages.com/calibrate.shtml

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That is 'Very Impressive' for a Monitor in this Price Range ($275).
I have seen more than a few... Much, More expensive Monitors -- *** Fail *** this Gamma Display test.

-Tim.
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[Kimberly Anderson]

I looked at the monitor on Amazon and made the mistake of reading the reviews and comments about the reviews. I found one here locally on the classifieds and am going to try to look at it tomorrow. Kirk's recommendation is all I need.

[Corran]

I love mine. Got it in a close-out for only $200 a couple of years ago, great monitor.