I don't have a solid recommendation at the moment but I can share my
experience here. In 2016 I upgraded by Dell U2412 (24-inch, 1920x1200
IPS) to Dell U2515H (25-inch, 2560x1440 IPS) for more workspace (more
pixels) and better color accuracy. The U2515H is rather accurate out of
the box so I have skipped the calibration while the U2412 must be
calibrated to work, otherwise the black (dark) point was just not right.
So far so good until I was spending more time in edit my old videos
which are mainly at 50fps. I started looking for a VRR monitor which
works at 50 and 60fps. Early last year, the Gigabyte M27Q (Rev2) just
popped up with a very attractive price. It is a 27-inch IPS with max
refresh rate of 170Hz. I have skipped the idea of buying a 4K monitor at
27-inch since the text size will be too small and a 32-inch seems too
big for my desktop (price was of course a issue).
Recently, I have purchased a Sony Xperia 5V as my go everywhere video
camera. It shot 4K up to 120fps and also support HLG video. It was the
first time I saw such bright and high dynamic scene on a monitor (the
phone monitor). Only at that time I found I have missed so much in the
pass. (I have a Panasonic G9 which I have shot some 10bit HLG videos but
I just converted them to BT709 without knowing what it really does.)
I started to search for HLG and HDR on the web. I found my M27Q also
support HDR and I started to play with HDR video and photo. The TRUE HDR
is huge differ from the HDR photo that I learnt before, the real ones
are just so brilliant.
Unfortunately, I just found my M27Q leave a lot to be desired, the
contrast is not so good (back point too high) for HDR view and may be
even for photo editing. My next monitor will be an OLED one for the best
contrast and a wide screen for even more workspace for video editing.
True HDR Photo is still too early for now, there are not many photo
editing software available. Adobe support it but I'm not ready to pay :-)
At the mean time I will use DaVinci Resolve Studio to generate my HDR
Video and Photo. The next step is to replace my 10 years old LCD HDTV to
a 4K HDR OLED TV. As now I only have a Sony phone and the M27Q for
viewing HDR materials, they are just too small :-)
C.H.Ling
On 3/8/2024 9:02, Peter Klein wrote:
I am thinking of getting a new computer monitor. My main reason for
upgrading is to get more screen real estate and less overlapping on the
screen when I run multiple programs, My current monitor is a Dell 2311H
23 inch "Ultra Sharp" monitor. It still works well, and calibrates well
with a Spyder. But is now over 10 years old. My desk space is a limited,
so one 27- or 32-inch monitor will fit much better than two 24-inch
screens.
I probably don't need a super-high-end monitor, but I want something
well-suited to photography. Integrated speakers and USB hubs are nice,
but not absolutely necessary. I don't edit video or do gaming. My
principle uses are still photo editing, amateur radio (with 3-4
applications running simultaneously), and the usual text editing, email
and surfing.
I don't know the practical details of trade-offs between monitor size,
higher resolution, and the size of one's apps on the screen. My eyes are
70 years old, not 25. Last night, just for fun, I set up my
standard-size iPad as a second monitor with some free third-party
software. I got it working well, but the text on the screen was too
small for me to read. Scratch that bright idea.
A reliable brand is a must. I absolutely do *not* want a monitor with a
brand name seemingly created by picking Scrabble tiles at random.
More techie details:
My computer is a Dell XPS 8950 i5 Tower. It has one DisplayPort
connector. I'm not using that, as I've added a better video card than
the on-board video. There are two USB C ports:
Front: USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C™ with PowerShare
Rear: USB 3.2 Type-C™ Gen 2x2 (sic, I think they meant Gen 2.2)
And four USB 3.2 type A ports, two front, two rear.
The added video card is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 G6 w/4 GB video
memory. It has three connectors, but I no longer remember what they
are. I'm pretty sure I'm using DisplayPort.
Suggestions?
Thanks!
--Peter
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