Monitor advice

[madsmeskalin]

Im looking to buy a new monitor. I found a pretty good one (NEC MULTISYNC EA231WMI) which sells for around 400dollars. But I also found this one NEC MultiSync P221W, for 600 dollars.

I might post alot of stupid questions, but if you dont ask, you will never know.

What is important to look for when you choose a monitor for creating VJ content? Is color accuracy as important as for video editors? Is pixel ratio that important? Does 1600x1050 vs 1900x1200 matter?

-Mads

[Gumby]

It doesn't really matter what res screen you have, it won't really affect the content you make. You only really need a large screen when you need more screen 'real estate' or just because you like things to be bigger. You can still create good content on a 17" as you would a 24".

Monitors by iiyama are used widely in the graphics and video industry as the colours are good and responce times are very fast.

[madsmeskalin]

Can anyone recommend me a good 4:3 inch LCD screen for video editing?

[Liquidmetro]

Originally Posted by madsmeskalin

Can anyone recommend me a good 4:3 inch LCD screen for video editing?

That doesn't make sense unless you forgot to put how many inches you wanted....

I would go as big as you can. If you expect to be making 1080p content then you will want a minimum of 1920x1080 (1080p 16:9). You will probably find that if you get a computer monitor it will be 16:10 and a broadcast monitor 4:3 and 16:9 switchable.

[bilderbuchi]

not any more, nowadays because of the FullHD craze there tend to be more computer monitors with 16:9 AR on the market (also cause they are cheaper to produce). i still recommend 16:10 because you got more screen space, and a 24" typically has 1920*1200, so you still can display hullhd content.

[madsmeskalin]

So I get that there is a better to get one good quality screen, instead of three screens with lesser quality, right?

[madsmeskalin]

Who makes the best monitors?
NEC or iiyama?

[madsmeskalin]

Can anybody recommend a 4:3, 17 or 19inch, monitor which is good for video editing? I want to have a three monitor display for creating content with the triplehead2go.