Dear All,
I just bought this monitor and so far I am mostly happy.
One problem I have is that the blacks are not very distinguishable below 10% if the brightness is turned down below 70. I don;t want to turn the brightness high (in fact I want to keep it low to try and match paper reflectance, i.e. of my espon 2100 prints).
Is there a way to get the darker blacks visible at these settings????
Thanks,
Rav
Ok - a quick update that might be useful to some folk out there.
I finally decided on the e481s in black. Bought it from Savastore today - picked it up from the shop. I have to say the customer service at this place is non existent - if this were not a simple box, and if I didn't feel the need to get it today, I would defenitely not have bought from them. Misco were willing to match the price of £224+VAT. They both have the black one in stock at the moment.
I decided not to get the 1600x1200 20" as the text is way too small....better off with two Iiyamas.
First impressions:
-The quality of the picture is excellent in colour rendition - matches some of my prints quite closely.
-No dead pixels in any colour - am I lucky?
-In daylight, the tonal range is good, however at 3% onward for black, it is hard to distinguish the shades....does anyone know of a way to correct this.
-The blue 'on' light is very bright - worth covering this with some tape.
-Black is definitely a good colour - doesn;t look at all cheap or plasticky. Also the speakers are hardly noticeable in this colour.
-Shame there are no quick preset settings to choose from - anyone help? maybe this is software driven?
-I haven't installed any special drivers - just running as a default monitor.
-No DVI cable, can't complain at the price.
-The white seems to be very slightly creamy/yellow
-1024x768 (ie. non-native) looks blurred - only did this briefly as I was swapping PCs
Overall, I'm very happy with the first impression. Now to find a calibrator and do some detailed testing.....anyone that has ideas on distinguising the blacks would be a star!
HTH,
Rav
Yes - sorry, the NEC2080UX+ ..... too many late nights staring at the wrong panel.
Thank you, again for your replies.
So, my latest thoughts after some research and everyone's advice, is to go for the Iiyama 481s in black - looks like a good option for now at a great price.
R
PS Savastore are showing the black one in stock in one week. Let's hope that's accurate - I've just ordered a Dell PC that arrives in a week.
Dear All,
My quest for a good LCD for photography work continues.
I'm starting to narrow the options down:
In 19" the Iyama E481s looks like a good deal at £260 ().
But.....2 more questions:
1. I got referred to the 20" NEC 6020UX+ and it looks great. What I am wondering is if the higer resolution (and thus smaller dot size) makes the text too small and thus make it harder to use daily.
2. Is there a 19" which has 10bit gamma correction like the NEC? I'm looking at the lower cost end of the spectrum.
Thanks for your help,
Rav
PS I saw the Lacie Photon19Vision in a shop and the picture was beautiful....somehow the Iiyama e481s with the same panel did not seem as good - any thoughts?
PPS Thanks to Sleepy and Totamec for your posts - I learnt lots. I did see the 'crystal' effect on the Iiyama. It looks like a slight grainy depth to the screen, like very very fine sand catching light. It was easier to see on bright colours. But not a big problem.
Again - Thank You to Nickynick for your very useful post.
As an aside - A friend mentioned OLED (organic LED) as being very good at colour. However, he said it's new technology that needs to be developed into larger screen sizes and that it would probably be very expensive if available.
Hope you all have a good holiday break if you get holidays over Easter in your country.
Rav
Nickynick, thanks for your reply - I'm finally getting somewhere.
So, if I'm going tol buy a 19" for photography work, then the recommended option is the Iiyama E481S. A few questions:
a) Is there a 19" s-ips that is as cheap without the speakers? Any other 19" favourites for photo work?
b) I searched on the reviews for s-ips and 17" and it listed a lot of screens.....are these old or no longer available?
c)The other 17" recommdended (Eizo L568, the Samsung 173P (or its successor), the Iiyama H430) - how good are they compared to s-ips for colour fidelity?
d)A bit off topic, but which colour calibration device would you recommend? Eyeone, Spyder, etc?
Sorry for all the basic questions - I'm new to this.
Thanks again for any help you can give,
R
(London)
Evening All,
I'm starting to go mad with trying to find the right 17" panel and this board looks like a good place to get advice.
I'm a photographer and use Photoshop a lot - I need a monitor which can be colour calibrated well and doesn't change too much when viewing the screen from different angles.
From researching it sounds like I need an s-ips panel, but what are the options at 17"? I'm on a limited budget, so the luxury end is out of the question. I live in London if that helps.
Are there any specific reasons not to go for 17" as opposed to 19" - I'm constrained on space and would prefer 17", and I'm guessing they are cheaper - so i need a good reason to go to 19".
Kind Regards,
R
