What monitor would you get?

[Vanessa D]

Hubby is probably taking my monitor and letting me get a new photo editing monitor.  The monitor I have now is the Dell U2713H.  It's a good monitor but every time I have calibrated it's given me problems. Not saying it's not user error but really want a good monitor that is easy to calibrate with Xrite Display Pro.  Is there anything? Or should I stick with what I have?

[Damien Symonds]

May I have a link to your current screen's specs?

[Vanessa D]

Yes. Here ya go.

http://www.dell.com/ed/business/p/dell-u2713hm/pd

[Damien Symonds]

That is an EXCELLENT monitor.  Don't change it.

What troubles are you having with calibration, exactly?

[Vanessa D]

Well last month I posted about having troubles with it and you asked if I was hooked up to dual monitors. I was and that seemed to fix the issue I was having with prints not matching.

Well the prints match in every color EXCEPT red is too bright.  Even on other websites I notice that the red is almost florescent.  It isn't as apparent in photoshop, moreso on websites. Like the notification box on Facebook (the red one that pops up with the number of new notifications you have) is very bright.

So that's the issue.. Just was thinking if I'm having issues every time I calibrate maybe a different monitor would work better.  I'm hesitant to calibrate as often as I'm supposed to.

 

 

[Vanessa D]

This is the thread I'm talking about:

 

[Damien Symonds]

11 minutes ago, Vanessa D said:

Well last month I posted about having troubles with it and you asked if I was hooked up to dual monitors. I was and that seemed to fix the issue I was having with prints not matching.

Well the prints match in every color EXCEPT red is too bright.  Even on other websites I notice that the red is almost florescent.  It isn't as apparent in photoshop, moreso on websites. Like the notification box on Facebook (the red one that pops up with the number of new notifications you have) is very bright.

Yes, such is the nature of wide gamut screens.  Did I give you this link to read?  http://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/08/buying-wide-gamut-screen.html

[Vanessa D]

No, I don't believe so.  So xrite display pro can't handle wide gamut?  Is there a product that does?  

[Damien Symonds]

Gosh yeah, of course it can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The point of the article is that you must only ever use colour-managed programs. Ever.

[Vanessa D]

Ok, I see. 

Alright, thank you for the information! Hubby will just get a cheap monitor then and save some money. ?  He doesn't need anything fancy. 

[Brian]

Also, only Firefox and Safari are color managed browsers. Chrome, I.E. and Microsoft Edge aren't. So colors could look weird if you aren't using FF or Safari.