[EnVoy]

My current monitor is about to crap out on me, so I'm shopping around for a new one. I will be doing loads of retouching, color correction, and design on it, so it needs to be color stable and sharp, and 22inch minimum. I have always liked Sony Trinitrons, but I am considering other brands as well.

So far I am leaning towards the LaCie Electron Blue . You can get them for around $699 now. Anyone have experience with it?

Or recomend something else?





P.S. Mods, I though this question would be appropriate in this forum since I need it for Design etc...

[graphicpush]

The LaCie's are excellent monitors. The hood is bulky, but really helps with glare and peripheral distractions. I used to work in an inhouse group for a fashion company, and we had several. It was my favorite monitor to do color-sensitive retouching and airbrushing, and coupled with Apple's ColorSync, was a pretty reliable and consistent guide for color. Not perfect, but closer than any other monitor I've used. Highly recommended.

[art_director]

iiyama makes monitors with the trintron technology. they're cheaper than sony but every bit as good. i should add that you can get it with an extended warranty that guarantees they'll replace it within like 48 hours should it blow on you. i can vouch for this because when i moved cross country mine went. they replaced it quickly and with no questions asked.

[Talk2Angus]

I think the LaCie's sounds good to me to!!!

[nica]

My GF has a 19" LaCie monitor that she loves and works great. She purchased it refurbished for $215 with free shipping in their refurbished section.

Hope this helps.

[jpeacock]

i 3rd the vote for lacie
i have dual 19" lacie's and for the most part, they're great
one has slight discoloration (a redish tint, even after calibrating) but the other is dead on. I should mention also that it's my fault in a way for not RMA'ing it yet.. then i'd have nothing to bitch about in the least.

[godzookie2k]

*seconds trinitron vote*

[Bogartte]

EnVoy, go for the Lacie Blue 22, it is absolutely stunning, excellent price. I do a lot of photoshop work and it's sharp as a pin! If I remember correctly, didn't this model sell for
over a grand, when it first came out a year or two ago? Lacie is focusing on the flat panel now, and leaving the crt behind.

[MindFad]

22" LaCie! Kick ass monitor. I want me one of them.

[EnVoy]

I'm thinkin the Electon Blue 22 (it's at model 4 now) sounds like the way to go. At $699, its a good deal too.

Thanks for all your opinions, much appreciated....

[angelmb]

LaCie are great sure, if they are out of your budge, do not worry, the Mitsubishi Nec displays are the same thing.

[kulverse]

I'm using 2 22" Lacie's. They are fantastic monitors... you can't lose

[mr. burns]

this thread has given me some good buying info. i need to replace my 4 year old hitachi.

i'm not ready for 22" but another 19" from LaCie sounds like the way to go. and for ?$250 that's a damn good price.