Whats a plain looking monitor with fantastic specs?
Everything I"m looking at look like a spaceship, thats got to be adding some cost.
Whats something that just gets the job done, I need to use it for production work plus some games, no pro level FPS required. I'm ok with screen sizes 27 to ultra wide 49 but i feel like if its a 27 the stats need to make up for the lost screen space (id eventually get two).
Posted Dec 4, 2020, 12:51 AM UTC
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What resolution and budget? What do you mean by production work? Gotta be a little more specific otherwise we can't really give you any answers, 27-49" ultrawide is a HUGE range lol
Like audio and video editing at a professional hobby level if that makes sense. I know 27 to 49 is a huge range, 49 is probably pushing it (I don't need a G9 but wow) but if there is some medium budget 27 inch super machine i don't know about then thats cool. Colors and contrast is a bigger deal to me than refresh rate but instead of "you can play games on this monitor" is always advertised as "gaming monitor" and everything is sacrificed for refresh rate. I want good picture plus dipping toes into high quality gaming.
What software are you using? Ie Adobe CC, resolve, are you doing it for money or just for your own shit? Also, are you editing in 1080p or 8K? I can help recommend something, but i gotta know more before I can. Also, what's the MOST you're willing to spend? IE, I have a dual monitor setup with a $200 monitor and an $800 monitor, and you can find decent shit at any price point (depending on the use case, which it sounds like yours might not need to be insanely pricey), but remember that getting a wider range of color gamuts as one example will cost more. I also recommend getting a colorimeter (I think my iDisplay ColorMunki was like $100-125) so you can take full advantage of whatever monitor you do decide to buy.
I'd be using After Effects, things like that, other video editing programs (audio productions too but that doesn't really matter with monitor). I'll be using it for professional projects but I'm not a hired gun who needs top of the line everything just to keep bases covered. Color gamut seems like the kind of thing I'm after, I'm assuming as the size increases color gamut starts to get much pricier.
I'd thought of 1 really pricey 27", dual 27"-32" one for gaming one for editing/watching movies, or one ultra wide 43" but I think i'd be sacrificing picture at that point and I'm not sure I want a curve.