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Photo monitor for laptop

Ade B

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Following on from recent snaps thread, I'm considering adjusting my computer fleet to cover photo editing.

I'd like to run a semi decent monitor (there's chapter & verse on this from a cursory google) from my Vaio laptop which has an excellent albeit teeny display.

Will the laptop (recent model) run a decent resolution monitor or do I need to run it from a desktop.

Storage will be dealt with via external drives.

TIA

Ade
 
A few quick checks:

What provision does the laptop have to connect external monitor? (DVI/HDMI/displayport etc)

What is the graphics card or integrated graphics chip (look under Device Manager)?

How serious are you? Do you want to be able to calibrate monitor to match printer so your prints (colour and brightness) match what's on screen?

Budget?
 
A few quick checks:

What provision does the laptop have to connect external monitor? (DVI/HDMI/displayport etc)

What is the graphics card or integrated graphics chip (look under Device Manager)?

How serious are you? Do you want to be able to calibrate monitor to match printer so your prints (colour and brightness) match what's on screen?

Budget?

Thanks for the replies re the above:

Laptop is a couple of month old Vaio TT(X) it has a standard monitor output and I think its got a HDMI output as well (its in the office at the mo so I can't check).

No idea on graphics card - what ever it came with.

I guess it would be nice to be able to calibrate the monitor - but is that getting into big cost territory

budget up to £300 ish.

Ade
 
This any good - can someone translate?

Cheers,

Ade
 
I do photo editing and use a samsung 2032 monitor, it is very clear and the colours are good.
 
I got an email with this - and it seems to be a very good buy for the price - I would personally have got a coulple of them if I needed any monitors... Not the same contrast ratio as the ASUS (which are good monitors) but at half the price its definitely one I would get.... L I N K
 
The asus is good , and the digimate is remarkable value for money!

I use a pair of Dell 24" screens but there has been a lot of previous discussion in This thread


If you are choosing the monitor for photo use then IMO its hardly worth compromising fo a slightly cheaper monitor that doesn't quite deliver the goods
Even my laptop these days is a calibrated 17" Dell truelife running at 1920x1200 and optimised for Photoshop not work :D


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