advice for 27″ external monitor?

[Rafael Amador]

For years, DELL has been the favorite option for most people around this forum.
rafael

[Ernie Santella]

I 2nd the DELL comment. I’ve been using them for years with FCP. Recommended.

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[Jeremy Garchow]

I just replacedy 30″ Dell with a 27″ Viewsonic (it’s dual link so it is greater than 1080p resolution which will better match your Retina’s resolution).

https://www.viewsonic.com/us/vp2770-led.html

You can find it for cheaper elsewhere.

HP also makes a really sweet 27″ dual link led monitor as well:

https://tinyurl.com/83u9d7e

This monitor can also be found for cheaper than the list price.

[Samuel Frazier]

Thank you all for the help. I appreciate it.
Jeremy, unfortunately, something odd happened to your link and it’s not coming through for me. Were you referring to these two IPS monitors:

https://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Accessories/Monitors;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000kWuSOyYQ;sid=knxLT7QbG1xbXeVSR0gX220UpmCOGoAHVykaoSgHmKfG5A6IUMrWCyiZ?SearchParameter=%26%40QueryTerm%3D*%26CategoryUUIDLevelX%3DzUEQxXjbvR8AAAE0r09cZzPL%26CategoryUUIDLevelX%252FzUEQxXjbvR8AAAE0r09cZzPL%3DjVUQwSh_URQAAAE05U8_ez3f%26displaysize%3D27%2522%26%40Sort.TieredPricing%3D0&PageSize=15

Found some other options at HP, but they were well above my budget of around $350. Also found this Viewsonic right at my budget that won a PC Magazine award:

https://www.viewsonic.com/us/monitors/vx2753mh-led.html

Is it a big deal to try to get closer to the resolution of Retina MBP? Will I have a hard time moving items from one screen to another?

Thanks again!

[Jeremy Garchow]

That link certainly got butchered in my last post. It’s now fixed. Sorry about that:

https://tinyurl.com/83u9d7e

[Samuel Frazier] “Is it a big deal to try to get closer to the resolution of Retina MBP? Will I have a hard time moving items from one screen to another?”

It won’t be hard, no. You can go with 1080p, but since I was coming from a 2560 monitor, I wanted to keep that resolution rather than downgrade. Remember the Retina resolution is 2880 by 1800.

1080p will add some extra screen real estate, I’m sure you’ll be fine.

Jeremy

[Shane Ross]

$350? That’s a MIGHTY LOW budget for a monitor that you want to closely match the quality and color of your high-end Retina display.

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[Samuel Frazier]

Thank you for that. And it’s a big relief to know that kind of thing wouldn’t be an issue. I currently use a 17″ MBP with a 1920×1080 screen and would I use a very old (and square shaped) 17″ LCD there are huge issues. It doesn’t show the whole part of the desktop it’s supposed to, etc.

[Jeremy Garchow]

To be clear, the Dual link 27″ monitor will look better than the 1080 monitor.

But since you don’t have the budget for it, spend as much as you can on the 1080 monitor.

Jeremy

[Samuel Frazier]

Well, I’m certainly not going to argue with someone of your experience, but you’ve honestly confused me a bit. I’ve been reading old posts here and I thought you were a big proponent of never trust anything for color unless you have at least something like a T-Tap to a TV (not computer monitor). So I figured the 27″ I’m looking for wouldn’t be too crucial and would be mostly for more editing real estate.

Did I misunderstand? Sorry for my confusion.

[Adam Taylor]

I replaced a faulty CinemaHD screen six months ago with a Dell U2711 – its been an excellent monitor and would certainly recommend one for extending your desktop realestate.

adam

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