Monitor Questions

Good afternoon everyone, I need to upgrade my Desk Top Monitor from an old nothing fancy. To something new and get the job done at an affordable price. The main intent of this monitor is to edit images.

A little about my setup, I have a tower computer, plenty of ram and fast video card. Also, printing with a Cannon Pixma Pro 100. I edit my images using Lightroom 6 and PhotoShp 7.

Questions:
What do I need to be looking at while buying a Monitor?
Can I get what I need for $250 or less? If not, aprx how much?

Thanks for the input, I'm looking forward to the education. As always, this forum is a great source of info.

I think that today, almost any decent monitor would get the job done. But, I think I would want to invest in one of the monitor color calibration tools. I think I would choose a cheaper monitor with a calibration tool over an expensive monitor without the tool.

It's really going to depend on what your photography output need is. If you have clients that you need to produce images where white is white and skin tones are correct, then you are going to need to drop some money. If you are a hobbyist then you can go cheaper and get a calibrator like Spyder Pro.

Here is an article with tons of info, and at the bottom is a list of various monitors in different price ranges you might consider.

With whatever selection you make, I strongly suggest and IPS monitor. They are made so that from most viewing angles the colors will not shift.

Best Monitor for Photo Editing and Photography (November 2016)

I am thinking about replacing my old monitor too, lots of great information on the link.

Moab Man said:

With whatever selection you make, I strongly suggest and IPS monitor. They are made so that from most viewing angles the colors will not shift.

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When I asked a similar question here, Moab Man also brought IPS monitors to my attention. My current laptop doesn't have an IPS display so when I adjust the viewing angle, there is a HUGE amount of difference in the contrast. When I had to go to an Apple Store to have them look at my phone, I checked out the iMacs by moving the display angle. Wow, big difference when the image doesn't change right before your eyes! I am never sure when my current display is at the correct angle.

Thanks for the reply guys. Moab Man great read, thanks. I studied YouTube and read many forums and Google searches. I found out for a good monitor to accurately represent the colors to be printed starts around $800 and up. That is a bit out of my pay grade at this point. I ended up buying the Dell U2414H, IPS Display, $228 Amazon. This monitor came up a few times through my searches pertaining to a decent image editing monitor. It will arrive Wed. I am looking at monitor color calibration tools. I have been told The Camera Club I belong to has a Calibration Tool, Colur Monkey, I can use. I belong to Lakewood Ranch Digital Photography Club, do a Google search for LWRDPC to see our web site, its a very active club aprx 250 members. I'll give a review in a few weeks. Thanks again every one.

If you print only at home on your printer, then I suggest that you print a colour wheel on a glossy photo paper and then use that to adjust the colours in the monitor. That I found is the most cost effective way to get the colours on the printer that you see on the monitor.