I'm not in the market for a new monitor right now, there are lenses I would want to get first, I think. But I can't save for those either, because I can barely afford to support my wife and two boys on the income I make now.


I agree with Chuck and Bill wholeheartedly. I've become very cynical the last few years about the great ol' USA. The greed drives EVERYTHING, and it's sickening. When costs go up, prices go up to maintain profit margin as much as possible. When costs drop, prices stay the same because all of a sudden they have a higher profit margin that just dropped in their lap! Just look at corn prices and gas prices. Do you think food prices have dropped since the price of those items fell through the floor after last year? Nope, course not.


I'm done. [:@]


So about monitors, it's funny, I was just swearing to my wife the other day that I would never buy another HP product (their networking SUCKS, and their customer service is AWFUL). I have a 7-year old HP desktop and a three-year old HP printer that is nothing but a pain in the *ss.


I have an LCD, but I can't remember if it's a Samsung or a Viewsonic. (I'm not at home to tell right now, oops.) It's not optimized for color accuracy at all. I notice that when my images do get printed, they are much more contrasty than what I had on my screen. Not good, especially with portraits or candids.


My thoughts....


Alex