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    Quote Originally Posted by andnowimbroke View Post
    Have you done the two-monitor setup yet to remove some of the junk. It's a cheaper route to going super big, but at the cost of a little bit of desk space.
    I agree. Two monitor pros:
    - For the same price, you will get more quality in a 24" monitor than in a 30".
    - Greater visible surface. You can put all the PS panels in one monitor and the picture in the other.
    - If you are going to edit video, the timeline can be as wide as the two monitors.

    Cons:
    - At least in a not so new Mac pro, you will need two graphics cards if you want to hace the two monitor properly calibrated. Even with a two outputs card and although the system can manage two different color profiles, I think isn't possible to calibrate two monitors with only one card. Nevertheless, you can calibrate the monitor for the pictures.
    - Your mouse cursor must move very fast to travel from one monitor to the other.
    - You will need a big desk.

    I've never work with a Dell monitor. I had previously a Toshiba and now one LaCie and one Eizo, the better by far.

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    I'm curious how you'll like it. I've heard the Dells are great for images, but something about the anti-glare coating makes reading a lot of text painful.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidEccleston View Post
    I'm curious how you'll like it. I've heard the Dells are great for images, but something about the anti-glare coating makes reading a lot of text painful.
    I had a 24" of the same make (panel wise, and ultrasharp line) and it was never bad for reading text. I should know since I had it during medical school. As far as images go. Using the sRGB color mode on the monitor and setting your computer color manager to the same, pictures I print out look just as they do on the monitor. (Though every now and again, I print from a "deal" site that "autocorrects" my images without letting me know about it and those always have too much contrast/saturation.)

    I'm sure it will be great. It should get here tomorrow, and I will let everyone know.
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