I'm looking to replace my 245BW. For a long time I thought I'd replace it with a 30", but after making a thread a while back and pretty much getting told they just don't compare with the 27" panels out there, I went back to the drawing board. So I'm going to get back on the research wagon and try to figure out what I want. Clearly a 27" is in my future. I'd like to keep it around 400$, but I could spend mid 600 if it was justified. So I guess the next question is use cases:
1) Photo editing for the web as end destination. 90% of what I edit ends up on the web, so my understanding is I don't want a wide gamut. Additionally, if my reading is correct, most print labs only print sRBG so it really won't matter.
2) Gaming. I don't game as much as I use to, but I still game, and I don't want ghosting or input lag if avoidable. I'd give up some color accuracy to get this. I'm not going to overclock the monitor, 60Hz is enough for me.
3) Web browsing. Yep, do a lot of this, but not really seeing how much of an impact this would have on a monitor choice.
I'd like high contrast ratio, and I'd like to have black, blacks.
I don't need a scaler or an OSD. I do need something that I can calibrate with something like a spyderpro.
I've been trying to read, but so many of the high rated stuff seems to be wide gamut. And then there's widly varying information on inports from "They're like having a threesome with supermodels" to "they'll rape your mom and eat your socks".
Can someone point my in which direction I should start narrowing my search?
1) Photo editing for the web as end destination. 90% of what I edit ends up on the web, so my understanding is I don't want a wide gamut. Additionally, if my reading is correct, most print labs only print sRBG so it really won't matter.
2) Gaming. I don't game as much as I use to, but I still game, and I don't want ghosting or input lag if avoidable. I'd give up some color accuracy to get this. I'm not going to overclock the monitor, 60Hz is enough for me.
3) Web browsing. Yep, do a lot of this, but not really seeing how much of an impact this would have on a monitor choice.
I'd like high contrast ratio, and I'd like to have black, blacks.
I don't need a scaler or an OSD. I do need something that I can calibrate with something like a spyderpro.
I've been trying to read, but so many of the high rated stuff seems to be wide gamut. And then there's widly varying information on inports from "They're like having a threesome with supermodels" to "they'll rape your mom and eat your socks".
Can someone point my in which direction I should start narrowing my search?