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[dcbear78]

Ever since taking my photography seriously about this time last year it became evident my monitor was letting me down. It is a gaming monitor, great for that purpose, but just doesn't display colours accurately enough.

 

So, with my business income from the year I treated myself to a new one.

 

I did some research. I knew I wanted something very good as monitors will last a couple generations of computers, unless you are an Apple user. And this is where I first looked. The iMac with 5k retina display seemed impressive, and it was nice. But it didn't blow me away. Then when I realised monitor and computer were tied together and the guts of the Mac were the same as what is in my PC that I built 5 years ago, I just couldn't bring myself to change over.

 

I looked at Eizo and NEC. The Eizo Color Edge 4k sure was nice but spendy.

 

I came across firstly a BenQ monitor with UHD with pretty good colour reproduction. But then I found what I was looking for in the LG 31MU97....

 

Full cinema 4k, so 4096x2160 (rather than UHD 3840x2160). Over 99.5% AdobeRGB coverage.... Yes AdobeRGB not sRGB!!!! And at a price that is not cheap (A$1500), but nowhere near the Eizo equivalent, as this monitor is essentially the same in quality, or the cost of moving to an iMac.

 

I finally got it yesterday... Oh!!! Em!!! Gee!!! This thing is glorious! I have become so used to the 4k resolution already that my 1080p one (in portrait orientation) next to it looks pixelated and not sharp.

 

http://www.lg.com/au...itors/lg-31MU97

 

If you are in the market for a monitor and this is within your budget I highly recommend it!

[ScottinPollock]

What did you use to calibrate it?

[Kenafein]

Wow, that's one fancy bit of kit.  

[TBonz]

Wow!  It looks great!  I think I'd need to find a new workspace for that large a monitor though...I'm hoping I'll be able to fit in a 27" or so at some point, but it definitely looks like a nice setup!  Good luck with it!

[bani12]

It really looks great! Thank you for the recommendation, dcbear78! I have a Dell 24" monitor and I think it's huge (maybe because my desk is so tiny )

I can't even imagine how large is 31"...

[dcbear78]

What did you use to calibrate it?

I have a Spyder4Express here. The Spyder hardware is the same, it's just the software that has more features as you go up in versions. The express software is terrible, I'd never ever recommend it. It turns everything green.

This monitor has its own calibration software that also links back to control things like brightness through the USB port. It's just needs the hardware to go with it which I luckily had. It comes factory calibrated including a print out of the calibration. But I did my own and it made no difference.

Wow! It looks great! I think I'd need to find a new workspace for that large a monitor though...I'm hoping I'll be able to fit in a 27" or so at some point, but it definitely looks like a nice setup! Good luck with it!

Mine is replacing a 27" monitor and it is only marginal wider as far as real estate it takes up.