On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Leonard Evens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 23:07 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 11:34:33AM -0500, Leonard Evens wrote: >> > If I don't want to spend more than $800 or so, which monitors should I >> > consider? >> >> I have a Samsung SyncMaster XL20. I'm very happy with it. It's probably >> just over your budget. > > I may be able to afford it if it does what I want. > > I looked at a review. I wonder if I could calibrate/profile it under > Linux? Can one do this just using the monitor controls and the argyll > programs rather than with a Windows program? The HP LP2475w is only $560, which is very affordable for such a display... BTW, I never regretted this purchase, please mind, generally TFT last, so you need to think of this as an investment for at least 3 years, which comes down to less than $200 per year. Regards, Pascal de Bruijn