My Computer died...

My computer died this week. I bought a new computer which should arrive sometime next week, however... I was wondering, what sort of monitor will display coin pictures the best? I will be replacing my monitor along with the rest of the computer, and want to get the best display for pictures. My graphics card will be an Nvidia geforce 1070, so power is not an issue. What do you recommend in terms of resolution, color, and brightness?

 

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I used to study all that stuff but gave up trying to stay up to date with the technology. My last few monitors came from Dell. I went with the better ones with the most resolution.

 

When I was shooting professionally, I bought two NEC IPS monitors, which are supposed to have better color and viewing angles than the standard (and cheaper) TFT display. I'm pretty sure that's still the recommendation if you want a better quality monitor.

Size, meh, get the biggest and highest resolution you can afford and fit on your desk.

 

If you aren't playing motion games, I would pick a UHD large screen ( 40 + inches). The resolution is excellent and usually the color adjustments are easier for me. And as eyes get more "mature" the increase size and resolution allows you to see things others won't see on their smaller monitors.

 

If you're going to be doing a lot of comparisons of coins side-by-side I'd recommend an ultrawide. More tidy and convenient than using dual monitors.

 

24 inch works well for my eyes.

 

I use a 27" Samsung 4K monitor. Great resolution. Fantastic color rendition (but it took some "tweaking")

 

I know a guy who has THREE monitors side-by-side. They are all that new kind that Apple is using on all of their equipment — tablets, phones and computers — but I forget what they call the technology. The funny thing about it is that he has very poor eyesight, setting his email to receive messages in 36 point, and carries a magnifying glass with him when he comes here to visit. Since my cataract surgery two years ago I need only reading glasses, and a magnifying glass to look at coins.

I use a seven year old computer with just decent resolution... it's enough for me.

 

The apple screen technology is the Retina display

 

I decided to go with a 32", 2k resolution, IPS screen. I do play some games, so I wanted the balance between accurate colors and fast response, without costing a million bucks.

 

I'd really like to get a high-dynamic-range monitor (more than 8 bits per color per pixel) for photos. Problem is, I don't think it's especially well-supported in the software I use. I certainly don't think any images from the Web could take advantage of it, at least not yet.

I always dreamed of super-high-resolution monitors, but now that they're here, I'm afraid my aging eyes aren't able to take full advantage of them.

 

Almost any high resolution monitor these days with an HDMI or Display Port will suffice. Only because of price, up to 22 inch monitor should be more than sufficient unless you're into gaming.

 

If I could go with 40" I would for a number of reasons. A larger screen allows one to effectively display multiple windows which is invaluable when doing comparisons. I doubt if I would find it useful to display a single coin in the 40" space.

 

The monitor I got has 10-bit color. I'm curious to see how much difference it makes.

I always have double monitor set up for this reason.

 

The high resolution screen doesn't help much when the photos displayed are not high resolution as well.

 

Absolutely nothing can help some of the pictures posted on here, that's for sure. I want the high-resolution more for making my own pictures

 

It's not in the monitor...it's in the high resolution upload.

 

Are you sitting shiva for the old computer? Drape the monitor in black cloth and sit around quietly discussing how nice a computer it was?