JBrown
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I have been in the market for a new monitor as my 7 year old 24 inch is lacking to say the least. I realized this once I got a few images printed out and they were way off. I tried to do some basic calibration (free software) but I didn't feel that got me anywhere. I decided I would upgrade the monitor to get better color reproduction. Obviously monitor recommendations come and go, but I read the reviews on these Dell's which come pre calibrated and thought that would be the way to go.
Dell Monitors: Both are IPS Displays just varying levels of color gamut.
Dell Ultrasharp 2413 - $599 List price
Color Depth: 1.074B colors
Color Gamut (typical): Adobe RGB 99%, sRGB 100% and 120% (CIE 1976)
Comes with SRGB and Adobe RGB calibrated settings
Dell Ultrasharp 2412M - $389 List Price
Color Depth: 16.78M colorsColor Gamut 82% (CIE 1976)
SRGB and Adobe RGB not listed. Independent testing puts the SRGB in the 90% range.
Those are MSRP list prices and deals come and go. The question remains and based off the MSRP would you have better color reproduction buying the cheaper monitor with the calibration tool or the better monitor without one. Of course ideally you would have both. There is also the issue of the net result as most persons who would view the photos would see them is SRGB on their lesser monitors anyways and most labs take the photos in the SRGB colorspace anyways.
So I guess the final question is if everything done from a consumer level is in the sRGB colorspace is there any reason to get a monitor with higher ADOBE RGB support?
Dell Monitors: Both are IPS Displays just varying levels of color gamut.
Dell Ultrasharp 2413 - $599 List price
Color Depth: 1.074B colors
Color Gamut (typical): Adobe RGB 99%, sRGB 100% and 120% (CIE 1976)
Comes with SRGB and Adobe RGB calibrated settings
Dell Ultrasharp 2412M - $389 List Price
Color Depth: 16.78M colorsColor Gamut 82% (CIE 1976)
SRGB and Adobe RGB not listed. Independent testing puts the SRGB in the 90% range.
Those are MSRP list prices and deals come and go. The question remains and based off the MSRP would you have better color reproduction buying the cheaper monitor with the calibration tool or the better monitor without one. Of course ideally you would have both. There is also the issue of the net result as most persons who would view the photos would see them is SRGB on their lesser monitors anyways and most labs take the photos in the SRGB colorspace anyways.
So I guess the final question is if everything done from a consumer level is in the sRGB colorspace is there any reason to get a monitor with higher ADOBE RGB support?