Guest Yachtsman1 Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 After a lot of soul searching, I decided to acquire a widescreen monitor. I searched through the information on about 6 models before chosing the BenQ RL2450HT. In the end I was virtually forced to buy this model as my first choice, a similar model for sale on Amazon was eventually found to be incorrectly specified by them. The information on my original choice was not available on Benq's web site, so I emailed them. In the mean time I read through the 20 odd 5 star ratings & found a couple that contradicted Amazon's info. I emailed Amazon 4 times before they admitted their description was incorrect. The info in question was an HDMI socket & 2Ms response rate. On receipt of an email from Benq confirming what I suspected, I ordered my second choice, which was about £50 more expensive. At the same time I ordered a 2m HDMI cable. This morning, the monitor arrive, but the cable didn't (different supplier). It arrived in the manufacturers carton, without any additional protection, Amazon must be cutting down on delivery costs.After unpacking it my first reaction was very favourable. It has a number of features that aren't clear from Amazons add. The first is the stand, it has a built in turntable which can be rotated about 60 degrees, a spring loaded height adjustment which can raise or lower the screen about 100mm. Additionally, the screen can be rotated to give portrait view, which is an asset when editing portrait shots as they can be viewed full screen. There is a built in cable tidy at the rear. I can't go any further due to the missing cable, so I'll finish this when it arrives. in the meantime I've posted a copy of the manual in case anyone else is interested.Yachtsman.RL2450H(T)-en.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 The cable didn't arrive so I used my 5 mtr spare. The monitor fired up first time & found the computer no problem, I used the software disk to add the drivers & then reset the picture format from gaming to sRGB. The initial brightness was too much for my eyes, so I set it down to 50%. Apart from that I haven't done anything else. I'm in the process of converting my 4-3 & 5-4 sized show to 16-9 as my new projector shows best at 16-9 & if 3D ever gets popular, I can show DVD's in 3D. Yousing the menu means pressing the buttons ob the side of the screen, being able to use the mouse to change setting wold be less messy. So overall I'm happy.Yachtsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlbright Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Exciting stuff, Eric. The high quality monitor I bought about 2 years ago is a brilliant investment. I use a Gretag Macbeth calibrator which reminds me to re-profile the screen once a month. This only takes about 10 minutes each time.Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Exciting stuff, Eric. The high quality monitor I bought about 2 years ago is a brilliant investment. I use a Gretag Macbeth calibrator which reminds me to re-profile the screen once a month. This only takes about 10 minutes each time.RobertHi RobertThere is a calibration screen included to the BenQ software, greyscale & colour. Had a look for the one you use but the two sites I checked were out of stock. There appears to be more than one type, one called a One eye & the one Amazon did stock had 3 lights. Can you clarify which one & what the cost is. http://www.purelygadgets.co.uk/GretagMacbeth-Monitor-Calibrator/mainproduct/view/1701-NARegards EricYachtsman1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have sent this link to some members on the forum over the yearshttp://www.eye4u.com/home/click skip iconthen specialthenset up monitori got it from tech rep of my isp one timei try to set up the brightness of a new monitor using the gray scale providedken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlbright Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Hi Robert There is a calibration screen included to the BenQ software, greyscale & colour. Had a look for the one you use but the two sites I checked were out of stock. There appears to be more than one type, one called a One eye & the one Amazon did stock had 3 lights. Can you clarify which one & what the cost is. http://www.purelygad...ct/view/1701-NA Yachtsman1. Hi EricThis is the best site I found http://www.designsupply.co.uk/photographyaccessories.htmThe price I paid is nearer the £149 than the £1031 version and is quite adequate unless you are a professional calibrator/printer/producer. I believe Gretag Macbeth are owned now by Eye-One. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 The one that Amazon did have at one time was under £20 I think I'll stick to my god given peepers (eyes). Regards EricYachtsman1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 FROM MY COLLECTIONhttp://photo.net/dig...om-forum/00CkXshttp://ww38.chromoholics.com/download/http://www.ae5d.com/macbeth.htmlhttp://www.ae5d.com/index.htmlMY CARD WAS +- $65 30+- YEARS AGOgreat for calibrating your scanneror checking your camerai would shoot a a scene with card as predominant of scene to check my developing soup etcit is a great "known valueit has been on Gerard's site for years The only topic that is in English is this one: http://www.gdesroche...umerbase_en.htm. It's the most popular one, even if quite old, and I didn't find the time to have the other items translated (it's already highly time-consuming to keep this site up to date).also on the site is a good description of the old wives tale "72 dpi" subject as Explained by Gerardken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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