further advice for TFT consideration.
TFT screens can suffer from faulty pixels, which may either be locked on or off, and once there, they cannot be repaired.
Check the warranty details on your prospective purchase to see what guarantee you have for dead pixels. I recall reading that there is now an ISO standard for this, and that a number of faulty pixels are allowed for a given number of megapixels before your warranty is enforceable. Not an issue if it's near the edge of the screen, but a real PITA once you notice it....
Some online retailers will actually provide a check and guarantee that your unit will be free of dead pixels (e.g.
www.aria.co.uk). I'd recommend considering this, or insist on a visual inspection in the shop if you're buying over the counter.
I'd also recommend a widescreen format - makes Photoshop work much better, as you've got more screen space for the toolbars beside your image.
I have a Dell 20" widescreen (
2005FPW) from here (
www.itcsales.co.uk), which have a very good rating (apparently the panels are the same as in the Apple Cinema Screen monitors). This screen can also be rotated from landscape to portrait if you need this feature.
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