Samsung S24E370DL -- how does it compare to my old iMac?

[jascony]

I'm very new in the ways of monitor specs, so forgive my ignorance. I'm looking into getting the S24E370DL.

Here are its specs: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-se370-display,29680.html

My previous display was part of my late 2009 21.5" iMac: https://support.apple.com/kb/SP576?locale=en_US

Comparing the two, they seem pretty similar--same viewing angles, same contrast ratio. What else would determine if the Samsung monitor will give me a reasonably quality picture, if anything? I'm basically looking for something at least as good as my old mac display for art, but monitors can get so much more expensive than the $200 they're asking for the S24E370DL that I'm curious if there's something else I don't know. Thanks for the help!

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

1) the mac display isn't a good monitor. it's using a glossy coating, this type cannot achieve accurate colors.
2) the samsung is using a glossy coating, so it cant display accurate colors either, even if the room temperature you calibrate the monitor in, doesn't change overtime.
3) i would invest in a display with a matte coating.
4) heres a better monitor across the board: http://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-23xw-Backlit-Monitor/dp/B00TQQN2GI/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455533624&sr=1-2&keywords=HP+23Xi provided you dont need freesync.

 

[alth0triplemadang]

I agree with Suzuki. You better invest on a ips lcd monitor. Sammy monitor produce very poor colour accuration and not suitable for art and designing, based on my experience. Even my old plasma monitor produce good gamma, viewing angle and colour saturation.

 

[jascony]

1) the mac display isn't a good monitor. it's using a glossy coating, this type cannot achieve accurate colors.
2) the samsung is using a glossy coating, so it cant display accurate colors either, even if the room temperature you calibrate the monitor in, doesn't change overtime.
3) i would invest in a display with a matte coating.
4) heres a better monitor across the board: http://www.amazon.com/HP-Pavilion-23xw-Backlit-Monitor/dp/B00TQQN2GI/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455533624&sr=1-2&keywords=HP+23Xi provided you dont need freesync.

Thanks! I'll go for a matte screen then.

 

[ffg7]

gloss or matte finish has nothing to do with colors but with reflection.
somebody did not read this ◾Built-in 21.5-inch (viewable) LED-backlit glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display with IPS technology
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP576?locale=en_US
Suzuki, have you worked on an imac as that is not the screen on the face of the imac but a protector for the screen behind it?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

gloss or matte finish has nothing to do with colors but with reflection.
somebody did not read this ◾Built-in 21.5-inch (viewable) LED-backlit glossy widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display with IPS technology
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP576?locale=en_US
Suzuki, have you worked on an imac as that is not the screen on the face of the imac but a protector for the screen behind it?

yes ive worked on an imac, and have a macbook at home. a glossy coating oversaturates colors. i can no longer look at the imac, but im looking at the macbook right now, and it definitely oversaturates colors, and theres no way that coating is coming off. theres a reason all pro monitors are matte, as far as im concerned, only the mac cinema display is any good.

 

[ffg7]

then all glossy screens\monitors has that problem not just apple.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

then all glossy screens\monitors has that problem not just apple.

that appears to be the case. honestly. glossy only comes with downsides, for the minority that get a headache while staring at a glossy screen all day, its bad. it can be used as a mirror, debatable wheter if good or bad.. and they oversaturate colors, so matching print, etc, can/is going to be difficult. im not calling out apple saying there products are crap, however, ive used an imac, i have a macbook pro 2012 and macbook air, so i definitely have experience with their products, at least few of them. for what they cost, you can match their specs at half or less price wise, which isnt a good thing. they really have no competetition in the pro market. i was assisting a photographer, we both used macbooks, neither even asked should we move over to a windows pc, and a lot of other people were using macs as well. its more of a status symbol than a value purchase. what i learned while studying graphics design, on a mac... is that the tools in say photoshop, are more important to understand than the colors the screen emits. you can correct white balance, use waveforms, youll get accurate results anyways.