Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini

kmrumedy · 02-09-2013, 05:06 PM

Hi All

Just getting into recording and setting up a basic studio. Have all the hardware except video monitor. It has been decades since I bought a screen. Not sure what people are using now with the new HD quality TV screens available.

I just bought a new Mac Mini

2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
16GB memory ( upgraded )
1TB hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
OS X Mountain Lion

I want to keep costs reasonable. What are people doing now, hooking up to TV HD screens or HD computer monitors still? Which would be best for studio use under $350?

Thanks

shovelrider · 02-10-2013, 12:50 PM

Head over to newegg and start browsing. You can get a GREAT screen for under $350.

kmrumedy · 02-10-2013, 12:52 PM

Heading over now. Thanks.

lucidspoon · 02-10-2013, 01:51 PM

Don't get a TV. It will look like crap.

I'd look at Dell or Samsung monitors.

kmrumedy · 02-10-2013, 03:29 PM

Agreed. I am looking at a 27in Samsung new for $300 right now. Seems to fill the need. Thanks everyone.

LenPaul · 02-12-2013, 04:49 PM

LG is very affordable,
For DAW use. have you considered using dual monitors?
I find that 2 smaller screens can make better use of the real estate.

Soul Tramp · 02-12-2013, 05:29 PM

I spend my life staring at computer monitors, and have been through more than I can count. The best of any I've owned, and the one I use primarily, is a Westinghouse L2410NM. It's probably no longer available, but the product line is worth checking out.

lucidspoon · 02-12-2013, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LenPaul

LG is very affordable,
For DAW use. have you considered using dual monitors?
I find that 2 smaller screens can make better use of the real estate.

Agreed that dual monitors is super useful, but with Spaces in OS X, it works pretty well to "simulate" multiple monitors. I can run my DAW in full screen on one space, and still run other windows on other spaces and just toggle.

02-09-2013, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
kmrumedy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 1,600 Thanks: 159 Thanked 229 Times in 51 Posts	Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini Hi All Just getting into recording and setting up a basic studio. Have all the hardware except video monitor. It has been decades since I bought a screen. Not sure what people are using now with the new HD quality TV screens available. I just bought a new Mac Mini 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 16GB memory ( upgraded ) 1TB hard drive1 Intel HD Graphics 4000 OS X Mountain Lion I want to keep costs reasonable. What are people doing now, hooking up to TV HD screens or HD computer monitors still? Which would be best for studio use under $350? Thanks __________________ I was born in 1968 with a curly umbilical cord like Hendrix had. The doctor cut the cord and plugged me straight into a 100w Marshall stack...... True story.

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shovelrider Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini Head over to newegg and start browsing. You can get a GREAT screen for under $350.

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kmrumedy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 1,600 Thanks: 159 Thanked 229 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini Heading over now. Thanks. __________________ I was born in 1968 with a curly umbilical cord like Hendrix had. The doctor cut the cord and plugged me straight into a 100w Marshall stack...... True story.

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lucidspoon Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Avon, IN Posts: 1,628 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini Don't get a TV. It will look like crap. I'd look at Dell or Samsung monitors. __________________ Guitar Gibson Les Paul Studio '50s Tribute Gold Top Humbucker Epiphone Les Paul Custom Silverburst Fender JA-90 Telecaster Ebony Transparent Aria Pro II TA-50 Pedal Boss SD-1 Amps Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 Marshall Class5 Head Blackstar HT Studio 20H Vox Valvetronix VT20+ Cabinets Marshall MC412 w/ Stock Celestion Rocket 50s Blackstar HTV-212 w/ Stock Celestion Seventy 80s

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kmrumedy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 1,600 Thanks: 159 Thanked 229 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini Agreed. I am looking at a 27in Samsung new for $300 right now. Seems to fill the need. Thanks everyone. __________________ I was born in 1968 with a curly umbilical cord like Hendrix had. The doctor cut the cord and plugged me straight into a 100w Marshall stack...... True story.

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02-12-2013, 04:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
LenPaul Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 660 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini LG is very affordable, For DAW use. have you considered using dual monitors? I find that 2 smaller screens can make better use of the real estate. __________________ Les is ....

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Soul Tramp Speaker Snob Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 1,268 Thanks: 6 Thanked 138 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Advice on computer monitor for my new Mac Mini I spend my life staring at computer monitors, and have been through more than I can count. The best of any I've owned, and the one I use primarily, is a Westinghouse L2410NM. It's probably no longer available, but the product line is worth checking out. __________________ Unencumbered by knowledge Trapped inside this old man's body is the mind of an old man. Don

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