Photo editing monitor recommendations

[smiffy180]

I can't seem to find a search function on phone so apologies if this has been covered.

Can anyone recommend a cheap monitor for photo editing?
I believe it's 99 or 100% sRGB needed.

I'm only saying cheap because I can't justify £1000 on a monitor at the moment as it'll be worth more than my computer
Current monitor doesn't display colours well as edits always come out differently when on phone and I've compared it with a few phones too so know its the monitor.
The less cost the better just to get me going for now.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Doesnt matter unless its calibrated and lets just put it this way the phone.will show it incorrectly too

[The_Jackal]

It will always look different on your phone as they tend to up the saturation on phone displays.
Unless you are editing for commercial work, you do not need an expensive monitor.
A £200 monitor will be fine, just use the settings to adjust the display to match how you want to see them after (ie. if you are printing them).
Remember no one else's phone or monitor will be calibrated to yours, so it is pointless unless you are being expected to match to something.
You will be better off just using a white balance card and setting white balance.

[eltawater]

Modern smartphones have a habit of going bananas with vibrancy, saturation and shadows to make images look more "impressive".

There may not necessarily be anything wrong with your existing monitor, what model is it and how is it connected e.g. VGA, DVI, Displayport?
You can get a hugely expensive and calibrated monitor and still find your output looks wildly different on your target devices (mobiles, print etc) as they are a bit of a law unto themselves.

I've just bought some second hand 24" HP z24n monitors which I'm very happy with when photo processing but it's still necessary to check output on phones and tweak as necessary, even if it looks perfect on the phone but rubbish on the monitor!

[tog]

I'm using a pair of Dell U2415s for photo work and am happy with them. Decent monitors at a good price. I prefer the slightly taller 16:10 aspect ratio over the more common 16:9.

[Whoozit]

Also worth a) getting a Spyder to calibrate the monitor regularly and b) process for the output. I tend to adjust the LR output on the phone before posting on the web anyway, as saturation and darks almost always mess up.

[tog]

Whoozit said:

Also worth a) getting a Spyder to calibrate the monitor regularly and b) process for the output. I tend to adjust the LR output on the phone before posting on the web anyway, as saturation and darks almost always mess up.

Yes, forgot to mention that my Dells are of course calibrated. I've just changed from an old Spyder to a newer X-rite device.