How to Buy a Display for Creative Work

CreativePro Magazine Issue 41: 3D for DesignersThis article appeared in Issue 41 of CreativePro Magazine.

Buying a display (also called a computer video monitor) can be as confusing as buying a computer. Part of the confusion comes from product pages that list specifications that often aren’t relevant to creative work and that don’t list what’s actually important.

If you read my CreativePro article “How to Buy a Computer for Creative Work” (Issue 40), you already know that how you buy computer hardware is determined by the requirements of the creative medium you work in. That certainly applies to displays too.

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Conrad Chavez is the author of Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book (2025 release), and contributes to CreativePro.com and CreativePro Magazine. You can find out more about Conrad at his website, conradchavez.com.
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