Good LCD computer monitors for digital darkrooms are expensive, and are usually an overlooked piece of equipment (sometimes due to the very scary price tag). The computer monitor is what you base your digital edits on. Now it would be crazy doing color correcting to your pictures when you are not sure what you actually are seeing on the monitor. Calibrating your display helps for sure, but do you really know what you are adjusting on your pictures? Can your monitor show all the colors that your camera can? I would say that the computer monitor is the most important aspect of digital editing / photography. If you are serious about what you are doing you need a good monitor.

Specifications

Type: LCD

Viewable Size: 22"

Color Gamut: 96% AdobeRGB

Brightness: 300cd/m2

Contrast Ratio: 1000:1

Resolution: 1680 x 1050

Viewing Angle: 178° horizontal, 178° vertical

Pixel Dot Pitch: 0.282mm

Response Time: 16ms Black-to-Black (8ms Gray-to-Gray)

Input Connectors: 1x VGA, 1x DVI-D

Panel Life: Not Specified by Manufacturer

Colors Supported: 16.7 million out of a palette of 1.05 billion

Positives

96% AdobeRGB Color Gamut

Price, very affordable compared to the specs.

Black, is really black. Outstanding performance

Drawbacks

Slow response time 16ms.

European buyers will not be able to get NEC's Spectraview II utility, if they don't buy the bundle from the US.

Slow screen refresh rate @ 60hz