I will endorse absolutely what the other mods have said. There's no need for all this grumbling, we're as tolerant here as it's possible to be, in the face of some very offensive posts.

There are other forums on the web where the trigger point is much lower...

And as just said, if you want to exchange Canon, Nikon and other marques chatter then there are plenty of places to do that. We don't expect to go there and discuss Pentax!

22" or 24" and the graphics card is new and capable of supporting full HD resolution.

More good info, many thanks!

Thanks Matt, I'll have a look at those.

We are in the market now for new monitors, the problem being that we currently use better-than-average CRTs and I'm unhappy with most of the flat panels that I see. They are generally too harsh and the colour balance is ropey.

The conclusion seems to be that the order of desireablility for photographic use is IPS, followed by PVA and with humble TN panels trailing last. Having said that, TN panels are useable, but the angle of view problem means a lot of care is needed.

NEC make some brilliant IPS panels at over £1000, so that's nice but out of the question, so I'm looking for some good but more realistic suggestions for specific models.

Ideas please, plus links if you can?

Smileys always help.....

No, Jessops are still not selling Pentax, for whatever reason.

I was asking to see if a local pick up was practical, rather than making a comment about your info, so I'm guessing Devon or Cornwall, which unfortunately is a bit far.

Ken asked everyone to draw a line under this.

I would point out that no-one has been prevented from saying anything in this thread, so there's not really a lot to be indignant about.

This is now the time to finally draw this to a close as all that's happening is that you are repeating yourselves.

Let's move on to something else now.

Carl, please stop shouting.

I don't know what's gone on between you and George and anybody else, but it's clear something has.

Whatever it is, all parties please keep it out of the forum.