My trusty old Sony 21" monitor finally died. I had to have something quick, so purchased a view sonic LCD (about $200).  Not bad for the price, BUT in my opinion not up to professional quality.  I'm looking for something in the 24 to 28 inch size.  I have heard good things about NEC, but would appreciate some input from anyone who is using and having good luck with (including ability to accurately profile) a flat screen monitor.

Lance

Hi Lance,
My local "colour management" company sell Eizo, NEC and LaCie monitors so I assume NEC are pretty good. They seem to do a "Multisync Professional" and a "Spectraview" ranges. The latter has hardware-based calibration.
I bought an Eizo 22" wide screen monitor a few months ago. It is a model in their lower cost range that has a wide gamut (95% Adobe RGB). Their higher range models have hardware-based calibration too.

One thing to understand about wide gamut monitors, unless you are using colour management aware software to view images, the colours are likely to display incorrectly. Eizo monitors can auto change from custom calibrated mode to sRGB mode (and other modes) depending on the application running.
Terry.

I have had an HP LP2475w for several months, and like it. It has been calibrated with a Spyder 3, and matches the printer very well. The nice features are that it doesn't change brightness if you move your head side to side or up and down a little, unlike the cheaper monitors. It also has every input imaginable, and a 6 USB hub.

Jeff Jessee

I have been using a ViewSonic VP2250wb monitor for almost a year and am very happy with it. The model is in ViewSonic's professional series, with a wide gamut. I regularly profile the monitor.

I don't know if they come in the size range you are wanting.

PETER

I've just looked at the spec very nice  Now start looking at your old images processed using the old monitor 
Terry.