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The EIZO ColorEdge CG222W ($1,499 list) is not your typical 22-inch desktop monitor, nor does it claim to be. Instead, this display is aimed at imaging professionals such as photographers, graphics artists, and designers who demand consistent and accurate performance, and are willing to pay a premium for it.
The main difference between the CG222W and mainstream displays has to do with color calibration. By calibrating a monitor you can create profiles that simulate the color output, or color space, of other devices such as printers, scanners, and cameras. The more precise the calibration method, the more accurate the color profile. Any monitor can be calibrated using a device such as Datacolor's Spyder3, which uses a colorimeter sensor and software to alter your graphics cards' lookup tables (or color palette), which in turn changes the video signal being sent to your monitor. ColorEdge monitors offer a more accurate, albeit more costly method of calibration by programming the monitor's…