LCD Monitors and calibration

[Dave Dean]

I have decided to upgrade my aging CRT monitor to an LCD.
I am doing this as my edits never look 'right' on other peoples monitors.
Is there any reasonably priced calibration system available? At the moment I need to do two edits of each shot I take. One for printing purposes and one for display on my monitor, as each never appears to be correct in the other medium, let alone on anyone else's display.
This really is quite frustrating as it is spoiling my enjoyment of rail photography at the moment and prevents me from sharing/submitting my shots.
Any advice really would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards
Dave Dean

P.S. I apologise to those of you who have read this post on other forums, but the more help I can get the better.

 

[eos]

My recomendations are to buy a large screen ( 24inch) or thereabouts , and get one that is DVI connected ( even if the PC isn't capable currently) . Replace the Video card ( if the PC is capable) with a DVI card ( Maplin about £30) , and use the internal setup to get going. Then use this site for fine tweaks ( download the files and run from the PC for best results).
Useful for flat screens calibration and test..

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
Once set up and calibrated , then stability ( after the first 10 minutes warm up) is excellent.