Lacie photon 20 for dual display

[dinopaul]

Has anyone any experience of the lacie photon 20. I need a dual display for a g5 2gig. Seems the options are the NEC MultiSync LCD2080UX , or the apple displays, which need a major redesign for me. Lacie have always been good for me hard disk wise, the stands on the photon 20 are cool. Any other suggestions?
I spend all day in photoshop on childrens books.
Many thanks,
Paul

[Björn]

I'm also intrested in this display. There is a newer model called LaCie Photon20vision II, which has a faster pixelresponse (16 ms) and a slightly higher contrast ratio (400:1). I've been looking for reviews on the net but haven't found anything (why?). Anyone?

Other displays I consider is
Formac Gallery 2010 (http://www.formac.com/p_bin/?cid=solutions_displays)
Samsung 213T (http://www.samsung.com/se/products/monitors/tft21_40/213t.asp)
Eizo FlexScan L885 (http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/l885/index.asp)
ViewSonic VP201s (http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/proseries/vp201s/)

These displays are all in the same prizerange and seem competitive. Anyone has experiences or an opinion on any of the above? I will use the display mainly for graphic work, and perhaps, a little gaming.

[KevRC4130]

Just curious, what don't you like about the apple monitor design?

[Björn]

Just curious, what don't you like about the apple monitor design?

I sure like the Apple alu- widescreen design. It will not go to Design History like the older model, which was a unique and very innovative design.

The reason I will not choose the Apple widescreeen is:
Since I often work with A4-spreads (210x297 mm which is higher but narrower than US letter size) the Apple 20" is just not high enough: 1200 px suits much better than 1050 px.
The Prize for the Apple 20" is 35% higher than for a Samsung 21" although the Samsung gives 30% larger display area. The difference will be a bit lower for the Eizo and LaCie displays. Theses figures counts for my little corner of the world (local dealers), but are likely to be similar elsewhere. If I had some more dough in my pocket, I'd go straight for the Apple 23"! (or why not the 30"…)

[Björn]

Here are some users reviews and one professional review of the displays listed above:
LaCie Photon20visionII (http://www.reviewcentre.com/review130592.html)
Formac 2010 Platinum (http://www.reviewcentre.com/review129401.html)
Eizo L885 (http://graphics.tomshardware.com/display/20040116/s-ips_panels-03.html)

The Eizo reviewer does not recommend the product for gamers or watching movies, the picture lag is too obvious.