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High Definition
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 21:07
by Vowles
Righty'o.
Im after a high res, High Definition monitor. Yet I have no bloody clue when it comes to monitors. So I call on your greatness once more.
I can budget at least £300 for it. Only thing I know isit needs to be HDCP*? for my blue-ray thinger. :S
Pft.
Vowlesy
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 21:23
by Vowles
Im thinking this because it says its shiney, but Im proned to be ripped off.. and its white... ugh.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... lver/Black
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 21:27
by spoodie
Seems a bit expensive for 24".
What are you going to use it for? PC, console, video, etc?
Posted: August 14th, 2008, 21:33
by Vowles
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 8:32
by mrbobbins
I have the old Dell 24", it's awesome, I'd highly recommend it, also that price makes mine cry.
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 11:24
by Lee
If you want a really good monitor
these are amongst the best you can get. It's an S-IPS panel with low input lag, the best possible viewing angles and professional quality colours.
The problem alot of people are complaining about with that dell is that it has very high input lag, which means that what you're seeing on the screen is a few frames behind whats actually happening. It's also an S-PVA panel which isn't quite as good as S-IPS but better than TN.
If you want a cheaper monitor
these seem to be the best of the low cost 24" monitors, it's one of the few that can display 1080p without stretching it and it has the lowest input lag of any LCD monitor. Only problem really is that it's a TN panel, which means you'll notice slight colour shift when you move your head around, mostly vertically, they don't have great viewing angles. You may already have a TN though so you might be used to that already.
You can tell I've been doing alot of research on monitors
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 15:27
by Vowles
Cheers Lee, That was the kind of infomation I was after.
The monitor I got now is this;
This....
I also have no idea what S-IPS/TN or S-PVA means
This isnt too bad?
And viewing angle isn't a big deal, I'll mount it on a wall brace and angle it.
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 16:23
by Lee
Vowles wrote:The monitor I got now is this;
This....
That looks like a TN so you're probably used to the viewing angles. Basically, if you look at it from above it'll all be washed out, if you look at it from below the colours will all turn negative with a TN panel.
Vowles wrote:I also have no idea what S-IPS/TN or S-PVA means Razz
All you need to know is that the order of how good they are with colours and viewing angles goes S-IPS > S-PVA > TN and thats usually the order they go in with price. In order of response time and input lag though, it goes TN > S-IPS > S-PVA and fast response is obviously good in gaming.
That monitor is basically an updated version of
the second monitor I linked to, it has a faster response time, 2ms vs 5ms, and dynamic contrast which is useless anyway, but you're mainly paying extra for it's appearance.
They're also updating the G2400W soon to the G2400WD and it'll have the same response time and dynamic contrast as the V2400W but with the old design so it'll be cheaper.
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 23:29
by Vowles
Cheers Lee, I'll wait till this G2400WD jobber comes out then.
Posted: August 16th, 2008, 10:49
by Lee
Vowles wrote:Cheers Lee, I'll wait till this G2400WD jobber comes out then.
Thats my plan too, unless something better comes out by the time I get round to buying it.