Best 20" Widescreen under $350

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CoolGuy90

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Hello Guys. I am in the market to upgrade my old Dell 17'' to a 20'' widescreen. As of now, which one has the overall best image quality and is also good for gaming, movies, and daily web surfing?
 
Hmmm...I guess not many are willing to put their 2 cents in here. I would go after a used IPS panel on e-bay, you can get a good used Dell 2005wfp for around $250 shipped.

Other than that you would have to settle for a TN or P/MVA panel which are not as all around good as IPS.

You may even get lucky and find a good used 23" HP 2335 for around $350 shipped.
 
I got my Dell 2007WFP (S-IPS) for just under $350 almost a year ago....that was using a coupon and free shipping promotion though. If you can get a similar deal then the Dell is hands down the best you can find in that pricerange.
 
CoolGuy90 said:
How do you find out if you get a IPS panel?
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Without going into the service menu...just move your angle of view around and if there isn't much shift then you most likely have IPS. At extreme side angles it will take on a bluish/purplish tint that is also an IPS characteristic.
 
Hmmm I see. By the way, are there any 20" widescreens that just use a IPS panel and nothing else?
 
CoolGuy90 said:
Hmmm I see. By the way, are there any 20" widescreens that just use a IPS panel and nothing else?
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Sure...the NEC 20WMGX2 uses an AS-IPS but it's discontinued and in very short supply. There are also a few professional models (with prices to match) that use IPS but they are usually 4:3 instead of 16:10.
 
I got a mildly used dell2007wfp on ebay for 285....it only had like 100 hours of use.....it has been perfectly fine for about 3 months of constant use, and is still under warrenty...and i was garrenteed a IPS panel, because I asked the seller :cool:
 
CoolGuy90 said:
How do you find out if you get a IPS panel?
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The serial number is supposed to tell you, ending in L (LG Phillips) for IPS and S (Samsung) for PVA. You can request the serial number from the seller. But a 2005wfp will always have an IPS panel, and be cheaper to boot.
 
vick1000 said:
The serial number is supposed to tell you, ending in L (LG Phillips) for IPS and S (Samsung) for PVA. You can request the serial number from the seller. But a 2005wfp will always have an IPS panel, and be cheaper to boot.
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But it's an older version of the panel in the 2007WFP...and really is 16ms.;)
 
16ms is plenty fast. Most of those less than 8ms specs won't stand up to actual testing.

I am using a 2005wfp right now, and ghosting is less than on a supposed 5ms TN panel.

Plus, if overdrive is used to boost the response time, it can cause problems anyway, such as artifacting.
 
I am actually looking at getting a new widescreen not a used one. By the way, will I suffer any framerate issues with a 20" widescreen?

Specs:

P4 3.4ghz HT
1GB PC3200 DDR 400 RAM
ATI X800XL AGP 256MB
 
With that card, yes you will, at native resolution anyway (1680*1050). If you get a good monitor that scales well, you can play at lower resolutions though.
 
I'm kind of wondering this myself.

My current monitor is actually a Dell 2005FPW, and generally I like it a lot.

However, one thing that has become more and more annoying is the issue of image persistence. My monitor seems to have gotten to the point that there's a permanent area at the top of the screen that seems to have like a "dark stain". It's generally only noticeable during video playback or when darker or more varied images are on screen.

On top of that, it's gotten to the point where anything that is left in that top part of the screen for even short periods of time results in image persistence (menu items, vista sidebar items, etc.).

Googling for "image persistence" and 2005fpw revealed to me that this seems to be a somewhat common problem.

Although now hearing that the IPS aspect of this monitor makes it good (and I can believe it; I find it to be very bright, have very crisp and bright images, and have good viewing angles), it makes me wonder if I shouldn't just accept the image persistence problems.

-Zadillo
 
206bw is great for gaming but is TN panel but with a 20 most of the time you'll be looking at it directly anyway so who cares.
 
the banding issues were fixed in rev a02. i have dual a04's and they're perfect. only thing i'd recommend above them are the necs which are $360 on newegg right now
 
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