Planar PX2611W 26"

ToastyX, could you please refer to my 3 questions from yesterday? I'm sure it's something others would be interested too...
 
1. When you turn off your computer the lcd will turn off but a light on the lcd's power button might change to a different color indicating stand by mode (using next to nothing in power). If you press the power button it will shut off completely (some don't). Keeping it in stand by mode should maintain a high life expectancy cause its not turning on from completely off when it starts up.

2. Energy saver is a mode in the screen saver mode which you can select to turn the monitor off in stand by mode until you come back to use your computer. You can select the amount of time.

3. I believe the warm up time is like 3-5 secs since it doesn't have to burn like a crt but it still has to transition from standby.


I hope that helps. Sorry if some info ends up being wrong.
 
You should turn the monitor off when you're not using it because the backlight has a limited lifespan, but you can make your computer do that automatically through the energy saver settings. I have it set to put the display to sleep if the computer is inactive for 30 minutes. That's another thing I didn't mention. That doesn't work properly with the NEC when hooked up to a Mac for some reason, but the Planar has no trouble with that. The NEC shows a signal out of range message and leaves the backlight on. I haven't encountered that problem with any other monitor.

Yes, it takes some time to warm up to full brightness after being off for a while. The NEC has an auto luminance feature that can mostly avoid that problem by using a sensor inside the monitor to regulate the brightness.
 
Damn, ordering straight from Planar is out.. They charge sales tax regardless of what state you live in.. an extra $70 charge on top of the shipping, fuck that. Now I gotta find another place to buy one. :eek:
 
CDW is charging me shipping, plus tax, Tax and 17 dollars less than MSRP.

No financing as well! imust be in the IT business or a reseller or something. . which is bs as financing is available to anyone with a pulse and a willingness to be enslaved like satan.

that's like not a deal thats like ... he should use some lube next time... ouch:mad:
 
oo. nice :)

that's the ticket, yeah yeah, see?

there must be some severe price fixing. my goal is to crack this % nut wide open. I bet we could get some sleezebag to dump these at 900 shipping included.

to sleeziness and beyond! :cool:
 
Another question about this panel:

I am going to be using an hdmi-dvi cable and connecting that to the switch box that Toastyx showed me.

Will 1:1 pixel mapping work and will that mean I will get 1920x1080 without stretch with this monitor?

thanx!
 
I believe Toasty said that 1:1 worked with DVI.. it was just VGA that wouldn't work... I am too lazy to look, but its back a few pages. :)

I am now debating between getting this, or trying to talk a Dell rep into giving me the same price for a 2707wfp plus free shipping.. It's not IPS, but all those inputs are drooltastic! :p
 
~El~Jefe~ said:
Another question about this panel:Will 1:1 pixel mapping work and will that mean I will get 1920x1080 without stretch with this monitor?

thanx!
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Yes 1:1 pixel mapping works fine for me via DVI-D from my computer. Didn't ToastyX notice banding from his PS3 at 1:1 in 1080p on this Planar?
 
Yes, 1:1 is done properly, but when set to 1:1, 1080p and 1080i have banding for some reason. This is not just with the PS3. You can add 1920x1080 as a custom resolution on your computer and the same thing happens.
 
ToastyX said:
Yes, 1:1 is done properly, but when set to 1:1, 1080p and 1080i have banding for some reason. This is not just with the PS3. You can add 1920x1080 as a custom resolution on your computer and the same thing happens.
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Confirmed on mine as well. If I look very closely I can see each shade (very minor banding?) at 1920x1200 too, but its not anywhere near like the bad banding at 1080p at 1:1. Also tested 1080p expanded to full aspect and there's no banding on that, too (looks same as 1920x1200 as far as banding goes).
 
what is banding? does it suck? doesnt sound great.

does 1:1 look fantastic or shitty? I am using whatever lcd I buy for a tv and a monitor. I use no other device.
 
LittleMeEgo said:
Confirmed on mine as well. If I look very closely I can see each shade (very minor banding?) at 1920x1200 too, but its not anywhere near like the bad banding at 1080p at 1:1. Also tested 1080p expanded to full aspect and there's no banding on that, too (looks same as 1920x1200 as far as banding goes).
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Wait a sec...Are you suggesting that there is banding (maybe to a lesser degree) at native resolution?
 
I believe that most LCDs especially wide gamut monitors will exhibit some banding if they aren't properly calibrated. I have heard about it in reviews of several other monitors. As for the 1:1 issue.. wonder if that is fixable through firmware update? Doesn't matter to me, though, I only plan on using it for the PC. :D
 
ToastyX, I sent you a pm regarding a problem with my Mac, which has some incompatibility issues with the Planar (every restart is tricky)...

I called Apple, but they claim it's the display problem, not the Mac...

Please check it... I'd appreciate your input....
 
Does this thousand dollar monitor show banding??

People say off the cuff things as if that would be ok... it wouldnt be... any more info on this??
 
Toasty said there was none at normal resolution before.. But he also calibrated it.. I think that's the only way to tell.. Improper calibration can cause issues. Hell I didn't know that until I had somebody calibrate my CRT last year for the first time-- what a difference it makes. :D
 
Does it band when i use a true 1080p source or does it not?

Is this monitor only for 1900x1200 use?

I want it to be my multimedia whatever. no tv, just this. no other comps, screens or whatever..... if it has probs with it, I will go get the FP241VW and call it a cheaper day.

I probably would never calibrate it anytime soon. I might, but who knows. never did before, might not bother.
 
Calibrating through the video card won't fix banding. It would only add more. That's why the NEC has internal calibration.

The Planar doesn't have banding when the DV mode is set to text mode, even if the contrast and color settings are changed. The other modes like standard mode have banding. At 1080p and 1080i, text mode acts like standard mode for some reason and has the same banding. This could be fixed with a firmware update, but I doubt Planar would fix this unless many people reported it.

Also, if you don't want the image being messed with, you should set the sharpness to 40% like I mentioned earlier. At the default 50%, there are very subtle sharpness artifacts which most people probably won't notice, and stepping is enhanced, which causes the lines I see in horizontal gradients. That might be the very minor banding LittleMeEgo saw.
 
hm.

so, if you had to get a monitor for 1080p or 720p tv/blu ray watching, you wouldnt suggest this as it would band then, right?

lil hard to figure what you are saying exactly. 1920x1200 no banding, switch it to 1:1 mode with a 1080p source over dvi, it shows banding. that correct?
 
~El~Jefe~ said:
1920x1200 no banding, switch it to 1:1 mode with a 1080p source over dvi, it shows banding. that correct?
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Yes, that's correct. The banding is really only visible in gradients, but with the PS3, I see a lot of gradients. The banding is not really noticeable in movies.
 
I've decided I am going with the Dell 2707.. Although, it only edges out the Planar for me by an extremely thin margin. I really want S-IPS, but at least with the Dell I can purchase accident coverage for it-- which is a great boon for me, considering I have no depth perception and I am deathly afraid of accidentally poking the screen or just knocking it over.

It won't have the super-awesome viewing angle I would like, but some extra inputs would be nice and the added security of knowing one misjudgement won't cost me all that money.

Now if they offered the Planar with the accident protection, I think I would buy it instead, but they only offer it for their own products. :(
 
ToastyX, is there any chance you could post some pics of 720p through both DVI and VGA in 1:1, Aspect and Full modes and check for any graphical issues? I'm still debating about getting this monitor, but I must be able to make it work and look decent with my PS3 and 360. If 720p works for sure and doesn't look too bad, there may still be hope for the Planar...
 
he returned it. tiz gone.

he said, basically, (he said a lot so its hard to paraphrase):

non uniform lightning. lots of bleeding backlight. 1080p at 1:1 produces banding in video games. Firmware in general is terrible. It could have been a huge success, but he hates planar for its gross negligence in not bothering to address these issues. The input time is awesome, the image is sharp. He also said that h-ips creates uses different pixels but he didnt want to explain why he thought that until he could figure it out. I didnt think he thought it was bad either just different.

sorry for answering for you toasty, I was mad bummed out when you gave the thumbs down on it. Mad bummed :(

26 is perfect.... enough to use as a tv/dvd watcher, enough space to see text at native resolution without increasing fonts.... just about what I can afford.... no input lag.... brilliant colours.... sux.... :(
 
Well like they say "beauty if in the eye of the beholder" I ordered one today off the Dell website. The review looks pretty good. I too will return it if it doesnt look good.
 
I don't know why posters here keep claiming that they can return the display if they don't like it... From all I know, and I checked quite a few in-line stores' return policy -- NONE of them will take back a monitor, unless it is faulty and needs to be replaced....
 
Wow so close. Banding with a 1080p source is sad :( Considering the size it makes a nice multi-use monitor despite the lack of extra inputs.

Little you have a PS3 obviously? It's not clear so I'll ask, did you play any BluRay movies on the monitor and if so how was the banding playing that as a 1080p source for movies?
 
MasterTactician said:
ToastyX, is there any chance you could post some pics of 720p through both DVI and VGA in 1:1, Aspect and Full modes and check for any graphical issues? I'm still debating about getting this monitor, but I must be able to make it work and look decent with my PS3 and 360. If 720p works for sure and doesn't look too bad, there may still be hope for the Planar...
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I don't have any pictures, but I can tell you that 720p looks great and scales properly over both DVI and VGA.
 
Madman0 said:
It's not clear so I'll ask, did you play any BluRay movies on the monitor and if so how was the banding playing that as a 1080p source for movies?
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The banding is not noticeable in movies. The banding is only visible with smooth gradients, and even then, it's not too noticeable in most cases.
 
I was really hoping that this would be a good set but you say it has banding with HD video using the DVI adaptor while in 1920X1200 mode showing 1080P movies.

I really did not want to go up to the 30” size but it looks like this settles it and it will be a 30” Dell for me.
 
Rembrandt said:
I was really hoping that this would be a good set but you say it has banding with HD video using the DVI adaptor while in 1920X1200 mode showing 1080P movies.
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That's not correct. Where did you get that idea? The banding is ONLY in 1080p or 1080i mode. No banding in 1920x1200.
 
Well, ToastyX you posted your last post while I was making my post. What do you mean by “smooth gradients”? I am sorry, but I do not understand. Am I going to see it on my Photoshop work? I work with large pictures, PDF’s and web creation.
 
Why would you set your monitor’s height to 1080 resolution? You would no longer have 1920 as your width. If you use it at its proper 1920X1200 resolution, the program that you use to show the HD material will show it at the movies intended aspect ratio.
 
Toasty did you return it and get rid of it or return it for replacement? I am still curious to know if what you got is the average Planar 26" or if you just happened to get a dud.
 
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