Best 24-28" LCD?

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When my FW900 died some years ago, I ended up making an emergency purchase of a Philips 230W 23" LCD. Generally, I've been pleased. It has a couple of unnoticable stuck pixels (my second unit - the first was much worse), but my biggest issue with it is I want to be able to play Blu-rays and it's not HDCP complaint. So, a new monitor is in my future.

My needs are: something that's bigger but NOT higher resolution; probably IPS-based since I'm used to it; should be good for video and photo editing; should have as low input lag as possible (I do like FPS games); shouldn't make any noise when running (reports of buzzes and hums on some are disturbing). Cost is not a primary factor, and I'm not too particular on size as long as it's at least 24" and 1920x1200 resolution.

So what's on the market that's good and worth owning?

Right now I'm eyeing the NEC LCD2690WUXi2... I'll admit that I'm a bit concerned about input lag even though I have no basis for knowing what the lag is on my 230W - I don't think anyone's ever measured it.
 
I use and recommend to everyone the benq g2400wd for pc use, samsung t240HD or the benq for movie/console use.
They both 1920x1200. Note 25-28" lcd's are all also 1920x1200 just with bigger pixels. 24" are the sharpest 1920x1200 =)
 
You could try the Planar PX2611W if you're worried about input lag. Similar to the 2690 (lacking the A-TW polarizer and higher brightness being the major differences) and much less expensive. Less than $800 from Provantage.
 
I'd recommend HP LP2480zx, but it is a really expensive model. Maybe NEC 2490, because it would save you the trouble with wide-gamut of 2690 :-/
 
nomu said:
You could try the Planar PX2611W if you're worried about input lag. Similar to the 2690 (lacking the A-TW polarizer and higher brightness being the major differences) and much less expensive. Less than $800 from Provantage.
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S-IPS + negligible lag = woohoo
 
Yeah, the wide gamet thing has got me a little concerned... it seems that non-profile-aware applications would display everything very very wrong. I do a ton of different stuff with this PC... I'm sure my photo editing and video editing software will work, but I have a lot of other graphic utilities that wouldn't.

Wow, that HP is uber expensive. Why's it worth so much?
 
HP is uber expensive because you can hardly get anything better, it is basicly a model for graphicians who don't care about somewhat higher price. But the final price depends strongly on the country, in Czechia its price is about the same as NEC 2690 Spectraview.
 
After not being happy with my choices a few months ago, I'm back looking again for a monitor. Criteria are:

24" plus
IPS
NORMAL color gamut
1920x1200
cost no objective

What are my options? I had lusted after the NEC 2690WUXI/2, but it's wide gamut. It looks like the best one at this time is the NEC 2490WUXI... is there actually anything else that's IPS and normal gamut in this size range??
 
NEC 2690 has a quite good sRGB emulation. Where red and green *are* actually toned down without affecting blue.
 
Your best option is NEC 2490 H-IPS+24 non wide gamut,also is the best lcd monitor available.
 
Sadly the only options at this time are:

HP LP2480zx
NEC 2490
NEC 2490 version 2

I would get the HP if I could afford it without buyers remorse (because of the astronomical cost). I will probably settle for the 2490v2.
 
If you are going to use only sRGB applications, you can't go wrong with the 2490 :)
 
It would seem that the NEC 2490 is a perfect fit for you.. though I don't see how you can consider it "settling". It's one of the best displays out there. There is considerable input lag though.. 16ms through NECs specs and your Philips say less, though I don't know about how they fair in reality. Reviews on input lag are not favorable for the NEC screens but not everyone notices it or is bothered by it.
 
Speaking of which, does anyone know what the input lag is on this Philips 230W I'm using now? I could never really find much information on it.

It's distressing that there is no decent "jack of all trades" LCD... everything's an "or" situation - this OR that...
 
I've read 12ms and just now 16ms, depending on the site.. but that may or may not be actual performance. Reviews I'm reading suggest it's too laggy for gaming and video so maybe you won't notice the NEC lag.. If you type your display into google you can read what people said about it back when it was new.
 
Sunfox said:
Speaking of which, does anyone know what the input lag is on this Philips 230W I'm using now? I could never really find much information on it.

It's distressing that there is no decent "jack of all trades" LCD... everything's an "or" situation - this OR that...
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Neither CRTs of the past nor LCDs of the present time are 100% decent for every nose picker.

At the same time, it has been said and shown 100 times what LCDs are 99% decent for all trades and why. Thousands of users found them and are happy with "all trades" with no distress.
All info collected and posted for your convenience.
Read it.
These recommendations are based on tons of reviews and users reports.
Choose the decent one and grab it.
Nothing distresses you but yourself with milliseconds you have no idea about.
You know little about the monitor in front of you but dare to make conclusions about the whole industry.:):):)
 
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I'm hoping your post wasn't indended to be quite as insulting as it came off, so I'll forgive you that...

...But I've been reading here long enough to become disappointed with every single monitor that I've researched. The monitor I had before this was the FW900 (which I loved so much) - and it wasn't bought when it was the end-of-line/refurbished special-de-jour, but when it was brand new and horribly expensive. When its high voltage section went, I had a same-day choice between a Samsung 24" with horrible input lag and color shifting, or a relatively unknown new Philips model that had some positive first impressions.

I'm hoping to not have to make a knee-jerk reaction this time around.
 
My post is not intended to be insulting (I put smiles x3).
Nor it is complimentary.
You are breaking in the open door.
Enjoy the results of collective experience and knowledge (the link provided).
A proper reaction on another "100 times discussed" thread:
1. A link to the appropriate resource provided.
2. The thread is closed by a moderator.

I'm hoping your post wasn't indended to fill this forum with endless threads of the same content (so that readers have to spend hours to find anything useful) as it came off, so I'll forgive you that...
Good luck with your search:).
 
Sunfox said:
I'm hoping your post wasn't indended to be quite as insulting as it came off, so I'll forgive you that...

...But I've been reading here long enough to become disappointed with every single monitor that I've researched. The monitor I had before this was the FW900 (which I loved so much) - and it wasn't bought when it was the end-of-line/refurbished special-de-jour, but when it was brand new and horribly expensive. When its high voltage section went, I had a same-day choice between a Samsung 24" with horrible input lag and color shifting, or a relatively unknown new Philips model that had some positive first impressions.

I'm hoping to not have to make a knee-jerk reaction this time around.
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You can't have everything, can you?
It would be just sufficient to go through the links in my signature.
If you are strongly concerned about the input lag, look here and search for the best:
http://www.digitalversus.com/duels.php?ty=6

There is not a perfect monitor, we have to live with it and hope for the best and ultimate OLED or laser screen in the future :)
 
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