Good gaming performance? :confused:
You can't see any reverse ghosting with AMA on?
Even high-end monitors can have bad default color accuracy.
The real question is... how good are colors after user corrections.
Do you think this monitor shows good dark tones after calibration?
You don't...
Everyone can see you did a great job...
But, if I can make a modest and personal note...
If you give 7.8/10 to an "unbalanced" monitor like this...
You should give 11/10 to P-IPS or S-PVA monitors.
;)
ehm... and "ergonomics" how can be a plus?
The ew2420 base can only tilt.
The menu...
How much it's bad is secondary.
...and it's very hard to judge a monitor from videos and photos.
The important thing is what you do with your PC.
You are an occasional video watcher?
YouTube videos... sometimes DVD movies...
The benq can be enough.
Do you like to watch DVD movies, make your...
Hello Danga, you have an historical LCD. :)
First of all, I must say that the 24 inch diagonal with 16:9 aspect ratio is very good.
I hope that there will be more monitors like this.
Black level is also very good... but not yet perfect in the dark room (this applies to EW2420).
Declared...
I think we need a clarification here...
Viewing angle of these BenQ is, in one word, "problematic".
The problem is all in the dark tones representation.
The dark tones are exposed also to slight horizontal viewing angle variations.
This is the reason why you can't completely correct dark tones...
The Nec EA232WMi is coming.
MultiSync® EA232WMi
The U2311H advantage is that it has the overdrive (8ms GTG).
So it's a better choice for gaming purpose.
P.S.
However and personally, I don't think that these BenQ are a failure.
They have their strengths.
Surely the E-IPS panel is a...
I think icm profile don't have gamma informations. So it do nothing to correct colors on screen.
Instead, with video card driver you can change colors on screen. But I don't think it's a good idea to make colors correction in a so approximate way.
Now I've understand because the AMA function...
You can use the settings I said to put the panel in its native condition.
But the temperature of 7000K with gamma 2.0 is not the suggested thing.
If you want the suggested temperature of 6500K with gamma 2.2...
Use the settings and also install the ICC profile.
This depends from your...
If things are like I said... you must say more thanks to AU Optronics.
Brightness: <anything you like>
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 2/3
Gamma: 2.0
Color: "User Mode" ---> (RGB 100,100,100)
In this way the panel is in its native condition (I think).
This is better for the panel but maybe it...
In my opinion this panel has a native gamma of 2.0 and a color temperature of 7000/7100K.
Otherwise, I can't explain the perfect gray scale linearity with gamma 2.0.
And when I say "perfect" I don't want to say "good". :)
The gradient can be really perfect when the panel is in its native...
I've discovered a fun stuff...
Go to this page:
Gradient test (banding test)
Configure your monitor with:
Brightness: no matter
Contrast: 50
Color temperature: "Normal" or RGB ---> 100,100,100
Change the Gamma setting to 2.0...
Now my monitor show a perfect gray scale with no trace of...
These are my settings for 6500K gamma 2.2.
Brightness: 0 (80 cd/m2)
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 2
Color temperature: "User Mode"
Red: 100
Green: 86
Blue: 87
This is the ICC profile with the EyeOne Display 2:
EW2420_6500K.icc
Increasing the contrast I have a color solarization.
You know that the...
If you have some question... I'm using the EW2420.
In the whole, I think it's a good product for the price.
There is some light filtering in the down-right border of the panel.
A bit annoying but nothing so shocking.
My model has a color temperature of 6800K.
To obtain the 6500K I must set RGB...
Probably I can get a EW2420 tomorrow and make a direct comparison with my Nec EA231WMi.
Hoping that VW2420H and EW2420 have the same panel and backlight...
All LED backlight monitors in this price range are "edge type".
Local dimming is possible only with the direct type.
Direct LED backlight = much more LEDs = more power = more heat = more $$$.
I have some doubt we will see local dimming desktop monitors...
But I hope we will see "real" LED (OLED)...
The VW2420H is already available in Italy.
I think we must wait a bit more for the BL2400PT.
I don't know chinese language. :-)
They measure a black brightness of 0.1 cd/m2 and white at 277.2 cd/m2 ?
http://lcd.it168.com/picshow/index272936.shtml
If so... this means a contrast ratio of 2772:1.
You are right.
I've found erroneous specs about the BenQ BL2400PT.
So BenQ have three models with VA + LED...
About contrast ratio measurement...
I know that the contrast is "native" in the panel. But this is not the only variable in a LCD monitor.
The backlight implementation, "tuning" and...
I think to buy a EW2420 for a friend and make the calibration with the EyeOne2.
Some things...
The BL2400PT have a TN panel, not the VA. :-\
The low static contrast ratio measurement of 783:1 opposite to the declared 3000:1...
It's a big difference but can be (at least in part) explained by...
Don't be too quick to change the monitor, because the backlight uniformity can improve with time.
It's not a joke.
It's a well know behavior of some CCFL lamps.
I'm seeing an appreciable difference after a month of use.
Obviously I can not guarantee...
I'm happy my calibration profiles can help you. :)
This is the profile for 9300K gamma 2.2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/306035850/EA231WMi_9300K.icc.html
Monitor RGB settings for 9300K profile:
Red: 82,8%
Green: 81,8%
Blue: 100%
I "generally" suggest to not touch the default contrast setting...
Hello!
Happy EA231WMi purchaser from Italy. :)
There are my ICC profiles from calibration with Eye One Display 2.
Brightness: 50% (near the suggested 120 cd/m2)
Contrast: 50%
With "native" monitor colors.
http://rapidshare.com/files/304134173/E231WMi_NATIVE.icc.html
With RGB monitor settings...