warriorpoet
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This does seem a bit of a sticky wicket these days, but I'm ready to finally relegate 'ol reliable (SyncMaster 2253LW- 21.6" TN) to office duty. As with anything, there is no perfect answer; hopefully all the gurus here can help find the best one for me.
PC:
i5 2500k
Radeon 7970
8 Gb DDR3 1866
2x SSDs (OS, programs, Steam)
1x HDD (cold storage)
Uses:
office work, browsing, musical composition, audio recording, gaming
Requirements/ desires:
24"-27"
Higher DPI is better (I do a lot of work with tiny musical notation)
high contrast is preferable (especially good blacks)
semi-glossy or matte is preferred, but glossy is doable. I'd like to avoid heavy AG coatings.
16:10 ratio preferred
>$400 (I will go slightly over if value is too good to miss)
The candidates so far:
Crossover 27q 27" Korean IPS (~$430 perfect pixel, ~$370 non-perfect)
Samsung S4A850DW 24" refurb (~$300)
Asus PA248Q 24" (~$360)
wildcards:
Dell S2440L 24"(~$200)
The Korean IPS seems the best risk/reward proposition, the Asus the safest bet, Samsung's PLS a good value if their refurbs are up to snuff, and the Dell's a beautiful little thing with low DPI and a glossy screen that just does the deep black thing amazingly well.
Is there something obvious out there I'm missing? I keep rejecting the UltraSharp series because of the heavy AG, but read it might be getting less obtrusive; is this true and should I reconsider the U2412M?
For reference, my current favorite monitor is the 1080p RGBLED on my Dell XPS16. If I can get pixel density and color accuracy in that range, I'll be a happy guy.
PC:
i5 2500k
Radeon 7970
8 Gb DDR3 1866
2x SSDs (OS, programs, Steam)
1x HDD (cold storage)
Uses:
office work, browsing, musical composition, audio recording, gaming
Requirements/ desires:
24"-27"
Higher DPI is better (I do a lot of work with tiny musical notation)
high contrast is preferable (especially good blacks)
semi-glossy or matte is preferred, but glossy is doable. I'd like to avoid heavy AG coatings.
16:10 ratio preferred
>$400 (I will go slightly over if value is too good to miss)
The candidates so far:
Crossover 27q 27" Korean IPS (~$430 perfect pixel, ~$370 non-perfect)
Samsung S4A850DW 24" refurb (~$300)
Asus PA248Q 24" (~$360)
wildcards:
Dell S2440L 24"(~$200)
The Korean IPS seems the best risk/reward proposition, the Asus the safest bet, Samsung's PLS a good value if their refurbs are up to snuff, and the Dell's a beautiful little thing with low DPI and a glossy screen that just does the deep black thing amazingly well.
Is there something obvious out there I'm missing? I keep rejecting the UltraSharp series because of the heavy AG, but read it might be getting less obtrusive; is this true and should I reconsider the U2412M?
For reference, my current favorite monitor is the 1080p RGBLED on my Dell XPS16. If I can get pixel density and color accuracy in that range, I'll be a happy guy.
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