Anything with good black levels?

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Kaldskryke

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I'm using an LG 204WTX and while I'm not exactly displeased, it's got terrible black levels, lots of crushing. I've tried playing with the gamma, but then I lose even more detail in dark areas. The dynamic contrast "movie" annoys the crap out of me, so I leave that off. At least the backlight uniformity is good.

I'm looking to buy a new 24 - 42" panel sometime before summer 2009, although sooner would be nice. Black levels are quite important, but I won't sacrifice reasonable response times/input lag. Must be at least 1080p.

I could wait until OLED/SED/FED but those will probably be quite expensive for a long time, so I'd like to get something reasonably decent to hold me over for a few years.

Any suggestions?
 
Kaldskryke said:
I'm using an LG 204WTX and while I'm not exactly displeased, it's got terrible black levels, lots of crushing. I've tried playing with the gamma, but then I lose even more detail in dark areas. The dynamic contrast "movie" annoys the crap out of me, so I leave that off. At least the backlight uniformity is good.

I'm looking to buy a new 24 - 42" panel sometime before summer 2009, although sooner would be nice. Black levels are quite important, but I won't sacrifice reasonable response times/input lag. Must be at least 1080p.

I could wait until OLED/SED/FED but those will probably be quite expensive for a long time, so I'd like to get something reasonably decent to hold me over for a few years.

Any suggestions?
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not really. LCD's are notorious for bad black levels. there's nothing out there right now with any kind of good black levels. you either get something with really good colors or you get shiite colors and a fast panel. there is no real inbetween with LCD's, you sacrifice one for the other.

Syndication said:
NEC MultiSync LCD2490WUXI-BK Black 24" LCD Monitor

http://www.superwarehouse.com/NEC_M...Black_24_LCD_Monitor/LCD2490WUXI-BK/p/1498376

$1137.99

Very Pricey, but an absolute must if you love accurate colors.
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while that NEC has sweet colors, the black levels aren't that good at 800:1
 
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