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FlyinBrian

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Please some of you display guru's help me out here.. this is annoying trying to decide between monitors. Basically I want a great lcd for gaming and movies.

I have heard the PX2611W planer is a good one.

I have also heard that you cant beat the Benq fp241w considering it does everything well all around.

Then you have the Dell models.. ugh



I Appreciate any help you guys could give me..



Brian
 
For your research I offer up the Iiyama ProLite B2403WS.

"We've found a new benchmark in term of reactivity, namely the Iiyama B2403WS. Fast, inexpensive and well tuned, it's a monitor that deserves more press attention, it's also good for both PC and console gaming.
It's our preferred monitor from this entire selection." -- http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Monitors-Displays,review-29797-21.html

From what they say, it's got good color fidelity and great blacks, which ought to be good for movies, and it's fast enough for games. It's also talked about as having great value for your money. It is a TN-panel though.

I have ordered one for myself after spending a few days doing research into 24" monitors. I need one for gaming and general desktop work (programming, reading), not for movies, therefore this might not be the best option for you.
 
I dont agree with thg on that iyama model.. it uses a TN panel and I want something higher quality.
 
Where did you order the Iiyama ProLite B2403WS? I was having some trouble finding a site that had one for sale.
 
well after much study.. i think i am just gona pull the trigger on a BENQ FP241W.

I see them out of stock everywhere though.. does anyone know if they stoped making it.
 
FlyinBrian said:
I dont agree with thg on that iyama model.. it uses a TN panel and I want something higher quality.
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What panel in the Benq, S-IPS? It's certainly a better monitor, it's certainly more expensive (+~60% here).

Sprtfan said:
Where did you order the Iiyama ProLite B2403WS? I was having some trouble finding a site that had one for sale.
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I'm in Sweden and the Iiyama isn't well represented around here either, I had to resort to Pixmania
 
You can find the NEC 2490WUXi for about $1000 these days. You are not going to find a better panel for the price
 
The NEC 2490WUXi cant be used for gaming can it ? Thats why I voted for the BenQ model it seems good for all around use. The NEC i hear ghosts pretty bad in games.
 
FlyinBrian said:
Thats why I voted for the BenQ model it seems good for all around use.
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It's rather hard to find review site which has reviews for many displays because most just review random (sized and price class) display once in a while and others do bigger reviews but so rarely that considering rate of new models results are fast meaningless. (because most of the displays have been replaced by new models)

Here's one site which has quite many reviews with new models tested at rather decent space.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/displays/review/2006/09/13/BenQ-FP241W-24in-Widescreen-Monitor/p4
Iiyama didn't make impression... or worse one at most.


clockdogg said:
Yes, BenQ stopped making them.
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Yep, too good so it had to be removed for making space for TN models.
(after all non-TN displays have been removed from market people won't see faults of TN panels when comparing displays in shops)
 
FlyinBrian said:
The NEC 2490WUXi cant be used for gaming can it ? Thats why I voted for the BenQ model it seems good for all around use. The NEC i hear ghosts pretty bad in games.
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No way! I don't even see the need to enable overdrive on it. It blows every PVA panel I have seen out of the water in all areas including movies, gaming, and input lag. The only bad thing I see about it is that you dont get all the flashy inputs.
 
E.T said:
It's rather hard to find review site which has reviews for many displays because most just review random (sized and price class) display once in a while and others do bigger reviews but so rarely that considering rate of new models results are fast meaningless. (because most of the displays have been replaced by new models)

Here's one site which has quite many reviews with new models tested at rather decent space.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/displays/review/2006/09/13/BenQ-FP241W-24in-Widescreen-Monitor/p4
Iiyama didn't make impression... or worse one at most.


Yep, too good so it had to be removed for making space for TN models.
(after all non-TN displays have been removed from market people won't see faults of TN panels when comparing displays in shops)
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and anyone who knows anything about panels and quality will stop buying them and the lcd market will die.:) YAY!:)

its a win-win:)
 
DrNick said:
No way! I don't even see the need to enable overdrive on it. It blows every PVA panel I have seen out of the water in all areas including movies, gaming, and input lag. The only bad thing I see about it is that you dont get all the flashy inputs.
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Second this, though it do have input lag of 2 frames. Personally I don't notice it, but those sensitive to it will probably. The Planar 26" only have 1 frame input lag and should be better in this area. Ghosting is not a problem at all. For the larger screens like the 26", you'd might need to push the screen back a little to avoid eye focus issues due to size.

Here's a link about the NEC 26" and the 24" should be similar in gaming performance:
http://prad.de/en/monitore/review/2007/review-nec-lcd2690wuxi-part12.html#Responsiveness

Many people can't adjust to LCD's in general due to the lack of fading between refreshes. CRT's have smoother transactions between each frame due to this. Its not like they have a sharper eye or something, but rather a problem adjusting.

Edit: There is a new panel coming to the 26", lm260wu2, which have a gamut of 102%. Production for this is Q4 2007 so it probably won't take long before the 26" becomes updated. I've heard rumors about march.
 
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