I just got my HP Z24i (model number D7P53A8, panel Samsung LTM240CL01), and coming from the NEC 20WMGX2, the coating is noticeably grainy-looking, though nowhere near as bad as I remember the Dell 2007WFP. There is also a brightness shift at a normal 26" or so viewing distance; when I'm looking at the middle of the screen, the left and right sides appear slightly dimmer than the middle area, and this begins about 6" from the edges and gets worse with distance from center. When I move my head in front of these areas, they become fully white, and the center gets dimmer, so it's not a uniformity thing. This is after calibrating to 40 fL with Calman and an i1D3 meter.
While it's not a bad monitor, the Z24i is a downgrade in these respects from my six y/o NEC, and I don't know if I'm going to keep it. I want the following:
1. Glossy coating.
2. VESA mount.
3. Size 21-24".
4. IPS, or something with wide viewing angles, preferably without the aforementioned brightness shift.
Is such a monitor available? The glossy ones I've run across all lack the VESA mount.
And on the semi-glossy spectrum, where does the Z24i fit? Might there be non-grainy semi-glossy coatings out there? FWIW, the datasheet I found says the LTM240CL01 is Haze 47%, Hard Coating 3H.
While it's not a bad monitor, the Z24i is a downgrade in these respects from my six y/o NEC, and I don't know if I'm going to keep it. I want the following:
1. Glossy coating.
2. VESA mount.
3. Size 21-24".
4. IPS, or something with wide viewing angles, preferably without the aforementioned brightness shift.
Is such a monitor available? The glossy ones I've run across all lack the VESA mount.
And on the semi-glossy spectrum, where does the Z24i fit? Might there be non-grainy semi-glossy coatings out there? FWIW, the datasheet I found says the LTM240CL01 is Haze 47%, Hard Coating 3H.