Earlier this month I built a new desktop and purchased two Planar PX2710MW's. First thing I noticed in comparison to my friends Viewsonic VX2739wm was the backlight bleed. Every side and corner had significant bleeding and one monitor had some dead pixels on the right middle side. I initially decided to exchange for new ones, and decided to test these to see if it would be a return or not.
The input lag I experienced after hooking up the Xbox360 via VGA was very low and noticeably lower than my cheap plasma tv hooked up via VGA and set to it's native resolution. The quality of the image was decent but I had not the time to properly adjust the screen, but was overall happy with it. My main concern was input lag (wasn't expecting back-light bleeding) and that turned out to be a non issue.
So here I am shipping the monitors back because the extensive back light bleed and I'm back to the drawing board for monitor decisions. I called Planar and asked about that models back light bleed and was told that they have not heard many complaints in that regard, but many amazon reviews included that (not much weight given to these). I've been looking at all other 27" and excluding those above $500. Features I'm looking for in a monitor are: 27", 2ms response time (or as close to as possible), low input lag (preferably under 16ms if tested), 120hz or lower (Yes I know 120hz won't benefit console use), DVI & VGA ports, under $500, and newly added a back-light bleed that doesn't frame the entire monitor...
Do I:
1. Switch it to exchange and receive two more PX2710MW's (if I do this I'm stuck with dealing with planar for exchanges)
2. Look at new monitors? if so here are a few I'm researching input lag for:
A) ASUS VE278Q
B) Acer HN274Hbmiiid
C) SAMSUNG P2770FH
D) Any other that fits this category...
Any information will be appreciated.
The input lag I experienced after hooking up the Xbox360 via VGA was very low and noticeably lower than my cheap plasma tv hooked up via VGA and set to it's native resolution. The quality of the image was decent but I had not the time to properly adjust the screen, but was overall happy with it. My main concern was input lag (wasn't expecting back-light bleeding) and that turned out to be a non issue.
So here I am shipping the monitors back because the extensive back light bleed and I'm back to the drawing board for monitor decisions. I called Planar and asked about that models back light bleed and was told that they have not heard many complaints in that regard, but many amazon reviews included that (not much weight given to these). I've been looking at all other 27" and excluding those above $500. Features I'm looking for in a monitor are: 27", 2ms response time (or as close to as possible), low input lag (preferably under 16ms if tested), 120hz or lower (Yes I know 120hz won't benefit console use), DVI & VGA ports, under $500, and newly added a back-light bleed that doesn't frame the entire monitor...
Do I:
1. Switch it to exchange and receive two more PX2710MW's (if I do this I'm stuck with dealing with planar for exchanges)
2. Look at new monitors? if so here are a few I'm researching input lag for:
A) ASUS VE278Q
B) Acer HN274Hbmiiid
C) SAMSUNG P2770FH
D) Any other that fits this category...
Any information will be appreciated.