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Just got a Lenovo L220X a couple of weeks ago and thought I'd pass on my opinion about it. It's great, buy it! If you were considering it, you will not be disappointed. I know I'm not qualified to give a serious evaluation so, I'll leave that to the few reviews there are.
I can confirm the reviewers' overall impressions, it's a beautiful thing. The wider color gamut (92%) and the fact that it's an S-PVA panel, give it incredible color reproduction. Coming from a TN panel (Samsung 930bf), everything I've seen before, I am seeing again, all brand new. Really, when it first came to life, my icons were rich with color, had such smooth gradients and have more detail as a result.
Of course, the first thing that caught my attention about this monitor was at 22" it
was a 1920 x 1200 res. I assumed I was priced out of a good, higher resolution monitor. I don't hear much about 'hi-res' except in regard to HD playback capability. On LCDs, it seems like res. only increases proportionally with screen size. There's a lot of concern over anti-aliasing and other techniques to make shapes appear more graceful. Increased resolution within a given space, just allows for a finer detail. Concerns over text really aren't necessary since text size can be set in display properties to any size you like.
I had originally intended to get a 24" TN panel. Man, am I glad I didn't! The degree of performance from this monitor is more than a fair exchange for more screen size. I just began shooting in RAW format. Looking at the pics I've processed in PE with my old monitor, the color is mostly bad some, very bad. That monitor was regularly calibrated with my Spyder2 and had about as good of a color as it was capable of. It simply could not reproduce color that was there in the picture. That would have been fun trying to get a print from any of these. I have to admit, I did not really understand what the actual necessity of a good monitor for color correction or RAW processing was. Apparently, it refers to the fact that it cannot be done on a shitty display.
Of course, there are games. WOW! Again, stunning. I lack the graphics power at the moment to play any new games. The ones I am replaying though, keep me playing in astonishment over how freaking good they look. The difference is so incredible it's hard to explain what a completely new experience this monitor is providing.
And that would be my ultimate point here. As far as total satisfaction goes, no
upgrade in 10 years of continuous upgrades has rewarded me so much as this, the most interfaced compnent of a computer. Apparently, size and pixel response are only two aspects to consider in a monitor. My advice, the next time you consider a monitor upgrade/replacement, try to talk yourself into a better panel, I don't think you'll regret it. The downside, I can never again settle for less, the very thought is depressing.
I can confirm the reviewers' overall impressions, it's a beautiful thing. The wider color gamut (92%) and the fact that it's an S-PVA panel, give it incredible color reproduction. Coming from a TN panel (Samsung 930bf), everything I've seen before, I am seeing again, all brand new. Really, when it first came to life, my icons were rich with color, had such smooth gradients and have more detail as a result.
Of course, the first thing that caught my attention about this monitor was at 22" it
was a 1920 x 1200 res. I assumed I was priced out of a good, higher resolution monitor. I don't hear much about 'hi-res' except in regard to HD playback capability. On LCDs, it seems like res. only increases proportionally with screen size. There's a lot of concern over anti-aliasing and other techniques to make shapes appear more graceful. Increased resolution within a given space, just allows for a finer detail. Concerns over text really aren't necessary since text size can be set in display properties to any size you like.
I had originally intended to get a 24" TN panel. Man, am I glad I didn't! The degree of performance from this monitor is more than a fair exchange for more screen size. I just began shooting in RAW format. Looking at the pics I've processed in PE with my old monitor, the color is mostly bad some, very bad. That monitor was regularly calibrated with my Spyder2 and had about as good of a color as it was capable of. It simply could not reproduce color that was there in the picture. That would have been fun trying to get a print from any of these. I have to admit, I did not really understand what the actual necessity of a good monitor for color correction or RAW processing was. Apparently, it refers to the fact that it cannot be done on a shitty display.
Of course, there are games. WOW! Again, stunning. I lack the graphics power at the moment to play any new games. The ones I am replaying though, keep me playing in astonishment over how freaking good they look. The difference is so incredible it's hard to explain what a completely new experience this monitor is providing.
And that would be my ultimate point here. As far as total satisfaction goes, no
upgrade in 10 years of continuous upgrades has rewarded me so much as this, the most interfaced compnent of a computer. Apparently, size and pixel response are only two aspects to consider in a monitor. My advice, the next time you consider a monitor upgrade/replacement, try to talk yourself into a better panel, I don't think you'll regret it. The downside, I can never again settle for less, the very thought is depressing.
