upgrade advice needed

[oneness]

So I"m currently running a Dell 1800FP which is a IPS true 8-bit panel.

I ordered the Hanns G 22" on sale at staples as an upgrade since this 18 incher is feeling cramped. Well I returned it to Staples today, it was simply a downgrade in terms of quality from the 1800fp.

I assume the HannsG had a TN panel. Now I'm not an expert on panel technology but wow the two monitors side by side on my desk the difference is glaring. While the hanns had great picture clarity I was very disappointed in lack of uniformity of colors and light. Changing eye level just an inch or two up or down results in washed out colors, fading, darkness, etc. on my dell right next to it nothing until extreme vertical angles.

Now I'm also a slickdeals kinda guy. That hanns g I ordered would have been about $170 after rebates and coupon codes. I realize now that I just can't get anything with the quality of my 1800fp in that price range (unless I go for another 1800fp and go dual).

What's out there that can compre? I suppose all TN panels have this problem with vertical angles, etc? I thought I'd buy a Samsung 2220wm at costco after returning the hanns to Staples but checking it out ( as well as all the other monitors on display) yielded the same thing, dark spots on teh screen when looked at any way but dead on.\\

It's kind of crazy, this Dell I've had for at least 4 years. Why are these types of panels so expensive now? Anyway, do all of Dell's Ultrasharps line have IPS panels at 8-bit? Is there anything close to that available from other manufactures? Help

 

[oneness]

i think i've decided to look for a 2001fp. according to the wikipedia for dell monitors it also is IPS and is true 8-bit. ebay here i come.. oh well, so much for an affordable widescreen..

i don't see how people can be satisfied by such poor viewing angles that are on most monitors in the stores.. i know most casual users don't notice or case but anyone on [H] I would think would have a more discerning eye(s).

 

[Masashi]

TN panels are cheaper and for many people that is the most important thing.

A lot of [H] members go for 24" pva/mva monitors. Not comparable to IPS quality but the VA monitors are cheaper and close enough to IPS quality.

 

[E.T]

i don't see how people can be satisfied by such poor viewing angles that are on most monitors in the stores..

You're overestimating Joe Average Consumer who can't mostly think farther than fashion and swallows about anything if it's shoveled down with enough PR BS, like dynamic deceit... er contrast, need sunglasses brightness, vaguely measured response times etc. Besides makers/shop surely won't tell that TN's vertical viewing angle is faulty and that viewing angle measurements are completely fraudulent. And review magazines meant for normal consumers seem to be well in leash.
Also conditions in shops are like tailor made for hiding faults of TNs with bright lightning and Disneyland coloured advertising videos running in center of screens so that "minor" faults don't show.

Here many are gamers who are willing to sacrifice accurate colours/viewing angles for getting smallest input lag so that's why you see also TNs advertised in here.