Help me pick a LCD display please.

[Alcpone]

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LG-L226WT

3000:1 enough said

 

[technicks]

Yeah i know but i don't like the color and they don't have it in stock.
I think i'm gonna buy the Asus. It has 160 degree viewing angle. Which i don't find very important btw. And i like the looks of it.

The Acer has a 160 degree viewing angle to. The LG 170.

 

[newtekie1]

I have the ASUS monitor, I love it.

The speakers on it suck though, so forget about them. Also while it might be rated at 2ms, they use something called overdrive to achieve it, the problem is that if the environment is slightly cool(like below 70F) it can cause some pretty nasty ghosting. So ASUS disables it by default, and the only way to turn it on is to go into a secret menu and turn it on, and you have to do that every time you turn the monitor on. Originally they shipped with it on be default, but after a lot of complaints about the ghosting they disabled it by default. Personally, I don't use it and never notice any ghosting at whatever response time it runs at without overdrive(my guess is 5ms).

The 700:1 contrast ratio is fine and I use it for gaming all the time. Even in games that don't support widescreen it looks nice, but there aren't many modern games that don't anyway, so it really doesn't matter.

 

[keakar]

Yes it is, but on a TN panel you prob. wont notice the difference (on an SIPS panel you def. would).

what is the difference between a TN panel and a SIPS panel and what does SIPS and TN stand for?

 

[technicks]

I have the ASUS monitor, I love it.

The speakers on it suck though, so forget about them. Also while it might be rated at 2ms, they use something called overdrive to achieve it, the problem is that if the environment is slightly cool(like below 70F) it can cause some pretty nasty ghosting. So ASUS disables it by default, and the only way to turn it on is to go into a secret menu and turn it on, and you have to do that every time you turn the monitor on. Originally they shipped with it on be default, but after a lot of complaints about the ghosting they disabled it by default. Personally, I don't use it and never notice any ghosting at whatever response time it runs at without overdrive(my guess is 5ms).

The 700:1 contrast ratio is fine and I use it for gaming all the time. Even in games that don't support widescreen it looks nice, but there aren't many modern games that don't anyway, so it really doesn't matter.

I bought it today. Kickass monitor. Thanks for the info.

 

[newtekie1]

Cool, oh and just so you know, to get to that secret menu you need to hold down the menu button for 5-10 seconds. If you start to see image problems with the monitor try switching overdrive on or off and see if it helps. The ghosting seems to be the worst and most noticeable when you are running at resolutions that aren't recommended in the manual.

 

[technicks]

Well the screen is good but i have a problem.
I have a few dead pixels next to each other, But how can i see how many are dead?
I have the idea there are 3 or 4. But i'm not sure.
I called Asus and the guy told me to send him a picture but my camera can't make such a clear shot.
It looks like a small stripe so it has to be more then one.

 

[newtekie1]

If it is a stripe of pixels they should replace it.

 

[technicks]

Well the thing is i cant find anything that i could use as a reference. I have never actually saw a dead pixel.

 

[newtekie1]

A dead pixel will look like a very very tiny dot on the screen. Almost about the size of a period on the screen, usually a little smaller, more like the size of the dot over the letter i.

 

[technicks]

I went back to the store and the guy said he's gonna contact Asus.

I find it ridiculous that stores sell monitors that are faulty. They should check them before selling them.That would be costumer friendly.