Best 24" for gaming - Hazro?

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hi

have just returned my second Yaruka due to faults - a horizontal line appeared a third way up screen on both.

Am now waiting for a refund and was going to go for a Hazro 24" but due to it not being in stock it has given me a breather to consider whether this would be the best choice.

I don't really do much work on my pc at home and mainly use it for gaming and web browsing. I'm not fussed about inputs, just as long as it's got DVI i'm happy.

I'm not interested in a TN panel rather PVA or above.

I've heard that the contrast ratio is not great on the Hazro but many still declare it as the best monitor about - but generally those who use it for professional purposes such as photography.

The longer i'm waiting for the Hazro to come back into stock the more i'm having second tohughts about whether it is the best monitor for me to buy.

Please help..

Many thanks
 
Hazro is great but I wouldn't recommend it as a gaming monitor; you can get much faster ones for a lot less. I'd recommend the Hazro if photoshop or watching tv/film is important.
 
If it's just for gaming, then no, stick to a TN and put the cash into some other component. If you do a lot of things with your PC as well as gaming then go for it, input lag is lower than the Dell and Samsung 24" PVA's and it's an S-IPS so you get stellar viewing angles.

It's a thing of beauty as well, which also doesn't hurt!
 
Whether it's during gaming or otherwise, the vertical viewing angles of TN are annoying. With other panel types, especially IPS, you have far more flexibility about where you can view the screen from. Using an IPS it's like using a CRT, you never have to worry about adjusting the screen tilt just because you slouched a little in your chair, whereas with a TN you notice the top of the screen going dark and the bottom going pale. Even when you're completely still, the vertical viewing angles still means the same colour looks different at the top and bottom of a TN. Plus you can get non-TNs which are both quick (although admittedly not as quick as a 2ms TN) and have minimal lag.

As for whether IPS are the best, that's really hard to answer and will depend on individual preference - they have the best viewing angles, but at the moment the ones available have the worst contrast ratios and therefore black depth. That can be a problem if you like gaming in a dark room. PVA, MVA have their problems too, so whatever type you go for it's a compromise.
 
Black depth issues are easily fixed by simply calibrating the screen so it's not so much an issues on IPS !
 
Thanks for all replies; it seems that many of the better pva panel monitors are very close to the price of the Hazro so it does seem natural to go for the better panel type the hazro has - does'nt it?
 
mrk said:
Black depth issues are easily fixed by simply calibrating the screen so it's not so much an issues on IPS !
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You might under some circumstances get a better black depth by calibrating, assuming the default settings aren't optimal, but if one screen is rated 700:1 and another 1000:1 and they're both 500 cd/m2 brightness, the 1000:1 screen will be able to do a deeper black. The quoted contrast ratio is the best a screen can do.
 
on paper that may be true but I've owned all the top consumer 24" screens now and had the dell 2007WFP before them and find no issues at all with black depth after calibration. I play games and watch movies btw.

as an example on the black depth test here: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php I can see from box 2 onwards just about with some squinting or 3 onwards easily without squinting and based on those tests on that site I'd rate a monitor happily.
 
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Is there a decent monitor out there between £280 - £450 that doesnt require calibration.... just out of the box. Plug and Play?!
 
All the 24" screens generally look great once you set the brightness to something comfortable, it's only once you calibrate that you realise how out the monitor was. The Hazro has been the most accurate out the box so far with the Dell 2007WFP leading 2nd place and the Dell 2408WFP being last of the lot but the average person would not be able to tell without comparing really.
 
You've pretty much convinced me to get a revised HAZRO 24" from a few weeks back lol
But I might just settle for the Samsung 245b thing (£280) just for cheapness, plus my bro has one, so if he ever wants dual screens, them he's got matching screens and I'll just get something newer/better.
 
mrk said:
on paper that may be true but I've owned all the top consumer 24" screens now and had the dell 2007WFP before them and find no issues at all with black depth after calibration. I play games and watch movies btw.

as an example on the black depth test here: http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php I can see from box 2 onwards just about with some squinting or 3 onwards easily without squinting and based on those tests on that site I'd rate a monitor happily.
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We've had this discussion before. Compared to the CRT (Dell P1130, sony trinitron tube) I have sat next to my 2007wfp, with the lights out the black depth is probably 10 times brighter on the LCD. No adjustment of setting helps significantly. In that situation the LCD looks like a thin film with a bright light behind it, because that's exactly what it is. In comparison even after your eyes have adjusted to the dark, I can hardly tell where the CRT is the black depth is that good. You might like to read how Baddass described the 2007wfp black depth compared to a 700:1 TN screen -

http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=637&page=5
 
I've read everything there is to read and I'm not a novice to all this thanks :)

I was speaking from my experience with all these screens after ownership and feel that sharing it can help others as I do everything from gaming to HD movie watching and photo editing. I had 3 revisions of the 2007WFP all of them varied in small amounts from black depth too.

Anyway we're not comparing a CRT to a TFT here (besides the point CRT is dead technology today) we are comparing TFT technologies so lord knows why you bring CRT into this !

If I was able to fully enjoy and see details in Ravenholm in HL2 or play through Doom3 no issues then it's a fact that black depth is "fine" for gaming on a 2007wfp.
 
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