NEC LCD24WMGX3 Professional Gaming 24" Widescreen

Well I know that NEC released a 24" IPS monitor in North America (the 2490 as opposed to 2470 which is available on here - little brother of the 26" IPS) with no plans to market in the UK. Maybe they're keeping all their IPS panels for the MDView range of medical monitors (there's a 24" IPS panel monitor....but I suspect not built for high speed gaming. And probably horrendously expensive)

I'd still like to know what this MVA one is like though, for the price it needs to be some sort of godlike monitor. I'm thinking that the HP is looking like the best 24" at the moment, good review over at tftcentral.co.uk - shame about the stand.

I wonder if anyone's going to take a plunge on one of these NECs - they may be in stock here but there's barely any word of them if you google, and NO reviews anywhere. Dropping £600 on a monitor that's got no reviews sounds like a risky move...
 
I thing the reason NEC chose MVA might be related to inputlag. Maybe it's easier to achive zero input lag. Almost all X-IPS based monitors suffer from some kind af input lag and the OcUK Value L2442WD-VA 24" for instance achived close to zero input lag and had great image quality even better than HP Lp2475w except for the blacklevel and excessive brightness.
I love IPS but don't share the belief that MVA is inferior. It's much more sharp than H-IPS for instance while S-IPS is just as sharp but suffer from the twinkling effect. Then you might argue MVA suffers from colorshift issue etc....

gdawg304 Regarding HP. Shame about the stand ??? Forget about the stand and suffer the text rendering :(
 
Well I think all the technologies for panels have pros and cons... as long as it looks good (IQ, black levels..), from any angle, has decent response and low input lag, I don't care what it is! I guess I have a liking for IPS because my current monitor is an AS-IPS and I find it every bit as responsive as my old CRT.

I just hope NEC have done something special, if they are seriously asking for a RRP of over £600 for a 24" monitor....when you can get a decent Sony Bravia 40" LCD tv for the same (OK, I know it's a different purpose, and the monitor has a much smaller pixel pitch etc). I bought the good old 20WGX2, 2.5 years ago for upwards of £400 - more money than sense at the time, but it's served me well, so I have brand faith in NEC's displays, but I won't buy a lemon

As for input lag with IPS - I seem to recall on tftcentral there's a review of the Hazro 26" (the updated Wi model) which has an average input lag of 7.5ms - the original was 16.2ms, better even than some TN panels

Back to the point though - any chance of some comments on this £621 NEC from the OCuk guys? Surely it must be tempting to take one out of the box for a look...just to see if it works ;-) There's very little word about them on the interweb, and I'm awaiting a review...maybe OCuk could lend one to tftcentral for an in depth. I know I'll probably never go over 24" on a pc monitor (I have designs on a 40" flatscreen TV, for big viewing!) so the next monitor I get will likely be my companion for a long time, so I've no objection to paying over the odds..IF the hardware deserves the expenditure. As yet, I've seen no indication of the performance of these screens
 
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We need a review please :D

Also whats the main difference between these 3 Nec monitors:

NEC MultiSync® LCD2470WNX 24" Widescreen Professional LCD Monitor
NEC AccuSync® LCD24WMCX 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Piano Black
NEC MultiSync® LCD24WMGX3 Professional Gaming 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

And how does the LCD2470WNX 24 fair with the HP LP2475w as they are closely priced?

Cheers Dom
 
Send me a Sample and I'll test it for OcUK in every aspect. Post pictures etc..
I'll even put up the money for it but I want the possibility to get a complete refund including shipping (I live in Denmark) ;)
 
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domyboy said:
We need a review please :D

Also whats the main difference between these 3 Nec monitors:

NEC MultiSync® LCD2470WNX 24" Widescreen Professional LCD Monitor
NEC AccuSync® LCD24WMCX 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Piano Black
NEC MultiSync® LCD24WMGX3 Professional Gaming 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

And how does the LCD2470WNX 24 fair with the HP LP2475w as they are closely priced?

Cheers Dom
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NEC MultiSync® LCD2470WNX 24" --> S-PVA
NEC AccuSync® LCD24WMCX 24" --> TN
NEC MultiSync® LCD24WMGX3 24" --> A-MVA
NEC MultiSync® LCD2490UXI 24" --> H-IPS (standard gamut, inc polarizer, NOT AVAILABLE IN UK)
NEC MultiSync® LCD2690UXI 26" --> H-IPS (wide gamut, inc polarizer)

Both H-IPS LCD modules used in the 90 series are end of life, they have been replaced with newer panels by LG philips(NEC are not using the new panels yet)
 
I see the 3 NEC LCD24WMGX3 "Professional Gaming Monitors" OCuk got in stock have just flown out then (not a hint of sarcasm there)....I wonder how long they'll be sitting in the stock room!

Someone out there on the interweb seriously needs to review one of these, I'm not saying in particular one of OCuk's stock but if NEC actually want to sell any - who's going to take the risk of paying 50% more than the next competing 24" monitor when they might be getting a lemon? (not that NEC make many lemons in the display field, but still). Even those of us prepared to fork out the extra for a high quality screen to last a few years (which monitors can, unlike most PC components!) aren't going to do so without some performance info!
 
gdawg304 said:
I see the 3 NEC LCD24WMGX3 "Professional Gaming Monitors" OCuk got in stock have just flown out then (not a hint of sarcasm there)....I wonder how long they'll be sitting in the stock room!

Someone out there on the interweb seriously needs to review one of these, I'm not saying in particular one of OCuk's stock but if NEC actually want to sell any - who's going to take the risk of paying 50% more than the next competing 24" monitor when they might be getting a lemon? (not that NEC make many lemons in the display field, but still). Even those of us prepared to fork out the extra for a high quality screen to last a few years (which monitors can, unlike most PC components!) aren't going to do so without some performance info!
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By the time a review turns up, the new Apple monitors will be out which may cost roughly the same as the NEC.
 
Will try my best mate, iv never calibrated a screen before so i will need some help, also im not sure how you calculate the lag. Any good sights you know of? or is it google time :D
 
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Hey mate

It's never googletime in the company of OcUK members :)
Unless you ask excessivly stupid questions :D

For hardware calibration advice I recommend our OcUK member mrk. Don't worry he will come by this thread once you start posting pictures.

For manual calibration I recommend:
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
http://tft.vanity.dk/

For lag testing I take it you mean input lag. You will need a CRT monitor for this purpose. Put the NEC and CRT in clone mode (preferably in native resolution 1920 x 1200) and download this counter: http://tft.vanity.dk/inputlag.exe. Now take a series of photos with fast shutter 1/60 since your crt probaly can't go above 60hz in high resolutions. The difference from the counter on CRT vs. the one on LCD would be the input lag in ms. You'll need a series of photos and calculate the average

To test for ghosting/motion blur: download pixperan: http://www.prad.de/download/pixperan_english.zip
 
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Ok, I've never tested for input lag. But I've also wondered how different reviews will post fairly different input lag results when both reviewers are comparing against a CRT and seem to be using the same method. Now I'm wondering, does the chosen refresh rate on the CRT affect results? Should the CRT be manually set to a 60 HZ refresh rate to match the LCD? Or will the two monitors still likely be a few ms out of sync with each other? If anyone ends up testing the input lag on this monitor, I think it might be interesting to run the test with the CRT set on 60 Hz and then again at a higher setting like 85-120 Hz. I don't think the resolution setting on the CRT should matter, so set the resolution low so that a 120 Hz refresh rate is possible.

What do you think? Good idea or will it make no difference?
 
Well peeps...looks like Apple has weighed into the fray with a 24" monitor...and it's LED backlit folks...

http://www.trustedreviews.com/displ...-Launches-First-LED-Backlit-Cinema-Display/p1

ok no HDMI ports (in a high spec display in 2008!!) but since I'm only really worried about DVI from my GTX 280 that's no biggie. Apparently it's being priced at £649 in the UK...no idea on the performance. LED backlight is promising though, shame I'm allergic to anything with an Apple logo after finding out how mediocre the sound quality the of iPods is - Apple are a triumph of marketing and style over substance...I think I'll be hanging onto my 20WGX2 till there are a few more LED backlit monitors on the market and see what other manufacturers come up with!

Will be interested to hear that review of the NEC from an actual buyer though!
 
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