22" widescreen recommendations please

Mr Paul · 22 Jul 2009 at 10:48

Looking to spend around £150, what's the best in class?

Will be used for surfing and games.

Cru54d3r · 22 Jul 2009 at 11:26

If you budget can stretch get the Dell UltraSharp 2209WA else id go for the Samsung SM2233BW

Beerbaron · 22 Jul 2009 at 11:29

You cant go wrong with a Dell 2209WA. There are loads of threads about them if you do a quick search

Cru54d3r · 22 Jul 2009 at 11:31

the LG W2253V-PF might be a better choice then the Samsung actually - bit cheaper too but its not available from OCUK unfortunately

Are you bothered about resolutions - would you prefer 1920x1080 over 1680x1050?

Mr Paul · 22 Jul 2009 at 12:05

What about the Dell S2309W? As it's only £139 delivered + 4% quidco......

Cru54d3r · 22 Jul 2009 at 13:34

Mr Paul said:
What about the Dell S2309W? As it's only £139 delivered + 4% quidco......

Dell make decent monitors and at that price its a rather good bargain

Mr Paul · 22 Jul 2009 at 14:09

Resolution wise 1680x1050 should be fine, full HD may be a problem for my 4850

That Dell 2209WA looks tempting as it not a TN matrix, all the others are.

Cru54d3r · 22 Jul 2009 at 14:59

Mr Paul said:
Resolution wise 1680x1050 should be fine, full HD may be a problem for my 4850

That Dell 2209WA looks tempting as it not a TN matrix, all the others are.

If you can stretch your budget then go for the 2209wa .. it may be £50 more than your budget but its a good investment for a brilliant monitor

BeeP · 22 Jul 2009 at 15:42

I'm using the ASUS vh222h with a 4850, it copes admirably with source based games & blu ray.

£160, it's nothing mega great like the well touted dell but it is great for gaming & watching films. Being a TN panel doesn't matter to me as I sit in front of it or lie in front of it to watch movies.

All in all I'm more than happy with it & would deffo get another (if I had the cash)

plasmahal · 23 Jul 2009 at 13:14

I should be getting my dell 2209wa today to replace my sammy 22" pebble which is good but has terrible light bleed.

I'll post my feelings later.

Mr Paul · 23 Jul 2009 at 14:15

That would be appreciated mate

AshFU · 23 Jul 2009 at 15:55

plasmahal said:
I should be getting my dell 2209wa today to replace my sammy 22" pebble which is good but has terrible light bleed.

I'll post my feelings later.

play a few fps games like cod4 if u could....... let me know if there be any ghosting !

PermaBanned · 23 Jul 2009 at 17:05

The LG Flatron W2252TE isn't the best, but it consumes half as much power and gives great results. If you can find it for the same price then i would go for it.

Metalface Mark · 23 Jul 2009 at 17:53

Beerbaron said:
You cant go wrong with a Dell 2209WA. There are loads of threads about them if you do a quick search

I think i might have, while it looks great in games, i cant get an acceptable contrast ratio in windows whatever i do.

Very frustrating.

Mr Paul · 24 Jul 2009 at 14:20

Have you sorted this out Mark?

thepigf@rmer · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:29

Maybe worth a look, abit over budget though?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17988776

Metalface Mark · 24 Jul 2009 at 19:44

Mr Paul said:
Have you sorted this out Mark?

No not yet, Dell cant find my serial number, ocuk say they dont have the details of the dell number they want, so im stuck in the middle at the moment.

plasmahal · 27 Jul 2009 at 08:07

I've had my Dell 2209WA for a few days now. It's a very professional and very well built screen. It didn't totally blow me away which is testament to my Sammy screen despite it's faults. I must say, the Dell has zero light bleed, which is nice. And As to be expected no dead pixels. The build and the way the stand works is great, with it being fully height adjustable, swivel and tilt is a breeze. That's a big improvement for me. The menu's are relatively easy to use, with a fair few settings to play around with. The two things that impressed me the most though was when I viewed photo's and played games. This really shows up the superior colour range and contrast the Dell has. Pictures also look very crisp and colour vibrant. my dad visited at the weekend and brought his calibration spyder. He was most impressed with the viewing angles from the e-ips panel. He does a lot of digital photography and now wants one of these Dell monitors after seeing mine. But for me, it was all about the gaming. I played a few FPS games and they all looked superb. My sammy was a 2ms panel and this is a 5ms panel but there is no ghosting what so ever..... All the games looked sharper and felt very real and fluid.

If you're going from a very old CRT or LCD monitor then this Dell will have the WOW factor for you. I'm still getting used to it at the moment. Maybe i'm be over critical after having my sammy.

Virdi · 27 Jul 2009 at 09:56

For: plasmahal

...Does the 2209 Turn off by or go into Standby by itself - When you turn off your PC? ...and then does it turn on by itself - When you turn your PC on?

Thanks

Metalface Mark · 27 Jul 2009 at 11:32

Yeh it does.

Can i ask the guys who also have the 2209wa, whether they find the screen quite dark, even with brightness and contrast turned up? A few pics would be great.

I find when playing games, i have to turn the gamma up if its got an option, otherwise its very dark.

My monitor just seems to have its default gamma set too low, but ive not found a way to change this, theres no option in the advanced menu to do so.