IPS or 120hz......
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Afraid not. It's a bit of a long story but I have used one briefly that had been set up by a colleague of mine. Although it was a brief stint I couldn't really find too many complaints - pretty decent image quality, 120Hz and excellent responsiveness at that price is something unique.
I had been after a few LG monitors including this one to review a couple of months back but their PR department was being shaken up. Initially LG handled their PR internally on the monitor side but they have recently been handing over to LG One (the PR company they use for their TVs). I was supposed to chase them up about this again but I've been a bit busy trying to review Samsungs and Dells recently so never got around to it.
Afraid not. It's a bit of a long story but I have used one briefly that had been set up by a colleague of mine. Although it was a brief stint I couldn't really find too many complaints - pretty decent image quality, 120Hz and excellent responsiveness at that price is something unique.
I had been after a few LG monitors including this one to review a couple of months back but their PR department was being shaken up. Initially LG handled their PR internally on the monitor side but they have recently been handing over to LG One (the PR company they use for their TVs). I was supposed to chase them up about this again but I've been a bit busy trying to review Samsungs and Dells recently so never got around to it.
Ah ok, the only thing that puts my off about it is the ugly bit at the bottom but meh
Yeah I wasn't exactly in love with the looks but if it's any consolation it looks even worse in the pictures .
You've inspired me to write a quick article to address some of the questions you may be asking yourself. It won't be long, it probably won't give any definitive answers but I think enough people have asked this question that it deserves some attention. Watch this space
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.You've inspired me to write a quick article to address some of the questions you may be asking yourself. It won't be long, it probably won't give any definitive answers but I think enough people have asked this question that it deserves some attention. Watch this space
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Yep I gotta say I am still no closer to making a call.
What I have so far:
27'' Dell IPS - great image quality and Just OK ok for gaming or the 120hz 23'' Samsung which won't be as nice to look at but better for fps gaming.
Will the 120hz Samsung give any advantage on online FPS gaming against standard 60hz?
Smoother? Better hit reg? More precise?
What I have so far:
27'' Dell IPS - great image quality and Just OK ok for gaming or the 120hz 23'' Samsung which won't be as nice to look at but better for fps gaming.
Will the 120hz Samsung give any advantage on online FPS gaming against standard 60hz?
Smoother? Better hit reg? More precise?
yes smoother gameplay smoother fps smoother mouse, but tbh unless you are actually a competitive fps player playing for money I'm not sure it's worth splashing out a lot on a 120hz monitor, I'd still like to get one but not a fortune like the dell 27
120Hz then.
If your primary concern is getting the best performance in FPS gaming, you should only be considering 120Hz monitors, regardless of whether the IPS panels have better colour reproduction.
As for 120Hz on a 360, only the DVI ports support 120Hz, so even using an HDMI - DVI adapter, it would still run at 60Hz. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.
That being said With all the new fps titles coming out soon I probably won't bother buying them on the pc and instead get them on the xbox, pc competitive fps is still dead for now 
Maybe that will change with the new CS:GO but I doubt it.
Maybe that will change with the new CS:GO but I doubt it.
Personally I'd go with the colours over fps. I've seen some tvs that have high hz and they just look wierd somehow. I'm sure you get used to it though. An extra sixty(supposedly) frames a second isnt going to improve your playing performance in first person shooters by fifty percent.
The reason TVs with 'high Hz' look weird is that they achieve this using methods such as frame interpolation. They don't display 120 true distinct frames like a 120Hz monitor, they simply insert 'made up' intermediate frames that are a combination of actual frames. Also it isn't as clear cut as going for 'colours' over fps. Whilst this is a valid principle there are more things to consider than just panel type when it comes to colours.
And that brings me back to that article that skalragg inspired me to write. I'm not joking, it will be published this evening. Hopefully it will help consolidate some thoughts but more than likely will simply add to the confusion and give people more things to think about.
The reason TVs with 'high Hz' look weird is that they achieve this using methods such as frame interpolation. They don't display 120 true distinct frames like a 120Hz monitor, they simply insert 'made up' intermediate frames that are a combination of actual frames. Also it isn't as clear cut as going for 'colours' over fps. Whilst this is a valid principle there are more things to consider than just panel type when it comes to colours.
And that brings me back to that article that skalragg inspired me to write. I'm not joking, it will be published this evening. Hopefully it will help consolidate some thoughts but more than likely will simply add to the confusion and give people more things to think about.
let us know when its up I'll be interested to read it.
The reason TVs with 'high Hz' look weird is that they achieve this using methods such as frame interpolation. They don't display 120 true distinct frames like a 120Hz monitor, they simply insert 'made up' intermediate frames that are a combination of actual frames. Also it isn't as clear cut as going for 'colours' over fps. Whilst this is a valid principle there are more things to consider than just panel type when it comes to colours.
And that brings me back to that article that skalragg inspired me to write. I'm not joking, it will be published this evening. Hopefully it will help consolidate some thoughts but more than likely will simply add to the confusion and give people more things to think about.
looking forward to reading it, it will hopefully put to rest the uncertainty I still have after reading hundreds of articles, forum question and reviews to do with gaming monitor that will show the best for BF3 (which is reason Im building new rig....at this stage I've everything bar the monitor bought) Oh all this anticipation is never a good thing. It's more an outburst of thought than anything deep or spectacular, but it has been published nonethless. In honesty it probably raises more questions than it answers but hopefully it will help focus people's thoughts.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-015-HO&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=
Shame you didn't buy it last week or so when it was £100 cheaper. Got the A version of the same monitor and it's fantastic for the money. Might want to check the 2 big Hazro threads to get an idea of some of the issues you might have however.
If you wait it out, it will almost certainly be ~£500 again quite soon.
Shame you didn't buy it last week or so when it was £100 cheaper. Got the A version of the same monitor and it's fantastic for the money. Might want to check the 2 big Hazro threads to get an idea of some of the issues you might have however.
If you wait it out, it will almost certainly be ~£500 again quite soon.
I'm in the same exact boat right now. I'm not much of a gamer anymore where a 1ms discrepancy can make the difference between losing or winning a nice prize at a LAN party. The only FPS I'm looking forward to is BF3 and that's no near as fast paced as competitive CSS/CoD2. I'm more looking forward to playing Diablo 3, any new WoW expansion, ES5 etc. Games that I would prefer to look pretty than play smooth. Games that don't need the responsiveness a competitive FPS player would need.
I'm going to check out the BenQ XL2410T tomorrow to see if 120Hz is really all it's cracked up to me. If not, the Dell U2412M it is. Reading PCM's article right now, love his website.
I'm going to check out the BenQ XL2410T tomorrow to see if 120Hz is really all it's cracked up to me. If not, the Dell U2412M it is. Reading PCM's article right now, love his website.