24" Dell2407WFP or Benq FP241W

AgedIdiot

AgedIdiot

AgedIdiot

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Decided to upgrade my 20" Samsung 205BW.

Play games , surf and watch movies on the PC.

First thought was Samsung 245B (cheaper) but as it will be what I look at for a few years(probably) decided to avoud a TN panel and spend up to £400.

There are quite a few 24" monitors around in the price range and all seem to have one type of problem (ghosting, input lag, backlight bleeding etc) or another but have settled on the two above as the 'best' choices.

Like the 4yr warranty with the Dell - not keen on ghosting mentioned

Like the reviews of the Benq , only one mention of any ghosting , but only a 3 yr warranty and doesn't look to be as user friendly as the Dell system.

Would appreciate your views in partic. any Benq owners
 
Many thanks for all replies (partic. mrk's) - am now convinced that it should be the BenQ.

Would help if it is listed in this week offers tommorrow:D

Otherwise will probably have to leave till end of month - and assuming it doesn't go up , car need repairs , better half spend it on something else etc -then it'll be a buy
 
Received today.

Hard to tell if it's been used before.

Box has cetainly been sellotaped over after having been opened.

Screen looks o'k upon a cursory inspection ( not switched on - will be tonight before I can asemble & plug in)

Surprised to note that manufacture date id gien as June '07 - old stock?

Concerned if :-

a) Been used before (don't want 2nd hand) ; and

b) if the firmware does support 1:1 pixel mapping - it is supposed to!!
Would be a great help if any owner of this panel knows how I can test that it does so do - do not own PS3 etc to plug in etc - should it be listed somewhere on OS ?

Advise appreciated
 
Up and running.:D

not run a lot yet - Jaw still on floor !!

I know its only 4" bigger than my Samsung but it feels twice the size, colours more faithful , no fading etc

Should have done this years ago - forget cpu/graphics etc upgrades get a decent size monitor first.

Am looking forward to films and gaming on this. No sight of any dead pixels yet or power supply hum 'fingers crossed'

:cool:
 
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