Another which 24" Monitor Question

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I am just looking for a replacement of 2 17" LCD screens. At Badass's monitor site I get recommended the expensive Dell screen circa £450 or a BenQ at about the same price. This is a bit out of budget though.

Looking at OC today I see a whole lot of screen in the about £300 mark. Are these a reasonable bet, being the next step down from the Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP-HC 24"?

My use is for office applications, some graphics work and some games - Oh and the odd TV download. I only need DVI input for my machine - no other things to connect - though an extra one to deal with a broken or new built machine would be handy.
 
have you looked at the samsung monitors coming out soon, i think they are around the 375 mark or since you are only using it for quite general stuff rather than intensive graphics editing or the like, why not look into the cheaper acers. i dont have a 24" personally so i can't give a definitive recomendation but gl
 
my HP w2408h is pretty nice for a similar range of things. Though I would only recommend it if you are going to be sat right in front of the thing. It doesn't have a DVI input on my model though, it has the oldanalogue (vga?) connector and a HDMI slot. I use a DVI to HDMI adapter on the graphics card end to take the DVI output to the HDMI input.

I found mine for £305 inc vat.
 
i have a samsung 245B - love it.

Everyone recomends the one they have, which isn't very helpful i know, but it does tell you that whatever you go for, it will be a great screen and once you're using it you'll be fine.

I would say defo go for a 24" over a 22" the step up between the two sizes is huge
 
Dell 2407 here - absolutely fantastic monitor. Have a friend with a Samsung 225BW which is similar in picture but doesn't have the same amount of inputs or the card reader and USB hub.

2407 has VGA, DVI with HDCP (Tested I watch HD-DVD's), Composite, S-video and component, and the 4 port USB hub is really useful too :)

There is a 2408 on the way I believe which has even more connections including DisplayPort and HDMI.
 
I'm looking to get a monitor tonight or tomorrow and see the Acer 24" is on sale. I've read great feedback from a few people but keep hearing this thing about viewing angles and stuff. I dont understand why this is so important. I sit directly in front of my pc with an adjustable seat so it at a good height and its fine. (Currently have a 22" screen)

So why are viewing angles so important if this is the case, unless other people are watching there screen from strange angles or back to front or from the side because thats how they role.

Would be interested to know?
 
So why are viewing angles so important if this is the case, unless other people are watching there screen from strange angles or back to front or from the side because thats how they role.
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Im at uni and we frequently have film nights in his flat, he has a 22" TN and needless to say theres never enough room so half of us are sat on the floor.... horrific viewing angles ruin the experience, especially compared to the S-IPS panel im used too, colours are washed out too. In general though, it just depends what you use your PC for.
I use mine as a TV too, so viewing angles are pretty critical to me.
 
So i guess if your not planning on having other people around to look at your screen viewing angles may as well be forgotten.
 
satty said:
I'm looking to get a monitor tonight or tomorrow and see the Acer 24" is on sale. I've read great feedback from a few people but keep hearing this thing about viewing angles and stuff. I dont understand why this is so important. I sit directly in front of my pc with an adjustable seat so it at a good height and its fine. (Currently have a 22" screen)

So why are viewing angles so important if this is the case, unless other people are watching there screen from strange angles or back to front or from the side because thats how they role.

Would be interested to know?
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Because a 24" monitor is so big that if you sit or move fairly close (to see small text or detail in photos) the TN panels have noticeable colour and contrast shifts across the screen -- for example, sky in a photo isn't the same colour at the sides as in the middle.

What manufactures quote as the "viewing angle" (e.g. 160/160 for TN panels) is where the contrast falls to a useless level like 10:1, they suffer colour/contrast shifts at much smaller angles than this.

MVA panels (like the OCUK value 24", which I've got and is an excellent panel after simple calibration) don't have this problem.
 
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