Asus MW221U 22" Ghosting in games.

Devious · 13 Jan 2007 at 12:37

Ive just checked the serial No and it seems they have sent me a different monitor back (with the same problem)

This one is dated August 06. = BAD

Devious · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:05

Shaddow said:
IT Troll

Thanks for uploading that - it does show the ghosting very well.

Now everyone can see what it looks like. (really really bad !)

I bet it looks twice as bad to us as we have his ghosting and ours on top !

Devious · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:07

Atomic said:
I have September 2006 just bought it from OCUK and no ghosting.

Have you run the test Avi whilst changing between overdrive modes ?

Devious · 13 Jan 2007 at 19:05

IT Troll said:
LOL.

Here are some stills from the mpg. The lighthouse is moving from the left to the right. The frames are 0.08 seconds apart.

That 3rd shot is really bad :eek:

What i find weird is on the panel i sent back the ghosting was actually in front of the moving object unlike these shots, on my replacement its behind, just like these shots. So i guess they must have be able to adjust it to be no be in front or behind on the newer fab'ed panels.

Devious · 13 Jan 2007 at 22:21

Shaddow said:
What was worse ? Infront or behind

Both as bad as each other really, the ghosting was the same distance from the object, just one was in front while the other was behind.

Devious · 15 Jan 2007 at 12:34

So on one had your saying its all to do with the sensitivity of the user then you go on to say overdrive is known the leave trails ...

My first panel had the ghosting ahead of the moving object then the replacement has the the ghosing behind the moving object so it obviously cant be the user unless I had a new pair of eyes in between.

Unlike your 2407, this monitor is sold saying it is ghost free thats why we are dissapointed, we could have paid less for a model which didnt offer this but actually doesnt ghost

If it was possible to turn the overdrive off permanent i think i would live with it but having to keep turning it on then off is a pain.

Devious · 15 Jan 2007 at 13:17

Did you install fraps ?

Devious · 15 Jan 2007 at 14:44

Shaddow said:
I'm just a bit worried as it seems Shaye87 is the only one without the ghosting.

(Could it be his is stuck in NO OVERDRIVE mode!?!?)

Anyone else without the ghosting?

I think Shay is in the U.S , i wonder if it may be uk stock affected.

Devious · 15 Jan 2007 at 20:36

Look forwards to the results with the monitors Hashcake

Devious · 15 Jan 2007 at 23:35

IT Troll said:
I emailed the ASUS RMA guy about our findings over the weekend - I've not had a response yet.

Are you going for another RMA Devious?

I emailed him too and have not recieved a response.

Im going to wait a little until I know for sure the later models are ok then im going to ask for a direct swap with one.

Shocky-FM said:
You say that like theres no ghosting with overdrive off, there is.. 2ms g2g is pretty fast for LCD but it still ghosts.. Some users notice it and some don't...

With overdrive off, input lag should be removed but ghosting remains.

You really need to see one of these to see how bad it it. I have a 25ms LCD at work and im sure it ghosts but i dont notice it. The ghosting on these with overdrive on is like 1/2 inch away from the object, i noticed it within 5 mins owning the monitor.
I cant believe Shay who says his doesn't ghost just isnt noticing it.

Devious · 16 Jan 2007 at 16:26

Did you speak via phone or email ?

Devious · 16 Jan 2007 at 17:27

Shaddow said:
Devious

I assume you don't play Games on your 25ms Monitor at work, so you probably would not notice so much.

We play Halflife DM on our Lan every lunch, best part of the day !

Devious · 17 Jan 2007 at 17:58

IT Troll said:
Still no response from ASUS. For what it is worth I have posted a big message on the ASUS forums all about the problem. Hopefully this will reveal how widespread the issue is.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20070117232646961

There was already a post about it on there around christmas which i replied to to backup the op.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...anguage=en-us&page=1&board_id=13&model=MW221U

I doubt they even looked at it though.

Devious · 18 Jan 2007 at 21:32

furman said:
Hi,
I just checked my monitor, dated Sept 2006. The AVI file (21mb file) doesn't seem to work, WMP 11 doesn't recognise it and nor does VLC player.

You need to install fraps.

Devious · 19 Jan 2007 at 13:08

Gibbo said:
That basically means out of the close to 250pcs we have sold only 1% of customers have had issues.
Now considering our customer base is pretty switched on its clear to ourselves that clearly this panel is obviously a good one.

A few people in this thread thought they had a perfect monitor until they saw the avi i provided then they knew what to look for and said they had the ghosting. Also some monitors came with overdrive off = no problem.

Hashcaske was just helping us who have bad panels out by seeing if the newer batch were cured so we can get Asus to swap again.

Devious · 19 Jan 2007 at 16:06

Thanks Hashcake !

Gonna email them again to request another swap.

Devious · 22 Jan 2007 at 17:36

I got a repsonse today from Asus, they asked me for my serial No then replied saying..

"As soon as we have this model in stock we will contact you to arrange the collection of the faulty unit"

Devious · 23 Jan 2007 at 16:13

BuzZz friends are the only ones we have heard of with dead/stuck pixels and there has been quite a few owners posting in this thread. Ive had two so far myself with no pixel problems so Im hoping seems pixel problems arn't that common.

Devious · 23 Jan 2007 at 16:48

Ahh that thread, small world

Good of Asus to help us out in there :rolleyes:

Devious · 30 Jan 2007 at 20:04

IT Troll said:
I think I was one of the first to RMA (21/12/06), they didn't have stock then and still don't now...

Ive got a feeling my replacement was probably another returned panel, maybe even yours.