**Baddass' Ultimate TFT FAQ and Reviews! (20" and Above Models)**

just beaten to it by this chap above :) but same message there....

to add to his points, the 2007WFP uses (typically) an LG.Philips S-IPS (LM201W01) panel, whereas the NEC 20WGX2 uses a slightly different (and customised for NEC exclusively) LG.Philips AS-IPS (LM201WE2) panel. (note: if you ever need to check what panel a screen uses, you can use the database here :)

You might, however, get an inferior version of the Dell 2007WFP which uses a P-MVA panel. This isn't as good as the S-IPS panel you could get, but still better than the TN-film panels used on most 22" monitors.
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This is an unfortunate misconception really, that one version is drastically better than the other. The panel lottery has been widely discussed for sure, but sadly a lot of people seem to jump to conclusions that S-IPS >>> S-PVA (the other panel Dell use is a Samsung S-PVA rather than P-MVA btw, which is made by AU Optronics normally). Anyway, dont be too concerned about this. In practice, i doubt many average users would really notice any real difference between the two panels used. The S-IPS version can offer slightly wider viewing angles, and a lot of the hype around it being "inferior" comes from users who moan about some accute contrast shift when viewing off-centre on VA panels. However, not many users find this a problem, don't let it bother you :) Both are pretty comparable in responsiveness and colour reproduction and the S-PVA version can also offer a superior black depth to the S-IPS panel version. So it's swings and round-abouts really...
 
Tigjaw said:
Wow thanks for all the info guys I really appreciate all the help, hope you can tolerate my questions for a little while longer before I make my choice :)

The NEC looks very impressive, the opticlear is very nifty, I love the glass-glossy screen on my laptop so a screen like that for my computer would be perfect. But the NEC doesn't come with HDCP and it's very expensive.

Meanwhile the Dell 2007WFP looks almost as good as the NEC, it's almost £100 less and it comes with HDCP but...it doesn't have a glass screen like the opticlear? you don't have a review of the 2007WFP on your site do you baddass?

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About this whole HDCP thing, I know what it is, but I'm really not sure if I need it on my monitor. The reason I've specified HDCP is because a friend of mine suggested that a HDCP compliant monitor is the way to go but I'm not exactly sure why, what will I get out of it? Surely it only concerns High Definition DVD playback from a bluray or HDDVD player?

Do I need the HDCP compliant in order to use my X360 with the monitor at 720p?

EDIT2: I've done some more reading about HD support and found that HDMI is the port that allows the HD compliant connection between HDDVD/bluray/Xbox360 and the monitor, but do HDMI compliant monitors always have HDCP too?
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as well as the guide you've already seen about the 2007WFP, my review is here. HDCP is just an encryption mechanism which is going to be used on modern HD content, like BluRay, HD-DVD, stuff like that. you need all elements to have this HDCP support in order to play the content. In fact here a look at the bit here about HDCP along with a couple of useful links there :)
 
Mansize_tissue said:
So, purely for gaming purposes, does it matter that the NEC doesn't support HDCP?
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i doubt it for any PC games, maybe at some point and perhaps at some point for external gaming machines. right now, it's more to do with HD DVD type media
 
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