Best 1920x1080 around £150?

Mr Paul · 10 Sep 2009 at 12:23

What's the best to get guys? Would prefer around the £150 mark, but may go a few quid higher

Looking to pair it with the 5870 when it arrives

Cheers

Paul

Nanobot · 10 Sep 2009 at 12:58

I have an Asus VH222H, its full HD and has HDMI, DVI and VGA connectors, proper widescreen 16:9 ratio, built in speakers. There are reviews saying audio is poor - OK its not eaxctly surround but I find them acceptable. For the price, its pretty reasonable.

~Divine~Wind~ · 10 Sep 2009 at 13:35

24" or 22" ?

+1 for the Dell S2409 here.
Had mine about a week now, no problems related to it being a TN panel.
Decent enough blacks and backlight seems fine, checked this as I watch a lot of TV eps on my PC and not noticed any ghosting in games.

dmxdex2020 · 10 Sep 2009 at 14:22

I have a BenQ 24" monitor in my sig and its brilliant cost me 152 pound all together.

Mr Paul · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:34

~Divine~Wind~ said:
24" or 22" ?

+1 for the Dell S2409 here.
Had mine about a week now, no problems related to it being a TN panel.
Decent enough blacks and backlight seems fine, checked this as I watch a lot of TV eps on my PC and not noticed any ghosting in games.

23"

What about this Dell? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-030-DE&groupid=17&catid=1425&subcat=

bledd · 10 Sep 2009 at 15:46

stretch to the S2409W

Mr Paul · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:05

bledd. said:
stretch to the S2409W

Is it worth the extra £20 for an extra inch? (muhahaha

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bledd · 10 Sep 2009 at 16:20

can't fault mine mate, best thing I've bought for a few years

I'm yet to see a thread where someone has one, but doesn't like it.

Mr Paul · 13 Sep 2009 at 18:38

I'll wait and see what OcUK have on offer this wednesday, if nothing good then it's the Dell S2409W 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

OLDPHART · 13 Sep 2009 at 20:32

My son has a LG 22" RES 1920X1080 it's a smashing bit of kit -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-075-LG&groupid=17&catid=949&subcat=

widdyst · 13 Sep 2009 at 20:54

dude go the whole hog and get 1920 x 1200 24'' .
16:10 gives you so much more screen real estate

Mr Paul · 13 Sep 2009 at 22:10

OLDPHART said:
My son has a LG 22" RES 1920X1080 it's a smashing bit of kit -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-075-LG&groupid=17&catid=949&subcat=

Does look good, but really want a tad bigger

Mr Paul · 13 Sep 2009 at 22:11

widdyst said:
dude go the whole hog and get 1920 x 1200 24'' .
16:10 gives you so much more screen real estate

Well I don't want the value one, and all the others are just to much ££

Mr Paul · 14 Sep 2009 at 09:51

Well I've narrowed it down to three Dell's (as they appear the best price/performance)

Dell 2209WA £195
Dell S2309W £170
Dell S2409W £190

Now I know the 2209WA is e-IPS, but it's only 22" and only 1680x1050 and I'd prefer 1920x1080 as I'm getting a HD5870 when they are released.

Is it really worth sacrificing size and resolution for the e-IPS screen? As my current 6 year old Hitachi TN screen seems fine to me (viewing angles are NOT important).

Cheers

Paul

Kyo · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:53

bledd. said:
can't fault mine mate, best thing I've bought for a few years

I'm yet to see a thread where someone has one, but doesn't like it.

I was thinking about the Dell 24" S2409W is it any good for games. Only concern it is 5ms where i am would prefer a 2ms for css etc? Anyone who owns one comment on how they got with gaming on a SW2409W?

shotgun · 14 Sep 2009 at 18:58

Kyo said:
I was thinking about the Dell 24" S2409W is it any good for games. Only concern it is 5ms where i am would prefer a 2ms for css etc? Anyone who owns one comment on how they got with gaming on a SW2409W?

I would like to know the answer to this as well, if anyone has one and uses it for gaming.

Mr Paul · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:06

Well I may as well need to know too

OLDPHART · 14 Sep 2009 at 23:24

You would not notice the diff betweem 5ms and 2ms gaming or what ever.

Kyo · 15 Sep 2009 at 10:20

OLDPHART said:
You would not notice the diff betweem 5ms and 2ms gaming or what ever.

Well that may be the case in general but do you actually have a this monitor to comment from experience or is this a passing comment.?

The refresh rate is just a marker so from screen to screen it can be slightly better or worse depending on the unit. You certain do notice a difference depending on what your doing.

OLDPHART · 15 Sep 2009 at 11:11

It's the same with any make of monitor be it Dell, Samsung, etc, most people would not now the diff between 5ms and 2ms. We have 4 monitor's Sam 24" SM2433BW 1920x1080>5ms, Sam 22" SM2233BW 1680x1020>5ms, LG Flatron W2261V 22" Widescreen 1920x1080>2ms, Sam 20" SM206BW 1680x1020>2ms and l bet you could not guess what the refresh rate is if you used any one of them, maybe by luck!

Best 1920x1080 around £150?

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