colours and details on Sony & Viewsonic 19"

[Violett]

I’m very close to buying a 19” lcd monitor, and have whittled it down to a choice between two models: Sony SDM HS95PR or the Viewsonic VP930. I’ve found lots of useful information on this forum about the Viewsonic. And elsewhere about the Sony.

Has anyone got any opinions of which of these would be better? I want colours to be bright and vibrant, and to be able to see lots of shades and tones. I've seen a game that I play though someone else's monitor and realised that I'm currently missing out on a whole spectrum of colours and details with my 8 year old Iiyama crt!

Most sellers have the Sony listed as 1000:1 contrast, because of a mistake on one of Sony’s webpages, but I have an email from Sony stating that the TRUE contrast Ratio for the SDM-HS95PR is 550:1 (Typical) 580:1 (Maximum).

So Viewsonic has the higher contrast (1000:1) but the lower brightness (250c/m compared to Sony’s 450cd/m). Both have 8ms response time.

I don't know whether brightness or contrast makes more difference and I’d really appreciate any help. Thanks on advance.

 

[Violett]

Before I started this thread I was sent a Sony SDM-HS95PR by mistake from a company who had it advertised as the earlier no”R” (higher contrast) version. I only had it a couple days when I sent it back as I realised it was the wrong model. I was absolutely blown away by the vibrancy of the colours when I used it in games, but Windows was a little muted. P’raps I hadn’t set it up correctly, but I was mainly using the auto mode, which I assumed meant I didn’t have to set it up myself.

I’ve now bought the ViewSonic, and I love it. The biggest difference (and the one I appreciate most) is the height adjuster. The Sony is beautifully designed to look at, but stands very close to the desk, with no height adjuster, which means after a couple hours I’m slouching down with a bent back. I’ve set the ViewSonic perfectly at eye-level which obviously is far more comfortable.

It also came with its (very, very easy) own software to set the display as I like. And although I'd heard lots of scary stuff about dead pixels & backlight bleed, I haven't spotted any!

I know it’s not fair for me to compare the monitors, as I never saw them side-by-side. But I’m very happy to have decided on the ViewSonic, eventually!

Thanks for the advice!