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Buchanan0204

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Hi there,

Hope the title caught your eye! I'm looking at getting three monitors for eyefinity and general productivity on the PC. I do quite a bit on it and find myself running out of screen space a lot. I really feel I could be doing with 3 monitors.

Anyway. I was looking at monitors with thin bezels. They all seem to be high in the price range, I'm looking for a minimum of 23". I seen a nice NEC monitor around £230 however it was a TN panel and the reviews weren't great. It did look good with very thin bezels however, I decided against it when I noticed the U2311H at £220 below it. A renowned IPS panel and a lot of people seem use them for eyefinity. The bezel is slightly larger however which is off putting. If anyone has these or use them for this purpose I'd love to know your views?

So basically what I want to know is. Should I splash the cash for the U2311H' or buy something cheaper. Remember I'm not a huge photo editor and I seem to get on fine with my current TN panel with regards to colour reproduction, (perhaps I just don't know what I'm missing because I've never had it)

Anyway. Thanks for your time in reading this.

P.S. The Dell does have a display port which is idel for the eyefinity without using adapters. What cable do I need to hook it upto my HD 6970? Is it a "mini display port to displayport" Or "mini to mini" etc Cheers.

Also to clarify. I will be fine connecting two of them with DVI and one with the displayport adapter?
 
bezels are more noticeable if you look for them. I find when I'm using my screens that i forget about the bezels. If it costs let's say £30 more for slightly thinner bezels, that's nearly £100 you could spend somewhere else.
 
oliver2601 said:
bezels are more noticeable if you look for them. I find when I'm using my screens that i forget about the bezels. If it costs let's say £30 more for slightly thinner bezels, that's nearly £100 you could spend somewhere else.
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Suppose. I'd imagine you would forget about them after a while. Any experience with the u2311h
 
oliver2601 said:
None sorry. They have dell monitors at college and they're pretty good. However, I can't see the justification with the price (this may not be your opinion though).
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hmm... I do always tend to fall into the, "I can't notice the difference, what you on about" category.... hmm.... You've got me thinking now
 
No one else got anything to add. Surely someone has this monitor or has experience with one and can throw in their view? Or even recommend me another monitor for eyefinity? Surely...
 
I may be able to help - After messing around for months I eventually ordered 3 Dell U2311H screens for eyefinity - primarily racing and flight sims - iRacing, rFactor, F12010, Dirt 3, IL2 1946 and Rise of Flight.

I came from an NEC 24WMGX3 - VA panel with low lag but average responsiveness. Overall I'm very happy with the Dell's the image is quite punchy (Rev A03 - April 2011 build date). When I first set a screen up next to the NEC the Dell looked better - nice colours just more pleasant to look at.

They work well in eyefinity - thinnish bezels. I have not really noticed a shift to 1080 from 1200 resolution - I ran one screen for a week or so before I set all three up.

No difference with input lag and they seemed a more responsive than the NEC.

The only issue I have is the fairly aggressive anti-glare coating - if you look closely at the screen (on a light / white background) it appears that the background is slightly mottled or blurry yet text is sharp.

I'm using DVI, mini-DP to SL active DVI and mini DP to SL DVI cables. Waiting for 3 x mini DP to (full size) DP to arrive.

I considered the Benq G2420HDBL too which seems to be highly regarded for a TN panel. I also looked at the LG W2363D as 120hz screens did interest me for smoothness rather than 3D but the bezel / screen surround makes eyefinity really difficult. I ended up getting the Dells for £189.99 each with delivery (now £184.99) which swayed me.

Hope that helps.

Cheers
 
sportbilly said:
I may be able to help - After messing around for months I eventually ordered 3 Dell U2311H screens for eyefinity - primarily racing and flight sims - iRacing, rFactor, F12010, Dirt 3, IL2 1946 and Rise of Flight.

I came from an NEC 24WMGX3 - VA panel with low lag but average responsiveness. Overall I'm very happy with the Dell's the image is quite punchy (Rev A03 - April 2011 build date). When I first set a screen up next to the NEC the Dell looked better - nice colours just more pleasant to look at.

They work well in eyefinity - thinnish bezels. I have not really noticed a shift to 1080 from 1200 resolution - I ran one screen for a week or so before I set all three up.

No difference with input lag and they seemed a more responsive than the NEC.

The only issue I have is the fairly aggressive anti-glare coating - if you look closely at the screen (on a light / white background) it appears that the background is slightly mottled or blurry yet text is sharp.

I'm using DVI, mini-DP to SL active DVI and mini DP to SL DVI cables. Waiting for 3 x mini DP to (full size) DP to arrive.

I considered the Benq G2420HDBL too which seems to be highly regarded for a TN panel. I also looked at the LG W2363D as 120hz screens did interest me for smoothness rather than 3D but the bezel / screen surround makes eyefinity really difficult. I ended up getting the Dells for £189.99 each with delivery (now £184.99) which swayed me.

Hope that helps.

Cheers
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Thanks very much for that. Really appreciate you taking the time to reply with your experience. If I could find them for that price, I'd definitely want to snatch them up. (hint, hint)

You say the bezel isn't really an issue? It does look quite large to me. Do they sit next to each without any gaps?
 
Ive just sold my 3 x U2311H setup.

Very good to be honest and after a while you dont notice the bezzels (so to speak). Monitors are of a good quality, they do however suffer light bleeding from the corners.

would have kept them but decided to upgrade to A Dell 30" IPS pannel instead!
 
Buchanan0204 said:
Thanks very much for that. Really appreciate you taking the time to reply with your experience. If I could find them for that price, I'd definitely want to snatch them up. (hint, hint)

You say the bezel isn't really an issue? It does look quite large to me. Do they sit next to each without any gaps?[/QUOTE

I picked mine up direct from Dell for £165 a couple of months ago (using discount voucher and quidco). You just have to keep your eyes open for the offers
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ninja2000 said:
Buchanan0204 said:
Thanks very much for that. Really appreciate you taking the time to reply with your experience. If I could find them for that price, I'd definitely want to snatch them up. (hint, hint)

You say the bezel isn't really an issue? It does look quite large to me. Do they sit next to each without any gaps?[/QUOTE

I picked mine up direct from Dell for £165 a couple of months ago (using discount voucher and quidco). You just have to keep your eyes open for the offers
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I remember seeing that on UK deals. It was £180 or something with the voucher code.
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Got a U2311H, amazing monitor, couldnt comment on eyefinity with it, but I will say is ignore talk of ghosting and all that other ***p.....You simply won't notice it, not unless you are really looking for it, and I mean staring flat out just to see the blur for 1 second! :P

also there is the LG IPS231P-BN

As far as most can tell it seems to be the Dell U2311H....baring in mind they lg provides panels for most Dell monitors apparently....plus its a lot cheaper.
 
Well. I've just taken the plunge and bought three of them. Hopefully I wont regret it. My bank might however :(

Any tips on setting them up with regards to colour calibration etc? Don't know a great deal about this.
 
Personally, I wouldn't recommend the LG if you are mainly gaming (even though the panel used seems to be pretty much the same) - since it's an E-IPS monitor that doesn't use RTC/overdrive to improve the response times and reduce ghosting. The Dell on the other hand does use RTC and does it well - hence it works well as a gaming monitor.

If I were buying an eyefinity setup then the U2311H would be the monitor I would be going with, it has excellent image quality, great viewing angles, handles motion well, comes with a great stand, displayport is built in and the warranty service is fantastic.

This review seems to show that the monitor isn't great for gaming. However you usually have to take Digital Versus reviews with a pinch of salt - personally I would wait for the TFTcentral review of the LG IPS231P that is incoming:

Coming soon - LG IPS231P
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cmndr_andi said:
Personally, I wouldn't recommend the LG if you are mainly gaming (even though the panel used seems to be pretty much the same) - since it's an E-IPS monitor that doesn't use RTC/overdrive to improve the response times and reduce ghosting. The Dell on the other hand does use RTC and does it well - hence it works well as a gaming monitor.

If I were buying an eyefinity setup then the U2311H would be the monitor I would be going with, it has excellent image quality, great viewing angles, handles motion well, comes with a great stand, displayport is built in and the warranty service is fantastic.

This review seems to show that the monitor isn't great for gaming. However you usually have to take Digital Versus reviews with a pinch of salt - personally I would wait for the TFTcentral review of the LG IPS231P that is incoming:
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Andi is right on the money regarding responsiveness and is right in saying you should err on the side of caution when it comes to Digital Versus reviews. Prad.de reviewed the IPS236V which is pretty much identical as far as the panel and electronics are concerned and found the responsiveness a little lacklustre (brief summary here). The TFT Central review of the IPS231P should paint a nice picture of the responsiveness compared to the U2311H they also tested quite comprehensively.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Personally, I wouldn't recommend the LG if you are mainly gaming (even though the panel used seems to be pretty much the same) - since it's an E-IPS monitor that doesn't use RTC/overdrive to improve the response times and reduce ghosting. The Dell on the other hand does use RTC and does it well - hence it works well as a gaming monitor.

If I were buying an eyefinity setup then the U2311H would be the monitor I would be going with, it has excellent image quality, great viewing angles, handles motion well, comes with a great stand, displayport is built in and the warranty service is fantastic.

This review seems to show that the monitor isn't great for gaming. However you usually have to take Digital Versus reviews with a pinch of salt - personally I would wait for the TFTcentral review of the LG IPS231P that is incoming:
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Cheers for that. I know you recommend these monitors. I was hoping you would stumble across my thread and respond. I feel more reassured I've did the right thing now. They're ordered anyway, so no going back.

If any is interested I'll post my opinions and some high res photographs.

Any tips on calibration?
 
All true but unless u have the u2311h besides it i doubt anyone not testing for ghostin would notice...ive seen both the nec and viewsonice ips 23inch screens both in action on games and tbh if there is a diff to the u2311h...i didnt notice it...and neither of those use rtc.....at the end of the day reviews will find reasons to distinguish things...and they will criticise ...thats the point...but 9/10 such criticisms are semantics as for joe public u wont notice any diff
 
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