Good 27" screen

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I currently have a Dell 2209WA and it's fantastic however it's developed a fault where a vertical yellow line appears in the centre of the screen. Tapping or pushing the top centre of the screen can make it go away, because of this I'm sure it's a loose flat flex cable or something. Should be an easy fix but I'd rather not try fixing it without having a backup if I end up cracking the panel, once fixed I can use it as a second display.

I'm looking at 27" monitors, in terms of requirements...
  • Similar quality to the existing Dell, cheap creaky plastic that wobbles when you touch the desk would be irritating
  • I'm not keen on gloss screens or bezels at all, matt is the only way to go
  • 1080p seems pointless at 27" so definately higher resolution
  • 16:10 would be ideal but the ones I'm looking at are 16:9 and it's not a big problem
  • I'm not really sure on budget maybe £400 tops but it's not a hard limit
  • Using it for browsing, occasional video editing but mostly gaming

The AOC Q2770PQU seems pretty good and is on special but is out of stock, the Dell U2713HM seems to be good too but is it worth the money over the limit I've set and the AOC? Thoughts, other suggestions or advice?

edit: I just got my P60 today and it turns out I paid too much tax last year :) I have no qualm spending the extra on the Dell now, it was the only thing stopping me as I'm really happy with my current Dell.
 
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After having seen the sketchy Dell screens I'm giving them a miss, I just checked and the AOC is in stock again, after seeeing how people rave about it on here I'm going to get that I think, save a bit of money too :)

I didn't see the BenQ or ViewSonic in the OcUK store :(
 
It doesn't look like OcUK stock the ViewSonic. You can still get it though, at around £430.00 which seems to be in budget.

The AOC looks like good value though.
 
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Chadd said:
ViewSonic VP2770 ?
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The picture on this monitor is great,but the downisde is the response time for games.you can noctice the blurring in some games like mortal kombat with fast moving objects.,i got it for £484 last year which was good but i never taken note of the response time.i just had teh 2560x1440p flashing in my eyes...i play a lot of games but i have to live with that blurring :(
but still the picture and colours are fantastic :)
 
Winnter said:
The picture on this monitor is great,but the downisde is the response time for games.you can noctice the blurring in some games like mortal kombat with fast moving objects.,i got it for £484 last year which was good but i never taken note of the response time.i just had teh 2560x1440p flashing in my eyes...i play a lot of games but i have to live with that blurring :(
but still the picture and colours are fantastic :)
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Did you set Image Response Time to Advanced?
 
Winnter said:
yeah i did,i still notice some blurring when moving round realy fast.
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You'll notice blurring on any 60Hz LCD, no matter how fast the response times are. You might also have come from a monitor that used PWM and possibly even very strong grey to grey acceleration. Both of these can alter the appearance of the motion blur by fragmenting it whereas on the flicker-free ViewSonic with moderate acceleration the blur will appear smoother and uninterrupted.
 
PCM2 said:
You'll notice blurring on any 60Hz LCD, no matter how fast the response times are. You might also have come from a monitor that used PWM and possibly even very strong grey to grey acceleration. Both of these can alter the appearance of the motion blur by fragmenting it whereas on the flicker-free ViewSonic with moderate acceleration the blur will appear smoother and uninterrupted.
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My last monitor was a Viewsonic VX2235wm .so that's maybe way then..
 
Winnter said:
My last monitor was a Viewsonic VX2235wm .so that's maybe way then..
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Ah right. Also motion performance issues tend to be more obvious on a larger screen. The sheer size difference will probably be a factor too. :)
 
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