Good gaming monitor LED or LCD?

skunksta · 17 Feb 2011 at 01:06

looking for a 24" plus got around £200 to spend.
Tn panel is not a problem and 2ms to 5ms is a must.Looking
at the

Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black
SAMSUNG BX2331 23" Widescreen LED Monitor

Might be able to to afford £250 if so these two

Iiyama ProLite E2607WS 26" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black
Iiyama ProLite E2710HDS 27" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

Also got to have the 3 inputs hdmi/dvi/vga.Any input from
owners of these would be great bad and good things.

buchtis · 17 Feb 2011 at 09:52

Here's my brief review of the Iiyama, scroll down a wee bit:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18239265&page=2

skunksta · 17 Feb 2011 at 12:44

thanks for the input.

jbloggs · 17 Feb 2011 at 14:11

The Samsung P2450H is seemingly very good...

ak22 · 17 Feb 2011 at 14:41

jbloggs said:
The Samsung P2450H is seemingly very good...

+1 Using it right now for PC and PS3 great monitor

skunksta · 18 Feb 2011 at 00:36

The samsung p2450h was my first choice but then i went to a local
store and shaw the LED it looked sexy SAMSUNG BX2331 23.
The 27" seem to be abit big for me to sit infront of.

cainer · 18 Feb 2011 at 01:01

if you can scrape up £250 your not far away from affording a 120hz screen

sas.wlv · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:54

cainer said:
if you can scrape up £250 your not far away from affording a 120hz screen

This for sure. 2ms or 5ms - it's nothing compared to the difference 120hz makes for gaming (especially fast paced games)

skunksta · 20 Feb 2011 at 09:31

£300 is way to much for me for a 24". I might of paid that for a 27"
but not a 24" even if its 120hz.Just looking for a monitor that will play my
PS3/XBOX 360/PC games well hence the 3 inputs.Dont really need the
best on the market just something that works well.

jm240 · 21 Feb 2011 at 12:58

skunksta said:
The samsung p2450h was my first choice but then i went to a local
store and shaw the LED it looked sexy SAMSUNG BX2331 23.
The 27" seem to be abit big for me to sit infront of.

I did the same thing as you, and the LED's were by far superior in terms of vibrancy and colour range.

The LG LED monitors are fantastic, you won't be disappointed I assure you.

If you're after one with all three inputs, I'd highly recommend the LG E2360 monitor 23". You won't be disappointed.

tuomoy · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:48

LED should be superior in terms of contrast and power consumption but make sure this isn't the only thing you are looking for and check other specs/reviews as there some LED monitors on the market that are cheap, cheerful and unfortunately sub-standard.

mikey1090 · 23 Feb 2011 at 13:22

BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black

I've had this for a year. Stunning. Excellent viewing angle, amazing display. I use it for browsing, decent gaming and watching blu-rays. Looks stunning, much better than my flatmates fullHD TV!

I got it when it was on sale at £143. Total bargain! My only complaint is that it doesn't have HDMI input, but since I'm not a console gamer it doesn't bother me anyway!

stulid · 23 Feb 2011 at 14:46

The BenQ is a LCD - http://benq.co.uk/products/LCD/index.cfm/page/specifications/product/1098

LED is referring to something else than the screen, think its the backlighting system?

Thought all these monitors are LCD?

Breeny · 23 Feb 2011 at 15:36

Yup, it's LED backlit.

Stulid - you're looking at the wrong spec - http://benq.co.uk/products/LCD/index.cfm/product/1157

PCM2 · 23 Feb 2011 at 19:43

jm240 said:
I did the same thing as you, and the LED's were by far superior in terms of vibrancy and colour range.

The LG LED monitors are fantastic, you won't be disappointed I assure you.

If you're after one with all three inputs, I'd highly recommend the LG E2360 monitor 23". You won't be disappointed.

Not all LG LED-backlit monitors (please include 'backlit' in there to avoid unnecessary and misleading confusion) are fantastic and in fact many are far from it. Wildly 'off' colours, really noticable dithering and relatively weak contrast. Thankfully the E2360V is different - it's a very good monitor.

See my thoughts on that model here. The image quality and build quality is certainly a class above the BenQ, too. If you search for 'G2420HDBL' by username 'PCM2' you will see that I've commented on that model extensively in the past. At £140ish it was a stand-out bargain and was fairly unique. At the current price it's a bad deal.