New 24"+ non-tn monitor

jmhduck · 25 Mar 2009 at 12:55

Hi Guys,

So very soon - within the next 4 months I'll be in the market for a new widescreen. I used to have the OcUK 24" *VA widescreen which my parents now have, this was pretty good although the input was a bit dodgy. I really don't want anything smaller than a 24" and I don't see the point in going for anything higher unless the res is higher as well. Budget probably 600 max for 30" and 400 max for 24" (obviously the cheaper the better though, this is slightly variable I'm not going to not get a monitor because it costs another 10 more etc)

So any suggestions?

jmhduck · 25 Mar 2009 at 15:24

Yeah the NEC 24WMGX3 does look great. Do you know if the contrast ratio of 2000:1 is real or using *special* techniques (ie some panels are 1000:1 and then use some special technique to increase it to 20000 etc). EDIT: just answered my own question by checking tftcentral it's using dynamic to increase to 2000:1.

jmhduck · 28 Mar 2009 at 18:21

Is the LP2475w available in the UK?

jmhduck · 28 Mar 2009 at 20:35

smogsy said:
LP2475w tbh
review here
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/hp_lp2475w.htm

It's the same price as the NEC with lower cd/m2 rating and lower contrast - well at least where I just looked

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jmhduck · 29 Mar 2009 at 09:22

What do people think of the Hyundai w240D? I can get one of these reasonably cheap - well compared to the other models mentioned.

jmhduck · 29 Mar 2009 at 12:56

Doesn't having extra cd/m2 mean that the panel will last longer as you can increase the brightness due to the display dimming over time? My Belinea 10 20 30 (or whatever the old model number was), looked great when I first got it but after a couple of years the colours started to look washed out etc.

jmhduck · 30 Mar 2009 at 20:09

Baddass said:
maximum brightness makes little difference really in practice, since it would be rare to ever need to run at levels of 400 - 500 cd/m2! once calibrated to a sensible 120 cd/m2

Does that mean that what I thought about higher cd/m2 helping the monitor last longer is incorrect?

jmhduck · 31 Mar 2009 at 09:27

Baddass said:
doesn't really make the monitor last longer, no. The maximum cd/m2 is just the max brightness the CCFL backlighting can output at maximum intensity. In theory, this can help secure a good contrast ratio, as long as black depth is decent, but apart from that it means very little in general use. Considering you will nearly always need to turn the brightness down a lot, and ideally calibrate the screen to a comfortable setting like 120 cd/m2 brightness, it doesnt really matter what the max cd/m2 is that the screen can display. dont think it makes any difference to life time of the backlighting at all....

Okay thanks for the info

. Do you have any idea why my Belinea 102030W started to look really washed out over time then and even if I tryed calibrating it, it started to look really **** compared to the OcUK value 24" widescreen monitor (the *VA one)?

jmhduck · 31 Mar 2009 at 13:44

Goofball said:
Not sure about this statement.

Can't believe you're contradicting Baddass :eek:

, he's pretty much the God of Monitor knowledge on here :cool:

. By the way I'm not discounting what you've said but I'd just be amazed if Baddass was wrong.