I'm after a new monitor for use in gaming, programming and web browsing. The latter two work especially well with a larger monitor, as my current 22" 1680x1050 is feeling a little cramped. I'd quite like to see what the IPS malarky is all about, but am concious that for my budget, a U2401 is going to be too much.
Budget: whatever my 2233RZ and 3D Vision kit sell for plus a little extra. So, I'd guess around £300.
I've looked at the following (in ascending price order, from £263 to £339):
-Viewsonic VX2739WM - can't get much more real estate than this! 1920x1080 (not so good), 27", but is meant to have good colour reproduction for a TN and a stupidly fast response time.
-Dell U2311 - 1920X1080, 23", and it's IPS, though not a wide gamut. Not a brilliantly fast response time, but IPS monitors generally don't. The ability to turn to portrait mode is very useful.
-Ilyama Prolite E2607WS - 26" and 1920x1200, fast at 2ms and colour repro isn't meant to be too bad.
-Viewsonic V3D241wm-LED - released today, 24" 1920x1080 at around £300. 120Hz.
-HP ZR42w, 24" and 1920x1200, plus it rotates. Plus, it's an IPS, though still a standard gamut. Over budget though.
Now, I'm not sure what's most important to me at this stage. I guess it'd be (in order):
-Bigger than my current monitor - though they all are above, but I mean noticeably so
-Response time
-Colour accuracy
-16:10
-Ability for rotation, though this can be added to any monitor.
I know that these criteria immediately narrow the choices down to the HP and the Ilyama, but what do people reckon?
Budget: whatever my 2233RZ and 3D Vision kit sell for plus a little extra. So, I'd guess around £300.
I've looked at the following (in ascending price order, from £263 to £339):
-Viewsonic VX2739WM - can't get much more real estate than this! 1920x1080 (not so good), 27", but is meant to have good colour reproduction for a TN and a stupidly fast response time.
-Dell U2311 - 1920X1080, 23", and it's IPS, though not a wide gamut. Not a brilliantly fast response time, but IPS monitors generally don't. The ability to turn to portrait mode is very useful.
-Ilyama Prolite E2607WS - 26" and 1920x1200, fast at 2ms and colour repro isn't meant to be too bad.
-Viewsonic V3D241wm-LED - released today, 24" 1920x1080 at around £300. 120Hz.
-HP ZR42w, 24" and 1920x1200, plus it rotates. Plus, it's an IPS, though still a standard gamut. Over budget though.
Now, I'm not sure what's most important to me at this stage. I guess it'd be (in order):
-Bigger than my current monitor - though they all are above, but I mean noticeably so
-Response time
-Colour accuracy
-16:10
-Ability for rotation, though this can be added to any monitor.
I know that these criteria immediately narrow the choices down to the HP and the Ilyama, but what do people reckon?
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