Which panel for movies?

mo786 · 24 Oct 2009 at 17:27

Ages ago I bought a Viewsonic TFT but I sent it back because the quality of movie watching on it wasn't great (talking non HD content)

I am still on my CRT

Considering TFT again now

I think the panel technology was MVA or soemthing.... I have been reading about the new panel technologies, but it seems since then nothign new has atcually coem out

Any word on when these new and hopefulyl better technologies will be released?

Killgroup · 24 Oct 2009 at 17:51

From what I've been reading the Dell Ultrasharps seem great for movies, and just about anything else.

mo786 · 24 Oct 2009 at 18:06

I;ve been looking at the 2209wa

which uses e-IPS

is eIPS better o worse than normal IPS?

22 inches in about as big as i can go, so owuld consider an IPS in that size rnage if poss

jamjar · 24 Oct 2009 at 18:59

Hi the Asus VH226 22" is a great monitor for watching dvd films

BlackBat · 25 Oct 2009 at 00:37

If 22" is as big as you can go, then the Dell looks to be the best option. If what I've read is correct then:-

IPS = In Plane Switching.
E-IPS = Enhanced-In Plane Switching (improved diagonal viewing angles).

mo786 · 25 Oct 2009 at 00:51

thanks, if can get a monitor that can swivel sideways then the enchanced angles are not a deal breaker for me as long as the viewing angles are reasonable on the IPS.

is IPS generally ok for movies? i am worried about pixellation etc

cmndr_andi · 25 Oct 2009 at 01:57

mo786 said:
thanks, if can get a monitor that can swivel sideways then the enchanced angles are not a deal breaker for me as long as the viewing angles are reasonable on the IPS.

is IPS generally ok for movies? i am worried about pixellation etc

I have watched many HD movies on the 2209WA, it looks great.

The viewing angles are awesome, the blacks are deep enough and the colours look wonderful. The stand swivels well, but it isn't really needed as looking at a movie side-on looks just as good as face-one with this monitor.

There is no ghosting, and you will only see pixelisation if you are watching a low quality video.

mo786 · 25 Oct 2009 at 13:06

what is it like for iplayer and youtube? i spose those are classed as low quality generally

i never watch HD videos

cmndr_andi · 25 Oct 2009 at 14:44

For iplayer and youtube, the 2209WA looks as good as any other panel, albeit with all the unique benefits of IPS included.

However, these videos are usually pretty low quality (unless you use Iplayer HD and Youtube HD) so any imperfections will almost certainly be the fault of the video, not the monitor.

However, I heavily suggest trying some HD videos. You can get these from many legal sources, most notably HD movie trailers. But obviously, if you want to watch HD video on a regular basis then you will either need a blu ray player, a HD satellite TV card or a link in to a HD video source.