Would a new LCD display be better than a 3 year old one?

warren_1979

warren_1979

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Hi. I currently use a 19" Neovo F-419. This was bought in 2005 and back then it was a budget model. It has served me well but I've noticed that since getting my Aspire One netbook I prefer using that for longer periods, even though it is smaller. I've had a few problems with my eyes recently and extended monitor use causes me some discomfort.

I was thinking will modern LCD's have better technology compared to my 3 year old Neovo?

Thanks.
 
Hi. Thanks for all your replies. If thats the case then I may well buy a new monitor this week.

I like to game from time to time and have a E2140@3GHZ, 2GIG ballistix and a 8800gt. I was thinking I might stick to a normal 19" non wide screen version to save money. 22" widescreen would be nice but I'm thinking more modern games might stretch my setup too much at 1680 x 1050.

So any recommendations for a nice non widescreen 19" TFT would be most welcome.
 
Well I've just bought the Samsung aqua 22" SM-2253BW :) Decent 19" screens seemed to be about £110 so I thought I would put the extra to it and get something a bit more grander that would see me through the next couples of years.

Really looking forward to getting it I've heard its a great screen. Hope I'm not disappointed.
 
No probs bud I'll let you know.

I got it for £158 including next day delivery from another site. It would have been £152 including 2-3 day delivery instead, but I'm back at work next week and didn't want to take the chance of it showing up on Monday when I'm not in.
 
I've just realised that I've not bought the Aqua but the BW version, the Aqua should have LW at the end of the model number. I've heard the BW is an older version. I think OCUK may be mistaken in advertising the Aqua as SM-2253BW when it should be a SM-2253LW.

I've read over at hardforum that some of the SM-2253BW have bad back light bleed and a weird blue hue to the colour of the monitor.

Anyone have a SM-2253BW and can comment on it?
 
No it wasn't mis-advertised. I just presumed that the BW was the Aqua version because of looking on OCUK, but the LW is the Aqua version.

Oh well I'll just have to see how it is. Haven't really got time to send it all back again.
 
Hi GT.

Yeah well its got a load of good reviews on another etailer, well a few etailers, so I'm hoping it'll be tip top. Its just strange that OCUK are advertising the Aqua as BW when it should be LW. Be interesting to hear from any people who have bought the Aqua from OCUK what model number it actually is.

Thanks.
 
Well I've opened it and its really nice, obviously :p. I can notice a bit of bleeding round the edges when the XP loading screen comes up but I can live with that.

I did the:

- Set contrast and brightness to 0
- Press the « Menu » button
- Press the « Source » button for 5 seconds

to find out what panel I've got and it looks like I've got a Samsung panel as Samsung panels are supposed to have the number xxxCAA-1002, which is what mine has :) Can't see any dead pixels too - so far!

Gonna test out a few games now.
 
Ok here some bad quality pics, bit shakey some of them - I'm too lazy to read the camera manual :p

Some of 2001:






Some of Jesse James (night scenes):






Some of Bioshock:





One of Mass Effect:



I'm no expert on LCD's or anything like that, only owned a cheap 19" Neovo beforehand, but I can honestly say I'm rather happy with this monitor. The size is just right for the corner of the room. Reading txt off the internet is now so much easier on my eyes, the Neovo seemed really washed out. Films look really nice. Games look amazing - I've just bought Bioshock again to play through as I didn't complete it the last time - I think I'm going to enjoy it. No dead pixels too!

The site I got my SM-2253BW from was really competitive so I took the plunge at £138 + £10 including next day delivery.

I was a little confused though as there seems to be two versions of the SM-2253 - the LW and the BW. It seems that the LW is a newer model to the one I've got, which is the BW. The LW is priced about £20-40 higher than the BW at some etailers I've been to, but at OCUK its the other way around weirdly.

I've read an old thread over at Hardforum and some people weren't too happy with their SM-2252BW's. They complained of a blue hue on the overall picture and that they got inferior panels apparently called CMO's, which stands for Chi Mei Optoelectronics, but these people were mainly in America, which makes a difference in what panel you will receive apparently. They also complained of some light bleed, which I've since read is common across a lot of Samsung panels.

I only read this after buying my BW and contemplating sending back and getting the LW version. Anyway in the end I opened the BW and instantly checked the panel and it appeared to be a Samsung (the best :)). I've also read that the LW's use cheaper hardware than the BW's (from a poster who apparently read it in a forum from a guy who works for Samsung - :rolleyes:). I've also read people comments about the LW and theirs too has some light bleed so I guess it swings in round abouts.

About the bleed on mine, yes it is there, but only visible on a pure black background and its very slight, much better than my previous 19". I've read that cheap to mid-range TN panels (which is what this is really) all suffer from some sort of bleed. Only the newer panel technologies don't suffer from it as much.

Anyway I'm sure which ever model I'd bought (the LW or the Bw) I would have been happy. If your contemplating buying one just get the cheaper one I say like I did.

edit - Oh yeah the panel is supposed to have an 8000:1 dynamic range contrast ratio mode, used for films etc., but I haven't figured out how to turn it on yet so those films pics don't have it on.

Ta!
 
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