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LCD Buyer's Guide

Howdy. I, too, am using the VP930b (rev 3). Here are my custom color settings (mileage may vary, but this should be good for you as well): 92 Red; 90 Green; 69 Blue I use this setting for just about everything and love it. Good luck!
- Engel
- Post #3,561
- Feb 21, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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The 215TW is a Samsung with a PVA panel, so the quality will not be as good as an S-IPS panel. Also, the PVA panels are Samsung's line, so I seriously doubt you'd have to worry about getting a Phillips monitor with a PVA panel. LG Phillips makes their own panels: the S-IPS panels.
- Engel
- Post #3,390
- Jan 28, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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I know of no LCD that displays non-native resolutions in a manner that I would consider acceptable. Of course, what I believe is acceptable in this sense is based on CRT monitors, which display all supported resolutions flawlessly. Anyway: having used both and had them both hooked up at the...
- Engel
- Post #3,360
- Jan 23, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Huh? I do have a VP930b, which I posted a review on a few days ago, but I do not believe I ever mentioned anything about a 931C or it being comparable to a CRT monitor. Regardless: the 931C is an LCD that I was looking at about two months ago when I was initially researching possible LCD...
- Engel
- Post #3,316
- Jan 16, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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The 931BW appears to be an older model: I cannot find it in any major US stores or even on Newegg. And it seems there are two newer versions of this: the 940BW and 941BW. For the price that Canadian site is asking for, I would suggest looking at the other ones. Newegg, for example, has the...
- Engel
- Post #3,286
- Jan 14, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Aye, this amazes me as well. I mean, all parts of a computer setup are important, but wouldn't you want to devote a good amount of time to the component that you will be staring at for hours on end? Aye, that sounds fine. The monitor does perform very well in those situations. Well, I'm glad...
- Engel
- Post #3,275
- Jan 12, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Aye, but these tests, like you said, are short and not very conclusive. Furthermore, BeHardware gave the 971P a 4/5 stars on video playback. Even without the ringing and streaking around movie objects, the video quality was still very poor and plagued by noise, noticeable ghosting, and that...
- Engel
- Post #3,272
- Jan 12, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Moving this image produces what appears to me to be normal ghosting. I just moved it around in the same fashion on an old 15" Envision LCD (EN5100e, TN panel) that I have, and it does the exact same thing. I did not notice any unusual ringing when moving this image, and thus, the panel appears...
- Engel
- Post #3,267
- Jan 12, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Alright, as promised, here is my review of the VP930b (Revision #3 - Contrast 1300:1, Brightness 300). This monitor features a Premium MVA panel made by AU Optronics, and according to all sources that I could find regarding this model's third revision, this panel seems to be 8-bit. I am unable...
- Engel
- Post #3,263
- Jan 12, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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I find this interesting, to say the least. Unless the 2405FPW is using some really early, primitive version of Samsung's PVA panel, I would not guess that its viewing angle would be poor. One of the positive things about the 971P is its viewing angle: it's terrific. Of course, S-IPS panels are...
- Engel
- Post #3,207
- Jan 5, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Well, this really comes down to PVA vs S-IPS, since it is my understanding that the 2405FPW is using Samsung's PVA panel, and the LP2065 uses a Phillips S-IPS panel. Given the above, I would say go with HP LP2065. Having used both PVA and IPS panels (those Apple Cinema Displays are gorgeous)...
- Engel
- Post #3,197
- Jan 4, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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The coating is not on the screen itself, but on the sides and base. Regardless, it makes for an annoying glare and collects a lot of fingerprints.
- Engel
- Post #3,178
- Jan 3, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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I tend to believe it is the latter as well. None of the reviews I found of the 971P had any truly worthwhile information. Most of the average, every day user reviews mentioned mostly text/images/one or two games. None of the reviews I read gave any impression whatsoever as to its video quality...
- Engel
- Post #3,177
- Jan 3, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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A word on the Samsung 971P: I purchased this monitor on December 1st from Newegg after reading what reviews I could find, going based on user ratings, and drooling over the beautiful specifications listed. When it comes to displaying non-moving screens, this monitor is near flawless. The...
- Engel
- Post #3,172
- Jan 2, 2007
- Forum: Displays

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