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[Retired] The LCD Thread

I would say no, it's not worth it if you're primarily interested in gaming. And in that case I woud steer away from the 215tw anyway because of the reports of the infamous "input lag." The other caveat I would say is go with PVA over TN if viewing angle is an important requirement for you. If...
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- Post #2,965
- Feb 5, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

Digging around, it seems that others have reported it also, like from this review on amazon: That reflects my experience exactly. Switching to the radeon seems to have helped a little (and it's faster than the matrox, too, which is nice - and the rotation with xrandr is cool to impress...
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- Post #2,958
- Feb 5, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

okay - here's an update. I tried the monitor with a different video card, and it seems much better now (I really wish I had a calibrator of some sort :argh: ). I was using a matrox G450 in linux, with custom unofficial drivers made by tuxx-home. the "new" card is a radeon 9600 using the stock...
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- Post #2,931
- Feb 2, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

I just bought one from there. I couldn't resist checking it out with the 30 day NQA return policy. Here's my basic take: Beautiful monitor & screen. I really like the height/swivel adjustability, and it feels very "weighty" and quality made. The colors are *very* rich and vibrant. No...
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- Post #2,918
- Feb 1, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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Any non-TN 24'' LCD good for gaming?

What's the difference between the L245WP and L246WP?
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- Post #16
- Feb 1, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

If you think you could go down to 22", I would strongly recommend checking out the Lenovo L220x. It looks like it would be an incredible monitor for photoediting. It's 22", but still has the 1920x1200 resolution of the 24". here's some info and reviews...
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- Post #2,816
- Jan 25, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

I would go for it then. It's a nice monitor. :thumbsup:
- starcycle
- Post #2,815
- Jan 25, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

the 206 has a faster response time, but it doesn't have 16.7 million colors, only 16.2. the human eye probably woulldn't be able to detect the difference, but that says to me that the panels are different, and that some image quality has probably been sacrificed for the extra couple of ms (which...
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- Post #2,779
- Jan 23, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

Check out the L204WT xtknight just mentioned. I just got this today, and it's pretty impressive so far, esp. for the price. If you're a gamer, I think you would absolutely love this monitor. Lots of bang for the buck for a 20", with a very respectable 5ms, extremely minimal backlight bleeding...
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- Post #2,763
- Jan 22, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

well I got the LG today - 1 day from newegg, pretty good! No bad pixels :thumbsup:, very moderate/virtually unnoticeable backlight bleed, and what I guess is an LG panel? It says "LGL 20.wide," if anyone knows what that refers to. I thought these came with "chungwha" panels, but I guess LG...
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- Post #2,759
- Jan 22, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

wow, great thread. big kudos to xtknight for putting this together and keeping it going. I really picked up a lot here. :thumbsup: I'm coming from a 17" PVA samsung 172t, and needed an upgrade. It's been a few years since I even looked at LCDs, and I was a little shocked to see the sorry...
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- Post #2,730
- Jan 21, 2008
- Forum: Displays

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