Buying new LCD

sniperchang

sniperchang

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Hey guys,

I use my PC for anything you can do with a PC: Gaming, Work, more gaming, too much gaming, and also too much work.

eh, anyway, I'm getting a new Monitor, Budget 250$ - 300$, 22inch widescreen, DVI Connection

List of possible buys:

1. LG L226WTY - 329.99$ CAD A little overbudget, could be worth it.

2. BenQ FP222W - 279.99$ Cheaper, good quality?

3. Samsung (226BW) - Looks sweet, but heard it leaks backlight :(


Any suggestions? Preferred brands?

Thanks
 
Id take a look at viewsonic, they make great monitors.

I like the first one you linked to.
 
Samsungs are the best in my book. Not only is the LCD great, but they the casing is very nice as well.

Lacking backlight? No... must be some confused person. All LCD's have a backlight.
 
oregon said:
Samsungs are the best in my book. Not only is the LCD great, but they the casing is very nice as well.

Lacking backlight? No... must be some confused person. All LCD's have a backlight.
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Not lacking lol, leaking, like on the top and bottom. But nevermind I don't think it's much to worry about.

I found a sweet deal at the mall today: Acer p221 22" Wide for 299.99, the sale ends soon...

Would you say the samsung would still be better? It's on sale right now, 329.99, also ending really soon...

The acer is similar, but I think it was 5ms response compared to the 2ms response of the samsung, the samsung I believe has a higher contras ratio, hmm
 
I think I'll go with the Samsung 226BW, it's clearly better than the Acer. I looked at some reviews around the net, heard good things (Accept for the whole A model and S model thing.)

Any objections? Looks good?
 
The Samsung has a lower contrast ratio and response time. Samsung is a dirty slimy company and they use fraudulent measurements. The 3000:1 is "dynamic" contrast and the 2ms is "grey to grey" response time, i.e., the shortest possible time between two arbitrary shades of grey. The picture does look good (I think the actual contrast ratio is 800:1) but the ghosting is terrible. And certain monitors do bleed backlight pretty badly, but not S panels.

edit: If you're going to buy from a store you might as well try the Samsung and hope for a good panel, since you can return it fairly easily when your entire screen bleeds blue. If you're ordering online don't take the chance.
 
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i have a samsung 2232bw 22" screen and its brill i play the latest games and there is no shadowing its amazing.
 
meanman said:
i have a samsung 2232bw 22" screen and its brill i play the latest games and there is no shadowing its amazing.
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I agree! The Samsung 226bw is a brilliant monitor! I cant find any reviews on it that have much bad stuff to say about it. Also not that its that bigger deal but the monitor is mounted onto a swivel part on the base. So you can turn the monitor around without moving the base at all. Its an amazing monitor!
 
So, do either of you have any logical reasoning for saying Samsung has good monitors besides the fact that you own one, and there's no "shadowing"?

I can see why they cut so many corners on their monitors now, dumb people will eat it up because it says Samsung on it.
 
fortyways said:
So, do either of you have any logical reasoning for saying Samsung has good monitors besides the fact that you own one, and there's no "shadowing"?

I can see why they cut so many corners on their monitors now, dumb people will eat it up because it says Samsung on it.
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???

Do you have some sort of personal crusade against samsung?

I've always heard they were top of the line. I'm assuming you had a bad experience with one and now you trash them every chance you get.

As to bleeding... any 22+ inch monitor bleeds, so don't worry about that.
 
Actually I've worked with several, from the 906bw and cw models to the 2206bw. Everything I've said is universally accurate, research it if you'd like (or you could just keep "assuming").

Seriously, did you even read my first post before you dribbled your defense statement for Samsung? Even if you read the fine print on their own advertising you'll see that the contrast ratio is "dynamic" and the response time is "grey to grey."

Yes, Samsung will always get mostly good reviews. The positive reviews usually read "ITS REAL NIEC THE BASE CAN MOVE AND IT IS SHINEY." The negative reviews are the ones written by intelligent people and go over the facts, but you don't want to read that; it's too complicated. You'd rather assume.

Also, not all 22"+ monitors bleed.
 
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