What's the Big Difference Between My 24" Acer and Hanns-G Monitors?

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andrewanimation

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I have a nice Acer AL2423W 24" monitor. I bought a new Hanns-G HH251 24.6" monitor just recently off newegg, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254040.

The Acer's visual seems so crisp and perfect, and is completely "consistent" (not sure how to describe it) no matter what angle you look at it from, it always looks like the same flat perfect image. There are no areas or sections that ever look like they're more dim or bright than any other sections. 100% consistent.

The Hanns-G, however, is much worse. It has obvious "inconsistencies," with some areas/sections seeming dimmer and others brighter. And, when viewed from a side, the screen appears almost completely black, as if it's off. Unlike the Acer, which looks the same no matter what angle you view it from.

It seems apparent to me that these LCDs have something different about their build, but is there a term for this difference? Something that I can search for in product Specifications, such as the one you can read of the Hanns-G at the link I provided? I only looked at screen size and customer ratings when looking for a second monitor. I had no idea there was something else I needed to look at. What is it called, to want a visual like the Acer, and not like the Hanns-G?
 
You mean like a viewing angle? All monitors have different viewing angles, the Hanns-G must have a smaller viewing angle than the Acer.
But these 'inconsistencies' you speak of, are you sure the monitor is not faulty or damaged? If you look at it straight on you should see that every part of the screen is equally as bright as the rest of the screen, if some parts are dimmer (this looking at the monitor straight on) or brighter than other areas, it may have been damaged or faulty..
Have you played around with some of the brightness/contrast settings? A high contrast setting will sometimes seem like some parts of the screen are darker, cause of the setting.
 
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Someone on another site told me: "Reason is, the Acer's a P-MVA panel whereas the Hanns-G is a TN panel." Assuming that's true, I thought I'd let you know too, in case you might not have. I'm thinking I need to look for only MVA panels from now on.
 
S-IPS panels are the best followed by S-PVA/MVA, then TN. The main advantages of TN panels are the improved response time over other panels and they are cheap. The other 2 produce better colors and often have less backlight bleed.
 
Exactly right! I found out the same info from another site. I'm definitely a fan of IPS's and VA's. But I recently started using my TN monitor as a HDMI TV for my PlayStation 3, and, oddly enough, it doesn't get the back-light bleeds that caused the "inconsistencies" when I used it for my PC!

But I really think the type of Panel deserves to be mentioned in the Specs of LCD monitors when shopping for them online, if not in the main descriptions. Seems silly to me that they're not.

Thanks for the info!:)
 
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