Looking for a new screen.

[Vicious Horizon]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I get it. Sorry, just googled it and power systems were the first thing to turn up >.<

So you can see it in true-colour from any angle, right?

[VoX]

More or less, TN panels fail where viewing angles are concerned, IPS panels are a lot more superior, not sure what they are like for colour reproduction though, but Phantom's seemed very very nice.

[Vicious Horizon]

Yeah, main reason as to why I considered it

[Calneon]

Yes, it cost just under £400 when I bought it from OcUK, they don't stock them anymore. Love the screen to bits though. I've been meaning to send it off to get the firmware updated for a while now but never got round to it (fixes the banding issue apparently).

[Chalex4]

Colours are better on an IPS, but you do pay a hefty premium imo and do lose out on lower response times.

Regarding viewing angles, people often go over-the-top with saying how bad TN panels are, but it's all personal preference. It could just me that my monitor's angles are better than an average TN, but I've never seen what all the fuss is about. I always sit in front of my monitor, and if I want to lay back in a chair and watch a film then I'll just tilt the monitor slightly!!

[Vicious Horizon]

Just noticed the screen I have is IPS =D

It appears we're off-topic

[Colonel Mitch]

Thanks for the dell suggestion, ti sounds like a good choice, I'm assuming teh 250 cd brightness is wrong or is down too the adjusting technology it has, coz otherwise 250cd^2 is fail.

As giles said dynamic contrast ratio things are usualy just lies, so if there is teh actual contrast ratio its often more useful to compare.

[Calneon]

I suggested the Dell as a joke because it had a ludicrously high contrast ratio (1,000,000:1) and you said you wanted one with high contrast ratio.

If I were to suggest something serious, i'd probably say this, I bought one for a friend and it was nice, and VoX has the same one but a bit better and he likes it.

[VoX]

That is basically my monitor without HDMI, and I think a slightly higher (Dynamic) Contrast Ratio.


Otherwise it is the same, and a very nice screen, I just did some minor tweaking on graphics drivers and the monitor itself (namely turning dynamic contrast off) obviously the colour reproduction is not 100% accurate with these tweaks but everything is nice and vibrant. Brightness is pretty good aswell, have had to turn it down a bit (T240s ship with brightness at 100% for some reason.)

[Colonel Mitch]

That samsung looks very nice

Anyone know anything about these ones?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-106-SA

The usb ports and massivley adjustable base would benefit me.

[ez64]

Overclockers charge a fair amount over the odd's on monitors or just selling older product lines at the same price, also in there wisdom they display every monitor in dynamic contrast ratings so the numbers can mean something completly different from screen to screen so it's utterly butterly pointless.

[Calneon]

also in there wisdom they display every monitor in dynamic contrast ratings so the numbers can mean something completly different from screen to screen so it's utterly butterly pointless.

The manufacturer decides what it's contrast ratio is, not OcUK.

[ez64]

No there is a industry wide rating that VESA set but was not enforced by law that everyone used to use and thats where the true numbers used to be, now though everyone started using there own funny contrast ratio tests thus providing whatever number they wanted to state.

Monitors still get aftermarket tested using the VESA scale and thats where you get the contrast ratio from but OCUK only display the dynamic rubbish now where as the majority 5 years ago on the internet was in the VESA standard.

[Colonel Mitch]

Im going to get this tomorrow (Friday), driving down to their depot and buying it there coz cba waiting til monday xD.

Unless anyone knows otehrwise why I shouldnt?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-106-SA

[Calneon]

Go for it, 24" is the way to go!