Large monitor recommendations

[K.I.L.E.R]

I'm buying a new LCD monitor and I would like a very large one for work, gaming and videos. Most important is the size, the bigger the better but at the same time I prefer not to spend over $1000 AUD/USD.

 

[epicstruggle]

about what size are you looking for?
Dell has a 24" for A$600.
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/30lcd?c=au&cs=audhs1&l=en&s=dhs

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

24" sounds reasonable in price.

 

[ERK]

I would also check out the 24" HP if you haven't bought one already. It has a more glossy screen which is worse for glare, but you might like the look as I do. I only day before yesterday spent all morning scrutinizing screens at Fry's/BB and came home with an HP 22".

ERK

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

What about this one?
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=17951

Samsung 24" 244T.

 

[The_Wolf_Who_Cried_Boy]

A lot of 244T users have complained about input lag making it less than ideal for fast action gaming. On the balance the pick of current 24' screen still seems to be the Benq 241 although I imagine that will probably be superseded early next year.

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

Thanks. BenQ it is.

Maybe I will wait, do you think it's worth waiting for a new model? How long would I have to wait?

 

[The_Wolf_Who_Cried_Boy]

I suffer toxic procrastination, I'm not someone to ask do you think it's worth waiting.

As the saying goes, there's always something better on the horizon (unless of course that's the event horizon of a plumeting black hole...)

 

[pc0day]

You can get the HannsG HG-281DPB 28 inch widescreen LCD monitor, it is on sale for $500 now at newegg.

 

[sir doris]

I've had a Dell 2407 WFP for over a year and i'm very happy with it, so i'd recemmend whatever the current version of it is

My brother has a BENQ 24" monitor which is also great.

 

[nutball]

I've had a Dell 2407 WFP for over a year and i'm very happy with it, so i'd recemmend whatever the current version of it is

Yeah I've got one too and it rocks (better than my 3007WFP in many ways) but it seems that the latest Dell model is a three digit model which in the recent past at least have been the cheaper (=> inferior) models than the four digit models.

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

Bought me the Samsung 244T, there is no ghosting or anything (what's input lag, I've played Hellgate London and experienced zero lag) on the panel and it's image quality is amazing.

 

[Skrying]

Input lag is latency between when you put a input in and it is displayed on the monitor. Some have it worse than others. You'd likely notice it rather quickly if it was going to be a issue for you.

 

[K.I.L.E.R]

Thanks.

The thing that amazes me most is how different the colors are, they are far deeper.
On my last monitor I had to ramp up the gamma in my games' options, on this monitor I have been putting them to default and amazingly I can see everything, is this contrast?

 

[Rodéric]

Well there are a number of things which can explain it, first not all LCD screens are 8bit per component, there are still a number of them with only 6bit/component.
Also colors are not always well calibrated before shipping, you can get an amazing increase in quality if you calibrate them. (You need an expensive calibrator from LaCie or another brand.)

So if you moved from a 6bit/component to 8bit/component and from a loosly calibrated screen to one well calibrated, it can be like you got new eyes

 

[suryad]

Just wanted to cast my vote in there for the HP 30 inch panel. Games run just absolutely gorgeous on it.

 

[ShaidarHaran]

Nothing beats kicking back on your couch with a wireless keyboard and mouse in front of an HDTV. Forget about spending more on a higher-res yet smaller screen. Do you want to spend hundreds or even thousands on graphics hardware every year to support that 2560x1600 screen?