looking for a new monitor

[Ph?bus]

Ryken has very good points. If you need what he listed (uses, etc) then go for that hansG, it looks like an excellent monitor. 800:1 is a good ratio and I'd like to see anyone tell the difference between a 1000:1 and a 800:1 in a blind test. The TN panels are very good for gaming. If you are looking for more of a mix between gaming and video/photo look into some PVA panel monitors (Planar is one brand that uses them). These will not have the super low response time of the TN's but will render colors and the image better then the TN panel monitors.

I personally love gaming but also enjoy seeing great quality in my movies and photos when I work (my business). I went with an IPS panel for this. My response time may be "high" at 16ms but I rarely see the response lag when I am gaming, and when I do it is a minor thing. If you want true colors, excellent text, and a wide viewing angle then go with the IPS panel. Mine is this NEC. The price may seem a bit high, but once I got it it has been worth every penny these past 9 months.

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I had to throw this in ryc Ryken. 19-28-19 sounds excellent! I'm personally hoping to eventually get 24-30-24 with my NEC but I need another $3k to make it happen lol.

at that price you could have gotten the 2650x1600 monitor

 

[Librarian]

ryc Phasexero:

Any NEC is good, and yes the [H] forums are where I did most of my monitor research. I'm a member there as well as EOCF. The S-IPS panel is pretty damn good, the big price difference is because mine is the H-IPS panel instead.

ryc 80108:

I did say 24 - 30 - 24. So eventually that monitor will become part of the collection lol. It may be expensive but it is worth it plenty. The 24" is actually the better monitor between the two though, but 2 24" vert and a 30" hor will be perfect when I get enough money someday lol.

 

[Bane]

ryc Phasexero:

Any NEC is good, and yes the [H] forums are where I did most of my monitor research. I'm a member there as well as EOCF. The S-IPS panel is pretty damn good, the big price difference is because mine is the H-IPS panel instead.

ryc 80108:

I did say 24 - 30 - 24. So eventually that monitor will become part of the collection lol. It may be expensive but it is worth it plenty. The 24" is actually the better monitor between the two though, but 2 24" vert and a 30" hor will be perfect when I get enough money someday lol.

that looks like a great monitor but i will not e needing anything like that. I have a 40" tv to the right of me that i connect via HDMI so i am set for movies and things like that. but for gaming and gaming alone i am looking for a great monitor at about the price of the one i have posted. and i would at least like a minimum of 24" but if you cant find anything just tell me that the 27.5" monitor is the way to go

 

[HaZal2d0uS]

You guys are confusing Dynamic Contrast with Static Contrast. If you look on newegg, there is another hanns-g that has the same panel as the one linked above, and the panel has a DC of 15000:1.

Don't be fooled by the way different brands market their monitors. 800:1 and 50000:1 are different tests, one of them is not simply 42000 better than the other.

This is entirely true. Don't compare different brands. There is no uniform way for the companies to compare their ratios to other companies, or if there is... they're not using it. They all have their own way of testing their equipment, which makes you think it's all messed up.

I'd suggest a LCD TV. There's just a lot of good things about LCD TV's that work great. I've got my monitor as a 26" Samsung. It's got a 4 year warranty and works awesome! It's hooked up to my surround sound, pc, cable tv, dvd, etc...