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| Thread ID: 103745 | 2009-10-05 02:25:00 | Brands of screens | smithinator (15240) | Press F1 |
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| 816998 | 2009-10-05 02:25:00 | My question is when buying a monitor does brand matter because i have recently come across brands i have never heard of and i don't know if they are any good for example i found a full hd monitor by Benq 21.5" for $240 but like i said i have never heard of them, so if you could tell me some good brands to look for and ones i should steer well clear of it would be appreciated Thanks in advance :badpc: |
smithinator (15240) | ||
| 816999 | 2009-10-05 02:37:00 | Benq are average. I would only buy LG or viewsonic for myself. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 817000 | 2009-10-05 02:44:00 | I would say BenQ are above average, but not top-tier, for image quality. Certainly there are screens with better image quality, but they are more than sufficient for most people, and are a very good price point. Ironically, I wouldn't touch Viewsonic, as all my experiences with them have been poor in every imaginable way. LG and Samsung are worth a look, as are Sony, though the pricing can be.. different. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 817001 | 2009-10-05 02:55:00 | I have used viewsonic and loved it, I have HP now and again its a great monitor | DeSade (984) | ||
| 817002 | 2009-10-05 02:56:00 | IMO Viewsonic, LG and Samsung are good. BenQ are lower quality, but excellent value nonetheless.. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 817003 | 2009-10-05 02:59:00 | +1 for Viewsonic :) | davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 817004 | 2009-10-05 03:01:00 | Viewsonic and Samsung. I have a Viewsonic, see my sig. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 817005 | 2009-10-05 03:02:00 | Thanks for the help everyone if anyone has anything to add feel free thanks again :D | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 817006 | 2009-10-05 03:25:00 | Actually all screens are made by the same few manufacturers (Samsung, LG.Philips and AU Optronics I think). The best screens (IPS) are made by LG.Philips (they make low end screens too). They are used in the high end Dell, HP and Apple screens. What is more important than the brand when it comes to determining image quality is the type of panel in the screen (I've posted about this before): You can check which panel (and manufacturer) a certain screen has here: www.tftcentral.co.uk The main LCD panel types are: TN: Lowest cost, worst viewing angles and colour reproduction, low image processing lag. Apparently best for fast paced gaming, worst for image editing and professsional work where colour accuracy is important. TN panels can only display 262k colours natively and use dithering to display 16.7m. *VA (MVA, PVA, S-PVA): Middle of the road, better viewing angles and colour reproduction, typically high image processing lag (as high as 64ms!). Typically best black levels and contrast. Can display 16.7m colours but unfortunately (or fortunately if you're a design professional) most newer panels of this type are wide gamut, meaning sRGB images are oversaturated in non colour managed applications. Can suffer from slight horizontal contrast shift (like TN's vertical contrast shift, but not as obvious) IPS (S-IPS, H-IPS): Most expensive technology, viewing angles and colour reproduction almost as good as (or even better than) that of a CRT, medium image processing (between 20-40ms). Almost all are wide gamut (which is a disadvantage, or an advantage depending on how you look at it). No contrast shift. All panel types have similar response times so ghosting is not really a problem anymore. Although some panels use overdrive, so you get a 'negative' ghosting effect, depending on the background eg on the TN (viewsonic 22") I'm using now, there is a slight ghosting trail, which isn't noticable on my IPS screen. So in this instance, TN has worse ghosting than IPS, even though the TN has a "quicker" documented (5ms for TN, 6ms for IPS) response time. |
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| 817007 | 2009-10-05 03:32:00 | My question is when buying a monitor does brand matter because i have recently come across brands i have never heard of and i don't know if they are any good for example i found a full hd monitor by Benq 21.5" for $240 but like i said i have never heard of them, so if you could tell me some good brands to look for and ones i should steer well clear of it would be appreciated Thanks in advance :badpc: I remember, some time ago. "PCTech". In a reply to someones post, said that there were very few actual "Manufacturers" of screens & that most were just rebranded. Maybe the good lady could be persuaded to repeat her advise !! :) |
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