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This is also why most LCD manufacturers use low quality TN panels. A majority of people just can't tell the difference, don't care enough or they don't care abo
by rartichoke 13y ago
This is also why most LCD manufacturers use low quality TN panels. A majority of people just can't tell the difference, don't care enough or they don't care about things like viewing angles.
LCD manufacturers in general are really crooked. They have been accused and found guilty of price fixing on multiple occasions.
They also love to release monitors with high quality panels initially so they get good reviews and swap in garbage panels without letting consumers know and then sell it for the same price as the same model.
- kyrra 13y agoAny proof of panel swapping happening in later models? Not that I couldn't see it happening, I would just like to see an article documenting such an event.
- rartichoke 13y agoI don't actively follow it anymore but I remember there being a huge fiasco over Dell's 2007fp series. A few hardware communities labeled buying one as playing "panel roulette" or "panel lotto". It went on for a few years after its initial release so it's still semi-current although now a days I doubt anyone would be buying that model. I remember a 100ish page thread on hardforum documenting which panels lined up with what serial numbers. I actually played the roulette and bought one off a dude. I ended up getting an s-ips panel and I still use it as my second monitor. It's not 120hz but I don't game with it. Here's the link to the thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1111100 http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1111100 I'm sure there were/are more cases but this was the most popular one because the s-ips version of this monitor was amazing for its time. It was my first LCD purchase.
- coldpie 13y agoI'm on the market for a decent monitor. Are there any brands that you /like/, or is it simply a matter of choosing the least terrible?
- sillysaurus2 13y agoI use a Dell U2711. Best monitor I've ever owned. Reviews say noticeable input lag, but I've never noticed any and I'm a fairly hardc0r3 gam3r. More to the point, I'm a graphics programmer / researcher, so monitors with low Delta E are important for my work. The Dell U2711 combined with an i1Display Pro can be calibrated to exceptional color fidelity.
- hoka 13y agoI have an HP LP2475W and a Dell U2412M; generally, among the IPS class, the consensus seems to be that HPs have more outputs and a better UI. Some of them are wide-gamut, however, which turns off a few purchasers. Research as to whether or not wide-gamut is important/detrimental to you. I'd say go for 24s or a 30; if you have the 27 you'll just wish you had the 30 :-p but definitely go IPS, they are fantastic. I haven't read much about the Korean monitors as they were nonexistent when I researched the market 4-5 years ago.
- sillysaurus2 13y agoActually, the Dell U30xx is worse than the U27xx. The color fidelity isn't as good. (This only matters if you calibrate your monitor.)
- sliverstorm 13y agoI've been pretty happy with my NEC monitors.