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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
The old monitor has CFL backlighting that's probably dimmer and with a different color spectrum than it used to be. That's what happens over time. I'm not sure about eye strain, but there's a lot of research with respect to blue light and sleep patterns. f.lux's page already has a lot, so I'll be lazy and link that: http://justgetflux.com/research.html Regardless, I don't see a reason not to use whatever looks comfortable unless you do color-sensitive work on the computer. | ||
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IdiotSavant
United States88 Posts
Taken from my question in simple q and simple a thread. Thanks for the help in advance Budget would be under $200. I have plans on maybe buying one 2nd hand off a site like craigslist (obviously checking it as much as possible before buying) Current uses: Watching streams, movies and gaming. Rather not have ghosting or motion blur but if those are prevalent in sub $200 monitors then can't do anything about it. How much is having a height-adjustable stand worth to you? Is portrait mode a plus? Eh...would be nice but not needed...I'll use ghetto height stands (read: books) if needed. How much do you notice TN color shifting? (for example, web pages that are a solid color looking a different color at the top than the bottom) How dark is the room you're going to be using? Some monitors have a relatively high minimum brightness that might be too bright in dark rooms without killing contrast by turning that down too to compensate. Decently bright...but then again I've been in this room for years with same lighting...but I guess in contrast its dimmer than the average guy. I don't notice TN color shifting at all. Ended up deciding between one of these 2 monitors: AoC or HP Getting them 2nd hand. The AoC one is being sold for $100 while the HP one was offered it to me for $70. Im not a big fan the fact that HP is glossy bothers me a bit. | ||
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IdiotSavant
United States88 Posts
On December 10 2013 04:39 IdiotSavant wrote: @Myrmidon Taken from my question in simple q and simple a thread. Thanks for the help in advance Budget would be under $200. I have plans on maybe buying one 2nd hand off a site like craigslist (obviously checking it as much as possible before buying) Current uses: Watching streams, movies and gaming. Rather not have ghosting or motion blur but if those are prevalent in sub $200 monitors then can't do anything about it. How much is having a height-adjustable stand worth to you? Is portrait mode a plus? Eh...would be nice but not needed...I'll use ghetto height stands (read: books) if needed. How much do you notice TN color shifting? (for example, web pages that are a solid color looking a different color at the top than the bottom) How dark is the room you're going to be using? Some monitors have a relatively high minimum brightness that might be too bright in dark rooms without killing contrast by turning that down too to compensate. Decently bright...but then again I've been in this room for years with same lighting...but I guess in contrast its dimmer than the average guy. I don't notice TN color shifting at all. Ended up deciding between one of these 2 monitors: AoC or HP Getting them 2nd hand. The AoC one is being sold for $100 while the HP one was offered it to me for $70. Im not a big fan the fact that HP is glossy bothers me a bit. bump with question | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If you don't want a glossy screen, get the AOC. Also, for what it's worth, the HP is an older CFL-backlit model. Who knows what that looks like now. | ||
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
Does anyone owns any of the above, or other brands with similar specs? | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
I haven't used either of those particular models though. Unless you do print work you probably don't need more than sRGB coverage. In fact, to get most things to look not oversaturated you'd be best off using U2713HM in sRGB emulation mode, which defeats the purpose, doesn't it? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
pros/cons/differences? Seems there's not much other choice | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
The obvious thing for the VG248QE is if those DIY G-Sync kits ever surface... that said, at 144 Hz tearing shouldn't be as obvious. VG248QE has kind of messed-up gamma curves. Well, gamma is low and dark colors are consequently more distinguishable (the nonzero ones being brighter) than they should be, which might be an intentional move for gaming. They should be pretty similar, so there's not much to say. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
should i? Would love to try one, but £275 is a lot of cash (~$450usd) that would require lots of stretching and definately cut into other part budgets Edit: Grabbed an open-box VG248QE for £255 with good shipping & 1 month return warranty, getting paid 80 for my monitor. Hopefully turns out well. Thanks for the comment | ||
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Ashem
6 Posts
Budget -> say < $500 Resolution -> Probably 1920*1080. I'm not getting a 4k monitor, and probably not getting a 1440. I'm wondering if 24" monitor is better then 27". Currently using a i5-4670 w/ r9 270x. Games I'll play -> Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Left 4 Dead. Also for movies, and work. (Spreadsheets, text files.) Location -> Canada, so Canada Computers, Tigerdirect, Best Buy, Future Shop, etc. I would like to avoid ordering it online. Other -> I'd like a monitor where the text is sharp. I'm trying a 27" Benq (GW2750HM) and the text doesn't look good. Also, PWM bothers me, so I need to keep the brightness at 100%; however, I also don't want minimum brightest to be too bright. (The newest Benq that do not use PWM are not available here). Little to no ghosting would be prefered. If it matters, my last monitor was a 17" CRT Samsung 753DF, 1024*728 @ 85Hz. Text looked great. Anything comparable to that in 24"? | ||
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
at least amazon apparently has decent coverage | ||
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Schickysc
Canada380 Posts
Looking around that 300-350 range. Any other suggestions would be great. Will be used mostly for Sc2 Dota2 and few others. Dont care much for 3D, viewing angles or color clarity (im colorblind so most shades are lost on me). I will also likely hook up my ps3 to it for gaming. Thanks! | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Edit: Pretty damn insane. http://www.testufo.com/#test=photo&photo=quebec.jpg&pps=1440&pursuit=0 scrolling @1440px/second and looks clear as if it wasn't moving (if you eye track pics) which makes non lightboost even 120hz look terrible in comparison | ||
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Leeoku
1617 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Leeoku
1617 Posts
On December 25 2013 09:09 skyR wrote: u2312hm $160, u2412m $240, u2713hm $520 Where? Are these boxing day sales or normal | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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wptlzkwjd
Canada1240 Posts
On December 25 2013 04:02 Cyro wrote: Got my actual vg248qe earlier, colors are indeed a bit weird (i used to run 95% background dim in osu on my old monitor.. with this one, 99% dim is brighter than that and details can still be easily made out, and i can't change it much with calibration) but performance difference is insane, i'm gonna try lightboost in a bit Edit: Pretty damn insane. http://www.testufo.com/#test=photo&photo=quebec.jpg&pps=1440&pursuit=0 scrolling @1440px/second and looks clear as if it wasn't moving (if you eye track pics) which makes non lightboost even 120hz look terrible in comparison We seem to have a lot of the same hardware o.O. Loving my vg248qe though! | ||
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kleurenfilm
Netherlands3 Posts
I'm looking for an IPS monitor. I'd like a 24", with great color fidelity (preferrably close to 100% sRGB), at least 1920x1080, for less than 250 euros. I'm considering a Dell 2412M. It is rather old though. Is there anything better out there? For the same price, with better color, better input lag, etc? I'm price checking at http://www.tweakers.net/pricewatch as I'm in Holland. Thanks a lot! | ||
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