EPTTeamliquid Monitor Thread - Page 8
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Lemonayd
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theBALLS
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Josh_rakoons
United Kingdom1158 Posts
On February 23 2012 11:09 Womwomwom wrote: If you want a cheapass gaming monitor, the Asus VH236H works. There isn't too much to think about it unless you really want to throw down cash for a monitor ($200+ for instance). What are your guys' opinions on the Asus VES47H 24 inch led ?? Is it any good? | ||
Womwomwom
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CatNzHat
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affinity_12
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Rollin
Australia1552 Posts
On February 23 2012 22:38 affinity_12 wrote: Just exchanged my BENQ XL2420 for a Samsung S23A950D. Immediately better quality and no dead pixels! Will keep you updated with more details later... but I can definitely say the Samsung S23A950D is probably the best monitor for gaming (I play BF3). Are you a Samsung sales rep? Or just a BenQ hater? I'm unsure, every single post I've seen from you has involved subjective praising of Samsung monitors, and most have also included negative opinions about BenQ. | ||
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Mackem
United Kingdom470 Posts
On February 23 2012 11:09 Womwomwom wrote: If you want a cheapass gaming monitor, the Asus VH236H works. There isn't too much to think about it unless you really want to throw down cash for a monitor ($200+ for instance). Well I have £175 GBP roughly, which is around $275 if I'm not mistaken. | ||
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Myrmidon
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Yeager183
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PainKillsAll
United States33 Posts
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Acer - S2 Series 23" Widescreen Flat-Panel LED Monitor/1804306.p?id=1218293491009&skuId=1804306&st=acer s2&cp=1&lp=2 | ||
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Womwomwom
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On February 24 2012 03:59 Yeager183 wrote: K, so checked out the selection at Best Buy earlier, and it is even worse than it was when I worked there. They only had one IPS monitor (LG, matte - looked similar to my TN, to be honest), and I was looking around at Samsung AIO PCs to get an idea of how the glossy is. Regardless, that's pretty difficult to gauge in a store like that and without seeing how it looks when running SC2/BF3/etc. Unfortunately, that's the only way you're going to get a good idea of what monitor X and monitor Y will look like in your house. I know its fairly difficult to gauge inside a store but it does give you an idea of what you're getting. Without trying, you'll never know how bad/good glossy or matte coatings are, how amazing/disappointing 120hz is, or just how small the 2560x1440 pixel pitch is. That's the best advise I can offer unless you're willing to buy blind...which then you can find what you want and pick one from the OP. On February 23 2012 23:14 Rollin wrote: Are you a Samsung sales rep? Or just a BenQ hater? I'm unsure, every single post I've seen from you has involved subjective praising of Samsung monitors, and most have also included negative opinions about BenQ. If he didn't calibrate it, the BenQ monitor is trash. If he did, I don't know what he's smoking because its actually a really good monitor if you don't mind the matte coating. Reviewers have managed to achieve a good black depth and a monstrous contrast. It has height adjustment (!) as well as very complete connectivity and OSD options. Its not like any of these gaming monitors are amazing out of the box. They all need calibration to deal with banding issues as well as stuff like black crush. | ||
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riddi
United Kingdom118 Posts
Basically i dont want to pay for two additions that i dont need, so anyone know if theres a model without these but same specs or a similar monitor for similar price etc? Thanks. | ||
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Womwomwom
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Anything cheaper is going to be utter shit. | ||
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Yeager183
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Womwomwom
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badugib
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
What's your opinion on the ASUS VG238HE? Anandtech's review rated it pretty well, but I realize it's an older CCFL-backlit monitor, which I know doesn't matter too much, but maybe the panel is a bit too old and bound to be replaced with something newer/better? I know the SA23700D is like $300 now but there's no way I'm buying that thing when it has zero ergonomic features. | ||
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Womwomwom
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On March 01 2012 12:56 badugib wrote: what do you guys think of the new BENQ RL2450HT monitor? From a monitor standpoint, and looking at how all of the nifty features from the BenQ 120hz monitors are locked into awful, unchangeable presets, its probably nothing special. On March 01 2012 12:59 Wabbit wrote: @Womwomwom (or anyone knowledgeable, I guess) What's your opinion on the ASUS VG238HE? Anandtech's review rated it pretty well, but I realize it's an older CCFL-backlit monitor, which I know doesn't matter too much, but maybe the panel is a bit too old and bound to be replaced with something newer/better? I know the SA23700D is like $300 now but there's no way I'm buying that thing when it has zero ergonomic features. Do you mean the Asus VG236H? Ignoring the 3D, because I don't know anything about 3D Vision, its pretty good if you leave it in the Standard preset. Other presets are not good which is pretty much par for the course. Motion performance isn't perfect like the newer Samsungs but it has the "Trace Free" feature that all Asus monitors seem to be packing these days. This means you can control the overdrive enough so it becomes "good enough" so to speak. Typically Trace Free of 40 give the best results for their TN and IPS monitors. Its a pretty decent monitor with the same pitfalls all TN monitors seem to have without calibration (banding issues, piss poor vertical viewing angles, etc). Some of the older CCFL-based 120hz monitors, like the Acer, were pretty bad but this one can still stand on its own two feet with good latency, no overdrive overshooting, good contrast, and decent enough blacks. | ||
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