LED Monitors

[D4RK5iDERS]

Hi all, just wanted to ask has anybody got a LED monitor for their PC, if so, whats it like compared to a standard LCD monitor?

(LED is LCD, it just uses LED back lighting)

I may be interested in buying one. The prices aren't too bad, and I have seen some on display, the quality ... so beautifully vibrant and vivid it's got me hooked on whether to get one.

£172 - Scan

[AMDFTW]

guess for that price and that bramd it cant be to bad.

and if you seen some and you like them then go for it

thats nice man

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/23-Dell-S2309W-Black-Widescreen-LCD-1920x1080-10001-300-cd-m-5-ms-Cinema-Quality!!

[D4RK5iDERS]

Well, it's coming up to Christmas ...

[alexhull24]

I wouldn't get too sucked in on the LED backlights. They have their advantages and disadvantages, but when it comes down to it you're looking at the real quality of the panel and electronic processing rather than just the backlight.

For example, a monitor with better image quality (and bigger) in that price range - Samsung B2430H. It has a CCFL backlight, but the difference in power is about 10W in real life conditions. Not massive. Sure, it's not as thin, but it's still VESA mountable. I've also heard that a lot of LED monitors are too bright out of the box and will require some tweaking. Although they also boast better backlight uniformity, it still doens't hide a bad screen.

Dell make some very good monitors, but mainly the IPS panels, which cost a fortune. Their TN panels don't stand much apart from the rest of the crowd to be honest.

Personally, I just ordered a Samsung P2450H. Very similar to the B2430H except better internals and nicer exterior (subjective, of course) albeit 7-8 months older in design.

[equk]

have a look at this thread: http://forum.overclock3d.net/index.p...lcd-vs-plasma/

wouldn't bother worrying too much about getting a LED backlit screen as the panel will be the same as a CCFL screen.

Originally Posted by equk

LED backlit screens seem to have weird problems, also some people think they are too bright to be used for monitors ( argument is that to get vibrant colours you need to have them set too bright to sit in front of and if u set the brightness down colours are washed out )

Some people have reported backlight bleed on the edges with LED also (unless you enable dynamic contrast which causes the screen to flicker when u get white text on black etc).

Most aspects of LED backlit screens should be identical to lcd screens tho given they use the same panels?

What advantages do you get from LED backlit screens?

Power usage

Better Blacks/whites?? (only when in dynamic contrast mode which causes flicker and often puts screen into full contrast and brightness causing it to be too bright when up close)

Cheaper to manufacture? (there are reportedly CCFLs which are 60% cheaper than LEDs)

I was looking at LED backlit vs CCFL a month or so ago as I bought a new monitor (ended up getting a Samsung SM2333 for £120)

[D4RK5iDERS]

Thanks for the info equk

[yggdrasil]

People say the LED has more "true" colors.

But you can just borrow some ones color munki and software profile your monitor have near perfect colors on a CCFL LCD, It's what I did any way.

Kinda not relevant but it bugs me people saying they want a LED TV then see LCD writen on it and be like "I want a LED TV not a LCD TV" Blah

[D4RK5iDERS]

Thanks yggdrasil

The colours do look more ... deep in a good way.

[Zaim]

I recently upgraded from a 19" monitor to a 22" Benq G2222HDL LED Monitor And the difference is huge, everything looks 10x better and for the price it's a excellent monitor.

[Jackster]

Playing COD on my 22" LED is heaven!

So much better than my 48" o_0