Widescreen TFT Monitor
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I've seen a thread on this before. About warm up times from new etc. Now I know that your problem may or may not be related but I'm sure I read that it takes a good few hours to properly warm up. I'm really sorry but I cannot for the life of me remember the thread where I seen it. 
name='DaGuv' said:I've seen a thread on this before. About warm up times from new etc. Now I know that your problem may or may not be related but I'm sure I read that it takes a good few hours to properly warm up. I'm really sorry but I cannot for the life of me remember the thread where I seen it.
well mine certainly doesnt go away with time
Phil Stanbridge
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That happens on my Viewsonic VP201b as well, not quite as bad as that though I have to say.
All this TFT drooling is all well and good, but what happens when SED comes onto the market? Will it even appear in small desktop form?
looking at the tomshardware widescreen roundup it seems that none of the widescreen monitors are not all that great unless you start spending the ££££££.
looking at the tomshardware widescreen roundup it seems that none of the widescreen monitors are not all that great unless you start spending the ££££££.
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nick25
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Chris there will always be something better around the corner though (Ferroelectric LCD?). When Seds come out they won't be any smaller than 50" for quite a while and will be around $10k, despite SEDs being cheaper to manufacture new tech = high prices also Tosh & Canon have been trying to manufacture SEDs for around 20 years now, they'll need to add high profit margins to outweigh their huge R&D costs.
Also SED screens can reflect badly and aren't great in light conditions. They may also be burn-in problems ala plasma.
Also SED screens can reflect badly and aren't great in light conditions. They may also be burn-in problems ala plasma.
you're right nick, but those widescreen monitors just seem so unimpressive until you start spending so much on the likes of the eizo 21" monitor.
Latency seems really high on the latest crop of widescreen monitors and colour accuracy isn't that great.
I'm quite reluctant to leave my eizo for any of them and certainly can't afford the 21" one.
The other thing is that the panels in 1600x1200 monitors are just quite a bit better.
I guess what I want is a 20" widescreen P-MVA monitor that has the latency of a vp191b, the colour accuracy of my current eizo and a price tag of no more than £450. too much to ask? at the moment, YES!
Latency seems really high on the latest crop of widescreen monitors and colour accuracy isn't that great.
I'm quite reluctant to leave my eizo for any of them and certainly can't afford the 21" one.
The other thing is that the panels in 1600x1200 monitors are just quite a bit better.
I guess what I want is a 20" widescreen P-MVA monitor that has the latency of a vp191b, the colour accuracy of my current eizo and a price tag of no more than £450. too much to ask? at the moment, YES!
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nick25
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Yeah I see what you're saying. I myself don't find it a problem but I don't work with Cad/photoshop etc having said that I of course wouldn't mind better colour reproduction and the likes.
What response time is your current Eizo? Or do you not game? You could go with a trusty CRT if you have the room.
Chris do you know how the Viewsonic VP2290b fairs colour wise for professional use? Way out of my budget and not really suitable anyhow but just interested.
What response time is your current Eizo? Or do you not game? You could go with a trusty CRT if you have the room.
Chris do you know how the Viewsonic VP2290b fairs colour wise for professional use? Way out of my budget and not really suitable anyhow but just interested.
I ran some tests and it seems to be at the 25ms mark as promised, and it does ghost or have motion blur quite a bit. Funnily enough though it's not such a major problem in games as generally it's very rare that I miss an enemy due to it. Of course the dame doesn't look as awesome, but it's ok.
And yes, I have got into all this digital photo editing now so I have to be careful with colours+photoshop.
No room for a CRT that I could haul back and forth from uni - and I don't have a desire for a hernia either
As for the VP2290b, WOW! that thing looks as if it really could be great for colour accuracy - I don't know if it is lol - but I'm sure once calibrated it's near to perfect. Only problem is that it must ghost like hell with those tiny pixels. Tiny pixels = high response as the bigger the pixel, the faster for it to twist. photovoltaic effects and all that boring stuff. Still, i doubt that a spawn of 2290b will be coming to a modest desktop ever.
And yes, I have got into all this digital photo editing now so I have to be careful with colours+photoshop.
No room for a CRT that I could haul back and forth from uni - and I don't have a desire for a hernia either
As for the VP2290b, WOW! that thing looks as if it really could be great for colour accuracy - I don't know if it is lol - but I'm sure once calibrated it's near to perfect. Only problem is that it must ghost like hell with those tiny pixels. Tiny pixels = high response as the bigger the pixel, the faster for it to twist. photovoltaic effects and all that boring stuff. Still, i doubt that a spawn of 2290b will be coming to a modest desktop ever.
Anyone with backlight issues like Thicky there should seriously RMA the monitor, as it is not performing as it should be. My first 2405 had a backlight bleed in the bottom left hand corner and you could actually see a cathode through the panel at one point. Needless to say I rang Dell and complained and they sent me a new defect free one the next day 
Also: I don't have a any ghosting at all with the 2405 (which is 16ms black to white), everything looks brilliant (even running DOA4 on the 360 through it causes no visible problems and that's FAST!)
Also: I don't have a any ghosting at all with the 2405 (which is 16ms black to white), everything looks brilliant (even running DOA4 on the 360 through it causes no visible problems and that's FAST!)
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nick25
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Was that direct with Dell stocky?
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nick25
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R1 - can't see SD sources looking too good on the 2405 if I'm honest.
