Iiyama e481s or Dell 1905fp

  • Hello,
    first of all, great site! You guys should get paid for this ;)
    I want to buy a 19" tft to replace my 17" Sony sdm-hs74B wich I am not very pleased with.
    The things I find important:
    -color reproduction (especially black, not very good with the Sony)
    -viewing angles (the vertical viewing angle of the Sony is bad)
    -must have DVI
    -no ghosting


    The Sony has a 16ms TN-panel, a rather fast panel (I thought) but when scrolling in text it lags. I sometimes play games(only racing games) and there I don't see much ghosting, rather strange isn't it? I always thought that ghosting was higher in games then in MS office, surfing,...
    After reading on this forum I think I need one with an IPS-panel or a PVA and the 2 screens that interest me are:
    -Iiyama e481s :411euro (I'm from Belgium)
    -Dell 1905FP :454euro


    What I want to know is wich one has the best image quality and wich one has the least ghosting (in text).
    I read that IPS and TN-panels are more reactive then MVA/PVA.Almost all users of the Iiyama are happy with it, they say there isn't much ghosting and colors are great. Some users of the Dell complain about ghosting and washed out colors, there are more negative then positive user reviews.
    But when I read "professional" reviews they all say the Dell is a very good screen:




    I really don't understand why the user reviews are so different from the professionel ones.


    I also bought a German magazine (PC Magazin) with a test of 19" tft's. They measured the response times and the Dell was almost as fast as the Philips 190s5 (16ms TN)
    Dell: "mittlere schaltzeit: 31ms, ISO-schaltzeit:22.1ms, max schaltzeit:37ms"
    Philips: "mittlere schaltzeit: 30ms, ISO-schaltzeit:16ms, max schaltzeit:44ms"
    The Iiyama wasn't in the test but I found on the internet that it it has a "mittlere schaltzeit" of 29,..ms, about the same as the Dell.
    PC Magazin said about the Dell: "Der 1905fp ist ein Top-Monitor mit guten schaltzeiten und einem brillianten Bild"
    Are they wrong?


    Greetz from Belgium;)

  • I got the dell 1905 3 days ago and I am dissapointed.


    Very good ergonomics and text so perfect for working but the colors are washed out and there is also some ghosting so I thinking to return it and buy the Iyama 481s.


    Its a shame cos i like the dell but I can't cope with the colors :( .

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  • I read the same thing about the washed out colors on another forum, some guy made a color profile for it:


    Can you let me know if this helps?

  • I tryed the color profile of that guy and it doesn't help. I can't believe how bad are the colors, specially the greens and browns in dvds and games.


    i am very disapointed with this monitor specilly after reading these 2 reviews where they say the monitor is very good:




    I wonder if that people try to watch a dvd or put another TFT next to the dell. Even my girlfriend told me to return it when she saw my old LG 575 next to the dell in dual configuration.


    However for office work and the internet is very good; perfect text

    Athlon XP2500-M @3700
    Soltek SL-75FRN2 Dual Channel
    2x256 DDR400 TwinMOS
    Samsung SP1614N 160 GB 8 MB Cache
    ATI 9700
    NEC 3500A DVDRW
    LG LCD 575MM