Hello, I would like to kindly ask you for assistance to choose the right LCD. I went through various sites and forums, used the buyers and features guide here at prad.de but I still cannot decide. The more I know the worse is to choose the right one.
My experience from the past:
My first LCD was NEC MultiSync 1760NX (4 years usage). It was 17" TN. I played quite lot FPS games with this one. I was generally very satisfied with this one. My second LCD was HP w2207h (2 years usage) and I also had HP w2228h and w2229h for short time, those were all rubish.
My current requirements:
- primary usage: internet browsing, office work, viewing and basic editing of pictures
- secondary usage: movies watching, games (FPS)
- panel: IPS, matt
- gamut: I think that sRGB would be suitable for me as I am not graphic proffesional and AdobeRGB may have some side effect for my standard usage.
- 10-bit per color: I think this is not required for me. It would be "over-performed". I do not have have other hardware and software that would benefit from this.
- aspect ratio / resolution: 16:10 / 22" 1680x1050 or 24" 1920x1200
- viewing angles: there will be sometime more people watching at this LCD so good viewing angles are required
- inputs:
- DVI + HDMI (or 2x HDMI or 2x DVI) - DVI/HDMI for PC VGA and PS3/Xbox360 output
- analog (e.g. composite) - not a must but my old PS2 would appreciate it
- displayport - not sure if there is any benefit, so not sure if to require this, my current VGA does not this output, I suppose that my future VGA will have some HDMI or DVI
- speakers - not required but they may be there (if they are there then HDMI is required)
- adjustment - good options are required (vertical and also angle)
- cost - about 700 € (it can be less), maximum 1000 €
I narrowed the selection to the following models (not all requirements were met, it is all about compromise)
22"
- Dell 2209WA
- LG W2220-P
23"
- NEC EA231WMi (I know this is 23" and 1920x1080 but it looks quite good and I have very good experience with NEC, it is an exception that deserved my attention)
24"
- Dell U2410
- HP 2475w
- HP ZR24w
I wanted to check also some Eizo display but I did not succeed to find IPS Eizo for my needs.
I had 22" Fujitsu P22W-5 ECO at home for two days. It was not a bad display but it just did not fit my feelings.