24" TN monitor suggestions

[zalbard]

I got tired of my 21" 'low' resolution monitor and I am looking for some decent 24" one. 1920x1200 only.
Why TN? The reason is simple - price, it varies a lot here and unpopular (MVA, IPS...) stuff is totally overpriced.
I am considering getting this monitor: Benq v2400W (http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2008/review-benq-v2400w.html). Everything seems to be great but a) input lag and b) availability. I can sort b), not sure about a).
I need a monitor for home: gaming (I am no hardcore FPS gamer, but I play those time to time, so input lag has to be reasonable, however I am not paranoid about it), office work, photoshop once in a while (correct coverage of the sRGB is a must, I can easily see if colours are odd and that ticks me off), movies ofc...
Suggestions? Feel free to list a few monitors that might be worth getting and make sure to tell me why. Review links would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance! :up:

[faster3200]

I'm not sure exactly what displays to recommend, but a TN panel will never cover sRGB. sRGB was designed with 8-bits/channel in mind where as TN panels can only display 6-bits/channel. They can synthetically make up the rest, but they will never be the true colors. That is why people go for IPS and PVA panels.

[zalbard]

Very good point, actually.
Perhaps I should rephrase. What I mean is that I am looking for a monitor that displays as natural colours as possible for a TN panel, this is quite important for me. So the image quality comes first while the response time is less important (but still looking for something decent in this regard ofc).

[faster3200]

Very good point, actually.
Perhaps I should rephrase. What I mean is that I am looking for a monitor that displays as natural colours as possible for a TN panel, this is quite important for me. So the image quality comes first while the response time is less important (but still looking for something decent in this regard ofc).

Oh, I see. In that case you will want a monitor with a very good back light since that will increase its color gamut. Again, I'm not sure exactly which one to suggest.

[zalbard]

Hm, what can you say about Hanns.G HG281DJ (http://www.trustedreviews.com/monitors/review/2008/09/02/Hanns-G-HG281DJ-28in-LCD-Monitor/p1)? A bit more expensive than what I was OK with before, but seems like it's great for gaming (very fast matrix, nice brightness and contrast, HUGE size). Very tempting! :D

[zalbard]

LG Flatron W2452V (http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2008/review-lg-w2452v.html) seems to have the edge over Benq V2400W for me. Brightness distribution is a little bit worse (however it's not that bad, and besides it can be that particular sample's specific, I guess that's possible?), but it has Wide Color Gamut (extended colour space) and much less input lag (1-15ms, 10ms on average over 0-37ms for Benq; great for gaming).
Any opinions / feedback? I have time till Monday to decide.

Offtopic: does using HDMI over DVI-D create additional input lag? Guess that is possible since the monitor has to decode the data.

[mudkip]

LG Flatron W2442PA-SF and Samsung 2494HM are the best for a low price.

[zalbard]

LG Flatron W2442PA-SF and Samsung 2494HM are the best for a low price.
Why is 2442 better than 2452?

[zalbard]

Ended up with LG W2452T I found in the local shop. Around 100 euro cheaper than W2452V version, when the only difference is the lack of HDMI I don't use anyway.
Aright, my experiences so far! :D
Pros:
1) very bright (more than enough for anything, really, PC / movies etc)... using 50% atm;
2) low input lag: seriously, coming from Samsung 215TW, this one is WAY faster... no ghosting, games / movies are very sharp, smooth, pretty much ideal performance;
3) high contrast: it's higher than 800:1 (prad.de was correct), but requires some tuning (which I spent a lot of time working on);
4) wide colour gamut is actually noticeable and I really like it, great colours, but default settings are crap;
5) 1920x1200 coming from 1680x1050 is really amazing and very handy.
Cons:
1) one dead pixel... small and black... not really the model's fault I guess, and I barely notice it (and have hard tme finding it too, lol), but meh, still nothing to be happy about;
2) bad factory settings: I had to tweak R / G / B settings (50-38-43), and contrast (this was a PITA, no info on web, so I had to work out myself, 49% settings gives the maximum contrast over 1000:1 prad.de was talking about, coming form 1000:1 PVA Samsung 215TW I can easily tell that this one has better contrast).
3) not too awesome viewing angles since it's TN... but quite frankly, as long as I sit in my chair, I don't see a difference regardless whatever position I sit in (and we are talking about reasonable ones ofc), so not really a con for me.

Very happy so far! :D

[acemorgan]

How about this FlexScan HD2442W http://www.eizo.com/products/lcd/hd2442w/index.asp
I had it for a couple of weeks now without any trouble.

[PaganII]

Well if you wanted larger.. Panasonic 32LZ800 HDTV (discontinued) 32" IPS,1080P, zero lag. Or 37LZ800 if you can find 1, last years model.

[R31Nismoid]

The BenQ G2400W i have is amazing for the price i paid. Game on it daily - no 'lag' to speak of.
Im pretty sure there is a newer model out now (this one is over a year old easily)