24" TN monitor suggestions

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. 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:

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.

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).

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Originally Posted by 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).

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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.

Hm, what can you say about Hanns.G HG281DJ? 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

LG Flatron W2452V 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.

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

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

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Why is 2442 better than 2452?

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

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.

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

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)