The LCD Buyers Guide

Hi all, the 2007WFP just came in yesterday after ordering it last friday and man am I impressed. This thing is just gorgeous, beautiful colours, huge screen (well at least compared to my old CRT which had 16" viewing area) but I still have one point to make, which is that there IS noticeable ghosting when playing UT and other games. Another thing, NFS U2 and NFS MW stopped working as soon as I hooked up the monitor. Anyone know what might be wrong? I'll download patches and stuff and try a reinstall. I don't think they support widescreen either so you guys have links to hacks to get them to work widescreen? Anyways, slight ghosting but overall awesome monitor, thanks a lot to Turok and Leviathan for great advice.

Usama aka Ferrari Freak

How about this 20" Viewsonic VX2025WM 1680x1200 performance?

ferrari thats strange i have 2007fpw 2405fpw and i dont see any ghosting and lots ppl see my 2007fpw while i play and they say is perfect...

and i can play nfsmw :S in both try to reinstall and try widescreen gaming forum for hacks maybe i will make a compilation of hacks for games and add it here so we dont have to go anywhere :p:

Anybody know how the 24" Acer LCD is?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824009061

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Originally Posted by leviathan18

ferrari thats strange i have 2007fpw 2405fpw and i dont see any ghosting and lots ppl see my 2007fpw while i play and they say is perfect...

and i can play nfsmw :S in both try to reinstall and try widescreen gaming forum for hacks maybe i will make a compilation of hacks for games and add it here so we dont have to go anywhere :p:

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Well, on the day I got it, the first thing my brother said was, "Hey, why is it laggy?" and it can't be my rigs performance because it he was on The Sims' loading screen with the different words sliding by. Meh, you get used to it after a while and the ghosting is very little anyways. Btw, also tried out Guild Wars, it looks absolutely awesome, the picture is just so much more detailed than the VGA connector on my old CRT.

Usama aka Ferrari Freak

Any comments on this screen?

http://www.savastore.com/productinfo...=0&rstrat=3242

I really fancy that, unless someone can find me something better under £300. Does it support HDCP (do i even need HDCP) ?

Anyone who recently purchased a 2407 or a 2007 did you get the new revision I think A1 or A2? And if so did it seem to fix any banding issues? Also can I get confirmation that these two monitors both are HDCP ready?

all 07 are hdcp ready :D

the dell 2407 is a really good monitor right now and yes it is hdcp ready and its not that expensive with all the coupons and stuff.

Yea I am thinking of either picking up the 2407 or 2 2007s. Do you know what the response time is on the 2407?

Anyone got some reviews / things to say on the 20.1" Samsung SM204B ???

exact the same lcd as dell 2007fpw sear at bit tech i think they have the review

Hey guys, anyone here hve suggestions for a not toooo cheap quality LCD. 17-19" not for gaming?

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Originally Posted by leviathan18

exact the same lcd as dell 2007fpw sear at bit tech i think they have the review

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if you're on about the SM204B. I can't see one there.

I haven't decided with what monitor to go with now. The Dell monitors have so many problems now that I don't know I want to deal with that mess. I was looking at the Samsun 215TW because it has HDCP and is 21" but people are expirencing problems now with single verticl lines showing up on there screen of a random color. I don't know if I want to deal with that mess now either. Is there a 20-21" HDCP ready monitor out there that doesn't suck?

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I haven't decided with what monitor to go with now. The Dell monitors have so many problems now that I don't know I want to deal with that mess. I was looking at the Samsun 215TW because it has HDCP and is 21" but people are expirencing problems now with single verticl lines showing up on there screen of a random color. I don't know if I want to deal with that mess now either. Is there a 20-21" HDCP ready monitor out there that doesn't suck?

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I were looking at that monitor too, though I haven't read of the problems you described, hopefully they will fix em on the next revision.

As much as I don't like trusting newegg reviews, about half them people complained about it and said they had to return their monitors for another, and in some cases people had to do it twice. A couple other forums out there people are claiming the same thing is happening to them. Its a shame because that is a real nice monitor.

Yes, seems to be really good, despite the problems you described ofcourse.
Very hard to find a good LCD monitor it seems, everyone has their on problems.

Its looking like, risk it with this and have to worry about returning or take a chance with Dell and hopefully get a monitor that doesn't have to bad of a banding issue.

I would love to be able to get a 20.1" Widescreeen LCD with great response time and has HDCP compliance.. except its almost impossible to find.

The only one that fits all of these is the Dell 2007fpw, which has some really bad banding issues.

The other monitor that I am thinking of getting is the Viewsonic VX2025WM.. except it isn't HDCP compliant :(
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824116381

Any other ideas?

I also thought of the VX2025WM, its very temping. There are a few gateways and HPs out there that are very decent that have HDCP, although I do not have model numbers right now.

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the dell 2407 is a really good monitor right now and yes it is hdcp ready and its not that expensive with all the coupons and stuff.

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I keep hearing about these coupons! I really want that monitor! Where do I find these coupons?

Just do a google search. If you pick one up, let me know how the banding is.

Is there an updated list ANYWHERE that lists currently available HDCP compliant lcds.. you would think manufacturers would freaking list this crap. I know that most of the dells and gateway ones are but what about everyone else?

Heheh. Here are... twelve... monitors that fit that description. It's a bit dated. I'm sure you could come up with something else on Google. :D
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...ndup/page2.asp

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good 19" LCD monitor. I was considering 20" monitors, but I've realized I don't really need that much screen space.

There are a slew of 'em out there. The Viewsonic VX922 and 924 are similarly-priced; the Samsung 930B and 940B also seem to have similar features. I've heard a lot about the 930B, but they're all nice. Could anyone guide me in the right direction? I don't need anything extreme (do I belong here, then? ;) ) but something that will last me. I value accurate color representation over response time. After all, whatever the response time is, it's sure to be better than this one's 25 ms.

Thanks in advance,
Gerry