L226WTQ VS 226BW (A Panel)

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

i bought the 226bw after reading reviews about a month ago but picture was awful then discovered the A & S panel nonsense

then i bought the L226WTQ and it was no different!! was manufactuered July and the guy at the whole salers said he had a few others return it because of the exact same problems. LG said it just needed calibration but had to take pictures to convince them that only 3/4 of the screen wasnt right

greys top and bottom arent the same colour, also left to right


colors speak for themselves, notice they brighten / fade towards the right


see how bad it is with the black around the edges of the picture


colors get brighter towards the bottom


again colours speak for themselves, color of barrel, hand & blues etc


a few will argue to adjust the brightness blue etc but as you can see it's as though the top left quarter of the LG is better than the rest, but even the top left bit alone doesnt compare well. the colours fade and brightness increases down and towards the right (not to mention the awful backlight bleeding).

the monitor on the left is a 3yr old 19" HP L1955 - 16ms, 250cd/m2 1000:1 ratio compared to LG's supposidly superior 3000:1 300cd/m2 2ms panel. you'd argue the widescreen is the older & poorer technology.

i loaned the hp from a friend for the pictures as i sold my TFT the moment i bought the samsung (wish i hadnt). i've gone out and bought a HP L1965 and cant believe the difference, it makes the LG and samsung seem like budget screens and is slightly better than the 1955

[Family man 72]

i bought the 226bw after reading reviews about a month ago but picture was awful then discovered the A & S panel nonsense

then i bought the L226WTQ and it was no different!! was manufactuered July and the guy at the whole salers said he had a few others return it because of the exact same problems. LG said it just needed calibration but had to take pictures to convince them that only 3/4 of the screen wasnt right

greys top and bottom arent the same colour, also left to right


colors speak for themselves, notice they brighten / fade towards the right


see how bad it is with the black around the edges of the picture


colors get brighter towards the bottom


again colours speak for themselves, color of barrel, hand & blues etc


a few will argue to adjust the brightness blue etc but as you can see it's as though the top left quarter of the LG is better than the rest, but even the top left bit alone doesnt compare well. the colours fade and brightness increases down and towards the right (not to mention the awful backlight bleeding).

the monitor on the left is a 3yr old 19" HP L1955 - 16ms, 250cd/m2 1000:1 ratio compared to LG's supposidly superior 3000:1 300cd/m2 2ms panel. you'd argue the widescreen is the older & poorer technology.

i loaned the hp from a friend for the pictures as i sold my TFT the moment i bought the samsung (wish i hadnt). i've gone out and bought a HP L1965 and cant believe the difference, it makes the LG and samsung seem like budget screens and is slightly better than the 1955

Did you calibrate LG? IF so, do you have any pictures after that?

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

Did you calibrate LG? IF so, do you have any pictures after that?

Yeah you see calibrating involves the WHOLE screen. if you look at the pictures you will see that the colors are different top to bottom and left to right. They are un even throughout. If i adjust the screen in any way it effects the entire picture, not the 3/4's that have the problem.

The guy at the whole saler said that a few people have returned the monitor with the same color balance / bleeding that I have reported.

Simply comparing it to an older, less spec'd screen, the new one looks like a budget unit, and yes the colours it was set at was adjusted and adjusted to try and get the best picture, i even used used a few forums for advice. After giving up I took the pictures to prove the problem it suffered from.