From what I've read concerning the 215TW, the Westinghouse probably has almost as much input lag. I've read somewhere that the 215TW has about 45ms, and the Westy is around 35 to 50ms from my calculations.
WEIRDLY enough, connecting it, and the BenQ G2400W to my 8800GTS 512MB card using 174.74 drivers in Vista X64 yielded different input lag information depending on the ports. When the Westy was on port 1 it was 50ms slower than the BenQ. When I swapped them and put the BenQ on port 1 the difference never went past 28ms (which is weird in itself not being exactly 1 or 2 frames of 16 or 31ms)
In Windows XP the difference was always 31ms except for 5% of the shots at 46ms.
When I take photos I usually put the camera in no-flash and rapid fire mode and take 50 shots in succession and categorize each based on frames difference.
The BenQ is basically lag less, even at scaled resolutions so it's a great benchmark monitor for this cause. The reason for this, is the scaler on the G2400W JUST SCALES, and doesn't try to smooth, or image process, resulting in no additional delays.
My one extremely favorable impression of the L2410NM is that when calibrated, the colors seem very good, and the dark details "spring to life" as opposed to the other monitors I've calibrated using the (crappy) Spyder2Express. The other three monitors I've calibrated always experienced dark detail crush using this method, and that includes TN, S-IPS, and MVA.
Alas, I have just injured my Westinghouse and have to get it repaired via Worst Buy's Product rippoff program. Partially my fault for trying to snap the stand cover back onto it when it was on. Now all I get is a blank screen
Sorry about the late reply.
Regards,
10e
Originally posted by: Ardan
Originally posted by: xtknight
It's possible the 215TW's anti-glare coating is aggressive. The glossy panel is clear as a whistle. ( clean as a whistle? whatever, you know what I mean )
Now that I think of it, I noticed the Westinghouse L2410NM in your list and on newegg. I think I could comfortably afford that price. I have yet to really examine that model, however. Do you guys know if it has a lot of input lag? I know there's some input lag on this 215TW, and it is acceptable to me (doesn't impact my game at all), so I wonder if it is comparable to or better than mine. I don't think I'll consider the H-IPS, now. I agree that it wouldn't be worth it for me to purchase that. I suppose I could go the safe route and purchase the L227WTG, see if it is perfect for me first, and then return it to BB if it isn't, unless that Westinghouse model is perfect enough to just buy it off of Newegg.
It probably has less input lag than your 215TW if anything. I don't really know that much about the Westinghouse model myself but I assume 10e can tell you anything you want to know.
I went searching your thread here and found some posts where he was talking about it, and I decided that its best to go with the L227WTG at Best Buy. That Westinghouse looks like it could fit the bill, but I'm more sure of the LG because I have seen it in person. Plus, it would be easier to return that one if I didn't like it than if I bought the Westinghouse on Newegg and didn't like it . Plus, I'll be doing much more gaming on it than movie watching, so it would make sense to go with the LG. Some told me that it is very crisp, clear with text and I probably read text more than all of those combined. I suppose I better go buy it now, though, because a massive winter storm is bearing down on me :Q. If the counties in the southwest corner of the state have blizzard warnings out now, well I better not waste time going to Best Buy! Thanks for the assistance.