I recall posting here once and I chose a new monitor, the L227WT and it was good, but the particular one that I had also came with some amazingly bad backlight bleed (half of the screen, to be precise), so I returned it to Best Buy but didn't get another one. I decided to just hold on to my 215TW and just not play many movies on it. I do realize that it isn't indicative of the model in general, but just was one bad egg. If anyone remembers, which is unlikely, my beloved 215TW has been getting some ugly backlight bleed on all 4 corners (regardless of the brightness level) that extends in far enough to get irritating when watching a widescreen movie because it was reaching the video.
Well, my brother and his wife would like it because I am thinking of getting one (after I finish my taxes--probably will get a big return this year too!) and I was a little curious. I haven't had a chance to do very extensive searches of forums, but I've glanced at reviews of various monitors. I do like to play games (such as Team Fortress 2, played Bioshock, but also enjoy racing games) but only casually. Regardless of the input delay the 215TW had (~47ms average? I can't remember where I saw that), I actually have done extremely well in first person shooters with that monitor.
I don't think it has hampered me one bit (and nothing improved drastically when using the L227WTG in games), so I've decided to go for another non-TN monitor. I don't just game on here, but I enjoy movies and also dabble in video/graphic design. I am, like probably many others in here, in the IT field and my photo work is nowhere near color critical. So, before someone talks of the lack of color accuracy of a wide-gamut monitor to me, just know that I really do not care at all about that (the video/photo work is neither for a job nor very serious work). I really enjoyed watching movies on that Samsung and don't really like it on the TN panels I've seen at other peoples' houses or my own (though it was hampered by the backlight problem).
So, I originally was thinking of HP's 22" S-PVA monitor, but it appears that a lot of people (some that I know, as well) have had some big issues with that screen, so that is out of the question. I was thinking of a good 24" screen like the LP2475w because of the H-IPS panel it uses, but also on my list was Dell's 2408WFP. Yes, I will be willing to pay for the LP2475w or the 2408WFP but no, I'm not going to go higher than that. Should this be a hands-down decision to go for the LP2475w if I am willing to pay for it, or is this a toss-up? I had no issues with the high input lag on the 215TW, but I was told that it is much worse on the 2408WFP so maybe I should stay away from that. Plus, there would be no color shift with the 2475W like on my 215TW, so maybe I should choose that instead. Sorry if this answer is obvious to some of you, but I just don't have the time right now to do some in depth research to break my indecision. I'm assuming, however, that it would be better to go with an H-IPS panel over an S-PVA. Is this accurate? Looks like that is probably the best deal, LP2475W. Thanks for your thoughts on this matter!