Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: imaheadcase
Yikes, Dell shipping estimates my HC 24inch won't come till the 18-23rd of this month. I hope they do what lots of companies do and ship it early and thats just a "worst case". hehe
Is there a monitor test program I can use to show you guys how it performs when I get it? I don't have a good digital camera to post pics sadly.
Test images are generally inconclusive. Just give your subjective impressions of it, that'll be awesome. Your eyes are the best tool for judging your monitor. Actually, a colorimeter is better but I'm guessing one is not in your possession...
Originally posted by: huntersquid
I am looking into the Samsung 216BW. Unfortunately, its about the top of my price range (~$250). I'm aware this is a TN, but viewing angles and colour fidelity are not so important to me - I am more interested in a good, aesthetic and relatively fast panel which will serve well for gaming and video on my 8800GTS 320MB. My last panel was a 17-inch, 25ms Active-Matrix LCD which ghosted like crazy, so it's about time to upgrade. Apparently, the 216BW is the same as the 226BW, but 21.6 inches instead of 22, correct? Also, this should be a Samsung panel considering samsung stated that they will only be using their own panels from now on. The price for this monitor is around $250, which is what I want to be paying. Any opinions from xtknight and you guys?
You can trust Samsung about as much as a toddler but yes the 216BW is 21.6" and also probably a TN. Response time..hmm I'm guessing around 20 ms in reality with no overdrive but I could be wrong. It's not going to be amazingly fast but probably better than the 17" you've got. Input lag may be nil if it doesn't use overdrive but this is another guess.
For the price range, if it turns out half decent that's probably one of your best choices short of a lucky, cheap-find ViewSonic VP930b (P-MVA). The Acer AL2051W (8-bit P-MVA) is another choice you really, really should be looking at [in fact, maybe the best in that price range]. The Samsung 205BW isn't all that bad either, but its advantages over the 216BW may be nonexistent.