Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: Rocketlucco
One question:
1. The way you put it you make it seem that the only advantage the BenQ has is its size? When you say that the LG is vibrant do you mean that it looks better than the BenQ in term of colors? Because if the LG is a better looking monitor and a faster one, I wouldn't mind sacrificing the two inches. I have a good enough video card for the 24 inch BenQ, but I want to make sure the quality of the picture and the colors are as good as the LG.
No, not really. I mean the BenQ also has great default colors. The LG's glossy panel just makes them seem overvibrant, if that's what you like. The BenQ's are certainly faithful though and I'd probably prefer the AG panel to tell you the truth.
The glossy panel can make darker games seem funner, in the light. Other than that, it tends to make things look a little too vibrant. My only reference is a glossy NEC 20WMGX2, which supposedly has a lot more glossy than the L227WTG, so it's hard for me to tell you. Can you check the L227WT out locally at a Best Buy, against some other matte panels? There are a lot of fluorescent lights at Best Buy which might cause more reflection than at home, but I find the main issue with glossy panels to not be reflection but simply overvibrance.
Size is less of an issue to me than colors, vibrancy, black levels, and generally how nice the picture looks. Basically if I had both the LG and BenQ side by side, and looked at both screens, I would want to choose the monitor that made me say "hey this one has a nicer looking picture than the other one"
Well you'd probably be looking at the LG then. It is wide gamut, which the BenQ is not. That's going to make webpages look extremely gaudy on the LG, if you don't have a profile to correct them. But I use a profile with my WG LCD26 and find it fine. And the wide gamut is nice for gaming and movies alike. The glossy panel and wide gamut of the LG would almost certainly cause anyone to think the LG is a more vibrant display over a matte/sRGB panel. If that's what you're in for, then I think the choice is clear.
The LG's black level would probably look darker due to the glossy panel, which I also find helps with dark color reproduction.
I think the BenQ would look very vibrant on its own; it's not an issue of nonvibrant-vs-vibrant so much as it is vibrant-vs-gaudy. If you're into the extremely saturated colors though then the LG is definitely for you. I can't say if the LG looks more vibrant or simply 'too' vibrant as I haven't used it in real life.
I can't say my glossy IPS has any innate advantage over my matte IPS for dark gaming, however, at least in the dark. The glossy does make black seem very dark when there is ambient light.
P.S. I don't mean "gaudy" as bad, because for some people gaudy may as well just be "more accurate". That's just a term that "purists" would use.