Originally posted by: hotstocks
Yes, I am going to keep it. The BenQ store will open Monday, they are moving this weekend.
The V2400W has pro's and con's, but I believe it is the best 24" Multimedia Monitor out as of now. It is a problem that all the bright well colored displays that are best for movies and games are NOT TN panels. You don't see Sony or Samsung making their HDTVs out of TN panels since the viewing angles are poor, there is colorshift, and the colors are just not as bright (or as many, so you see lines in gradiation of colors). But since gaming is a secondary priority on a HDTV, the slower more beautifull PVA, MVA, and IPS screens will be used. Until the figure out how to get those panels quicker, there will always be a 2-3 frame lag, despite their advertising of 6 or 8 ms. Now comparing the V2400W to all other 24" TN monitors I have seen, I must say it has the least color shift and best viewing angles. I prefer the glossy look of the Gateway, but it has HORRENDOUS vertical viewing angle problems. The V2400W is also the sharpest text and works great over DVI on the PC with the RGB setting. The screen has accurate colors and doesn't burn your eyes out. Now the problem comes in when you actually want to use a TN monitor for games and to some extent movies. They are all too dark color wise, and if you turn up the brightness/contrast to the max, you just wash out the colors. I have found that using the four different settings and switching between them is mandatory. As I have said, RGB mode works best for the desktop. Dynamic mode (which is supposed to be bright and colorfull for games, isn't) can be tweaked with a little extra brightness/contrast to be usable in some games and movies. Movie and Photo modes are ok for some t.v./movie watching, yet sometimes are too dark/dull, I don't use them much. The big discovery was that STANDARD mode is the only mode that you can actually go in and change the color saturation! So I set it to USER Mode and brightness 100, contrast 80, sharpness 1, red 94, green 90, and blue 88. This works pretty good for the XBOX 360 and PC games, I would still like more color and brightness (neon look) in games like on a CRT, but it is what it is. Your desktop will look all bright and bleached out, so make sure to go back to RGB mode for computer use. Most games now look pretty good, but dark games are still a huge problem. This is the only con I have found for the monitor. Forget about seeing anything in dark games like Doom 3, Prey, etc. Live with the fact that glowing swords and neon signs in games like Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden will just not look as good as with a CRT or good 1080p LCD HDTV. I love the response time and see no ghosting or lag. I have tried the 2ms AMA feature and can't see any difference at all, so I leave it off, because it does make a little weird ghosting when you move windows around. I also leave the dynamic contrast off, as it is totally useless once you have your STANDARD and DYNAMIC modes set the way you like them. The thin panel of the V2400W doesn't really matter to me since I don't look at the back of my monitor, and I don't like the fact that there is about a 5 degree tilt to the right on my panel. I think it was dumb to make the monitor stand not "standard" so that you can tilt it. I am hoping that the way the stand is too the right, in due time gravity and weight will lower the left side 5 degrees so I have an even panel height. BenQ, put the damn stand in the middle! So, If it is true that the G2400WD is the same exact panel in a more standard casing, for less money, I would get that one. But I always think newer is better and bought the V2400W just in case. All that being said, I have a perfect panel with no dead or stuck pixels or blemishes, so I am keeping it...........Until something better comes along. Now back to Halo 3.