Originally posted by: xtknight
Originally posted by: Afrd2shtstrngerS
Hello there,
First of all thank you xtknight; you built a very informative thread here. After skimming this thread, I have couple of questions and I am all open to your suggestions.
I would like to connect my Dell Latitude D630 laptop (Core 2 Duo T9300, 2gb ram, X3100 video card) to an external LCD monitor and my preferences are:
1) 19" to 22" S-IPS panel
2) would like to have DVI or HDMI input
3) would like to have HDCP compatibility
4) would like to have a higher resolution
All I am doing is web surfing and photoshop related tasks. My budget allows me to go up to $300 and in the recommendation sections I found the HP LP2065 (20.1"). Are there any other contenders I should look at it?
Thanks in advance.
PS: I forgot to mention that I found Dell 2007WFP as another option; however I am not sure if all of them come with S-IPS panels.
The 2007FP, 2007WFP, and LP2065 are all lotteries. With the LP2065 it seems you have a higher chance of getting an S-IPS panel, though.
Make sure you think it's worth it to get a smaller IPS panel over a bigger TN. For most people, it probably isn't worth it, but if you do some photo editing or are very particular about color shifts then IPS is the only choice. S-IPS will deliver a high quality image with fine details of photos fully intact, but not always a high dynamic range (dark black, bright white) one. Which one is best for you depends on what you use it for.
The LP2065 doesn't have HCDP compatibility but it is nevertheless a good choice. It's $390 now on Newegg however.
If you primarily do games on the computer, a TN is a better choice. If most of your time is spent on general use (web, e-mail, desktop, dialog, "flat colored" things) then an IPS panel is better. VA panels aren't better than good TNs any more at sizes below 23", or they might be worse since more advancement is going towards the TNs. For movies, IPS panels are fairly nice and have less bleeding than TNs or VAs.