Ingenuitor
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Originally posted by: ZealPath
Well I have to say, it was great to finally be pointed to this thread as it seems like quite a fountain of knowledge, hopefully someone has some suggestions for me.
I have had some pretty notorious difficulties making the adjustment from CRT to LCD. I'm not one of those "oh I'll just wait until the next technology" type people, I really want to like LCDs, so far it just seems like they don't like me. One thing that has always been an issue for me is readability, I do play a lot of games, but games have never been the issue, quite the opposite. I would say that I've always thought that the LCDs I have tried have enhanced my gaming experiences, the only problem is, they have all but destroyed my browing/reading experiences, and for someone who likes to kill time at places like Wikipedia, that just doesn't work for me.
So I would say that text is the priority here, size wise, I still use a 17" CRT at 1024x768, so I'm hoping to upgrade a little, 22" seems to be the best size for me at this point for the better dot pitch at 1680x1050, compared to how it would be smaller on a 20"er. I guess by the same token, a 26" at 1900x1200 could work, though I have never used a monitor at that resolution before. Honestly I wish I could use a solution as simple as lowering the resolution but going below the native resolution completely kills the crispness on an LCD in my experiences so far.
I guess I'm wondering if anyone out there has had similar problems with reading and has found an LCD that they like, I believe the vast majority of the LCDs I have tried in the past have been TN panels, and the bad viewing angles are another thing that drove me nuts. This is one thing I know I can work around now by using one of the other panel types, so I would certainly like to hear suggestions for VA or IPS panels. The last LCD that I tried was a 22" Dell (don't remember the exact model name), seemed very cheap and for just a little while, it didn't bug the hell out of me, but it wasn't long before the bad viewing angles and difficulty reading text got the better of me and it got packaged up and returned.
I wish I could try out the LCD2690WUXi just to see what it is like, not exactly the kind of monitor I'm going to find on display at a place like Best Buy huh. :laugh:
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Hello I have two of the LCD2690WUXi's in my small home studio, whereas I just got these units, they seem good. However they are super bright, I turned the brightness all the way down and I would like to turn it down some more if I could. I will say NEC is an amazing company though and very easy to deal with when it comes to support.
I wonder if there is better at this size, seems medical grade are the best, but very costly. Also I hear good things about the HP Dream Color. 1 billion colors in a 30-bit, LED-backlit display, designed for Dream Works Animation SKG Inc. I'm going to be testing these next, before making a final purchase.
Good luck with you search, this forum has definitely helped me narrow my choices.