Any reviews
I received my new monitor yesterday..
When turned on I just changed to 'User 1' profile - default mode when new is 'eco' [with low brightness] - set brightness @50 and then checked for dead pixels and 'IPS Glow' or light bleeding, by viewing 5 or 6 full screen 'pictures' of only one colour [black, white, yellow, green, blue,...].
There is no dead/stuck pixels on my monitor, nor light bledding.
IPS Glow I can notice in some positions where is expected glow appears - viewing by side with black pictures/darker images.
I need further tests to have a more secure opinion about IPS glow, yesterday it was like this:
1- Monitor don't have dead/stuck pixels nor light bledding
2- There isn't IPS glow if viewing in a front/normal position
3- I saw a 1080p trailer of Avatar and 5 min of Life of Pi [those on the magic island] in high bitrate 1080p, and I was amazed with the colors/quality.
4- Let's go testing this sh*t in Battlefield 4 :biggrin:
About anti-glare.. this Eizo has a semi glossy coating, wich is the lightest matte coating.
From what i've read they use a light matte coatting because with a good/heavy matte coating it's not possible to have good color reproduction.
The screen is matte but if viewing from some angles [and only with black pictures], I notice just a little reflection of my white all-in-one printer/scanner that was really really close to the monitor.
Nothing to worry about, since it's only from some positions, with black images, and that's not the usually place where the all-in-one is.
I think the matte coating of the Acer [TN] monitor I had was a bit better but the colors.. It's a whole world of diffence.
On gaming -I played 2 hours in Bf4 multiplayer - I think it's perfect as a 60hz monitor can be.
Great colors and no lag, so for gaming better then this only if you play mainly shooter's and want 120hz [and have cpu/gpu capable of 120fps..].
As a note, I didn't play on 120hz monitors yet, so I have no idea the difference a higher refresh rate can make.
But I have a poor base to compare.
I had a TN Acer 24' 1080p 5ms that broke a few days ago and this last day's I've been using my good old Samsung 226BW [TN, 22', 1050p, 2ms] that was my monitor before the 24' Acer.
It's not fair compare this Eizo with the old monitors I had. Different leagues, completely.
Acer only was a bit more matte/less reflections but the difference is not great since with Eizo fs2333 only in specific situations i can see some reflections - and this situations aren't in a 'normal use'.
As a side note:
IPS Glow is different from 'light bleed' and it's expected it occur in any IPS monitor, at least on those that doesn't cost more then one grand.
It's a technology fault only really minimized in pro monitors.
So far I'm very happy with my purchase.
I will probably get a calibrator, to reach 100% sRGB space. I want more accuracy for my hobby in photography. But even without calibration it's a great improvement on colors I can see in my photos.
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This Eizo cost me 304€ on Amazon.de +15€ in postage/shipping to my country.
That's 120/130€ more than the cheapest 23/24' IPS [from LG] and 70-90€ to the cheapest 24' IPS from Dell.
It's a bit expensive for a 23' IPS..but I think worth the extra. IPS may suffer from IPS Glow like I said, so I only consider brands with good quality/support, that is Dell or Eizo - Eizo is a 'pro' label, not a mainstream like LG/Asus,... Compared to [cheapest] Dell this monitor is better for gaming - lower input lag and faster response time.
Near where I live I couldn't find stores with many IPS monitors to compare, but even if I could normally the monitors in stores doesn't have good settings and they suffer from different conditions in therms of light/environment and input signal compared to a normal home use.
So, was risky to put the trigger on this monitor based only in reviews/opinions but I think it worth. And to be honest, buying a monitor [like a tv] is always risky since even if you look at one in a store, each monitor [like a cpu, for example], is unique and in your home the lighting conditions and use [your pc, games, etc] is different from what you see in a store.
P.S. 1:
Congrats if you read all this wall of text... and sorry for some mistakes in english.
As you already notice I'm not a native english speaker. Far from it, I'm a very bad english speaker and writer..
P.S. 2.
Later I can look better on IPS glow.
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