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Anyone here has a Samsung 214T?

The review on BonaFide mentions there is no backlight bleeding. This a high-quality S-PVA monitor. I personnally would not buy it in the current market, because for the same $700 or less, I could get a Dell 2407FP. There is a clear trend that the market is moving quickly towards widescreen.
 
So, like me, you are in Canada. The Dell was on sale for 699 $CAN during the Holiday. It will certainly come back again to that price.

Even if the market is moving towards widescreen, you have the right to prefer 4:3 ratio. Still, one can think that the extra width in a 24-inch widescreen is "free". The center portion of a 24-inch widescreen is a 4:3 21-incher

See for yourself

But there is no doubt the 214T is a great monitor.

 
Yes the NEC seems to have the same top notch S-PVA Samsung panel...The Dell 2407FP also has a Samsung S-PVA panel... The NEC is more expensive than the Samsung.

Do you want me to try again to convince you to go widescreen, or not? 😀 I have some good arguments... :evil:

Here is a free sample: How many 23 to 27 inch 1920x1200 widescreens have been announced/released since the last release of a 21-inch 4:3 monitor? (214T released 6 Sept 2005 according to Prad.de)

 
As I said earlier, I fear my X1900XTX may no be able to play Oblivion at 1920 with the image quality I like. But now that I know it uses the same type of panel, I may be more amenable. 🙂
 
If you are amenable...

Gaming:

--- 1920x1200 has 19% more pixels than 1600x1200. We are not talking about orders of magnitudes.

--- The need for AA and AF is much lower (if any) at higher resolutions.

--- In the worst of cases, setting the resolution at 1280x800 will still give beautiful results while being much easier on the videocard.

--- Most newer games are designed with widescreen compatibility modes.

Video:

--- All movies and TV programs are now shot in widescreen.

--- Widescreen camcorders are spreading fast.

--- 1920x1200 can display 1920x1200 HD video without scaling. 1600x1200 can't.

--- Newer wide 24-inchers such as the Dell have HDCP. Will be able to work with affordable HD burners in a couple of years.

--- Would you buy a 4:3 TV set today?

Work:

--- Easier to work with windows open side-by-side than on top of each other.

Market:

With 20 and 21 inch 4:3 screens being older products, it's hard to find a very good price. The strongest competition today is in entry-level 19-inch 5:4 monitors and 19-inch to 22-inch widescreens. 24-inchers are next. The Inquirer predicts (and I agree, for what it's worth) that the $500 24-inch 1920x1200 widescreen is for this year. It will be exciting in the coming months with a flurry of releases from Samsung, LG and Viewsonic among others. Besides this, it seems the 4:3 monitors are all old inventory at old prices. Nothing seems to be on the horizon.


 
Even though I play mostly RPGs? 🙁

The review mentions

No noticeable ghosting what-so-ever and Doom 3's shadows had a crisp blackness to them; not a washed out look with weird tints or coloring.
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😕

Have they corrected the colour banding issue on the Dell 24"?

One thing worth mentioning. I have very bad eyesight and wear bifocals. Small fonts and I do not mix well (already using the accessibility settings in IE to ignore font sizes specified by websites).

I rarely watch DVDs on my computer. I watch them on my 27" television (which is a 4:3 standard model).
 
Still leaning most towards this LCD. Love this quote:

I own the Samsung 214T 21.3". It's the best looking 4:3 LCD I have ever seen. No screendoor and with the 900:1 contrast ratio blacks actually look like black. I hoping to see some online reviews soon.

It passed my World of Warcraft spinning gnome test for ghosting. I.e. Create a lvl 1 gnome, then spin your view 720 degrees while surrounded by lots of brown boars on a snowy white background, absolutely no ghosting! Gnome certified.
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