I come from the old Q2/Q3 2005 days when the popular models were the Samsung 930B, Hyundai L90, Viewsonic VX924 or whatever.
However, it disturbed me that the first 2 panels were TN panels which suck for colors and while they are fast as well, games look like sh!t. I had so many issues getting killed in Counter-strike in the dark areas that I had to boost Gamma and brightness to compensate. The result? Inaccurrate colors in games. What's the point of having a panel that you need to mess up in order to see properly in a game. Moreover, I remember using the 930B, it was far too bright of a panel and the colors were just oversaturated.
After checking out my friend's VX924, the image quality was decent, but not that great either.
I settled on a Viewsonic VP191b. It was an enormous price, but I have to say I was satisfied. I was even more satisfied when my mom's Dell 2405FPW arrived and even after calibrating, my VP191b looked a lot nicer.
Of course my Viewsonic VP191b was succeeded by the higher contrast VP930b, but both are 6-bit panels still >.<. I guess it does amaze me that some 6-bit panels do quite a good job in colors while others really suck (TN panels).
So, I'm wondering what is a good panel today. I prefer to avoid TN still because they're not that great. I may game, but my primary concern is with image quality. Somehow, I feel Dells are overhyped and the 2007/2407 still don't look THAT great. I would still take the Viewsonic VP930b over those monitors, but I dunno. 6-bit doesn't sound to appealing either. So which panel takes the cake today?
However, it disturbed me that the first 2 panels were TN panels which suck for colors and while they are fast as well, games look like sh!t. I had so many issues getting killed in Counter-strike in the dark areas that I had to boost Gamma and brightness to compensate. The result? Inaccurrate colors in games. What's the point of having a panel that you need to mess up in order to see properly in a game. Moreover, I remember using the 930B, it was far too bright of a panel and the colors were just oversaturated.
After checking out my friend's VX924, the image quality was decent, but not that great either.
I settled on a Viewsonic VP191b. It was an enormous price, but I have to say I was satisfied. I was even more satisfied when my mom's Dell 2405FPW arrived and even after calibrating, my VP191b looked a lot nicer.
Of course my Viewsonic VP191b was succeeded by the higher contrast VP930b, but both are 6-bit panels still >.<. I guess it does amaze me that some 6-bit panels do quite a good job in colors while others really suck (TN panels).
So, I'm wondering what is a good panel today. I prefer to avoid TN still because they're not that great. I may game, but my primary concern is with image quality. Somehow, I feel Dells are overhyped and the 2007/2407 still don't look THAT great. I would still take the Viewsonic VP930b over those monitors, but I dunno. 6-bit doesn't sound to appealing either. So which panel takes the cake today?
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