- Aug 23, 2007
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I just bought an S2440L last night. It's an 8 bit monitor with an MVA panel. Out of the box it had a greenish tint, especially in "standard" mode. It's better with custom color and RGB all set to 100. But I calibrated it so grey actually looks grey, and ended up with R 100, G 93, B 100. Brightness is set to 100 and contrast the default 75.
Also, I tried it with a VGA cable and it was really blurry and unusable. No settings seemed to affect that.
Pros:
Cheap - $250 from Best Buy
The glossy glass screen gives you perfectly smooth text and isn't too reflective. The clarity is great for photo postprocessing
Colors are accurate after calibration
Viewing angles better than TN
Has an audio output for HDMI
Cons: Viewing angle isn't as good as IPS. I can see slight brightness shift between the center and edge.
Not very bright. I don't understand why people use these monitors at 50% brightness
HDMI jack positioning gives you very little room for the cable. A thick one won't fit
VGA useless
Pixel grid is BGR instead of RGB, so you must calibrate ClearType properly. Why is this a con? Because some applications like FireFox don't let you set BGR
Also, I tried it with a VGA cable and it was really blurry and unusable. No settings seemed to affect that.
Pros:
Cheap - $250 from Best Buy
The glossy glass screen gives you perfectly smooth text and isn't too reflective. The clarity is great for photo postprocessing
Colors are accurate after calibration
Viewing angles better than TN
Has an audio output for HDMI
Cons: Viewing angle isn't as good as IPS. I can see slight brightness shift between the center and edge.
Not very bright. I don't understand why people use these monitors at 50% brightness
HDMI jack positioning gives you very little room for the cable. A thick one won't fit
VGA useless
Pixel grid is BGR instead of RGB, so you must calibrate ClearType properly. Why is this a con? Because some applications like FireFox don't let you set BGR
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