LG vs Acer LCD?

[asdftt123]

I'm looking into two possibilities for LCD's at the moment and I've narrowed it down to the following:

LG L226WTY-BF Black 22" 2ms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...05097&Tpk=LG%2b22%2522

Acer AL2223Wd Black-Silver 5ms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824009102

The LG is $100 more expensive than the Acer, but is it worth the extra cost? I plan on using this monitor for quite a bit and carry it over to other system builds. For my build in a few weeks, I plan to use it for gaming, Vista, movies, etc... I'm trying to purchase good peripherals in carry over to other builds and enhance the computing experience. 🙂

Because I'm in college, I don't have a car and it's a hassle for me to ride the shuttle bus over to Best Buy to take a look so I plan on ordering everything on newegg.

Thanks!

 

[Pez D Spencer]

I've got that acer and it's a great monitor. My only complaint about it is the slight backlight bleeding on dark screens. But unless you have a completely black screen it's totally unnoticable.

 

[kmmatney]

They are both TN panels, so will both have viewing angle issues and will not be truly 8-bit color. In tests, the LG will be a slightly better panel, but to your eyes the difference probably won't be worth $100. I like my Acer and use it for games and movies. The Samsung 226BW is also good, and there ar a bunch of open box ones available at NewEgg for a cheap price:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16824001083R

My guess is these are from people returning their panels becuase they didn't get the "S" revision. The other revisions can be just as good once the colors are tweaked.