Originally posted by: Tasiin
Yeah, both the Dell and HP are on DVI. I can't adjust the sharpness on either unless they're in a non-native resolution, which they are not.
You do sort of get used to to the anti-glare. Now that I've been using these for a little under a month, it's definitely not bothering me as much as it did when I first got them. I just really wish they'd gone with something a little less intrusive.
I wonder why the HP doesn't have those horizontal bands, then. Regardless, it's not that big of a deal -- it was just pretty easy to spot on the Dell.
The HP is the one that's a bit more yellowish at the bottom. Actually, looking at it today it doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as it was two days ago. It was especially noticeable when displaying my bookmarks in Firefox, because the white background turned distinctly yellowish towards the bottom of the list.
I don't think any of the bigger VA panels or the NECs would really be a viable option for me. I've never used a VA, but from what I've heard of the "black crush" on them when you look at one straight on and the constant color shifting, I think they'd drive me nuts. Most of them have a great deal of input lag, as well. The 2490 has a fair amount of input lag itself, and the 2690 is just too big and the wide gamut would be problematic.
I'm really surprised about the input lag too. Most people with these monitors claim that neither of them have noticeable input lag, and while that seems to be true in the Dell's case, I felt that there was something wrong with the HP right off the bat. The mouse feels sort of "heavy", and there is now quite a bit of mouse lag when playing games with v-sync on (which adds a lot of lag by itself) compared to to the Dell or my CRT. I'm sure that the amount of input lag isn't as bad as some of the larger VA panels like the 2407WFP, but it was more than enough for me to notice unaided.
I could test both of them individually against my CRT later if you'd like. I may do that anyhow actually, so I can compare those results against any new LCD I might try later.
It's a shame the HP has so much lag. It's making me lean towards returning it, even though it seems to be a fine display otherwise. The minor yellow tint at the bottom isn't enough to bother me now, and the image quality is good, though all in all I do prefer the way the 2007WFP looks. If I return it the 2007FP is probably my last option, and I'll have to roll the dice on the panel lottery and Dell's quality control which is a bit lacking to say the least. The flickering on my 2007WFP was absolutely unacceptable and it came with two stuck pixels, whereas the HP has neither.
I know input lag is a bit poorly understood, but assuming I do try the 2007FP, resolution and size are usually not a factor, right? Would I be safe in assuming that it'd have nearly identical results to the WFP? Sorry for the rather long post, by the way.
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