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Samsung 205bw Viewsonic VX2025 Samsung 225bw?

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emilyek

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I'm finally upgrading from my 5 year old 40ms response time NEC 17" and one year old 6800 vanilla.

My 7900GTO is already on it's way.

$375 is the max I will spend.

Any opinions on picking one of these panels?

I know the 225bw is not a great panel, but 22" at 1680 x 1050 is kind of appealing to me.

Also, do the 225bw and the Viewsonic have different panels in them? I think the VS looks nice, but I like the minimalist Samsung cabinet better, I think.

Thanks in advance for any advice.
 
I'd go for the LG L204WT over any of those, but the 225BW isn't too bad besides some backlight bleeding.

If you decide the 22" route, I'd get the Samsung 225BW (6-bit).
For 20", LG L204WT (6-bit), or if you can afford it, Dell 2007WFP (8-bit).

I'd go 20" personally since both of the 20" LCDs are better quality. Even if I have trouble reading I'd still get the 20" size and use a corrective lens.

ViewSonic VX2025WM - AU Optronics P-MVA
Samsung 205BW - Samsung TN
Samsung 225BW - Samsung TN
LG L204WT - CPT TN
Dell 2007WFP - LG Philips S-IPS/Samsung S-PVA
 
Thanks for that.


Another question:

Do you know if the LG and the Samsung both use the same 'newer' 6-bit panels?

I was googling and found some folks talking about the LG using a better TN version.
 
The LG uses the best TN available. It's very uniform and it has a great black level.

The Samsungs use a TN but they're not nearly as good as the one in the LG. All of them, to my knowledge, need to dither. Dithering isn't the end of the world with good gamma. I'd rather have an LCD that dithers with good gamma than one that doesn't with poor/washed out gamma settings like the ViewSonic.
 
You could also take a look at a Samsung 215TW, it has much better color and is a generally better looking display compared to the other Samsungs you listed. Personally I think the S-PVA Samsung panels look much better than the TN ones.

If you game then a new TN panel is probably better but for photoshopping or IQ, meh for any TN panels in general.
 
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