Question Suggestions about monitors

egozi44

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Hi there~
So I have my good old Dell U2410 (Specs here: https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/37694e9) for almost a decade now, it's really a decent monitor that answered all of my needs, but it had some burn-ins that appeared few years ago and anything I've tried wasn't able to fix it,

So some years later I thought it may be a good time to replace the monitor, but the issue is that I didn't was able to find anything that was more or less like my current one and have some troubles deciding on one as result, so I came here in hopes I will get some help,


What I'm looking for is a decent IPS 24' monitor (could also be one inch bigger or lower but I rather go with 24" if possible),

With average responses time (mine is 5),

10bit panel bit depth + FRC (most of the monitors I've found out there were 8bits) ,

Some good color contrast,

Average refresh time (mine was between 56 to 76 hz)

When it's comes to the resolution mine was 1920x1200 with 16:10 aspects but I don't mind to compromise to 16:9 or go higher with 4K, I dk if my pc can handle 4K though (my 980TI (spec here https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/asus-strix-gtx-980-ti-directcu-iii-oc.b3317) should manage but I dk how much and my CPU is really old I7 gen so...)


The only monitor that I was able to find which hold its head high next to my Dell U2410 was the Dell P2415Q but it was 4K and seem to have two serious issues, one in which it start with 30 Hz and only revisions from 2016+ had some hidden settings to change it back to 60 hz,
And the other (and more serious one) was that it could have issues wake up from sleep mode,

I didn't was able to find any other Dell monitor that had 10 bit or was around 24" and each dell monitor series seem to suffer from some random issues that unique to them, I've tried looking on other brands but they all were so-so as well,

The reason I'm sticking with Dell is mostly cause I'm using my monitor in between content creation and gaming, and Dell monitors tend to answer these in-between kind of demands by making monitors that good for both yet masters of none (just look on the U2410 specs)

But as you can see I'm on a dead end, so if anyone could suggest me anything that fit what I've listed above I will be greatful, thx in advance
 
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mnewsham

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Not sure why you think you need 10-bit + FRC (that's 12-bit equivalent)

Even $40,000 reference monitors are just straight 10-bit.

Sony BVM-HX310 for example, native 10-bit panel. Or the Eizo CG3146, another native 10-bit IPS panel. Though these high end panels will often have 14-bit or larger LUT's.


If you're wanting 10 bit + FRC, you're simply out of luck, even native 10-bit panels are more than likely mostly out of your price range. There is nothing wrong with 8-bit + FRC, unless you're doing very specific industry work.
 
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egozi44

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Neh, I'm not need it for specific industry's work and I'm open for suggestions but simply looking for something that is at least like what I have atm or above it if possible, I'm not expert when it's comes to monitors so I've might misunderstood something with the bits, but from the monitors I've saw so far, most of them who were 8 bits also unsurprisingly had lower colors contrast and less of other stuff which made the images that were displayed on my U2410 feel so good,

So if I'm about to replace monitors I rather upgrade or having something similar over downgrading (again if possible).

Do you have any suggestions?
 

mnewsham

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Most applications don't even support 10-bit colors, so even if your panel is 10-bit MOST applications aren't going to display more colors.

The modern-day equivalent of the U2410 would be something like the ViewSonic VP2771, it's 27" and 1440p, but that's where most of the good quality panels have gone, 27" 1440p and 4k panels get a lot more attention these days than 1080p panels.
 

egozi44

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Most applications don't even support 10-bit colors, so even if your panel is 10-bit MOST applications aren't going to display more colors.

The modern-day equivalent of the U2410 would be something like the ViewSonic VP2771, it's 27" and 1440p, but that's where most of the good quality panels have gone, 27" 1440p and 4k panels get a lot more attention these days than 1080p panels.

Thx :)
The spec look good

The U2410 still pass it on some parts (Which are probably due to the VP2771 being in more bigger size, and I dk if these small difference are going to matter, mostly in the Brightness and Colors parts) and when it's comes to the bits, I do use PS and some stuff (mostly adobe tools) which I hope they won't get effected by replacing the monitor ;o

The last thing is that 27" may be too much for me (I'm also watching a lot of movies and on 24" the subs are more challenging to read and I don't want to imagine how some lets say old movies with some DVD res would look like in 27 and 1440p) :sweatsmile:
I need to look on some reviews and see if the monitor don't have any known issues as well.

Do you have other suggestions?

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Actually now that the 10 bit is out of the way, what do you think about these?



 
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egozi44

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mnewsham
I kinda think I've narrowed it between the U2415 and the P2418HT,
But need to narrow it down to one.

U2415 is 16:10, have 1200p and also have 8ms on normal mode (dell have some fast mode that said to make it 6ms but I've never tested such feature myself)

On the other hand P2418HT is a touch screen that have higher dynamic contrast and have minimum of 6ms, but is 23.8 inch with 16:9 and 1080p, and also have l ower brightness (250 cd/m)
 
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