Well, I finally did it..... check first post for testing xtknight

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Keysplayr

Keysplayr

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Can any LCD "expert" tell me what kind of panel I bought? Curious to know if it is TN, PVA S-IPS or whatever.

Anyway, the only reason I finally caved, was my CRT going blurry on me and getting steadily worse. Hurts the eyeballs. So this thing is pretty big, 3000:1 contrast 22" widescreen. 1680x1050. Nice crisp text on the desktop, colors are brilliant. Tried CoD2 at 1680x1050, and I thought my 7900GT was gonna choke, but I'll be damned if it didn't hold it's own with my settings. I'm happy with it. Can't recommend it or condemn it yet as I have only had it a few hours.

So, what the heck do I have here. :confused:

For XTKNIGHT:

Purchased from: Best Buy
Purchase price: 379.00 + 20.00 for 6' DVI cable. (does not come with one)

Black Test: Lowest level of gray that I can see is RGB 2,2,2. No "noise" or discoloration. All I see are a lot of different intensity shades of gray and a lot of black.
Blacktest Screenshot 1 (taken with camera)
Blacktest Screenshot 2 (taken with camera)

The four images in your second link appear to be displayed as described for each picture without deviation of any kind that "I" can detect.

Gradient Test: There are faint darker banding lines towards the left of the image, (the darker side).
Gradient Test (taken with camera)

Pics for MBrown:

Pic 1
Pic 1
 
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jim1976

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Enjoy Keys.. ;)

Sry can't help you with the panel, probably someone else will do shortly though..
 
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Keysplayr

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Originally posted by: n7
TN.

But it's a very good TN.
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Ah Hah!!!!..... Ok, that's kewl. But how did you find this out? did you look it up on LG's site? Honestly, I wouldn't even have a clue where to look for it, or what "it" even is.

Thanks guys.
 
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n7

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No, i sell them, amongst others.

A quick look from a lower viewing angle tells me all i need to know ;)
 
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xtknight

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LG L226WT is TN (viewing angle <176).

You wouldn't mind doing a couple tests for us? I already know this is supposed to be a great LCD (very possibly best 22" out there) but would like more confirmation before I recommend it myself.
 
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Keysplayr

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@ xtknight: Sure, what do you have in mind?

And thanks N7 for that info.

EDIT: Just lemme know what you need. Hopefully I can accomodate. I'm actually going to bed now. I need to be up early tomorrow.

gnite

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I'd turn off any dynamic contrast features (these are usually pretty easy to find in the monitor setup) before doing any tests. I believe the setting you're looking for is "f-Engine" which should be set to "Normal" (or perhaps "User" if you'd like more adjustments, though in that mode I would disable ACE and RCM).

Note any noise or discoloration you see here. Also note the lowest level of gray you can see. I recommend swapping the current value of brightness and contrast to perhaps get more detail (as opposed to simply raising contrast to 100). If you swap the values you will yield approximately the same brightness yet one combo will display more detail than the other. There may also be a setting called gamma, though raise this cautiously as it could washout other brighter tones when it reveals darker ones.

http://lcdresource.com/tools/blacktest.htm

The best LCDs (and they do physically exist) show down to RGB(0,0,0) with no issues and with little discoloration and no noise. What you want to look for is slight tints of red/green/blue throughout this scale which is supposed to be exactly gray. Also, carefully look for noise which may indicate a more conspicuous dithering algorithm (the LCD is 6-bit to my knowledge). If you see no noise, enjoy your effectively true 8-bit LCD.

That should give us quite a good idea of the LCD's quality already. Then try these four images: http://lcdresource.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=39

Lastly it would be helpful to say if you see any gradation in the gradlin test. Please note its consistency (e.g. more in the darker areas, or there's double bands/kinks of one color in the gradient). http://lcdresource.com/tools/gradlin-v0.3-mix-fs.exe (press ESC to exit).

This will be an immense help. Thanks again.
 
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Post some pics of this LCD if you can as well. I am torn between this LCD and the Samsung 226. From what I have read they are pretty much the same exact LCD except for some of the Samsungs use this S panel which gives it less bleeding, but Samsung has now switched to a different one (A) which gives it more bleeding. IMO the LG's design looks a whole lot better than the Samsung's.
 
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Keysplayr

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xtknight: ok np. I'll begin this tonight when I get home from work.

MBrown: I'll have a pic for ya tonight as well.

Zebo: There is always something better.
 
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Weird that COD2 choked on that card. I have the 7900GToc and COD2 runs great with my 226bw at that resolution. Could be your memory. I have 2gigs in my system.
 
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I have seen the LG 226WT side-by-side with a Samsung 225BW (not 226) and can attest that vieweing angles are markedly better on the LG, especially in the more problematic vertical axis.
 
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Originally posted by: BernardP
I have seen the LG 226WT side-by-side with a Samsung 225BW (not 226) and can attest that vieweing angles are markedly better on the LG, especially in the more problematic vertical axis.
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I own a 225BW and have seen the LG 226WT at CompUSA. I can't say that one is much better than the other. They are both 5MS TNs - in fact they looks almost identicle to my eyes.
 
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Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Originally posted by: BernardP
I have seen the LG 226WT side-by-side with a Samsung 225BW (not 226) and can attest that vieweing angles are markedly better on the LG, especially in the more problematic vertical axis.
Click to expand...

I own a 225BW and have seen the LG 226WT at CompUSA. I can't say that one is much better than the other. They are both 5MS TNs - in fact they looks almost identicle to my eyes.
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The LG is 2ms.
 
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Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Originally posted by: BernardP
I have seen the LG 226WT side-by-side with a Samsung 225BW (not 226) and can attest that vieweing angles are markedly better on the LG, especially in the more problematic vertical axis.
Click to expand...

I own a 225BW and have seen the LG 226WT at CompUSA. I can't say that one is much better than the other. They are both 5MS TNs - in fact they looks almost identicle to my eyes.
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I am just telling about viewing angles. If you are far from the screen you won't see the difference. But from 18 to 24 inches, the LG looked to me much less sensitive to small head movements.

 
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I work at best buy, and I sell them. It's been hands down the best performing monitor for us. We installed a few games and used to monitors to see how they ran, the LG looked like one of the best.
 
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Keysplayr

Keysplayr

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Originally posted by: samduhman

Weird that COD2 choked on that card. I have the 7900GToc and COD2 runs great with my 226bw at that resolution. Could be your memory. I have 2gigs in my system.
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Nah, you read it wrong. My 7900GT is powering CoD2 at 1680x1050 "without" any issues and very decent framerates for the settings I am using.
 
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Matt2

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Nice. I wish I had known you were going to go LCD.

I would have sold you my Dell 2007wfp (S-IPS!!!) as I just purchased the Gateway 24".
 
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Keysplayr

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Originally posted by: Matt2
Nice. I wish I had known you were going to go LCD.

I would have sold you my Dell 2007wfp (S-IPS!!!) as I just purchased the Gateway 24".
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Heh, it definitely wasn't an impulse buy. I needed a new monitor and was putting it off because I didn't "want" to go LCD (yet). (I wanted a 22 incher anyways. Seemed a waste to go from a 19" to a 20" even though it would have been widescreen.
 
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Matt2

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Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Originally posted by: Matt2
Nice. I wish I had known you were going to go LCD.

I would have sold you my Dell 2007wfp (S-IPS!!!) as I just purchased the Gateway 24".
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Heh, it definitely wasn't an impulse buy. I needed a new monitor and was putting it off because I didn't "want" to go LCD (yet). (I wanted a 22 incher anyways. Seemed a waste to go from a 19" to a 20" even though it would have been widescreen.
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True enough.

Enjoy!
 
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Frintin

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Just going from a 19 inch CRT to a 19 LCD is a huge difference in screen real estate.

When I bought my first Dell 19 inch monitor it set next to my Mag 19" CRT and it made me buy another Dell LCD real quick!
 
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