I bought a V2400W a few weeks ago, and I'm not too impressed by it. I'm now wondering if there are any other options for a decent, non-wide gamut monitor or if I'm just going to be stuck with this. Quick summary of my complaints with it:
- Vertical viewing angles are poor, unsurprisingly. If I sit level with or above the monitor, the bottom half of the screen is very bright and washed out looking. If I sit lower, the top of the screen darkens.
- Input lag is a bit high for a "gaming LCD" (if there is such a thing) and in comparison to the old G2400W. I measured a maximum of 33ms over DVI with AMA and DC off.
- Color temperature defaults to 6500K and I can't find a way to change it. I've used 9300K for many years and whites on the V2400W appear yellowish. The colors are also fairly dull and muted looking as others have pointed out here, but that alone isn't a deal breaker for me.
- Ghosting is apparent while gaming, though it is slightly better than any other LCD I've tried before. AMA doesn't help one bit, and the inverse ghosting that it causes is annoying and probably cancels out any benefit it might offer. To be fair though, I wouldn't expect anything other than a properly overdriven TN to be any better.
It's not exactly the worst display I've ever used. I do like the reasonable backlight, minimally "sparkly" anti-glare coating, and sharp text, but it hasn't exactly blown me away otherwise.
If I were to return this, are there *any* other decent options available now? It'd probably have to be another TN, since all of the new H-IPS panels now seem to have insane 500 cd/m2 backlights and wide gamut -- both of which would probably be more annoying than any of the V2400W's faults -- and I don't like VA panels.
I'm mainly looking for something with decent gaming performance (low input lag/ghosting), a matte screen, a backlight that isn't blinding even at zero brightness, and at least decent if not great image quality (I'm not expecting wonders from a TN there). Price isn't really an issue. Have I been missing something, or is there anything other than the BenQ that even comes close to these requirements?
- Vertical viewing angles are poor, unsurprisingly. If I sit level with or above the monitor, the bottom half of the screen is very bright and washed out looking. If I sit lower, the top of the screen darkens.
- Input lag is a bit high for a "gaming LCD" (if there is such a thing) and in comparison to the old G2400W. I measured a maximum of 33ms over DVI with AMA and DC off.
- Color temperature defaults to 6500K and I can't find a way to change it. I've used 9300K for many years and whites on the V2400W appear yellowish. The colors are also fairly dull and muted looking as others have pointed out here, but that alone isn't a deal breaker for me.
- Ghosting is apparent while gaming, though it is slightly better than any other LCD I've tried before. AMA doesn't help one bit, and the inverse ghosting that it causes is annoying and probably cancels out any benefit it might offer. To be fair though, I wouldn't expect anything other than a properly overdriven TN to be any better.
It's not exactly the worst display I've ever used. I do like the reasonable backlight, minimally "sparkly" anti-glare coating, and sharp text, but it hasn't exactly blown me away otherwise.
If I were to return this, are there *any* other decent options available now? It'd probably have to be another TN, since all of the new H-IPS panels now seem to have insane 500 cd/m2 backlights and wide gamut -- both of which would probably be more annoying than any of the V2400W's faults -- and I don't like VA panels.
I'm mainly looking for something with decent gaming performance (low input lag/ghosting), a matte screen, a backlight that isn't blinding even at zero brightness, and at least decent if not great image quality (I'm not expecting wonders from a TN there). Price isn't really an issue. Have I been missing something, or is there anything other than the BenQ that even comes close to these requirements?