New monitor time

[godsdog]

Genuinely. The only thing I've ever noticed as a stand-out-it-bothers-me thing with a decent TN is vertical viewing angle.

The Samsung 204B I use every day has all the brilliance and clarity I could wish for, but the vertical viewing angle is poor. No escaping that. On the other side though, I don't disco dance when I'm in front of the screen so it doesn't bother me. But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't there and have found it common in most TN's I encounter.

[this_is_gav]

If you work day-to-day with both (got a TN at work) you'll quickly realise just how poor at colour reproduction and depth TNs are.

Monitors aren't like CPUs. Get the best you can afford and it'll last you 5+ years.

[peterb]

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This any good?

Thanks - looked at that - TN - and a bit large.

Genuinely. The only thing I've ever noticed as a stand-out-it-bothers-me thing with a decent TN is vertical viewing angle.

The Samsung 204B I use every day has all the brilliance and clarity I could wish for, but the vertical viewing angle is poor. No escaping that. On the other side though, I don't disco dance when I'm in front of the screen so it doesn't bother me. But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't there and have found it common in most TN's I encounter.

Thank you - I am wondering if I'm making too much of this (too much knowledge!!) and going TN widens up the scope considerably. I have looked at the Samsung - but they have second sourced the panels - the second source having a poorer reputation that the Samsung mfrd panels.

If you work day-to-day with both (got a TN at work) you'll quickly realise just how poor at colour reproduction and depth TNs are.

Monitors aren't like CPUs. Get the best you can afford and it'll last you 5+ years.

True - but that rules out WS below 24" - which may not be a problem tbh - nice to have, but not essential.


This one (which I posted a retailer link to earlier) NEC Display Solutions

does keep calling me - so perhaps I might need to live with the existing one for another month or so and save up a few more pennies.

[godsdog]

I have looked at the Samsung - but they have second sourced the panels - the second source having a poorer reputation that the Samsung mfrd panels.

I didn't know that and with that in mind I would be very careful. If I was given the choice again for normal screen I would buy the 204B provided it was exactly the same as i have now. Any drop in quality would make me feel cheated and would be unacceptable, what i have now is a nice price / performance balance - just.

I'd have gone with the HP originally but it was very over priced imo. Now? With the HP the same price (£252) (roughly) as the Samsung I would have gone HP. That much I do know.

I ended up spending two Saturday afternoons in various monitor stockists getting my head round normal and WS - It's so personal and subjective, and I'm still undecided which i prefer.