Need 22" LCD suggestions

Ok I just purchased an Acer X223W but its way too bright and the colours are washed out, not a patch on my old screen. I would like a new 22" LCD for no more than $300 CDN, so suggest away.

You could consider a Dell monitor not up on Canadian pricing so recommending other monitors is going to be hard but Dell is easy to find pricing for :)

The 2 which are probably worth considering are the Ultrasharp 2208WFP $299 or the S2309W $269 (includes $40 discount). The second monitor is 23" rather than 22" but gets a significantly higher resolution for that 1" trade off. The Ultrasharp is Dells top of the line 22" so will likely have a lot of colour control built in although I believe the 23" has similar capabilities.

Edit: You may also consider the Dell 2209WA which is currently being released this uses an IPS panel which will give better colour and viewing angles but may sacrifice a bit of refresh speed. UK costs ~160+Tax so at current excahnge rates that falls at about $300 Canadian as well.

Edit 2: Review of the 2209WA http://www.cnet.com.au/desktops/moni...9294389,00.htm

Thanks for your suggestions regarding Dell screens. I was surfing last night and discovered the Viewsonic VX2260WM and ordered one of those after reading several great reviews, I will be picking it up tonight and testing it out.

Thing is, i read that image sharpness / quality is better on a 20" TFT than a 22" using the same resolution. Is that right?

Sort of, it's the same number of pixels, they are smaller on a 20" (I'm sure webby will pop up with the actual numbers)
There's also issues about the type of pannel used and such.

Here we go copied and pasted from another thread :D (Link)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Me

In answer to your question and basically confirmation of what Pob has said the native resolution of that monitor is 1920*1080 the actual diagonal screen size is 21.5" by the way.

Now we get to the second part of Pob's post which is that monitors of the same resolution that are different sizes provide different experiences. This is to do with pixel depth (how many pixels are in a particular area) I measure pixel depth in pixels per inch (ppi) and depending on what suits you best will determine what is right for you.

We will have a little table now showing some panel sizes their resolution and the corresponding PPI.

17" - 1280*1024 - 96ppi
19" - 1280*1024 - 86ppi
19" - 1440*900 - 89ppi
20" - 1680*1050 - 99ppi
21.5" - 1920*1080 - 102ppi (Widescreen 22" 16:9)
22" - 1680*1050 - 90ppi
23" - 1920*1080 - 96ppi
24" - 1920*1200 - 94ppi

So what can we see from the table? First that ppi is related to both screen size and resolution and secondly that unless you work it out you could be in for a shock when a monitor arrived.

So what is the best ppi? This depends entirely on you, however the generally excepted rule is the higher the better (as it creates a sharper image) the problem comes when you go so high that text becomes hard to read and you find yourself squinting at the monitor. Some people find 24" monitors (94ppi) hard to read and yet 22" (90ppi) is fine personally this is not an issue for me and having used a 30" monitor (101ppi) I can happily say that even those high ppi are fine for me but everyone is different.

So my advice is quite simple find your current monitor size and resolution check the table above for its ppi (if it is not there let me know and I will calculate it for you) if your happy with its sharpness and text size then get the monitor which most closely matches the current ppi. If you feel that text is easily readable and you want a sharper image then go for a higher ppi. The best way to tell for sure is go somewhere like PC world and check out a few different monitor sizes and resolutions then you will be able to pick what is best for you, just remember to stand far enough away (same distance that you sit from your monitor) to get a good comparision no point in really liking a 100ppi monitor when your 12" from it but when you get home and sit 36" away its too small.

---

Hopefully that covers everything, more pixels per inch generally sharper image but text etc is smaller so its a balancing act.