LG L1915S 19in 12ms tft monitor under £300

[eletero]

Hi,

I was just about to buy myself a benq monitor from ebuyer,
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63390

When I came across a 19" LG monitor,
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=73980

According to http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/computi...223422/details

It has
#12ms response time
#250 nit (cd/m2)
#500:1 contrast
#16.7 million colours
#160 degree viewing angle

Now the specs for the LG look much better than the benq. Thing is I've checked the LG website and they don't list this model? I can't believe it's been discontinued being a 12ms monitor? Does anyone have any experience of either of the monitors?

Thanks

[eletero]

I did manage to find it on the lg uk web site...
http://uk.lge.com/prodmodeldetail.do...915S&model=11#

Only draw back I can see is no DVI, I'm not too fussed about this tbh. I have a Lindy gold VGA cable which cost me ~£30, hopefully that should keep interference to a minimum.

I haven't seen any reviews for this model but people seem to like the L1715S, which I presume is the 17" version, although it is only 16ms? Anyhow I've ordered the LG and should receive it Monday, I'll post more comments then.

[Stewart]

Interesting. I'm looking for a nice 19" TFT, with a good response time for under £300.

If you find any reviews or any other info, let me know.

[Kumagoro]

19 inch under £300 fooking loovely, what is the cheapest 19 incher around now?

[eletero]

Well the cheapest I've managed to find is

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=74741

which is £270, but the sake of £20 I think the 12ms LG is much better value. From the looks of things you pay on average an extra £50 for DVI input at the moment.There are some others around the £280 mark at MicroDirect.

I decided on the LG because I've heard their other TFTs are generally good, I'm just hoping that I found a bargin and I've not got what I payed for. It seems odd that the L1910B which is the other 19" LG model is nearly an extra £100. Apart from the DVI input the specs on this actually look worse (25ms).

[Stewart]

If you get it Monday, let me know. I'm going to order one, once you've given yours the once over.

[eletero]

Well the screen arrived this morning and I have to say I'm very pleased. I've not had long to examine it but from what I've seen it looks nice. I've tested a couple of games and movies and at 75Hz I can't see any ghosting at all.

Installation was straight forward, just updated the driver from the CD supplied. I checked and could find no dead pixels. I'm really impressed with the viewing angle and the anti-glare finish. My monitor faces a window and the glare on my old CRTs was quite bad, on the LG I don't really have any.

The brightness is good too, I usually have a low colour temp with low brightness as I find it easier on the eyes. Adjusting the brightness is easy, in fact it has 6 brightness/contrast presets to choose from, I think they're something like DAY-movie, photo, text and NIGHT-movie,photo,text. There is a 7th option which is user so you can have it exactly as you want it.

The OSD is simple and easy to navigate and there is a nice auto button so you can force the screen to automatically adjust its position.

I have to say this is my first TFT and have only used a few before but this is the best I've seen. From my brief experience so far I'd certainly recommend it to others.

a couple of pics...

[Stewart]

Top man.

I think I'll have one.

[Apex]

if only i had waited....... o well

[Firelord]

Have you ever used a D-Sub enabled screen at all?

How sharp is the screen text and dvds etc?

[Russ]

hmmm christmas present

[Apex]

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=55183

[faisal_uk]

Good spec on that AG Neovo above^ and a fair price, but dont really like the styling on it.
At least the prices are coming down, and hopefully in a few months when I get my TFT they will be under £300 for a 19" TFT with DVI.

Does anyone know if this supposed 14% Tax affects all DVI TFTs above 17" or is it just some of them?

[eletero]

Have you ever used a D-Sub enabled screen at all?

How sharp is the screen text and dvds etc?

Well I'm using
http://www.lindy.com/uk/productfolde...7245/index.php

and the text is great, nice and crisp. Dvds look fine. I haven't and won't be able to compare it to a DVI input so I can't give a comparison. I can't see any obvious issues with the connection though.


One thing I have noticed, which may apply to all TFTs, I don't know. On D3D and OpenGL games at low resolution the text is bad, I may need to adjust something but I'm not sure what. Is this to be expected or am I missing something?

[Apex]

Well guys i still not got my tft from digi uk

so i asked for a full refund

i won't be getting a tft after all.

[G4Z]

the reason games look bad at low res is because your running them below the monitors native res. They look crap at below native.