HD1080P Monitors and Games

Looking to buy a HD1080P Monitor for gaming. Was looking into this one from the Newegg site. Its from Asus. Anyone have this?

Im looking forward to buying something by the end of the week. Anyone out there with 1080P monitors that can give me suggestions on ones they own or have seen? thanks!


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051

 

I have that exact same monitor, but not good enough graphics card to actually play games on it. It's very, very crisp, and is great for everything that I do with it. I don't see why you can't get a good gaming experience if you have a strong enough graphics card to do so.

 

Hmm that monitor looks good! I wish i would have seen that before i ordered my 24" samsung today for 100 more. Grr

 

Specs and price seems good.

That monitor is 21.5, yours is 3.5" bigger, I think $100 more (~$300 total) for a $24 is not bad. Trust me, you'll appreciate the size .

 

There is a 23" Version, same exact monitor, for about $50 more.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052

Can anyone give me insight/explain whats best when looking for a monitor like:

Contrast Ratio
Response Time
HDCP Support

Is the number better to have higher or lower? And any other info I should find out, thanks again. Im leaning towards this monitor as we speak. But the Screen size is yet to be determined.

 

The best options for the following

Contrast ratio- higher
Response time- lower
HDCP Support- Not too sure, but here's a link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP

 

2.5" but i get your point

 

I would not pay $100 for 2.5"

Unless the size increase came with another benefit that is needed like a resolution increase.

In the case above your paying for brand really. Samsung are pretty expensive and Asus is ... "sort of" new to the monitor market.

Im the bigger is better guy, I use a 37" monitor, and I am looking into a HD Projector for something like 60" +

Still smaller monitors have a purpose for taking up less space and being cheaper. Also great for multi monitor setups.

 

Personally I wouldn't give a TN panel to anyone, not even my ex wife!!! I tried the 24" Samsung and was very disappointed with the color reproduction and flicker. Luckily fry's had a killer sale on the 24" LG(L246WP-BN for $350AR) and LOVE it, but bigger is better. I love nothing more than laying back in my lounge chair playing WoW on 65"s of love As was said, make sure you have the graphics to back it up though. I run twin 8800GTs on my main rig with the 24" a water cooled GTX280 on the box with the 65" attached, and a 4850 on my other htpc. If you're going to run high res, make sure you have the horsepower to back it up.

 

Im part of the TN panel hate club myself. But most people dont mind them.

It used to be that TN was reserved for smaller monitors. If you got a 24" you knew it was a S-IPS or similar. Recently though TN has invaded the larger size monitors so you have to do your research to know what your getting. Though generally price is the biggest give away.

Id maybe... just maybe be ok with TN panels for my 3 monitor surround setup because I need to buy 3 of them and your going for immersion more than anything so the quality of the 2 side monitors is not as important.

It should be known that TN quality has gone WAY up over the last 2 years though, they danced around the idea its only 6 bit instead of 8 bit with some kind of dithering techniqe that works really well, and they have increased the view angles on many of them.

The Asus monitor is a good example of a good TN panel, also they used to be preferred by competitive gamers to a nicer IPS due to the faster response time, but the tech is far enough along now that any LCD type has good response time as long as its not 3rd world grade D stuff.

 

if you want more size, get a 28" HannsG lcd

 

More questions about WS Monitors.

This one is more expensive, has less resolution,and not 1080P but is $100 more. Why would this be more expensive?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236044

This one is the Full HD 1080P monitor 1920x1080 and is $100 cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236051

The only main difference I really see is that the $299 has only a .5 inch bigger screen. Is there something I am not getting? Im still new to the external WS monitors. So any more info on this would greately be appreciated, thanks!

EDIT: They are both ASUS monitors with minimal differences. Is it that the 2nd one is a newer one due to the more features? Thanks again.

 

Maybe old stock/ad that newegg never got around to revise the price or somethig. There is no reason why that 22 should be $100 more. Both are TN panels with similar specs.

 

What kind of panels do laptops have? I'd imagine that they use TN panels, but you never know.

 

Yes they are all TNs (including _macbooks). But I think _HP or IBM once had a VA or IPS panel in one of their notebooks, can't remember which.