Well, as I'm probably expanding this topic to more than intended, I'll try to be 'brief'.
But for those interested, here are my first and totally unstructured impressions, as in whatever popped into my head:
(mind you, I was an LCD virgin(!) until today, so I may have some odd comments)
- when they say the pic gets reflected in the deep bezel, they weren't kidding... annoyed me at first.
My equally deep crt at least doesn't have such a shiny frame.
- it doesn't feel much bigger than my crt, though it is 7cm wider...
- the DVI cable doesn't seem to work with my Nvidia FX5200, keeps nagging about VGA cable missing, all the while my DVI cable is plugged in(at both ends!)
Works fine on my XP machine though, ATI X800GTO.
- on the win98 box, it complained(black screen) about my 100hz refresh, as would be expected.
But 2 minutes later I'd already totally forgotten (beeing used to plug'n'play, CRT style) when connecting my XP one. And amidst testing the picture, I suddenly discovered it was running on 75hz.... weird, I thought, as the correct refresh should be 100hz... THEN it dawned on me, heh 😜
(and, why some people have problems getting 75hz, would then seem a mystery to me)
- only game tried so far was SystemShock2, and didn't notice anything in particular, other than it was darker than on my CRT for some reason.
(the in-game gamma is cranked up)
- the lack of 1:1 pixcel setting, hmm... would be nice to test, but then again, the only resolutions I see myself using would be the 1280x1074 and 1280x960. Any lower and I imagine it would resemble a 15incher (?)
If anyone have a monitor capable of that(1:1), please enlighten me.
(640x480, 1024x768, 800x600, not interpolated, how do that play?)
- I got a 'silent' one, yay ! 😎
Made in China in June, shipped from Germany.
(no apparent humming, only when ear close to back)
- as for colors, uniformity, dead pixcels, brightness and whatnot, don't ask... me clueless atm.
check this tiny thread below for more info:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=5a8 … 48a18&t=1387587
(which I discovered AFTER I had ordered it...)
here is the one I read pre-buy:
http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/review/2009/re … ell-2209wa.html
and with TN panels costing almost the same, I thought why not give it a go, so... 😊
at least it can be no worse than those shitty 19inchers we have at work.