Please advise: New monitor required!

[Joshimodo]

Hey everyone. As you can tell, I'm new here.


I need your advice on buying a new monitor.

Until recently, I've been using a Samsung SyncMaster P2250, which unexpectedly broke for seemingly no reason. Ergo, I need a replacement monitor.

My main issues are budget and requirements - I use my PC for both design work and gaming, so I need a good balance between visual accuracy (colour reproduction and suitable contrast) and fluidity/clarity, and lack of ghosting. 22-24" is my size range. DVI-D and/or HDMI is a must.

I'd looked into IPS monitors, but most responses questioned their response time and input lag for gaming.

Additionally, my budget is strained at the moment - I can only realistically afford about £130.


So, is anyone able to suggest potential candidates? Any help would be much appreciated.


Cheers in advance!

 

[hang-the-9]

Try this guy http://www.testfreaks.com/monitors/lg-ips226v/

I have an IPS monitor with about a 12ms responce time and never found it an issue with games. In fact when I first started using it after using a cheap TN monitor, it felt like I was playing new games the quality was so good.

 

[Joshimodo]

Ok, so, after some sleuthing and suggestions, I've narrowed it down to one of these 3:


http://www.ebuyer.com/255833-lg-ips236v-pn-ips-23-lcd-led-hdmi-monitor-ips236v-pn

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/10106858/art/asus/ml228h-21-5-full-hd-led-s.html?srcid=7226&Partenaire=pricerunner&CodePromo=oui#pix-review

http://www.ebuyer.com/278375-asus-vh228h-lcd-led-21-5-hdmi-monitor-vh228h


Anyone have any idea which one would be most suitable and best value for money? Cheers!

 

[hang-the-9]

The LG is the only IPS screen, although I'm sure it's not the best quality one. The one I have is about a $600 screen in 21.5" size, I'm sure there is a pretty big difference there between that and this LG. But it should be better in color and view angle than the ASUS monitors.