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Among those of us looking at good 22-inch (admittedly, all TN) LCD monitors lately, the Samsung 2232BW has been high on many a list. But how, in your opinion and experience, does it stack up (particularly with regard to image quality--color, sharpness, depth, detail, and clarity) compared with two of LG's newest entries, the L227WTG-PF and the W2252TQ-TF?
What about their respective strengths and weaknesses overall, including reliability? Which one(s) would you recommend for (1) movies and video, (2) viewing and working with photographs, (3) gaming, and (4) overall Internet surfing?
In terms of gaming, both LG monitors offer a 4:3 "reverse letterboxing" setting, a wonderful option for those of us who enjoy older games and prefer them unstretched.
Except for their digital contrast ratios, admittedly a debatable measure, the three monitors' overall specifications are substantially identical. The Samsung and the LG W2252TQ-TF have matte (non-glossy) screens, while the L227WTG-PF is glossy (albeit not quite as glossy as HP's, Gateway's, or the old Sony LCDs).
It seems to me that while the Samsung's color saturation is very good, both LG monitors seem brighter and are in many cases better in terms of sharpness, depth, and clarity. In particular, among images seen on Best Buy's standard in-store monitor demonstration images, foreground objects all but pop out at the viewer on the LG L227WTG-PF. Both LGs also seem to render subtle details better, with about 70 percent of the image elements I compared in depth, most notably the folds on the water-skiier's red trunks, the river and sagebrush along it in the desert scene, and the details on the large thistle. With about 30 percent of the images compared, the Samsung seemed to have an edge in detail, especially with such images as the lighter-colored flamingo's feathers and the subtle details in the large wave behind the water-skiier. The Samsung seem to show reds better; both LGs seem to show blues and greens better. I am basing this on side-by-side in-store comparisons at several Best Buy stores in my area. How much of this might be due to the LGs' 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio compared with the Samsung's 3,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio? What about other factors?
One Best Buy sales manager who said he was knowledgeable about monitors told me that he considered the Samsung better overall than either LG monitor, stating that the Samsung had a superior image engine.
All three appear to be excellent choices. But how would you rank them? And if you could choose only one of these three, which one would it be and why? And among those you select as second and third choices, how might one best tinker with their settings to at least approach the quality of your first choice?
Thanks for all your time, thought, and help on this. My old monitor, a 17" Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200GS, has been wonderful since the day I bought it, back in 1998, but has started to show its age. I hope my next monitor choice will prove just as strong.
goldengruntz
HP 763n, Pentium 4 (2.53 GHz), 80-GB hard drive, 512 MB RAM, nVidia GEForce4 MX420 graphics card (64-MB)--planning to beef up RAM to 2 GB and video card to higher level later this year (I much prefer Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2, to Vista!)
Peripherals also include 2.1 Altec Lansing speakers, Epson printer, and HP flatbed scanner
What about their respective strengths and weaknesses overall, including reliability? Which one(s) would you recommend for (1) movies and video, (2) viewing and working with photographs, (3) gaming, and (4) overall Internet surfing?
In terms of gaming, both LG monitors offer a 4:3 "reverse letterboxing" setting, a wonderful option for those of us who enjoy older games and prefer them unstretched.
Except for their digital contrast ratios, admittedly a debatable measure, the three monitors' overall specifications are substantially identical. The Samsung and the LG W2252TQ-TF have matte (non-glossy) screens, while the L227WTG-PF is glossy (albeit not quite as glossy as HP's, Gateway's, or the old Sony LCDs).
It seems to me that while the Samsung's color saturation is very good, both LG monitors seem brighter and are in many cases better in terms of sharpness, depth, and clarity. In particular, among images seen on Best Buy's standard in-store monitor demonstration images, foreground objects all but pop out at the viewer on the LG L227WTG-PF. Both LGs also seem to render subtle details better, with about 70 percent of the image elements I compared in depth, most notably the folds on the water-skiier's red trunks, the river and sagebrush along it in the desert scene, and the details on the large thistle. With about 30 percent of the images compared, the Samsung seemed to have an edge in detail, especially with such images as the lighter-colored flamingo's feathers and the subtle details in the large wave behind the water-skiier. The Samsung seem to show reds better; both LGs seem to show blues and greens better. I am basing this on side-by-side in-store comparisons at several Best Buy stores in my area. How much of this might be due to the LGs' 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio compared with the Samsung's 3,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio? What about other factors?
One Best Buy sales manager who said he was knowledgeable about monitors told me that he considered the Samsung better overall than either LG monitor, stating that the Samsung had a superior image engine.
All three appear to be excellent choices. But how would you rank them? And if you could choose only one of these three, which one would it be and why? And among those you select as second and third choices, how might one best tinker with their settings to at least approach the quality of your first choice?
Thanks for all your time, thought, and help on this. My old monitor, a 17" Sony Trinitron Multiscan 200GS, has been wonderful since the day I bought it, back in 1998, but has started to show its age. I hope my next monitor choice will prove just as strong.
goldengruntz
HP 763n, Pentium 4 (2.53 GHz), 80-GB hard drive, 512 MB RAM, nVidia GEForce4 MX420 graphics card (64-MB)--planning to beef up RAM to 2 GB and video card to higher level later this year (I much prefer Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2, to Vista!)
Peripherals also include 2.1 Altec Lansing speakers, Epson printer, and HP flatbed scanner
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