Hi All,

I am going to be building a new computer very soon. I am planning on buying at least a 24" monitor to go along with it and will use it primarily to play games(RPG and FPS) and watch movies. I am willing to spend a little more, if necessary, to purchase a good quality, Non-TN, monitor.

Some models I have been considering are:

1. Gateway FPD2485W 24" Widescreen High-Definition LCD Flat-Panel Display

2. Dell UltraSharp 2707WFP 27-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD

3. LG L246WP-BN

Are these good? Or do you have recommendations for any others?

Thank you

Allan

Put the 26" Planar PX2611W on your list. I like it for games because it's slightly larger than 24" (so it feels huge) and has a 1920x1200 native res (so it won't slow your video card down like a 30" ). It's an IPS panel so it has great colors, but it's not so great in very dark conditions (blacks are more like very dark grays). Also it has the lowest lag of any 24" and above panel I've seen.

I've heard the LG panel is good but has a bad OSD.

I got the NEC LCD2690WUXi which is similar to the Planar PX2611W, but it has more built-in electronics to control color accuracy and color tone. I use the same H-IPS panel made by LG/Philips who seems to be the only company producing IPS panels.

If you plan on hooking up a gaming console to play games at 1080i, then consider the NEC I just mentioned because many user reviews have mentioned that there are banding issues with the Planar PX2611W.

No, I don't play console games.