Finally im going to buy an LCD, but I need to know, whats the best 24" lcd ever created for gaming according to pro techs reviews. Money is not an issue.

I'm in the same boat as you, Rick. I think it depends upon your time frame. I plan on waiting a couple months for Dell's new 2408wfp. Possibly even rev. A01 if there are bugs in the initial release.

I'm really curious to see if display port has any benefits, such as reduced image lag.

Trinitron Artisan?
You can also try seimens' Medical grade LCDs.
I like sun.
Didn't THG do an article about this a while ago? The thing cost like 20 grand...

You statement is meanless. Medical grade LCDs are expensive because they fit a niche market that demands image precision and color accuracy. Just because "low end" medical grade LCDs start at around $6,000 and can cost up to $30,0000 does not automatically mean they will have reduced image lag. On the contrary, they typically display static images so lag and response times are not even important for these types of LCD monitors.

http://www.ampronix.com/content/we [...] _specs.asp
8ms.
Medical Grade 1337ness.

you are the lullz.

If money is not an issue then thats the breadwinner right there. But it's not cheap, but you'll get your moneys worth. I personally went with a Westy L2140NM. I'm on a budget but PC wise it's excellent for my games. I don't have any new generation consoles so I can't really say too much on the other inputs. I do have a PS2 and XBOX hooked up. Looks sharper in the flat tube TV, but I kind of expected it to look a little distorted/choppy. The PS2 through composite is quite bad though. But I believe its just the whole LCD monitor vs TV deal with aspect ratios and resolutions etc.

To the OP:

Basically you'll get various opinions. Some say that the Dell 2407W-HC is a great gaming monitor, but other complain about inverse color ghosting images which is even worse than "normal ghosting". Basically what that means is black will appear as white, blue will appear as red, etc., for the ghost image.

People seem to like the Benq FP241W especially with all the video input options. I know of no major issues off the top of my head. This was one monitors I was considering before purchasing the NEC LCD2690WUXi.

Another monitor you may want to consider is the BenQ FP241VW. It uses a different panel than the FP241W (A-MVA) which is capable of BFI (Black Frame Insertion) that is supposed to imitate the "look and feel" of a CRT monitor by inserting black frames to improve image quality. This was done with the FP241WZ monitor, but the WZ model has been discontinued by BenQ. Apparently BFI tech didn't improve image quality across the board; in some case image quality looked better with BFI turned off, and in other case image quality did seem to improve when using one oout of the four settings. The FP241VW does not implement BFI to the best of my knowledge.

If i was in the market for a 24" LCD monitor right now, I would most likely purchase the NEC LCD2490WUXi for around $1100 - $1200. It uses a H-IPS panel which is designed for color accuracy and wide angle viewing. it isn't specifically geared towards gamers though. However, for an additional $100 - $200 I could just pick up another NEC LCD2690WUXi; again not specifically designed for gaming, but it can handle games pretty well.

I'm in the market for a 24" monitor. I read all these posts about IPS/ S-PVA/TN panels and I understand that IPS is supposedly the best while PVA if good and pretty much avoid the TN's. I would like to get a monitor with a pva panel in it but I can never find out what monitor has what. I don't have an unlimited budget, basically under 500 which limits me to mostly tn panels. So here are my questions

1st How can I tell what type of panel a monitor has?

2nd What is the least expensive pva monitor out there?

3rd If I have to go with a tn panel for monetary issues which one should I get?

You won't find anything but a TN for $500, but for $550 you can get PVA

The easiest way to figure out the type of panel is to look at the viewing angles; 170 and below is TN, 176 is PVA, 178 is IPS. This holds true 99% of the time. I've seen TN panels listed with 176 degree viewing angles which is an out right lie, however these are also always listed with 2ms response times which tells you it is TN.

PVA and IPS panels won't list response times lower than 5ms. Some TN panels are 5ms but they will list their viewing angle as 170 or less.

Remember that a TN's response time of 2ms only holds true gray to gray, for black to white they are about the same as PVA and IPS.

I have a sheet of paper with a 0ms gray to gray response time.

Go here check out this link it is one of the best gaming 24" out there. I just got mine yesterday.
http://www.gateway.com/retail/fhd2400.php

You should probably have mentioned this is a TN panel.

Well I ended up getting this one
http://www.officemax.com/omax/cata [...] 46744427-2
It was on sale for 279.99 in store, the specs suggest TN but my eyes say PVA, over all I'm real happy with it.

No worries, most people will be happy with TN. That's why the industry is switching to it. There's no point in charging everyone for something only a few people notice.

The disturbing thing is that the big manufacturers are replacing their VA panels with TN and yet charging the same amount. It's also annoying to see a lot of good industrial design going into the TN panels and nada into the VA and IPS panels.

There are a couple MVA panels on the market right now for under 400

2 notables are the westinghouse 24 inch inch best buy has this for 350 right now.

and the LG L245WP-BN Black 24" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ USB 2.0 and HDCP support 500 cd/m2 1000:1 -

circuit city had this on sale they had 3 of them left in the back room that werent on display for 305.

from the brief time i looked at both monitors color quality seemed to be much better on the westinghouse. The LG seemed dull and washed out to me while the westinghouse looked much better. Granted neither of these monitors are perfect but you cant expect as much from a 24 inch lcd in this price range.

I am ordering the westinghouse tonight. Hopefully it ends up being a suitable gaming monitor. I decided to pass on the LG as the colors seemed too drab and lifeless and I couldnt seem to get a good color and brightness mix while messing around with the monitor in the store. Ive heard the Westinghouse does exhibit some buzzing on lower brightness settings but I didnt experience this while I was viewing it.

I almost got the westinghouse but I didn't want to shut the monitor of ever time I left the room. It has no DVI just HDMI and VGA, so if you use a DVI to HDMI cable, the monitor never sleeps, just goes to blue screen when the PC goes to sleep.