[geeks] 24 inch monitors

[Joshua Boyd]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 06:22:04PM -0500, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> I'm going to get a 24" LCD.
> 
> One problem with my current LCD, a Samsung 204B, is that color is  
> terrible.
> 
> I can't afford an IPS LCD panel, so I'm compromising and getting a  
> nice PVA display, which seems to be a good compromise.
> 
> The only two choices I've seen which look like what I want are:
> 
> NEC 2470WNX: http://tiniuri.com/f/jlc
> 
> ...and the Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP-HC: http://tiniuri.com/f/klc
> 
> If any of you guys have seen them both, opinions appreciated.
> 
> The NEC seems the better deal, since both are right around $700, and  
> NEC makes a lot of their own ASICs and parts for their LCD, which  
> supposedly makes them better.
> 
> I don't really know, and I'm sure either one is fine, I just thought  
> I'd ask here in case anyone had some notes on them.

I don't know what the technology in the panel is, but I rather like the
color on my Samsung 226BW.  It was decent out of box and it improved
when I added a relevent premade color profile for it.  My Samsung easily
matches the MacBook screen and is better than any other LCD I've used
for a decent amount of time.

I've seen a lot of complaints about color fidelity on the Dell 2407
monitors.  I've never been able to compare one sitting next to anything
else.