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The Dell UltraSharp U3011 LED Monitor is the most feature rich and flexible 30-inch panel there is right now on the market. Everything you would expect to see in a 30-inch monitor is present and accounted for in the U3011, plus a whole bunch extra. Most notably, the U3011 has more connections than a fast-talking Hollywood agent.
It's factory tuned for out-of-the-box performance and compatible with 100 percent sRGB and 99 percent AdobeRGB standards for pinpoint color accuracy. With 30 inches of screen real estate, the U3011 is both big and heavy. It tips the scales at nearly 34 pounds and takes up 22.5 inches (H) by 27.34 inches (W) by 8.32 inches (D) of real estate when the stand is fully extended. At its lowest point, the monitor stands 18.95 inches tall. The panel itself measures 17.85 inches (H) by 27.34 inches (W) by 3.27 inches (D) and can be removed from the base.
Despite the 7ms rating on the U3011, it's a darn good panel for gaming. In our testing, the U3011 didn't succumb to obvious ghosting, streaking, or other unwanted anomalies that affect lower quality displays. If you have the horsepower, gaming on a 30-inch monitor with a 2560x1600 resolution and all the eye candy maxed out is an awesome experience.
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Price $1,122.12
While the ViewSonic V3D231 may not be the smallest or thinnest monitor we have seen recently, this 23” display does have a surprisingly small footprint. Otherwise, it retains all of the nondescript qualities we like in gaming monitors. It was also good to see a somewhat generous list of input options on this TN monitor. You may not get a DisplayPort, but you do get HDMI 1.4, analog VGA, and DVI which is a step up from some other sets on the market. This is in addition to the 3.5mm stereo-in port for the built-in SRS Premium speakers and a 3.5mm stereo-out port for headphones.
The software that accompanies the V3D231 consists of the TriDef package. This is where the magic happens. The TriDef suite is responsible for converting 2D images to 3D as well as interpreting 3D content in a manner that can be displayed on a passive 3D monitor.
Although the ViewSonic V3D231 has an impressive color gamut, it doesn’t have what we would consider an impressive default color profile. The colors are close to being accurate, but the forwardness of the red and blue defaults combined with a slightly weak green default hinder this monitor slightly. The result is a color profile which is close to excellent but not perfect. Thankfully, setting this right is nothing more than a quick and easy fix away. The default colors can make for a very odd color palette that will need to be corrected ASAP, but thanks in no small part to actual physical buttons and a decent onscreen display, manually tweaking the ViewSonic V3D231 to a semblance of correctness is a relatively quick and painless procedure. In grand total it took us approximately 12 minutes to get the colors close, with an additional 10 minutes to dial them in as close to perfection as we could. It was then a relatively simple procedure to adjust the gamma via Windows’ built-in mode. In grand total it took us less than half an hour to get what was a fairly poor color profile to one that would be acceptable to all but the most finicky of users.
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Price $264.99
The all new TN-based Dell P2412H on the other hand has been designed from the ground up to give business users exactly what they want without any budget busting extraneous gimmicks or gadgets.
Thanks to its LED backlighting, the P2412’s maximum power draw is downright miniscule. This really is the first combination TN/LED monitor to impress us both in its efficiency and overall picture quality. It is noteworthy that while the maximum power consumption varies greatly from that of the U2412, both of these monitors consume basically the same amount of power when calibrated to reasonable levels. We have to wonder how much they share internally as well as externally.
Overall, the 5ms response time is not an issue when it comes to movies, and we could honestly not tell the difference between the P2412’s results and that of a 2ms TN panel in all but the fastest action sequences. You would have to be pretty darn obsessive to notice any difference. The fact of the matter that is movies are filmed at 24 (42ms) to 60 frames per second (17ms), so having a response time often in excess of three times faster than this makes for generally good performance. The P2412 would not be our first choice for fast action sports—hockey, for example —but outside of this niche it is an excellent option for watching videos.
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Price $224.99
As the '27' and 'G' in the name suggests, the ASUS VG278H is a 27 inch gaming monitor. It includes a pair of 3D Vision 2 glasses and is capable of handling demanding 3D applications. The ASUS VG278H LED monitor should also excel in 2D workloads by virtue of a native 120Hz refresh rate. To give you some perspective of where this stands, many 27 inch 3D monitors sell for similar prices without glasses or emitter.
Like it or not, 3D is here to stay until Hollywood says otherwise and in the HDTV realm a least, that means years of image quality sacrifices are ahead of us. On the PC monitor front, the quality of stereoscopic 3D panels seems to be gradually improving as NVIDIA gradually asserts their control over the specifications attached to their monitor partners’ products. For the time being - or at least until AMD gets over their failed 'open platform' bender - 3D Vision 2 is the way to go for anyone considering in-game stereoscopic 3D and the ASUS VG278H is one of the best monitors available if you want support for NVIDIA’s technology.
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Price $655.99
In some cases, making a decision on a brand of component to go with is rather difficult. With ASUS being a major well respected company when it comes to enthusiast-class gaming, and offering a 120hz 3D Vision ready LCD the decision was simple. The ASUS VG236HE is a 23" 1080p 120hz 3D Vision ready LCD monitor at a great price.
The ASUS VG236HE is a 120Hz LCD monitor that is required for flicker-free stereoscopic 3D gaming. In combination with the 3D Vision kit, this gives 60Hz per eye when in 3D mode. On paper this appears to be an excellent monitor, and in many ways is just that. The color accuracy once calibrated is quite good for a TN panel, and did better than expected placed next to an Apple Cinema Display in this regard. Before calibration however there were some large variances due to the VG236HE being a high-brightness display designed for 3D gaming. The added brightness is greatly appreciated when in 3D mode however, as the 3D Vision active shutter glasses block some of the light. Add to all of that the assortment of input’s, both digital and analog and it just gets even better.
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ASUS VG236HE 23" LCD Monitor
Price $342.99
The Asus PA238Q is a 23 inch IPS screen, a new addition to the Pro Art Series. It is an LED backlit design with a native 1920×1080 resolution. Asus claim that is reproduces 100% of the sRGB colour space and every monitor is calibrated in the factory for accuracy ‘out of the box’. Asus also ship the monitor with ‘QuickFit Virtual Scale software’ to display photographs and documents at their true size. It is also supplied with a heavy duty stand, which rotates to allow for portrait mode display. It includes HDMI, Display Port, DVI-D and VGA output, with a USB hub built into the chassis. Overall IPS image quality is class leading for price.
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The U2410 has become the darling of the 24” market. As with any model in their UltraSharp line, it caters to the professional market and more discerning home users while being priced accordingly high. Yet the high price brings with it a wealth of connectivity options, a claimed colour gamut of 110%, preset Adobe RGB and sRGB settings factory calibrated defaults and much more.
This monitor’s warranty is also top of the line with a zero dead / bright pixel guarantee, advanced RMA service and a full three years of coverage. Dell’s much maligned customer support also takes a back seat since the UltraSharps have their own dedicated support line.
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Price $506.25
The Asus ProArt PA246Q is a hell of a screen on paper. It boasts a 10 bit P-IPS panel with 98% coverage of the Adobe colour space (100% RGB coverage and 102% NTSC coverage), an adjustable stand, six way colour adjustment via R,G,B and C,M,Y and a plethora of connections. Additionally, they have incorporated a 12 bit look up table to enhance the overall image quality, specifically for colour purists.
There are certainly no shortage of 24 inch screens, but there are only a handful which I would be willing to use 24/7 with my own design oriented system… the Asus ProArt Series PA246Q is one of them. The quality of the screen is really without question, scoring well with colour accuracy and saturation, black definition and white purity.
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Price $488.00
  | Here's a great deal on this highly rated 26-inch LCD monitor, which offers impressive DVD and gaming performance. Westinghouse 26" LCD monitor L2610NW delivers beyond 1080p quality with 1920 x 1200 resolution and a dynamic contrast of 3000:1. With a 2ms response time, this monitor is a perfect fit for gaming, watching TV and DVD and surfing the Internet. This sleek LCD monitor features an impeccable industrial design accentuated with a piano black bezel.
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Features and Tech Specs:
Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1200
Color Black Cabinet
Screen Size 26"
Dimensions 20" Height x 23.9" Width x 8.3" Depth - With Base
Widescreen Yes
Brightness 350 Nit
Ports 1 x HDMI-HDCP Digital Audio/Video, 1 x 15-pin HD-15 VGA, 1 x Audio Line In
Green Compliance Yes
Pixel Pitch 0.287mm
Green Compliance Certificate/Authority Energy Star
Input Signal Analog, Digital
HDCP Support Yes
Aspect Ratio 16:10
Horizontal Viewing Angle 170
Vertical Viewing Angle 160
L2610NW 26 Widescreen LCD Monitor
Original Price $699.99
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Although TN matrices are an attribute of budget monitor models, they have not just penetrated the relatively expensive 24-inch monitor segment, but they tend to be a leader there already, at least judging y the number of new models announced lately. But is it necessarily a bad thing? Not very advanced characteristics of TN matrices are well compensated by their low price. Today we are going to talk about 6 monitors on such matrix from Acer, Dell, NEC and Samsung. Read more...
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Acer 24 LCD Monitor - 1000:1, 1920X1200, 5ms, DVI - Silver
SyncMaster 24 LCD Monitor - Black
Viewsonic X Series VX2435WM 24 LCD Monitor - 1000:1, 8ms, 1920x1200 - Silver/Black
The Samsung 245T features impressive specifications and a Samsung-made panel. There are many people that seem to think 24" LCDs are "too large", but after purchasing a 2405FPW three years ago I have never regretted the decision.
Samsung advertises a 5 ms gray-to-gray (GTG) response time, although it's not entirely clear whether that figure is with MPA enabled or disabled. We tested response times and configurations, and we would be hard-pressed to tell the difference. In our best-case images, the 245T does appear to have slightly better response times than other 24" LCDs that we've reviewed, but the actual difference is probably less than a couple milliseconds.
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