Best 24" Gaming Monitor

[Reno]

Looking for a 24 inch monitor for gaming. The Samsung 245BW looks pretty decent. Anyone have this? Any other recommendations? What's the most important thing I should be looking for in the way of specs? Is a fast response time indicative of less ghosting? I heard Dell makes a pretty good one but they've given me some pretty poor customer service in the past and I'd rather not deal with them again if I can help it. Thanks in advance.

[-Pv-]

I've not seen any ghosting effects with the 3ms monitors. Samsung seems to be good bang for the buck in monitors although they don't do so good with hard drives.
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[tjlegault]

Hi Reno
I certainly can’t say it’s the "best", but I am using a Gateway FPD2485W TFT LCD.
Its native res is 1920x1200 and I am very pleased with its performance.
I play IL2 Sturmovik 1946, MOH Airborne, COD 4, and Red Orchestra Loc on Modern air combat. All play very well.
It has a fast response time but I can’t remember what it is although I was aware of what it was when I bought it as it was of importance to me.
Hope this is helpful to you.
TJL

[Torplexed]

There's a monitor discussion going on in General Topics right now as well. No 24-inchers yet, but Samsung is getting quite a few mentions.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125570

[Torps]

:up: Looking for a 24 inch monitor for gaming. The Samsung 245BW looks pretty decent. Anyone have this? Any other recommendations? What's the most important thing I should be looking for in the way of specs? Is a fast response time indicative of less ghosting? I heard Dell makes a pretty good one but they've given me some pretty poor customer service in the past and I'd rather not deal with them again if I can help it. Thanks in advance.

The samsung is one of the best, I have a Benq 22in WS, its nice I just do not like the little dark grey area at the top and the bottom of the screen. My folks got a 24in Samsung after I talked them into it, they love that darn thing.

[Elder-Pirate]

AAAGGHH what a price. :damn:

Walmart:http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5969116

TigerDirect: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3106999&sku=S203-2410 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3106999&sku=S203-2410) Best buy of the two, but still??

Guess I'll be sticking with my 17" CRT awhile longer. :damn:

Maybe if I find a rich widow and trip her. :arrgh!: :rotfl:

[Reno]

Thanks for the replies. Best price found so far is at Circuit City for $329.99 after rebates but one of the rebates was only on for two days and expires today. I think I'll take the plunge if they still have them available. Local store's not open yet.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/ExpandedModule.do?oid=185618&callingModule=9#custRatings

[FIREWALL]

mine no caps


Tiger Direct

[JALU3]

Why bother with a 24 inch monitor . . . when you can upgrade to a 40 inch plasma TV?:up:

That's what I did . . . and now I can't get my wife off the computer because of it :damn:

[Doolittle81]

I'm very happy with my Samsung 244T.

Here is someone's explanation of the difference between the 244T and 245BW:


"As far as I can recall, all samsung BW models are TN film panels. TN films have a notoriously horrible vertical viewing angle, and are 6 bit with dithering giving you 16.2m colors. The benefits are cheap production price and fast response times. The T models are S-PVA true 8 bit panels giving you the full 16.7m colors but are a bit more expensive. Response times are higher but honestly not very noticible. For more info go google TN, S-IPS, and S-PVA."