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I decided to move up to an eIPS display after reading some many great things about the technology. After a direct comparison to my existing TN display, the differences are very noticeable.
Please note that I do say LED display at one point during the video but I meant LCD. This is NOT an LED backlit display. Sorry for any confusion.
Excellent video Chris.
Just ordered mine from Ebuyer in the UK, looks like it will be an asset to my video editing.
Cheers
Andy
Nice. Hopefully companies will transition away from using TNs for budget monitors so often and use e-IPS instead.
Chris,
I generally find your reviews really helpful, but with this one I think you’ve oversimplified. I say that looking at a Dell 2009wa as I write.
First, how valid is a non-calibrated, non-matched comparison? Brighter monitors will almost always appear clearer at an angle, especially on video, just as “brighter” music sounds better to the average listener (something the industry learned long ago). Second, how often does anyone look at a monitor seriously from the angles you’ve shown? Wouldn’t 10-45 degrees been more realistic? That is, positions we move our head naturally side to side and up and down in our chairs, plus a standing position we make take.
Third, your note about the brightness of the Dell needed some follow through with calibration. I’ve got mine at brightness=0, contrast=52, using someone else’s calibration file. In a dark (evening) or a naturally-lit, single window daytime room, I find the whites (web) so bright that looking at the screen is physically uncomfortable. That’s partly because I’m probably 30+ years older than you, but maninly because Dell designed the minimum brightness setting (with default contrast) on this monitor for the standard level of a bright office (120-130 nits). That’s why if you check the reviews, almost all of them talk about setting brightness at 10% to get it down close to 120 nits. Work in a darker room and there’s a mismatch without cranking down the contrast, and even that only goes so far. How much one feels that brightness overload probably depends on age and visual preferences.
So, is this a better monitor than the Samsung? I don’t know the latter, but wouldn’t be surprised if it is better for web surfing and office-like work - as long as one can handle the brightness. For videos as I understand it, the Dell goes uncalibrated, but looks awfully good.
Thanks for adding so great points to the review Roger. You are correct. Had both monitors been calibrated and set to the closest nit brightness the review would have been far more telling. This was definitely a quick and dirty out of the box and on the desk review.
The viewing angles were definitely the extreme and were only shown to demonstrate the difference between the IPS display technology and TN display technology. In everyday use, you will notice a slight difference in viewing angle performance but nothing like what was showing in the review. I regularly notice the difference between the displays when walking into the room as they are at about a 30 degree angle from me at that time.
As a follow-up to the review, I have noticed a few things over the past few months. First, the display gets very hot and gives off a good amount of heat into the room. The 24″ Ultrasharp display I use at work gives off a similar amount of heat. Also, the screen takes a good minute or two before it gets to full brightness. Since I use it side by side with the old Samsung it is pretty noticeable at first. Finally, the screens have now been properly calibrated and the colors on the Dell are far more real and less exaggerated as compared to the Samsung. It almost makes the Dell look dull but it is more accurate.
Thanks again Roger for adding to the review. I have been hearing rumors that Dell is no longer selling this display. If that is the case it is a shame. It was a solid performer at a really good price.
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Heya! Good thought, but will this really function?