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I'm going to replace my Dell 2001FP with a new widescreen monitor soon, but I'm very unsure about what kind of monitor I should spend my money on.

Just the other day I got a Benq G2400WD, and decided pretty quickly the image quality sucks compared to the 2001FP. It turns out that the 2001FP has an S-IPS panel (which i didn't find out about until recently, because I didn't really know anything about different panels), and the G2400WD has a TN panel. In my eyes everything about this TN panel was just so much worse that I returned it a couple of days after I got it.

So what would I need to feel that I have a monitor that's as good or better than the 2001FP? Is the only option to look for another S-IPS panel? What about all the different MVA/PVA variants? Would I notice a big difference between those and my 2001FP too?

I've been reading up on the different panels and reading reviews and forums and so on, but it all seems to be very subjective. Some people say that S-IPS panels aren't good for gaming, but I never had any problems with that.

My requirements are a 24"-27" (preferable 26" or 27" ) monitor with a native 1920x1200 resolution. I'll be using it for general stuff and some movie-watching and gaming, so I need something that's good for everything. The price isn't all that important. The high-end monitors I've looked at with IPS panels have something called "wide gamut" which people don't like because it makes the colors oversaturated. I'm not sure how big an issue this is for regular computer usage. Any input on this? I've been looking into monitors like the NEC LCD2690WUXi, but I'm too worried about this gamut issue to make a decision.

All suggestions are welcome.

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I have the NEC LCD2690WUXi and I love it. I do not find the wide gamut distracting. Most people are used to the old standard gamut of 72% - 74% color gamut. The 2690WUXi has a 94% color gamut if I remember correctly.

You many also want to consider the Planar PX2611 monitor ($800 - $900) which uses the same H-IPS panel and is also wide gamut. But it lacks many of the other electronic that are basically geared towards the graphics professionals like
Color Comp and 10-bit or 12-bit color Look Up Table that allows the monitor choose from a pallet of over 10 billion colors for better color accuracy for both photo and printed material projects.

The one downside of the Planar PX2611 is color banding issues when playing PS3 or Xbox 360 games @ 1080i/p resolution. There is no such issue when watching Blu-Ray movies or playing PC games.

If you want normal 74% color gamut, then consider the NEC LCD2490WUXi. Essentially the same as the LCD2690WUXi, but many professional users say it's better with "fewer" flaws and "purer whites". If the LCD2690WUXi is considered a great monitor, then they would rate the LCD2490WUXi as simply awesome.

Look into the HP LP2475w as well. It has an H-IPS panel and there's hundreds of posts on it over at hardforum. Mine arrives tomorrow.

It has plenty of inputs as a bonus- 2x DVI-I, HDMI, DisplayPort, component, S-Video, and composite with an S/PDIF passthrough for HDMI audio. All the digital ports have HDCP support as well.

You'll probably want to invest in a calibration kit for your monitor, I'm getting the comparatively cheap Spyder2Express for this purpose.

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