Does anyone have a good source of information/reviews for this monitor. I've searched all over google and found tid-bit articles but nothing as comprehensive as the monitor reviews found here at toms.

I'm a complete multimedia/gamer whore so as u'd guess finding the top notch TFT is a must! But hell I'd be damed for buying a new TFT before doing one's homework.

If anyone has been brave enough to purchase one already whats it like?

Thks!
z3ph.

I bought one from newegg after reading the reviews I referenced and talking to hyundai ImageQuest technicians. Still bought it sight unseen which is a gamble but thye specs looked good and Hyundai gave me a good vibe. Not technical I know but its the truth. Also knowing that the panel was from Samsung - a leader in advances in a-siTFT and future OLED tech I figured it was money well spent.
Oh yeah, the money. Seemed to me to be the most feature filled 19" for the money and I have been looking for some time. The 8ms RT was good news even though it was r/f and not grey to grey.
OK my impressions:
Asthetics:
+ good looking - nice design
+ well made - fit and finish is very good
+ Bezel is very thin - as thin as what viewsonic calls Ultra thin

Ergonomics:
+ adjustable height is great - about 6" of vert motion
- No Swivel - would be nice
+ Pivot works well - smooth motion
+/- wiring may need to be asjusted when pivoting
+/- controls are small and labels are smaller - this could have been better
+ Menues are simple and easy to navigate

Normal Operation:
+ Very Bright - default settings work fine for me
+ Excellent contrast - blacks are best I've experienced in a 19"
+ Pivot mode is great for working with documents or web surfing : My video adapter is NVIDIA GeforceFX 6800 Ultra - NVidea Rotation funtion works great
- There is a slight off center brightness gradient (mentioned in newegg reviews)that you have to look hard to find. It didn't hinder my use and enjoyment

Gaming:
+ Gaming/adapter artifacts - AA - dithering- Kern - Pixel Shadowing all render excelletly on this panel
+ Played Doom3, HL2, UT2000, QuakeIII Arena,Everquest, W0W all with no ghosting I could see

I'm still playng with it but so far I'm glad I made the purchase.


If you don't know where your going any road will take you there....

I noticed also the L90 has a noticably LOWER view angle. does it affect anything much?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Hitman84 on 01/30/05 09:14 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

8ms response time makes it really appealing. 19" basically tells me to buy or die

I haven't experimented with that to any degree. I do my viewing at around 18" from the panel. SO all my comments are based on that give or take a couple of inches I guess.

FYI:
Just wanted to relay info that I sent to others in a private post:
Did some testing in portrait mode this morning and:
> single person use is fine with a slight but noticable graduation in brightness from left to right.
> There is a degradation in viewing as you move your view from side to side. It is most sever and occurs at lower viewing angles moving to the left of center (which would be the bottom of the screen in normal or landscape view)
> therefore sharing the view in the portrait mode with other is impacted and may not be so good.
> I have been using this mode all morning to work on word docs, pdfs, emails and web surfing, all have work great with just me viewing the screen.

One other piece of info that I just played with:
Gaming in this mode isn't recommended.
Tried Doom3 Demo - that game is very dark in the first place but in this mode it is almost a void, if you know what I mean. That plus the game will not auto adjust to the new format for it resides in the upper half of the screen. Coupled with the brightness gradient I mentioned above it isn't recommended. (I don't know who would want to play in this mode anyway)

If you don't know where your going any road will take you there....

Interseting since I got a different response for the ImageQuest techs Here's the thread:
Maybe you should contact Viewsonic as well?

Susan Yuen wrote:


>>Hi Gary,
>>Our L90D+ model does have a 8ms response time, you made a good buy!
>>Enjoy your monitor.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>------------------------------------------
>>Susan Yuen
>>Operations
>>Hyundai ImageQuest America
>>PH 408-232-8650/ Fax: 408-232-8146
>>-------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Gary [mailtoalmerg
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:17 AM
>>To: syuen@hyundaiqa.com
>>Subject: ImageQuest L90D+
>>
>>
>>Hello,
>>*** Please note that I also sent the following message to
>>jklee@hyundaiqa.com.***
>>I just purchased the L90D+ from www.newegg.com based on the
>>specifications they posted and one very positive review at
>>www.d-silence.com. I am an avid PC Gamer and the contrast/brightness
>>numbers coupled with an amazing 8ms Response Time (listed on Newegg.com)
>>lead me to believe this monitor was what I have been looking for for
>>some time.
>>My question is can you verify the Response Time of 8ms? I looked over
>>the detailed specifications on your website for the L90D+ but no values
>>for response time were listed. I need to know if newegg.com reported
>>this correctly and if not what I can expect the actual response time to be.
>>


If you don't know where your going any road will take you there.... <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by palmerg on 01/31/05 12:19 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

"Maybe you should contact Viewsonic as well?"

well what stopped me from doing that is the fact that newegg and the viewsonic site both have the response time in their specs sheet and the imagequest didnt, it's simply stated in the item name.

SOunds like your mind is made up. I would go with it. You proabably won't be disappointed and you can get on with gaming that much sooner. Besides it seems like Hyundai needs to get their act together. If I find that its been using faulty advertising I stil have the Hyundai box and I may just send it back and buy that Viewsonic right behind you.


If you don't know where your going any road will take you there....

Here is what I just got from Susan Yuen at Hyundai Image Quest. I have sent a message to the email she suggested and haven't recieved a reply yet. It specifically askes for the details about pixel response we will need to make a real assessment.

Dear Gary,

Our L90D+ model has 8ms response time.
For any future product questions, please contact me directly
or our QA dept in Korea (minkb@hyundaiq.com).

(Andy @ AVC Tech, please be informed that L90D+ model has 8ms response time.
This is different from L90D model which we have been carrying.
L90D+ just came out in US recently so please be informed of this
information.)

Thank you,

------------------------------------------
Susan Yuen
Operations
Hyundai ImageQuest America
PH 408-232-8650/ Fax: 408-232-8146
-------------------------------------------

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary [mailtoalmerg]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:36 AM
To: syuen@hyundaiqa.com; service@hyundaimonitor.com
Subject: Response Time Discrepancy for L90D+

Hi,
I am a member of Tom's hardware forum which has recently been discussion
the Pro's and Con's of the L90D+.
Recent posts have uncovered a problem with Hyundau reporting different
figures for pixel response
- Susan reported 8ms to me
- Andy Chia reported 19ms to another person on the forum

Which is it? Please give any detail that will help iron this dilemma out.

If you don't know where your going any road will take you there.... <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by palmerg on 01/31/05 01:20 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I suddenly got the urge to send an email to all of them with the same question. Wondering just how many responses I would get. rofl

...
I also notice that newegg has just raised the shipping to $12 for the imagequest. must have been a week promotion or something.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Hitman84 on 01/31/05 01:45 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

I DOUBT it will affect my decision but...
I mean for a 19" its only 2 more then shipping the 17" viewsonic. For me deciding on equip by shipping price is....foolish? I have odd oppinions on things but *shrug* as of right now Im probably going to get the imagequest. I doubt Ill use it in portrait mode so Im not worried about those issues

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Hitman84 on 01/31/05 02:08 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

lol. Maybe they just trying to keep us happy

Found a panel at the Samsung site <A HREF="http://www.samsung.com/Products/TFTLCD/Monitors_n_Industrial/LTM190EX/LTM190EX.htm" target="_new">http://www.samsung.com/Products/TFTLCD/Monitors_n_Industrial/LTM190EX/LTM190EX.htm</A>
that seems more in line with what is in the L90D+, however some of the specs are still off a bit.
I'm gonna quit looking and let Samsung /Hyundai do some work.
See ya later.
I still really like my ImageQuest A LOT! Somebody in either of thse companies must know whats going on.


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by palmerg on 02/01/05 11:35 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

Good Luck! If your experience is near as good as mine I am happy for you. Well worth the price for sure.
Please let me and all hear what you think after you tinker a bit.

little something I found for those that are interested.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/534/page4.html

Have my alienware in fedex's hands. lookin at a delivery date of sat at the latest. Monitor should arrive tomorrow. IN case you were wondering the PC will have a 6800 ultra XD

well, after useing the monitor with my new PC and playing tribes for over an hour and hopping on WoW I've come to the conclusion it's one hell of a monitor. no dead pixels and any worries I've had have been nullified.

I'm on Silvermoon.
Whats great about WoW is you can solo and get something done and feal some sort of accomplishment. but you can also group and do alot. Really awesome game.

I only now tried this since you asked. In EQ changing the in-game resolution simply results in the resize of the in-game window to fit what you chose. The graphic quality remains the same on a very cluttered canvas.
I changed the resolution on the graphics adapter in XP and the quality of the image degraded substantially from the native 1.25:1 AR.
In Doom3 at lowered resolutions the amount of scene real estate you saw in front of you changed (got less with lowered resolution) but the image quality remained very good.
Oh and neither the two games or my video adapter offered 1280x960 (1.33:1) as an option for me to try but if it did I am pretty sure that I would have gotten black bars on top and bottom of the monitor. SO if you play games that give you this option you may see the bars as a consequence on the L90D+.

Just my opinion, but 4:3 or 1.33:1 being 1960's NTSC TV ratio I don't think it will be standard for very long. 5:4 or 1.25:1 is an artifact of some LCDs especially in 17 and 19 inch varieties. The 20+ variety of LDC all have 1600x1200 at min which gets you the 1.33:1 again as the native mode as you probably already know.

So are you guys still happy with this monitor? I'm thinking of getting one, mainly to play everquest and EQ2 with some other less demanding games thrown in occasionally. This will be my frist foray into the lcd world and I'm anxious about it. Ghosting of course is my main concern. Too bad stores rarely have much in the way of selection to actually look at. Anyway, would you buy it again if you had it to do over?

Thanks much!
Kel

so how does the Samsung 915n compare to the L90D+ monitor?

Well I took the plunge today. Found the L90d+ back in stock at chiefvalue for $379, free shipping It should be here Friday so I'll post about it after I break it in over the weekend. Thanks for the reply!

Kel

It got here a day early! I only had time to play around with it for an hour or two but I'm going to add my voice to the growing chorus of praise for this monitor. It looks great! And not one dead pixel

The only thing I've found so far that is a bit of a bummer is the placement of the adjustment buttons. But really not that big of a deal since once it's adjusted I won't be using them anymore.

Kel