Good 19" for gaming

Hoag21,a few questions first:
- Do you have a specific price range? I see the LG W1952TQ-TF is significantly cheaper then the 1942P.
- What kind of graphics card do you currently have? If you're using one of the newer graphics cards, like the GTS 8800/8900, you may want to consider 1600x1200 19 inch or bigger...

Any-who, those are great choices. Both feature a 2ms response times, which shouldn't bring any ghosting to fast moving images.

Unfortunately, I have not used the 1942, although, it's getting some great reviews. I have tested the W1952TQ. For starters, it is an amazing monitor for the price! Also, it was ready to go out of the box, no messing around with the settings.

Are you a big LG fan, or did you just stumble upon those 2 brands? Check out some of the BenQ or NEC.

I have a friend who bought the 1952 and said that it was terrible in respect to ghosting. He returned it and got the 1942 and is very happy with it. I work at Best Buy and one of our top sellers is the LG 22ing LG227WTG which is a really great gaming monitor with wide gamut and glossy screen. As I understand it LG's 1942 is essentially a non glossy miniaturized version of the L227WTG. Also have you considered Acer? They make a monitor that is on NewEgg called the X193 I believe. It is really stunning. It has a 1680x1050 resolution which is really high for a 19" and it also supports 16.7 million colors. On top of that its only $140. If you do a sort on NewEgg with those specs it should be the only one that comes up. Lastly I do not recommend ordering a monitor from NewEgg as their return/exchange policy sucks when it comes to monitors because they want like 3 or 5 dead pixels before they approve RMA I believe.

I ordered a new LG Flatron (I think the 1942). Nice looking monitor. Got a good deal at Buy.com. Clearly a TN panel. Fast fast fast. No discernible lag or ghosting. However, there were some problems with it and I sent it back.
1) The bezel was cracked (minor issue).
2) The base is enormous, and the finish on the exterior seems very cheap.
3) I use my panels in portrait mode frequently and the horizontal viewable range on this panel was terrible. Typical of TN panels.

Now I'm stuck. I still need a 19" 4:3 or 5:4 panel that can swivel to portrait mode, renders colors well, has good contrast, and has minimal input lag/response time (cumulative <15 ms). I'd like to stay under $500. Any ideas? I've been researching this for 2-3 weeks and I'm stumped.

I'm replacing a Dell 2001fp that has served me well.

Any useful ideas appreciated.

Mosh

Thanks for the email.

I have that panel but according to some reviews it has moderate input lag (33 ms). At least according to this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messag [...] id=2049206

Does a decent s-ips 19" exist? Or is this a hopeless quest?