Best Monitor for Gaming ~$250

"LED" simply refers to the backlight. Most LCD monitors still use the traditional florescent backlight. Neither affects how colors look "washed out", that is in fact due to the panel technology in this case TN panel tech which is the type of monitor you are currently looking at. Additionally, monitors with a glossy finish looks more saturated than matte finish. It gives that "pop" that many people seem to like. Glossy screens are very reflective as well.

I don't have any experience with the HP 2509. The only TN panel monitor that I ever owned is the 24" Asus VK246H. It's very good for gaming, but is smaller than what you are looking. You can find my review in the following thread and there are a few other review as well to give you some options:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ews-thread

Thanks for the responses!

Red Slayer - I actually dislike 3d

Jaguar- thanks for the link to your review. I"m checking it out now. I wanted a monitor between 22 and 27in so yours might fit the bill perfectly. I am definitely looking for that extra saturated color palate.

ebbies7- the more the merrier. Did you notice that the LP2275w's max res is 1680x1050. I kind of dislike Cnet's reviews because they never seem to give anything more than 4/5. It makes it seem like i"m choosing the least defective product.

Here's a review of the Samsung P2450H from Prad.de...

http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/rev [...] 2450h.html


Here's their review of my monitor...

http://www.prad.de/en/monitore/rev [...] k246h.html

I have noticed that about cNet and it does bother me sometimes.

That is a really in depth site for monitor reviews, thanks for sharing, I'm just going to look on there when I think I find something I like! Speaking of which I sorted lcd monitors by manufacturer on newegg and asus seems to have some pretty decent models for very reasonable prices. You might want to check them out too marlino.

Isn't there also something about GTG refresh rates are technically a rigged stat as well because thats not the true refresh rate but some companies use it?

It is an advertised stat under the the best circumstances. Actual response times can be much higher. Some monitor peak at over 250ms when changing color tones, but that is peak and does not represent the norm.

I read thru a review of one Asus monitor with an advertised 2ms response time, the peak was actually only 4ms during the test. Response time tests are not normally part of any monitor reviews because you need the right equipment the measure the rise and fall of color changes on a monitor screen. That requires sensitive equipment.

Jaguar, as I"ve been searching monitors I feel as if I've seen your name come up enough on this forum that you'd know something(or a lot) about the dell U2311H.

I understand it has a gtg 8ms, and an input lag of about 10ms. I do not play competitive FPS, aka my mouse sensitivity is fairly low, and I'm not looking to blame my lack of reaction time on high gtg ms. However I do want to play a select few fps games; the new Fallout, the next Deus Ex and next Bioshock, which are single player. Do you think I'd be turned off by the ghosting? (Assuming I'd even notice it). I used to have a 2006-7 model 22" acer with 5ms connected to my 360, and never noticed any ghosting with it. So 3ms more doesn't particularly scare me.

So do you think it would work for non-competitive fps interests?

Also I read it goes on sale occasionally at the $240 price point.


edit: did some more searching, generally I find results consistent with this thread
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1547542