Three-Way 23" LED LCD Roundup: Dell, HP, And Samsung

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By Andrew Ku
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We've spent a lot of time evaluating the performance of graphics cards and processors, but a good monitor is almost every bit as important to gamers and professionals alike. For our first look at monitors in 2011, we are starting out with three 23" LCDs.

Power Consumption

Samsung PX2320 has an extra feature known as MagicEco. It allows users to adjust a monitor’s brightness based on different energy consumption levels with four preset options: 100 percent (25.7 W), 75 percent (18.3 W), 50 percent (13.2 W), and Power-Saving Off. Even though we measured our power consumption with MagicEco disabled, this might be an important feature for those considering a multi-monitor setup. However, there is nothing magic about MagicEco. It is merely a feature that offers three pre-set brightness values.

Samsung's PX2370 still turns out to be the best monitor when it comes to power consumption. Using our P3 power meter, we detected zero power drain when the monitor is turned off. Unfortunately, this only applies to Samsung. We do not see similar performance from Dell or HP. The truth is, most of us tend to leave our monitors in standby mode. In that scenario, Dell's 23" SR2320L performs the worst, consuming twice as much power as the PX2370 (though that's still a fraction of a watt).

Andrew Ku
105 Comments Comment from the forums
  • jimslaid2
    Ummmm LG! How Could you have left out LG?
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  • taso11
    I think you mean DVI-D not DVD-D on your front page chart.
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  • pirateboy
    hey where did my comment go?

    anyway...
    please review 16:10 monitors next time
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  • sleeper52
    where's the NEC EA231wmi or EA232WMI? that's around $300 as well and it's an IPS
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  • aznshinobi
    Hmmm.... Could've added an LG, I love my LG W2286L
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  • Eggrenade
    Input lag!!

    http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/response_time.php
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  • fstrthnu
    I'd actually rather see a 24 & 25.5" monitor shootout, they tend to be the higher-end displays of the brands (like Dell's super-duper Ultrasharp U2410).
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  • Assmar
    A certain retailer has the samsung monitor listed for 280 with free shipping. If you don't live in CA, that's tax free, i'm pretty sure.
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  • sleeper52
    fstrthnuI'd actually rather see a 24 & 25.5" monitor shootout, they tend to be the higher-end displays of the brands (like Dell's super-duper Ultrasharp U2410).
    +1 I'd like to see that. HP LP2475w (rev 2.0) vs Dell U2410 (rev 2.0) vs ASUS PA246Q
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  • LuckyDucky7
    Why would you bother buying one of these monitors when you can get an IPS one for the same price?

    How about reviewing something like the ASUS ML239H and give us a useful review, rather than going over which one of these junk TN panels is the best? 100% sRGB is useless if you can't see it unless you're straight inline with the screen (any sometimes not even then).

    KTHXBAI
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