Rating: 83%
Review Title: After Samsung 215TW
Comment by UgA123 at 10:49am 8th August 2008
Verdict: No dead pixels. No backlight bleeding. No input lag. Fast response time. Deep blacks. Viewing angles exceeded expectations. Colors close to Samsung 215TW (although not calibrated yet). Default 6500K colors unacceptable, other presets a little better. Manual colors + color calibration results yet to be seen, but I' m optimistic as most color tones are good. Competitive FPS gaming as close to a CRT as it gets, but only with overdrive (OD) at 0. Some very minor smearing if lowest input lag needed on OD 0 setting, which really isn't a problem. My verdict - it's a monitor for people who need high input precision (i.e. gamers and CAD designers like myself) with minor color problems. Tests by professional reviewers suggest that color problems can be dealt with using a calibrator, though. But I can't confirm that.
Before the E2403WS I had a color-perfect Samsung 215TW, which unlike the 245T can actually display the colors with great accuracy. I bought the Iiyama mostly because of its very low input lag. This thing was completely out of control on the 215TW as it is on the 245T. I wasn't disappointed as the colors turned out to be better than expected. I have not yet used a calibration tool on it, but I surely will. Blacks are excellent and backlight bleeding is nonexistent. The viewing angles were also better than expected with most trouble when viewing from below.
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