New IPS Monitor 23"-24" for TOR and watching Videos

As Erock and Reiner said, you have to think about response time. So lets think about it for a second.

A response time is 8 miliseconds on an IPS (usually) Technically, a person cant respond faster than some 50ms. So lets add 50 + 8 + (lets say your slower than the best) 25ms = 83 milliseconds response time. (I measured my response time at closer to 20ms and if I can anticipate then I have been able to get down to 0ms response time, so scientists can suck it) So even with an IPS monitor you can respond faster than 1/10 of a second if your decent at gaming. The eye can barely perceive an 8ms difference (if at all?) so I dont think you will notice any kind of ghosting from an IPS panel due to response time of the panel. Even if you have a good TN panel with 2ms response time, your still looking at 77ms average time, which is barely faster than 83ms. Nothing to complain about. Your skill at gaming will be more of a factor than a 6 milisecond difference between a panel IMO.

A TV actually has much higher response times because you have the panel response time + the processing response time of the TV. You need to turn off all sorts of processing on a TV in order to get the lowest response time, and even then you will still have a little bit. So an IPS panel TV may have around 15-30ms response time depending on the processing options you have enabled.


Once you have owned an IPS panel, you cant go back to TN panels. TN just sucks. a TN is only a 6-bit color panel, with interpolated colors for 8-bit. It does NOT support the advertised 16.7 million colors. an IPS panel is a true 8-bit panel supporting the standard range of colors.

Reiner, LCD panels do not allow for more than 60Hz refresh rate so dual link doesnt matter if you are at 1080p resolution. There are MAYBE 4 ot 5 models of LCD that truly allow for 120Hz on an IPS panel, but the OP isnt buying any of those so it doesnt matter. All 120Hz displays just use interpolation to fake the 120 and it still actually refreshes at 60Hz. If you tell your LCD to refresh at 85Hz or whatever, it still does 60Hz and actually causes some stuttering because the panel can only do 60. You CANNOT run at higher than 60fps/Hz unless you buy a true 120Hz display (which are few and far between) or unless you use a CRT.







If you can afford it you should get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236119

That is a VERY good quality IPS panel, supporting "12-bit" color. My guess is its is a 10-bit panel with interpolating the other colors. Still better than not trying to display them at all though. But seriously, it has a pretty good contrast ratio, very good brightness, incredible color, fast response time, 3 year warranty against any "bright dots" which I take to mean dead pixels. Warrantied if a single pixel is bad (most others dont unless there are 7 or more), its a professional monitor so it has priority RMA service, has great viewing angles, height and tilt adjustable, every input you can possibly ever use, and a built in USB hub and card reader!

 

Those are really amazing monitors. In my opinion they are the best monitors on the market feature wise. The only problem is they are made from Samsung's Mexico facility. And (sorry people from Mexico) those facilities are known to have some of the worst build quality and QC of any electronics in the world. So while I would definitely get one of those monitors, be prepared to calculate an extra $50 or so just in case you need to send one or two back until you get one that is made right. Hence why the monitors are so hard to find now days. Definitely dont buy an open box or refurbished, new only.

Although, those monitors may be made somewhere else now. The return rate was upwards of 40% (atrocious I know) on them when the monitors were made in Mexico and most retailers pulled the products off the shelves and stopped selling because it was so bad. Maybe Samsung wised up and fired everyone from where they used to be made.