My BenQ XL2420T from 2013 developed a weird light by the center of the screen (Not sure if it can be fixed one way or another)
Hard to see a bit... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIm9YroWcAADZ8b?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
While i can live with it, when drawing it can be a bother
I was thinking it's time to upgrade the monitor to something newer and better, even if minimal. However the whole "Pick your poison" is still there
A decade ago i was recommended to get the 1st line's monitor and pretty happy, specially after some calibration to keep good colours without killing my eyes from saturation/contrast/whatever
Now i wanted to ask what'd be worth for my case scenario:
-New games with story (ALAN WAKE 2, RESIDENT EVIL, platformers, etc)
-Fast paced games like DOOM ETERNAL and maybe some competitive games
-Basic Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe products' colouring, nothing professional. Been doing, again, fine with my actual monitor
I'm aware that:
-TN's angles sucks (Even tho i look straight all the time) and colours aren't the best but the Hz matters etc
-IPS colours are great, minus some blacks, but the backlight bleed lottery and IPS glow kills the experience in dark rooms with dark games (Like, distracting), including when there's light in the room
What i mean about can be seen here between 19:13 and 22:40
-No way with VA due to smearing and NO WAY with OLED due to burn-in + price.
My thoughts would be another TN to begin with, with BenQ's XL2411K for 240€ (As long as it's better than mine, since they're pretty similar) or maybe XL2540K for 300€, although the latter's said to have coil whine at the monitor and that's a huge no (Unless BenQ fixed it and says wich manufacturing date should appear at the box)... Wich's a first time to hear about coil whine ON A MONITOR. Alternatively but not that nice is the XL2546X but that one's 500~€ around and going below 240hz is said to have horrible overshoot or blurryness (Who knows whenever you want to play a very old 90's game from GOG and the motion kills it)
I know many people would say "TN shouldn't be bought in 2024 anymore" yet there they are...But atleast some advice?
Hard to see a bit... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIm9YroWcAADZ8b?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
While i can live with it, when drawing it can be a bother
I was thinking it's time to upgrade the monitor to something newer and better, even if minimal. However the whole "Pick your poison" is still there
A decade ago i was recommended to get the 1st line's monitor and pretty happy, specially after some calibration to keep good colours without killing my eyes from saturation/contrast/whatever
Now i wanted to ask what'd be worth for my case scenario:
-New games with story (ALAN WAKE 2, RESIDENT EVIL, platformers, etc)
-Fast paced games like DOOM ETERNAL and maybe some competitive games
-Basic Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe products' colouring, nothing professional. Been doing, again, fine with my actual monitor
I'm aware that:
-TN's angles sucks (Even tho i look straight all the time) and colours aren't the best but the Hz matters etc
-IPS colours are great, minus some blacks, but the backlight bleed lottery and IPS glow kills the experience in dark rooms with dark games (Like, distracting), including when there's light in the room
What i mean about can be seen here between 19:13 and 22:40
-No way with VA due to smearing and NO WAY with OLED due to burn-in + price.
My thoughts would be another TN to begin with, with BenQ's XL2411K for 240€ (As long as it's better than mine, since they're pretty similar) or maybe XL2540K for 300€, although the latter's said to have coil whine at the monitor and that's a huge no (Unless BenQ fixed it and says wich manufacturing date should appear at the box)... Wich's a first time to hear about coil whine ON A MONITOR. Alternatively but not that nice is the XL2546X but that one's 500~€ around and going below 240hz is said to have horrible overshoot or blurryness (Who knows whenever you want to play a very old 90's game from GOG and the motion kills it)
I know many people would say "TN shouldn't be bought in 2024 anymore" yet there they are...But atleast some advice?
