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    Torn between two monitors

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vinceboiii, Oct 27, 2009.

  1. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    vinceboiii, Oct 27, 2009
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  2. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    Links don't work.
     
    Angelic, Oct 27, 2009
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  3. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    Get the Asus! *shameless plug*
     
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  4. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    fixed links try now!
     
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  5. Angelic

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    They are almost exactly the same except the Asus is not only 1" larger, but has a much higher dynamic contrast ratio. I also like the thinner bezel and looks of the Asus better. so there's my 2 cents. ;)

    Edit: Uh oh, the Asus uses up 60W of power, but the LG only uses 42W! :p
     
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  6. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    hmm dang it..LG dynamic contrast ratio is a lot more, is that a big plus?
     
    vinceboiii, Oct 28, 2009
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  7. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Those contrast numbers are half made up anyway.
     
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    Na, I doubt you would notice the difference at all.
     
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    Bog Losing it...

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    The difference in power consumption is significant when you see that the Asus is only one inch larger. On the other hand it has integrated speakers... not that anyone cares.

    I would get the LG.
     
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  10. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    LG looks goood, but then again so does the Asus =/
     
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    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    I would get the LG.
    Reasons:
    1.- Quite significantly higher dynamic contrast ratio
    2.- Looks sleeker than the Asus
    3.- Lower power consumption

    Only reason to get the Asus I would think is if you have poor eyes and would appreciate the lower DPI (since it's same resolution but larger screen size).

    There really isn't much difference between the two anyway, and given that they are the same price, I think it really doesn't matter which one you end up going with.
     
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    go for IPS screen !!
     
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    Well the contrast ratio makes no difference. I thought the Asus looked sleeker and more square for a multi monitor setup, but looks are subjective anyway. Power consumption doesn't matter too much either. I would think the Asus would at least have better resell value since it's a 24". I still think the Asus edges out the LG.
     
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