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I want to get a new monitor which I'll be using mainly for gaming but also some photo editing.

 

I don't know a lot about monitors, so I've been searching and I've come down to deciding between

the Asus VS238H-P and the Acer H236HL bid.

 

What are your opinions on the ones I've picked.
I won't be getting a monitor right away so I would also like to see another options within the 200 dlls range.

 

 

Thank you in advance.

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I'd go with the Asus too.

Better response time and from a designer point of view: its good to have a non-reflective Display.

I'ts nicer for the eye and much more color precise. 

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I'd go with the Asus it has a 3 year warranty and better response time.

 

 

I'd go with the Asus too.

Better response time and from a designer point of view: its good to have a non-reflective Display.

I'ts nicer for the eye and much more color precise. 

 

 

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The Acer one looks the better of the two, due to the IPS panel. OP said he was doing minor photo editing also, so this needs to be considered over a few extra ms response time.

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The Acer one looks the better of the two, due to the IPS panel. OP said he was doing minor photo editing also, so this needs to be considered over a few extra ms response time.

Sorry I don't really know what an IPS panel is, just choosed the Acer one because a friend of mine said it was a good monitor, so, if it's not too much to ask, can you tell me what an IPS panel is?

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Sorry I don't really know what an IPS panel is, just choosed the Acer one because a friend of mine said it was a good monitor, so, if it's not too much to ask, can you tell me what an IPS panel is?

In a nutshell it offers far better colour accuracy and viewing angles than a typical TN panel, youll want to get the acer one if you want better colours for your photo editing

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I have one of the Asus TN panels (the VE248q probably a cousin) and I can happily say the colours and viewing angles aren't aweful for a tn panel.  Would I use it for photo editing, probably not.  But it's a solid monitor for gaming and schoolwork and it was $190 in my area when I bought it last month.  

 

Pros: less imput lag than my old monitor (playstation display, got it on boxing day for $100), almost no ghosting (trace free set to 40~60), colours seem normal (no banding), horizontal viewing angles don't suck, built in speakers, display port

Cons: No DVI port (wtf?), TN panel (colours may not be accurate, vertical viewing angles are noticeably worse), speakers don't sound the best.

 

 

 

 

edit: as for TN vs IPS monitors:

-TN panels typically sacrifice colour accuracy and viewing angles for speed.  Most 120+hz monitors are TN (EIZO has a VA 240hz monitor and some IPS monitors can be overclocked to 80~100+hz).  They hopefully eliminate ghosting(motion blur) and sometimes provide higher frame rates which means that your screen is updated more frequently, and you may notice it to be more responsive.

 

-IPS monitors have excellent viewing angles and typically better colour reproduction.  They still work great for gaming, but don't make the trade offs for speed the way TN panels do.  So ghosting may be more prevalent (not necessarily) and they typically have average refresh rates. Some IPS monitors experience a colour bleeding due to how the panel works, where the light from one pixel spills into the next.

 

That being said the best TN panel can have similar or better colours than the worst IPS monitor. The BenQ XL2520TE is known for having great colours for a TN panel at 144hz.  Though I still wouldn't use it for any photo editing and I wouldn't pay that much just to sometimes experience 120hz.

Both panel types, when made by a reputable company, typically have similar input delays (very low), both panel types are known to sometimes have poor blacks or contrast due to LED back lighting (I haven't noticed this but it can happen).  Any monitor with it's pixels being driven faster will experience overdrive artifacts; this happens when you overclock an IPS monitor or set asus 'trace free' to above 80 to eliminate ghosting.

 

Sorry for the wall of text, hope you found it informative.

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So I just got the Acer H236HL bid ($129 door crusher at staples in my area).  It seems nice enough; I can say right away that, rather than suffering from ghosting, mine seems to have a chroma (a pixel overdrive artifact), which I don't mind.  I can't really comment on colour because I they don't seem better than my Asus TN panel, they just look different.  I do allot of school work and I like my whites to be whites and blacks and I haven't properly calibrated either monitor yet so right now the H236HL just looks yellowy to me.

(edit: could also be that my asus's contrast and brightness are too high, but again I haven't really checked)

(edit #2: Ok yeah, I can see skin tones especially look better on the IPS, colours are more vibrant)  

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