Is this a good deal?

[IAmAndre]

Hi,

 

I just saw this LG Flatron monitor for sale at €50. It's used and "in good condition" so I wanna know if I should go for it. I'd be using as my main monitor, and use my current one (23", PWA, 1080p) in portrait mode. My main activities are web/mobile development, basic video editing and gaming.

[NickPickerWI]

The response time is terrible, but that's typical of an IPS monitor, which you'd want for any kind of graphic design (web/mobile development (maybe), video editing). Color clarity and accuracy is king for anywhere you're creating content.

 

It will suffer in gaming, though. IPS monitors aren't speedy and aren't meant to do heavy gaming on, that's what TN panels are for (and HDR panels, but...holy expensive, Batman!). Then again, obviously this won't have Freesync or GSync. Other than that, 23" is dinky. But if it's what you're used to already, then it's what you're used to.

 

For $50, that's pretty OK. I've spent $50 on much more useless things.

[NickPickerWI]

13 minutes ago, NickPickerWI said:

For $50, that's pretty OK. I've spent $50 on much more useless things.

I didn't notice that it was €50, not $50, but it works out to still be like $58, so it's not that far off where I wouldn't consider it.

[Fasauceome]

25 minutes ago, NickPickerWI said:

The response time is terrible, but that's typical of an IPS monitor, which you'd want for any kind of graphic design (web/mobile development (maybe), video editing). Color clarity and accuracy is king for anywhere you're creating content.

 

It will suffer in gaming, though. IPS monitors aren't speedy and aren't meant to do heavy gaming on, that's what TN panels are for (and HDR panels, but...holy expensive, Batman!). Then again, obviously this won't have Freesync or GSync. Other than that, 23" is dinky. But if it's what you're used to already, then it's what you're used to.

 

For $50, that's pretty OK. I've spent $50 on much more useless things.

I use an IPS for gaming. I find that most of them boast a 5ms response time, pretty decent

[NickPickerWI]

1 hour ago, fasauceome said:

use an IPS for gaming. I find that most of them boast a 5ms response time, pretty decent

This one has almost three times the delay at 14ms.