By the way, there's also one thing I didn't like with my AOC... It comes with an external AC-to-DC converter, Dell ady have these kinda things build into the monitor itself

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Added on September 7, 2009, 8:56 pmManufactures and their naming schemes... Ish... So confusing And uh, the Color Boost feature is useless too, makes everything look overly vivid and artificial.

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I have the Angelo for about a month now and no complains/problems thus far, it's a value buy Out of all the models on display in the shop I visited, they look more or less the same to me except for the ones with glossy screen or LED back light, which have clearly better IQ. You know, sometimes it's really not much use just reading reviews (Diff ppl diff preference) or looking at pics (Some cams do not capture the "real" colours, and your monitor might not display the colours of the unit itself) online, go to a shop with the model you're eying and judge for yourselves.

5ms and 2ms is really not noticeable la Unless you have really good eyesight... Hehe...

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The X233 and H233H have decent colours, but the H233H looks more vibrant because of its glossy screen. I don't fancy X233's design though, looks kinda like the head of an airplane

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Added on September 9, 2009, 10:02 pmIf you're looking for Angelo, the shop is out of stock as well and has been like this for about a month now. But I do see a new Acer model on display, along with other brands.

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Sep 9 2009, 10:02 PM

Hey, you are good at hunting reviews! I was searching high and low last time for a review of the Angelo but couldn't come up with one. Nevertheless, I still bought the AOC anyway

There is minor mistranslation of the review's title by Google though, so for those who couldn't read Chinese...
Title (In Chinese): 比苹果更华丽 AOC天使液晶显示器2434Pw首测
Translation by Google: Apple is more beautiful than the angels AOC LCD 2434Pw the first test
Actual meaning: More gorgeous/magnificient/elegant than an apple - A review of the AOC Angelo LCD Monitor 2434Pw

It is actually quite hard to find a proper representation of 华丽 in English, but you get the idea. And the review of the AOC Angelo turns out to be very positive

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Sep 25 2009, 07:55 PM

Hmm... I think I wanna do a retest on my AOC as well and see whether there are such issues or not If there's excess time, I might also take pics of a full HD demo video used for Samsung's LED series LCD TVs

Color Boost makes everything look artificial, and the settings for Picture Boost does nothing unless you enable it. Picture Boost is kinda like Color Boost, only difference is you can configure which part of the screen will be "boosted" so to speak.

Okay... My post may get kinda long. Did more tests on my AOC Angelo and took some pics. All pics are shot with the same setting and digicam is placed on a stationary camera stand.

Full HD demo video of Samsung LED TV. The screen have been "brightened up" by my digicam, no matter how I set also end up like this, so just let it be lah But all I can say is the demo video looks great on Angelo!
Original:

Displayed by the monitor and shot with digicam:


Bleeding test. Don't mind the color change on the bottom half of the screen as my digicam is not angled correctly.




This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Oct 11 2009, 04:09 PM

Dynamic Contrast Ratio OFF | ON










The 3rd comparison is the obvious of all imho, there are more pics but it's more or less the same result anyway. I think DCR is good for certain movies, but not all... And definitely NOT GOOD if all you do is browse around the web, because the screen will be super bright.

@Faint
All my settings are identical to yours except for Contrast and Brightness. Mine are set as below:
Contrast - 50
Brightness - 30

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Oct 11 2009, 04:08 PM

Well, maybe your room is too dark Setting the Contrast too low will sacrifice details, especially the tiny tiny ones.

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Dell S2409W has the biggest screen of the four, but there is an audio lag issue for HDMI connection (Not sure if it's still present or not) which might be annoying for some people. Dell has it on sale for RM689, I assume it was a clearance sale because I just checked again and it's no longer available, same case as the S2309W, both have been replaced by the newer ST series

Acer H233H on the other hand is just 23", which is smaller than the Dell and AOC, but having a gloss finish screen means its colours will look more vibrant, at the same time more prone to reflections.

As for the AOC, bleeding issue, but in my opinion it's negligible as I can't notice the effect unless I purposely do a test. And I guess bleeding is also settings dependent, the brighter the screen, the more obvious the effect.

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Oct 14 2009, 08:10 PM