LED Monitors = LCD with LED back-lighting.

If I remember correctly, Dell's warranty policy states that if your monitor is within 21 days old, then you will get a new monitor as a replacement. However, if it's more than that you will get a refurbished unit instead.

You should be eligible for a new replacement, but be sure to state that demand out clearly. When I requested for a replacement for my first faulty U2311H when it was just a day old, they sent a refurbished unit to me.

The box that a refurbished monitor comes in should have the word "refurbished' placed over it. The box size should also be much bigger than a new Dell U2311H's box. Anyway, the refurbished monitor I received is also of an older revision.

Additional info : A sticker will also be stuck onto the box with the monitor's model number and with the word "refurbished" on it other than the large sticker on the box to inform you.

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Sep 10 2011, 03:11 PM

Yes, I kept the box until I had to return it with the refurbished monitor. I'm not exactly sure on how the new replacement will come, but mine came directly from their factory again all packed nicely, and with new accessories as well.

The response time will only matter greatly if you are watching movies or playing games which are running at an extremely fast pace. Otherwise it will not matter too much, or will not matter at all.

What is important in a monitor if you do not want any ghosting issues would be its input time. A monitor with a 5ms response time may be better than a monitor with a 8ms response time but if its input time is longer than the monitor with 8ms of response time, it could be worst.

Anyway, for most situations no one will be able to notice any form of ghosting on their monitors at all unless it's really really slow. Lets say 20ms of response time with a seriously bad display lag?

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Sep 11 2011, 12:07 AM

I heard that the LG monitor has a horrible stand .

If you prefer stand functionality and the industrial sort of look then the Dell U2312HM would be the way to go.

Dell also offers a much better warranty policy than what LG offers. The former has 3 years of warranty by default for the U2312HM and it can be extended to 5 years if you wish to do so. Plus you get the benefit of not having to travel out of your house as Dell will send a courier to pick the item up and send it back to you free of charge.

The LG IPS236V-PN only has one year of warranty, and you're going to have to visit their service center to get it replaced.

The LG IPS236V-PN has support for VESA mounting.

To do that you should adjust your HDTV's screen color and contrast via its menu.

His situation doesn't seem to require 100% accurate colors, so asking him to calibrate the HDTV by his eyes would be sufficient . He's also not asking for help to calibrate his TV to get the best colors but to get a similar match to his laptop's screen's setting so eye-based calibration would do.

Have you tried going through the preset modes? Standard has the best balance for me in my opinion. If you want to calibrate the monitor you can do so by using your eyes, but for accurate results you will want a colorimeter. You can access the calibration menu of the U2311H by pressing the first button on the right twice, and by selecting the Custom ( RGB ) option.

The IPS236V-PN supports VESA mounting, which means you can mount it to a wall.

Anyway, you can use your extra monitor to display other things on your desktop and et cetera. However, from my experience if you want to access the other screen you will have to alt-tab out of the game first if it's in full screen mode, which is pretty much pointless since it minimizes the game, unless you run your game(s) under windowed mode.

Performance wise it shouldn't be affected significantly unless the game is extended or stretched across to the other screen.

It will be like that unless you set your game to run in windowed mode.

Judging from his posts he just want to be able to see the game he's running while browsing through the net and et cetera from the other, so windowed mode for his game(s) will do fine. And well, games don't generally "stall" unless you pause them via the menu or something, or are you referring to the stall where he won't be able to do anything on the game other than watch?

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Sep 19 2011, 09:04 PM

The U2410 is good, but it's expensive. It is however recommended if you intend to do professional image editing as it has a H-IPS panel. A cheaper alternative would be the U2412M for RM899 from Dell Online . It has however an e-IPS panel which isn't as good as a H-IPS panel but will still do good. It also comes with an LED back-lighting . In addition to that, it also has a slightly larger resolution i.e 1920x1200.

What are your system specifications anyway? Do you have a discrete card already installed?