My monitor is dying @_@

• Rydian wrote on 2012-02-23 10:39
  Viewing distance and screen size affect the angles that parts of the screen are viewed at, and then there's the whole issue of how nitpicky the person is. I'd be fine with a cheap 22" TN, and in fact having two of them would increase my production more than a single IPS... but I don't do any major graphical work so it's not a major concern to me in the first place, if it was and would contribute to my job functionality I'd definitely aim for an IPS.
• Yoorah wrote on 2012-02-23 10:41

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;783619:

  You can get a nice triple monitor setup with TN monitors too... at half the cost. Just put them at the right angle.
  
  I don't really notice the color thing with this 24 inch monitor. The only time I notice it is when I accidentally slouch way too much in my chair, then the colors can be slightly off, and that's fixed by sitting at least semi-properly again. I can lean back or forward pretty far and have it end up the same. That doesn't mean it isn't happening, just that you might have to pay all that money just to correct something that's practically unnoticeable to anyone who has it set up at the proper viewing angle.

  
  A triple vertical panel setup with TN monitors would probably look really bad, because as you increase the vertical length, the shift in shade becomes even more apparent, since the difference in viewing angles between the top and bottom increases. And I doubt you could find cheap TN monitors that can rotate 90 degrees anyway. >_o
  
  Yeah, your monitor is decent for a TN panel, but then it's $200. The $120 Acer is crap by comparison. D: $40 more gets a professional-quality display based on far superior panel tech, a mount that lets you adjust the height+rotate, better build quality, a better warranty (ASUS doesn't do advanced RMA, do they?), etc. Hardly a prohibitive premium, methinks.
  
  And yeah, the slouching thing would do that. But you don't have to slouch to get the effect. Just stare at the bottom part of your monitor from your usual sitting position, then lower your head so that you're looking at it head-on. You'll see the shade change quite noticeably. That's the difference between the top and bottom points with your TN panel.
  
  

  [Image: http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/5366/viewingangle.png]

  
  (For the record, proper posture guidelines dictate that the top of your monitor is at your eye level.)
  But yea, as you can see, under normal use, the angles are different.. and you can do the experiment above to see how much it affects you. Naturally, the taller the screen, and the closer you sit, the bigger the difference in angles and therefore the bigger the effect. Some TN panels are also worse than others at this. My current Samsung screen is pretty good compared to my old laptop's screen, but even now I find it kind of annoying.
  
  Yeah, the cost is still a disadvantage with eIPS, but $40? I think it's worth it.
  
  

  Quote from Juno;784027:

  I've never noticed any color issues, and I don't really care if it's because I'm used to them. I'm not paying twice as much to fix a problem I haven't noticed exists.

  
  ...you aren't buying another Acer, are you?
  Well, I've done all I can here. ;_;
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-02-24 00:39
  Mine is bigger, though. Also, his is on sale and is cheaper than usual. It's usually $170 and now it's like $120 for a little while or something.
  
  I don't see why the mount matters much. I just put it on books and turn the whole monitor if I'm not getting the angle I want. I haven't had to adjust it (outside of slight up/down tilt if I wanted to sit a certain way one day) since I bought it years ago and yeah.
  
  I'm not able to recreate the effect you're speaking of very well, mainly because it doesn't show on this monitor all too well without looking at certain things/colors, but I believe you as that's basically what's happening when I slouch too much.
  
  It isn't just $40, either. That eIPS is a little bit smaller. The 23 inch version you posted is on sale too, apparently, because it says the normal price is $300 and they're selling the 24 inch equivalent for $370. Amazon has it for $340, so even if they've exaggerated the price a little to make it look like a fake sale, it's clearly not that far off. It's not twice as much, but it's still quite a bit more expensive. I'd imagine that if there's a 21 inch equivalent to his, it would cost twice as much.
• TA wrote on 2012-02-24 05:03
  Just gonna throw this out there.... but make sure it's plugged in properly both to the back of your PC and the back of your monitor before you do shell out for a new one.
• Applejack wrote on 2012-02-25 11:05

  Quote from TA;784888:

  Just gonna throw this out there.... but make sure it's plugged in properly both to the back of your PC and the back of your monitor before you do shell out for a new one.

  
  This and make sure its not your graphics card, for my issue a long time ago I was almost 100% sure that it was my monitor until I checked the inside of my case and found out it was my GPU overheating.
• Juno wrote on 2012-02-29 12:13
  This is actually the first monitor I've bought. The others were all used.
  
  I checked all my connections first and made sure everything worked fine on a different monitor before buying, so I'm sure it was actually dead.
  
  Loving this new one, btw. I don't see any discoloration and the size/picture are world's better than before. Best of all, I can still afford to eat lunch.