http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
BenQ's V2400W has 1:1 pixel mapping. I use it with my xbox. Works amazing.]]>Jan 15th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/I believe there's a new version with a different model number that does it too (and probably has HDMI).
I use it for my PC, TV (does Picture in picture with transparency), and xbox. It doesn't seem to like 1080p over component well (it works, but doesn't look right) but not many things do. The DVI input has HDCP and it has a vga, 2 component, and an svideo and composite.
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The 24" is one of the cheapest ways to get 1:1 mapping (and the screen is nice, though not as nice as IPS would be), so long as you do not need a built in tuner. ]]>Jan 15th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/ Acer H213Hbmid 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor
I think it has 1:1. check through the specs. Found it on Tigerdirect.com
Its (16:9) 1920 x 1080p native, VGA, HDMI, DVI, (HDCP) inputs and two probably terrible 1 watt speakers.
And, yes it is a monitor, not a TV.
I was thinking of grabbing one for dual purp also... and at $199, not a bad deal.
The BenQ is a little more expensive, lowest price I found was $300,
and is a 16:10 (1920 by1200)
I have never used either, just passing along what I saw..
link:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4242642&CatId=2775]]>Jan 15th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
I've been looking for a new monitor, and 22 inches seems perfect for my desk. That said, I've been becoming less and less inclined to opt for a standard TN panel after seeing what IPS displays are capable of. If this Dell monitor is really as good as they say it is (which all signs point to yes), I might just have to set this one as the one to purchase.]]>Jan 15th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
I was actually looking at this LG monitor the other day. It's really pricey, but it seems like a solid panel:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005115

Plus it's S-IPS. A grand seems a bit much, but you can't deny the quality of LG sets...]]>Jan 15th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
@KRIS120890. You'd have to be living in a closet for the last 30 years to not know who Ron Jeremy is. And, you "obviously"seem to know who he is too based on the context of your statement. So what does that say about you? Douchebag.

Monitor looks nice. Seems good enough and priced right for about 99% of the consumers out there. ]]>Jan 15th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/]]>Jan 15th 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/]]>Jan 15th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
Most people are happy with TN, but you have to watch out for uniformity issues and uneven backlighting.]]>Jan 15th 2009 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/]]>Jan 15th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/This is a 22" 1680x1050 monitor. There is no need for 1:1 mapping.
It OBVIOUSLY can't display native 1080p and 720p would leave huge black borders.]]>Jan 15th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/also I wonder if they are coming up with 3840x2160 resolution which can display both 720p/1080p perfectly...]]>Jan 15th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11459&Itemid=1]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
I'm really tired of seeing "professional" sites like CNET say something is the best to find their review faulty and they don't even make comparisons correctly. This is not the best 22" monitor as far as the facts go. I haven't seen it yet, but judging by the numbers... it's not. I mean viewing angles? How many of you spend a lot of time not directly looking at your monitor? That's not a talking point. Is this even LED? No? Then I'm far from impressed. I'll wait for the stuff at CES to come out.

I could say things like "this is the best taco I've ever had", that doesn't make it the best in the world.]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/ This is not the best 22" monitor as far as the facts go.

Clearly you haven't compared TN and IPS panels. The difference is far from subtle.]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
This monitor is the best 22in because it is an IPS panel, meaning far better viewing angles, meaning color consistency no matter where you look at it. It also displays the colors accurately without having to resort to tricks like dithering to simulate millions of colors.]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/I haven't had an BenQ, or a lot of less main stream brands in house here, but have had a few of just about everything else. The Dell monitors have held up the best with keeping color accuracy over heavy use, as well as brightness. As far as response time, I don't play games, and the animations we do aren't currenly higher than 30fps, so unless it's terribly slow I haven't had any (although we don't buy extremely cheap monitors either) real problems with that. You'd have to talk to people working with 60fps to tell you if they see any blur/ghosting.
The worst I've seen here? HP. Every HP monitor I've had gets severe burn on all the edges and many of the screens end up getting strange spots. They also lose their brightness Terribly fast. I currently have a couple hp 2035's (i know, they are old) which Should have 250 brightness, but one will only reach about 100, the other about 130. For the most accurate colors I find the monitors don't actually do all that well past 200 anyway, but I'd like to be able to reach somewhere around there consistantly throughout their life.

But best 22inch they've done? i doubt that. That's really not that great of a monitor for 300usd. Dell has had better that do 1920x1200, and some that do 1920x1080 if you prefer widescreen. I use it primarily as a monitor so I'd rather take the extra pixels.]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/
This Dell is the best 22in because it uses an IPS panel, meaning great viewing angles resulting in color consistency virtually from anywhere you could possibly view the monitor from. IPS also means color accuracy, displaying true colors without resorting to tricks like dithering to simulate them.]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/16:10 aspect ratio, HD without any scaling
had one for a while, just need to a bigger desk so i can upgrade my second monitor from 1280x1024]]>Jan 15th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/I'm surprised somebody doesn't set up a business reselling dell stuff, so people can buy their monitors without having to deal with dell.
]]>Jan 15th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/]]>Jan 15th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&sku=320-7184
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http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=corp&sku=320-7825]]>Jan 15th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dells-2209wa-lcd-monitor-reviewed-deemed-king-of-22-inchers/Jan 15th 2009 4:02PM