Good: no dead pixelsBad:
* the same resolution (1680 x 1050) is shared by 19", 20" and 22" LCD panel.You can imagine the grainy display for your photos. Dot Pitch of 0.282 mm is really stretching the limit. To get some sense of the dot pitch: I have a 15" LCD with pitch size 0.25 mm, and a 17" LCD of size0.264 mm. So don't be fooled by the size of LCD monitors!!
* Another big problem: some areas are always biased to red, especially for some human faces in photos. Tweak any configuration will not result in a satisfactory result.So bring your favorite family photos when testing your next monitor purchase. Human eyes are very sensitive to colors of faces and cannot be easily fooled.
Totally disappointed with 22", I am returning it and get a 19" on which I can at least enjoy my photos.
------update after one week's research------------
It is sad to know that almost all 22" LCD monitors use TN (twisted nematic) panels. These are only capable of 6-bit color and 262,144 colors. The acclaimed 16.7 million colors are approximated. If you see a monitor advertised with 2 or 5 ms response time, 90% chances are it is based on TN panel.
There are two other better choices, depending on your requirements to color accuracy and response time: S-IPS (super in-plane switching) and S-PVA (super patterned vertical alignment).
Some third-party reviewers confirmed my complain: trustedreviews dot com says "some serious image quality issues. Unfortunately, there's more bad news to come, with the W2252TQ clearly struggling in our DisplayMate tests. Viewing angles are particularly poor due to severe colour and contrast shift. It also failed to distinguish subtle colour gradients, and produced really pronounced banding in both colour and greyscale. There's colour contamination over blacks and whites, and a noticeable amount of backlight bleed from both the top and bottom of the display"
Further information for people who want to be informed consumers.
google "anandtech the LCD thread" to find more in-depth discussion and recommendation for you monitor purchase.
check tftcentral dot co dot uk for the panels used by major monitors.
Bottom line:You get what you pay. There is a reason for the high cost (~$400) of Dell UltraSharp 2007FP or HP LP2065, even they are *only * 20"!
Click Here to see more reviews about: LG W2252TQ 22 Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Product Description:
22-Inch PC Monitor. 1680x1050 Resolution, 2ms Response Speed (GTG), 10000:1 Contrast Ratio, DVI-D & D-sub Input, 300cd/m2 Brightness, 3 Year Warranty, 48 Hr Quick Swap Service.
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