lol, there are two things wrong with that statement:
1) 2ms grey-to-grey (GTG) typically is saying the same thing as 5ms without saying grey-to-grey. They are basically equal. As far as I know, there are no LCD displays with less than 5 ms when not talking about grey-to-grey.
2) If you say latency, it refers to something other than response time, in relation to LCD displays. Latency implies that it is a delay in displaying the image. Response time does not refer to the delay in displaying the image. In fact, if a display has any delay, it is never stated in the specs. (!)
Note that low response times do not always mean low delays. This mostly seems to be determined by LCD panel type. Twisted nematic (TN) and in-plane switching (IPS) types typically have very low delays (often hard to measure), while MVA/PVA types (don't remember what those stand for) can have a one to two frame delay (don't worry, you aren't likely to see those even close to the price range you are looking at anyway - possibly not even within double the price range you are looking at, in that size). The kinds of cheaper displays you are looking at all have TN panel types, which have the lowest picture quality and viewing angle of the 3 main types (with IPS variants having the best).
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Hate the fact it comes with speakers. LG = better contrast
lol, two more things to respond to/pick at.
1) Monitors with HDMI will usually have some integrated speakers, since HDMI carries audio. This is something you will be seeing a lot; get used to it. Some monitors will have the speakers hidden, so you won't really know they are there unless you use them.
On a related note, for those who want to use an Xbox 360 on the HDMI but want to use their own speakers (with a stereo analog plug), a monitor with an audio OUTPUT can be useful (some have this, some don't). Unless you want to buy the expensive HDMI kit from Microsoft, you get no other audio connection than the HDMI itself, since the normal AV cables block the HDMI port.
2) Contrast ratios higher than 1000:1 are typically referring to a mode where the monitor dynamically adjusts the backlight brightness. Many people don't like the results, so it is often left disabled (and often by default). It is basically a feature they include as a gimmick to try to make their monitor sound better on paper. No monitors in this price range have a real contrast ratio of higher than 1000:1. Any of these higher numbers they state for that mode cannot be compared to each other, probably not even from the same manufacturer.
Between LCD monitors of the same size, resolution, and panel type (all of them you are looking at will be TN, for now), the differences will mainly come from how evenly the backlight system lights up the display, individual features on each display (options in the menu), connectors available, and accessories provided. Also see if there are any kinds of guarantees or warranties that it comes with (for example, some say something like "zero bright dot guarantee" and will let you get a replacement if there is even one, if I'm interpreting it right).
Heh, don't really know whether that is something they made. Could just be another Realtek chip.
Of course, even if that were the case, you still get some of the benefits of having a dedicated sound card just by having the chip on a separate card instead of integrated on the motherboard. These benefits are clearer sound (supposedly; don't remember whether I saw any reviews where they tested this) and reduced cpu utilization comparable to other dedicated sound cards (saw a review where they tested this). I don't really know for certain why putting it on a separate card helps in those areas, but apparently it does.
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