E228WFP with serious light issues

Question

When I angle my monitor and tilt it upwards, the screen gets darker. If I tilt it down and look at it from the top, the screen becomes bright and easier to see. The screen also changes colors when I look at it from any other angle than straight on. I know for a fact that no monitor should do this, regardless of being LCD or not. This is bugging me to the point I'm started to regret purchasing monitor. Any help will be appreciated, thank you. Message Edited by philphil on 06-13-2007 12:53 AM

gpro · Answer

'I know for a fact that no monitor should do this'... What you describe is a well known trait of LCD monitors, in particular the TN type. S- PVA and S-IPS have slightly different viewing angles and characteristics TFT Central - viewing angles X bit Labs - viewing angles

philphil · Answer

But how is it that when I lean back, I see a tint of green? To browse webs with correct colors, I find myself having to lean forward, literally face to face with the monitor. I also find myself having to tilt the monitor forward all the way, even though that helps very little. Trait or not, this is ridiculous. My old LCD doesn't do this at all and like you said, there are different types and I'm not a expert in that area but I'd rather stick with my older, cheaper LCD monitor which displays correct colors at any angle rather than stick with this kind of new technology which exhibits these kinds of problems.

BernardPD · Answer

This is typical TN panel behavior, and it gets worse the closer to the panel you sit, because the angles between you eyes and the edges of the screeen increases. I bet your monitor looks great from 6 feet away. Some recent TN panels by Samsung and LG have better viewing angles, especially horizontally. But the vertical viewing angle is always more problematic. Specifically, as soon as you view the screen fron underneath, even slightly, the picture turns dark.

The links gpro gave you explain it all.

There are no 22-inch monitor on the market with a panel other than TN, by any brand. The best viewing angles are afforded by S-IPS, followed by *-PVA and *-MVA panels. To solve your problem with another Dell widescreen monitor, you would have to move down in size to the 2007WFP ( S-IPS or S-PVA depending on your luck ) or move up to 2407WFP (S-PVA)

Take a look here for a viewing angle comparison between E228 and 2407: Select "Angles de vision" in the "Etape 3" drop menu:

http://www.lesnumeriques.com/duels.php?ty=6&ma1=88&mo1=187&p1=1788&ma2=88&mo2=116&p2=1217&ph=1

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