LG W63 enters gaming monitor arena, claims to be the best

You can't exactly accuse LG of lacking audacity -- the company that today unveiled the eccentric Color Pop displays has also updated its consumer monitor line with a gamer-centric Full HD entry that has everything but humility. The 23-inch W63 touts a new Thru Mode, which sacrifices image processing to deliver "zero-delay" visuals, a 1,000:1 (real) contrast ratio, 2ms response time, 300 nits of brightness, two HDMI inputs and picture-in-picture functionality. There's even a Tru Light equalizer-like thingy at the bottom of the screen that pulsates in time with the sound of your glorious battle triumphs and Skype message pings. Only question left is, can anyone actually tell the difference between two milliseconds of delay and none at all?

Read - LG press release
Read - W63 product page

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2009 7:47PM]

But it isn't 120 hertz refress so it won't support NVIDIA 3D VISION.

[Biggiesized Posted Sep 4th 2009 2:01AM]

What's the viewing angle? Do we have another TN panel on our hands?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 4th 2009 7:50AM]

Of course we can tell the difference. If we couldn't why would the measurement be valid.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 4th 2009 8:02PM]

I highly doubt anyone can tell the difference between 0 lag and 2 ms lag.

[Reallink Posted Sep 5th 2009 11:22AM]

Manufacturer published panel "Response Times" (2ms, 4ms, etc...) has very little to do with gaming "Input Lag" on modern displays. Those values are usually a drop in the bucket compared to "Video Processing Time" which no manufacturer publishes. There are some really fast monitors out there, but in general, the actually lag is often many many times higher than the labeled PRT (e.g. a 2ms display may have 50ms of actual lag).