To bad they don't make a miniature plasma, then we would have the best of everything, 600hz, great color, black levels, and contrast. 

I have a like new working, comes in org. box CRT, think it's a NEC 20ish. It's yours - free, but you'll have to pay the shipping

Hardly used it whoever wants it, maybe if your a retro nerd.... it's black to

greenhawk84
Oh man, oh man!  This XL2420TE is crazy!  It makes the games run their full-potential.  My rig feels like a new PC, it's crazy!  Does anyone have this monitor?  I am curious about the presets, I am using GAMER1.  The manual said something about Auto Calibration which is greyed out on this.  Not sure how to use everything yet.  But I just played some COD: Ghosts (which SLi is broken for right now, thanks Nvidia) and it ran wonderfully.

Nice!  I am having the anti glare removed from the VG248QE I got and am getting this for calibration. http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder4pro/
I got it for $20 less from Amazon. Can't wait to get it all and try it out!
 
Edit: I read there are drivers and icc profiles on the cd for your monitor.

I too want to make the jump, but I am nervous about putting one next to my Dell U2312hm IPS monitor.  The monitor is beautiful and I am afraid that the quality of the 120hz monitor will be lacking when next to it.  Maybe someone can convince me otherwise.

DMIINC
I will put it this way. Since switching from 60 to 120 Hz monitor my eye strain is non existent. I prefer Samsung monitors. 

 I too like Samsung a lot, I'm still using their XL2370 from 2010(best gaming monitor of 2010), but Benq seems to be the way to go now.

forrestang
Is it possible that you guys are are experiencing a bit of a placebo effect with the higher Hz monitors?  
 
 

Definitely not. I can tell immediately when my monitor is accidentally in 60hz mode when some games neglect to use the highest refresh. 
 
You feel it mostly in the mouse response. It adds a few ms of latency to your mouse when you go back to 60Hz.

forrestang
Definitely a LOT smoother in game.  
 
Although this monitor in particular, I am having a HELL of a time getting the colors right?!?!?!

I found this link to a review of the VG248QE. Scroll down, it talks about calibration and then about ICC profiles. They created a profile using a calibrator and offer a link and instruction on using the profile. Some folks at OCN say the profile works well with BF3
http://pcmonitors.info/reviews/asus-vg248qe
 
So, I'm like many that are used to nice color at the cost of 8ms refresh. The scale has now tilted and now I want speed, which is a sacrifice to color. To make the best of it, I noticed folks are using calibrators and making these profiles. That's why I bought one, to make the transition less painful
 
Link regarding BF4, the use of surround light boost, and your new monitors. It won't work till later drivers...
http://www.overclock.net/t/1331478/new-asus-vg248qe-144hz-1ms-tn-1080p/1870#post_21072894


Link to Easy Light Boost - ToastyX
http://www.blurbusters.com/easy-lightboost-toastyx-strobelight/

rjohnson11
I love my QNIX monitor. It's a pass through monitor and I can overclock it up to 120 hertz but 100 hertz is more than enough for me.

+1

ILikeBeans
 
I found this link to a review of the VG248QE. Scroll down, it talks about calibration and then about ICC profiles. They created a profile using a calibrator and offer a link and instruction on using the profile. Some folks at OCN say the profile works well with BF3
http://pcmonitors.info/reviews/asus-vg248qe
 
So, I'm like many that are used to nice color at the cost of 8ms refresh. The scale has now tilted and now I want speed, which is a sacrifice to color. To make the best of it, I noticed folks are using calibrators and making these profiles. That's why I bought one, to make the transition less painful
 
Link regarding BF4, the use of surround light boost, and your new monitors. It won't work till later drivers...
http://www.overclock.net/t/1331478/new-asus-vg248qe-144hz-1ms-tn-1080p/1870#post_21072894


Link to Easy Light Boost - ToastyX
http://www.blurbusters.com/easy-lightboost-toastyx-strobelight/

Thanks so much.  I will give those first two a gander.  I was playing with my settings all yesterday.  
 
And funny thing, I installed that Strobelight last night to enable lightboost..... and was just enamored with waving my finger in front of the screen to see the strobbing effect!  I'm still doing it intermittently for some reason?!?!?!    

greenhawk84
Oh man, oh man!  This XL2420TE is crazy!  It makes the games run their full-potential.  My rig feels like a new PC, it's crazy!  Does anyone have this monitor?  I am curious about the presets, I am using GAMER1.  The manual said something about Auto Calibration which is greyed out on this.  Not sure how to use everything yet.  But I just played some COD: Ghosts (which SLi is broken for right now, thanks Nvidia) and it ran wonderfully.

Been playing around with mine for about a week now. It does seem like games can be played to their smoothest potential. I have been on a few calibration websites and used the windows calibration tool and got mine to an ok point. It took a lot of tweaking and for me its personal preference, If you want you can pm me and I ll give you what I have for settings to try out.

I bought the 144hz Asus VG248QE when it was on sale last week at Newegg too, just to see what all the buzz was about -- I currently have 3x 30" Dell IPS monitors, so going from a 7680x1600 resolution down to 1920x1080 took some getting used to. The colors look awful compared to the Dells, very washed out and flat looking (but I'll definitely try those calibrations later tonight). But all of it becomes very forgivable when you see how incredibly smooth gameplay gets, especially in fast-paced games. I never knew what people were talking about with motion blur, ghosting, etc because I've been using the Dell for the past 6 years. When I loaded up Battlefield 4 for the first time, I remember spawning in the village on the Golmud Railroad map and I literally gasped at how fluid movement was. I found an enemy player and totally overshot my lead on him because I'd been accustomed to having a certain amount of lead at 60hz. BF4 is a JOY to play at 144hz, my GPUs are only working at 68% at ultra settings and I feel like I actually do better in close quarter maps. I tried some other games -- Kingdoms of Amalur was running at 280fps and again, SUPER smooth, I kept over-adjusting the camera mouselook. I can tell it's not placebo either, because I've been playing XCom Enemy Within, which is capped at 60fps and just scrolling around the map feels awful now. I'm honestly torn -- I've invested so much into these 30" monitors and they look way better, but when it comes down to it, I feel like this fluidity is an essential now. I wish there was a balance between the two! I know Eizo makes a 240hz 24" with a VA panel, but it's over twice the cost of the Asus.

sekiyu
I bought the 144hz Asus VG248QE when it was on sale last week at Newegg too, just to see what all the buzz was about -- I currently have 3x 30" Dell IPS monitors, so going from a 7680x1600 resolution down to 1920x1080 took some getting used to. The colors look awful compared to the Dells, very washed out and flat looking (but I'll definitely try those calibrations later tonight). But all of it becomes very forgivable when you see how incredibly smooth gameplay gets, especially in fast-paced games. I never knew what people were talking about with motion blur, ghosting, etc because I've been using the Dell for the past 6 years. When I loaded up Battlefield 4 for the first time, I remember spawning in the village on the Golmud Railroad map and I literally gasped at how fluid movement was. I found an enemy player and totally overshot my lead on him because I'd been accustomed to having a certain amount of lead at 60hz. BF4 is a JOY to play at 144hz, my GPUs are only working at 68% at ultra settings and I feel like I actually do better in close quarter maps. I tried some other games -- Kingdoms of Amalur was running at 280fps and again, SUPER smooth, I kept over-adjusting the camera mouselook. I can tell it's not placebo either, because I've been playing XCom Enemy Within, which is capped at 60fps and just scrolling around the map feels awful now. I'm honestly torn -- I've invested so much into these 30" monitors and they look way better, but when it comes down to it, I feel like this fluidity is an essential now. I wish there was a balance between the two! I know Eizo makes a 240hz 24" with a VA panel, but it's over twice the cost of the Asus.

Heh that's why I went mental and got 3 120Hz monitors back in the day. Racing in Dirt2 in surround at 120Hz with a nice wheel is an amazing gaming experience :D
 
I kinda want to upgrade them to newer panels soon if I can find a buyer for these. I got mine when 120Hz was still hard to find and there was only Asus or Acer 120Hz available for more money than I want to admit paying :D