Excellent for a medium-low budget

I bought my LG L226WTQ a year ago, in March 2008, from Future Shop in Toronto. At that time it was on sale: $259 CAD + tax.

I've been using it every day since then, mainly for text purposes (programming) ~ 8 hours a day, but I also played games and watched movies on it about once or twice a week.

I have to agree with the other reviews that reported some ghosting (shadows) that appears when moving windows on a white background, BUT that doesn't happen in all the situations. To be clear, it happened only when I tried to do text editing/reading while the monitor was set on Movie mode.

So I don't think it's really a defect, it's a matter of settings through the f-Engine menu: when I play games or watch movies I set it on Movie, and I don't see any shadows. On the contrary, the image is clear and fluent.

It also has a Text mode within the f-Engine options, but it is too bright for me, so when I work with text I choose one of the other 2 options: the Normal mode and the User mode:
- the Normal mode (which I prefer) is linked to the contrast, brightness and color settings that are chosen through the buttons on the monitor. My comfortable settings: Brightness = 20, Contrast = 80, Gamma = -50.
- the User mode allows me to choose a separate group of Brightness, Clarity and Color values. I set it to be a bit brighter than the Normal, but less bright than Movie or Text modes.

So in my conclusion, a great monitor for its price, but you need some time to set it up properly for the comfort of your eyes.

Other notes:
- the video card that I have on my main computer is Radeon X850 and I connected it to the monitor through a DVI cable.
- the monitor also has a separate VGA analog connector, useful for connecting another computer to it. I can switch between computers by pressing the Source button on the monitor's front panel.

Also, note that it was necessary to install the drivers that came on a CD with the monitor, as my version of Windows XP didn't have them.