Recommend me an LCD Monitor

[ZoomZoom71]

I've been given the "thumbs up" to purchase LCD monitors for our two active PC's. I'd like to get a nice widescreen for me, as my video card has DVI-D. My wife's PC only has VGA, so I can't get anything too fancy, but she doesn't want anything fancy, either, so a simple (i.e. cheap) 17" will work.

Any thoughts?

[dmiller68]

However, they do cost a bit of coin...

I do however think that Dell makes some great monitors... The Apple ones are very good as well but even more expensive. Most of the MAC guys at work use the Dell 24" monitors. I also like Samsung and those have been the ones I have been buying.

[KEEZY]

I picked up a Sammy 22" Widescreen monitor. It was on Black Friday, and the deal was crazy. $250, normally $399.

Acer's have been priced very competitively lately, and from what I've heard, they are pretty good monitors.

Anywho, here is the monitor I got: SAM 225BW

[CamDawg]

One of the B&M (maybe Circuit City or Staples) has an Acer 19" widescreen on sale this week for like $159. It's a nice monitor at that price.

[CamDawg]

If you're looking at Dell, you may want to check their outlet for monitor deals. Here's the URL: http://www.dell.com/content/products...=22&l=en&s=dfh

[Peench]

Dell's are great monitors from everyone I've heard from. I have a couple of widescreen Viewsonics at my office and they're pretty nice:



If you want the model numbers lemme know and I'll get off my arse and look at the back of the monitors. It was much easier to simply type that than to actually get up and look and then type the model number... dang, I feel like carp and even moving out of my chair seems like too much of an effort.

[WormholeXtreme]

Gateway has some good monitors. i have the 21" widescreen version and I'm thinking about upgrading to the 24". The gateway monitors are also HDCP compliant, unlike most other monitors.(which will be important if you want to connect an HD DVD/BD player to the digital inputs or watch a movie from the PC in either of those formats with the digital input.) The 360 at 1080P over the VGA looks excellent on the 21". I'm waiting for a 10%/12% off coupon and another 2 or 3 year no interest promotion before I pick up the 24" version.

[ZoomZoom71]

Since I first posted this, my wife said she'll just take my existing 17" CRT, and I can get my own LCD monitor. Since I eventually want to have my own flat panel in my office, I should probably shoot for a 24" widescreen that supports 1080p AND can be used as a PC monitor. That may be shooting for the moon, when dealing w/ my wife, but it gives me a reference point. Thanks for the tips, fellas!

[ZoomZoom71]

Here's one that might be sufficient: Olevia 27" LCD. I think we've seen a lot of good things said about the Olevia products. At $599, I'm willing to give it a shot. What ya'll think?

[ZoomZoom71]

If I didn't want an HD Tuner Built-In, I could go for this Philips 23" LCD. It can be had for $450. How important is Response Time? This one is 16ms. The Olevia is 1/2 that, at 8ms.

[Jon Liu]

that's pretty slow, 16ms. Response time is pretty big if you plan to watch fast motion at all or play games on it. 8ms sounds good, I think mine is 12 or something like that and it's still slightly noticeable.

[CamDawg]

You have to be careful when looking at response time. I know this may be a surprise, but... the marketing folks lie. A standardized measure for response time across the industry doesn't exist. Here's a good article from PC World that explains it better than i can: PC World Article.

[ZoomZoom71]

Thanks for the article.

[Crippler]

It costs a pretty penny but it rocks hard:



Viewsonic VP2330wb

I cry every time I go home to my 19" CRT. I need one of these for the home PC.

[Jon Liu]

I fear, at the size and looking at it for too long, you would once again feel like your avatar, Crip! hahaha or at least you'll physically look like that...

[KEEZY]

Son of a bitch! Why is that so expensive? $1300 for a 23" screen?

[dmiller68]

Originally Posted by Crippler