monitor

[GuardianAnge1]

can anyone recommend a good one?

starting Uni and will need a new monitor. Something good and big (no bigger then 20 inches though).

[Ludicrouse]

TFT or CRT?

[FuSs]

have an iiyama hm903dt vision master pro 454 and im really satisfied.
think its 2 or 3 years old allready and still not the slighest problem.
its 19 inch crt btw

[Vasquez]

I have an LG Studioworks 700S. Works good, nice menu and buttons. No idea how good it is though, it's the only monitor I've had in recent times.

[GuardianAnge1]

prolly need to get a flatscreen one since it would be on a small desk in a small room

[Ludicrouse]

http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/hardware/monitorsanddisplays/productView.htm?quicklinx=3R68


nuff said

[FuSs]

iiyama has prolly the best monitors.
take one of those.

[Endangerment]

yeah i had to get tft for uni, my 21" crt was almost bigger than the room

[JojoTheSlayer]

Whatever you choose, if youre going for a LCD screen.
You should have atlest the specs 19" and 8ms (lower is better).

[Ludicrouse]

Actually JoJo the ms isnt that much of an issue... i was playing CSS on a 25ms TFT and saw very very little ghosting.

Lower IS better, but by no means write off a good screen just cuz it aint the fastest.

[Endangerment]

and check what res it goes to, a lot are onlt 1024xwhatever, generally i like 1200x1024 as a min.

[Vasquez]

Or just hook your graphics card up to a 50" plasma screen TV :D

[One Armed Scissor]

Or just hook your graphics card up to a 50" plasma screen TV :D

seconded

[Ironman]

I use a Samsung SyncMaster 913N and wow this screen is good allround. Good in games, good at movies, good in Photoshop. Max res is 1280x1024 and even out-off size (ie 1024x768) it still has a very good display (which is one of the big issues with a TFT screen).

Side note: Most TFT screens today actually use Samsungs panels.

[Pegasus]

I have an IIyama S900MT1 19" (CRT) and its about 3 years old and workes fine at 100hz and can go much higher afaik.


Woudent swap it for much else :)

[Endangerment]

side note afaik all tft's are only made in 3 factories in the world, so chances are ur sony is from the same factory as that logix/digix one u've never heard of.

[Ludicrouse]

side note afaik all tft's are only made in 3 factories in the world, so chances are ur sony is from the same factory as that logix/digix one u've never heard of.


But they use very different components.... There seems to be only two makes of Panel tho, LG and Samsung....

LG is the best for picture quality but Samsung tend to make the fastest panels...

But like i said earlier... speed isnt that important, especially if you cant see what you aiming at :)