Looking to buy a new monitor, need advice

StormShadow · Apr 2006

Hey guys, I'm looking to get a 19inch LCD monitor and I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions on what brand to go with. I would be using it mainly for 3ds, photoshop and gaming.

Thanks

ebagg · Apr 2006

I got a refurbished Philips 24" widescreen monitor, it had this strange colored noise, so I called Philips, they had a replacement monitor out in two days and ever since it's been an amazing monitor. I vote Philips.

I think the main thing to look at for with LCD monitors is to make sure there's no ghosting, in college they had some older 19" LCDs where you got ghosting, like your cursor was a bullet in the Matrix.

hawken · Apr 2006

that blurry ghosting effect is mostly caused by using a vga monitor. thankfully most take vga or dvi now. make sure you're using a dvi card though...

Mark Dygert · Apr 2006

just to clariffy what Hawken is talking about, he is refering to the out ports on your video card not the actual "monitor". Only use an adapter if you are forced to.

hawken · Apr 2006

hope that cleared it up for you Vig.

I am referring to the monitor. A lot of old shit ones and even some new ones only have vga ports. Most new ones have two ports, one for dvi in and one for vga in. The cables are rarely molded into the monitor.

flaagan · May 2006

I've got a pair of dell's 20.1" LCD monitors... they rock. They've got vga, dvi, rca, and svid in, and can quickly jump between each input with a single button press (and it has picture-in-picture). I do both my console and pc gaming on them.

LordScottish · May 2006

I use a Samsung SyncMaster 930BF because of the great colors. It's awesome and I would recommend it

StormShadow · May 2006

thanks for the advice guys,

I'm thinking about going with this
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...=0&NoMapp=0

Do any of you guys use Viewsonic?

rawkstar · May 2006

looks cool, BUT i don't recommend using tiger direct, a friend of mine had lots of problems while ordering from them...

i always use newegg. here's the monitor i have now, they have a weekend sale on it, for this price this thing can't be beat. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824014105 its pretty much the same as the Viewsonic one specwise, but cheaper plus its on newegg. I use this monitor and its pretty badass, no ghosting or anything, really good LCD monitor.

StormShadow · May 2006

SOLD!
That is a good deal. And if it's good enough for you then it's good enough for me.
It came out to $317 & Free Shpping, plus a $40 rebate. That's a pretty sweet deal. Thanks mr_Rockstar!

Joshua Stubbles · May 2006

I took your word for it as well, Rockstar. Just ordered one. Looks like a great monitor. I didn't need anything HUGE anyways

StormShadow · May 2006

Rockstar should get a commission from newegg!

hawken · May 2006

Dead Pixels Policy: Replacement or Refund for 8 or more dead pixels only

hahahahahaha

Joshua Stubbles · May 2006

I own a lot of LCD products though. The only thing I've owned that had dead pixels? My Nintendo DS.

hmph!

Joshua Stubbles · May 2006

Just got it today. No dead pixels - flawless.
The refresh is great for games as well. This is my first widescreen monitor - very impressed.
Rockstar - you have a good color profile for this guy? I can't seem to get it quite right.

Thx,

Looking to buy a new monitor, need advice

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