What monitor should i get?

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So i'm going to take a little extra christmas money to replace my broken viewsonic piece of crap. I want a 17-19inch with the best image quality i can get for $300 :ph34r: .


Any suggestions?
 
first things first- what kind of video card do you have?

lcd monitors are specific to either an analog signal (your normal monitor 25-pin plug) or DVI digital, which only good video cards have.

buying a monitor that won't plug into your video card will suck.
 
Some places have a adapter that lets you use a 25-pin monitor connector on a DVII plug. I've got one laying around here somewhere.

Most LCDs don't use DVII anyway. Usually only the upper-mid and high-end ones. I know my midrange NEC uses analog.
 
Originally posted by pissedoffsol@Dec 22 2004, 07:22 AM
first things first- what kind of video card do you have?

lcd monitors are specific to either an analog signal (your normal monitor 25-pin plug) or DVI digital, which only good video cards have.

buying a monitor that won't plug into your video card will suck.
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Not true. The Dell monitors that we have at work have an option for either signal.

But yeah, some monitors only have one specific output.
 
Originally posted by pissedoffsol+Dec 22 2004, 08:22 AM-->
pissedoffsol @ Dec 22 2004 said:
lcd monitors are specific to either an analog signal (your normal monitor 25-pin plug) or DVI digital, which only good video cards have.
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Analog VGA = 15 pins. :p :lol:

dohcvtec_accord@Dec 22 2004, 11:18 AM
Not true. The Dell monitors that we have at work have an option for either signal.
But yeah, some monitors only have one specific output.
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Yeah- just make sure that everything will plug in.

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I'm still partial to CRTs because of variable resolution beyond native and multiples of native res, plus response time...

CRT:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-001-166&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-002-038&depa=1 :thumbsup:

Good 17 inch LCDs (all excellent brands too):
Albatron, 16ms response time, 400cd/sqm brightness, 450:1 contrast ratio, VGA in: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-170-009&depa=1
Iiyama: 14ms, 370cd/sqm, 350:1 contrast, VGA in: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-172-064&depa=1
Sony (if you must): 16ms, 250cd/sqm, 400:1 contrast, VGA in: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-006-066&depa=1
Princeton: 16ms, 300cd/sqm, 450:1, VGA and DVI in: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-008-019&depa=1
 
thanks for the links. I've been on newegg for hte past 30 mintues reading reviews.

yeah i want a CRT. Why do so many of you say i should get a 17 over 19?
 
You can get some 19" LCD monitors for under 400.

I paid I think 499 for my 19" viewable LCD Mag monitor.
 
Originally posted by pissedoffsol@Dec 22 2004, 05:13 PM
a 17" lcd is about = to a 19" crt. its all about native resolution.


and mike, im an idiot. thanks :)
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:)

A 17 inch LCD is more like an 18 inch CRT... but yeah- LCD screen sizes show the actual viewable size, but a CRT measurement does not. You typically subtract an inch to an inch and a half from a CRT's size to get the real viewable size.
 
Dont buy just a monitor buy a whole pc
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