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Hi. I'm just (as some of you may know) finished with the computer I built! Well, now I am running it on a 19" CRT (I believe), and am looking to upgrade to an 19" LCD. I have heard there is a big gap between GOOD LCD's and BAD LCD's, so I guess I am in the right place (You guys never let me down).
Price Range: around $250. No more then $300.
Anything that would be fairly nice. And if I have to go over 300, no biggie, if It's a really nice monitor.
This one is good for the money;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116373
Purchased it for my wife-she loves it. No dead pixels. :)
It has a D-sub and DVI connector-so it will work with most video cards.
ehh. im not really sure if I like the widescreen or not. :confused:
A monitor is something that you can expect to be staring into for a few years, so isn't something that should be economised on IMHO. You may need to spend a little over $300 for a good one.
These are nice, and highly regarded:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116375
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116355
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824002285
I have not closely examined an LCD monitor for a couple of years so my comments may be a bit outdated. If you are using an LCD monitor for run-of-the-mill stuff they are great. I treated myself to an LCD monitor and it was back in the shop next day....
I mostly do graphic editing and need to be able to differentiate shades of near-black. When I got the LCD monitor home into a dark room, I realized it was useless the moment I turned it on. The blackest black was a good shade of grey and the edge halo made it impossible to discriminate anything close to black.
I'm sure that technology has improved but how far I don't know. Comment?
Better to spend extra on a good monitor than an expensive graphic card with bells and whistles you never use.
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I purchased a 19" Viewsonic VA912b LCD monitor just a couple of months ago and am very happy with it. Very bright, very sharp, and it has a 12ms response time, so games play pretty darn nice on it (the faster the response time, the faster game motion it can handle). It's on the outer edge of your budget, but you might find it on sale if you look around a bit.
I bought a 19" Viewsonic VP912b a few months ago, I am impressed with it. Very sharp image, great color and games well with 12ms reponse time.