Buying A New Monitor, Need Help :)

BirdyBirdy Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16825Members, Constellation
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Hey,

It's time for a new monitor and i need some help with choosing one.
I know nothing or almost nothing about them so i'm getting frustrated <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Space doesn't matter and i mostly use it for high res gaming and maya/3dmax.
19"+ 100hz+ preferred.

Thanks
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    I would go with a Flat Screen CRT Monitor NOT a flat-panel LCD. Flat panel LCD's tend to blur and have fluxuating gamma at fast frame rates. Take a look at some monitors from Sony and ViewSonic, they have some good ones.
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  • l3igDl3igD Join Date: 2003-11-20 Member: 23262Members
    OoOo i seen this one at circut city...It was a sony...widescreen! I think it was 24inch? Not to sure...But it was freaking huge...price tag was 3,000
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    Yeah... $3,000 is a lil on the steep side... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    <!--QuoteBegin--Skidzor+Dec 21 2003, 05:11 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Skidzor @ Dec 21 2003, 05:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I would go with a Flat Screen CRT Monitor NOT a flat-panel LCD. Flat panel LCD's tend to blur and have fluxuating gamma at fast frame rates. Take a look at some monitors from Sony and ViewSonic, they have some good ones. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Indeed, listen to Skidzor.

    About a month ago my old 19" died so I tried getting a flat panel LCD, and I tried TWO different ones and they both blurred horribly. Hell one of em you couldn't even watch videos in Media Player it was so bad...

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    /me waits 5 years when LCD is good.
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  • Hand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_AgainHand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_Again Join Date: 2002-02-07 Member: 178Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Dec 22 2003, 05:11 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Dec 22 2003, 05:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->About a month ago my old 19" died so I tried getting a flat panel LCD, and I tried TWO different ones and they both blurred horribly. Hell one of em you couldn't even watch videos in Media Player it was so bad...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Moral of the story - only use DVI (Digital Video Input?) with an LCD monitor. Otherwise you're turning digital information into an analogue RGB signal, sending it to the monitor over a noisy cable, where it's converted back into digital again. It's not surprising it gets blurry...

    I prefer a fairly unusual type of monitor - the 'About To Be Thrown Out From Office' variety. Three 17in monitors and a 14in one - and they were going to be chucked in a skip. My main PC's got two lovely matching 17in EIZO ones attached, both doing a crystal-clear 1280x960. Perhaps not the highest spec available, but it definitely wins in one way. Cost? Zero. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • XythXyth Avatar Join Date: 2003-11-04 Member: 22312Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Skidzor+Dec 21 2003, 06:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Skidzor @ Dec 21 2003, 06:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yeah... $3,000 is a lil on the steep side... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah for that much dough you can just get a projector and have a 140" screen.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    edited December 2003
    just got a new cheapo samsung monitor for $150. 19 inch. when I set my desktop resolution (or a game's resolution) to higher, it doesn't all fit on the screen and I have to scroll to see the whole desktop... does that mean the monitor doesn't support higher resolutions, or I have something set wrong? the box said it's sposta be good up to 1600x1200... also, the screen gets all shaky when I set the refresh rate to higher than 60hz... should I just accept these things as by-products of having a cheapo monitor, or is something set wrong?

    yeah, I'm a monitor nub too... =P
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