Another LCD Screen 18 inch?

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 03:12:12 GMT, none DeleteThis @nowhere.invalid wrote:

 >Gary Seven <garylucky1978nospam@yahoocom> wrote in
 >news:lnkdkvs5rk3v0l20ma18kh4ko8ge3978bd@4ax.com:
 >
  >> I have another PC, and I am int he process of getting everything to
  >> LCD. CRTs will soon be int he Smithsonian! Just kidding. I really
  >> like how much power they use. I wasn't expecting that much of a drop
  >> in power cunsumption. It won't offset the cost of getting it for a
  >> long, long time though. At any rate, I'd like to get another screen
  >> maybe 18 inch. I'm looking to spend about $400 to $500 (US). DVI is
  >> a must. According to a co-worker, he has a 17" with a 30ms pixel
  >> redraw time and he doesn't get ghosting while gaming. So to be on the
  >> safe side, I'll settle for 20ms. What brands should I look at?
  >> Viewsonic? Ths ones I see on their site that match what I'm looking
  >> for only have analog - unless I'm just not seeing it. Thanks!
  >>
 >
 >
 >If you are willing to go down 1", take a look at Hitachi's 17". It has
 >received some good reviews, has a 15 ms response time and I believe it
 >supports DVI.


Actually I already have a Hitachi 17". Since I'm adding another inch,
I can go hither than $500. Thanks! <!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Gary Seven" <garylucky1978nospam@yahoocom> wrote in message
news:lnkdkvs5rk3v0l20ma18kh4ko8ge3978bd@4ax.com...
 > I have another PC, and I am int he process of getting everything to
 > LCD. CRTs will soon be int he Smithsonian! Just kidding. I really
 > like how much power they use. I wasn't expecting that much of a drop
 > in power cunsumption. It won't offset the cost of getting it for a
 > long, long time though. At any rate, I'd like to get another screen
 > maybe 18 inch. I'm looking to spend about $400 to $500 (US). DVI is
 > a must. According to a co-worker, he has a 17" with a 30ms pixel
 > redraw time and he doesn't get ghosting while gaming. So to be on the
 > safe side, I'll settle for 20ms. What brands should I look at?
 > Viewsonic? Ths ones I see on their site that match what I'm looking
 > for only have analog - unless I'm just not seeing it. Thanks!

20ms or under is very nice for gaming and watching DVD's. Many 25-30ms
LCD's actually do not perform so fast for games, and often their response
time is much higher than stated. Analog is very common in smaller and less
expensive LCD's, while digital is mostly reserved for the larger monitors.
It makes sense really, because most high resolutions have problems getting a
good signal out of analog, but still it's hard to find a digital in a small
size, and not 200 dollars more.

17 and 19 inch are the most common LCD sizes. 17 inch is about equal to a
19 inch CRT in overall screen size, although horizontal size is only
slightly larger than a 17 inch CRT because of the different aspect ratio
(5:4 instead of 4:3). In the size range you are looking at, 1280X1024 is
the most common resolution, so make sure any games or software you will run,
will work OK in that resolution, and also make sure, if you go analog, your
video card has at least a 250Mhz RAMDAC, if not higher, and that your
videocard can feed any games at such a high resolution- some games are very
demanding. Most LCD's do not look very good outside of their native
resolution, and few keep the aspect ratio intact when you go from one
resolution to another (my videocard only seems to keep 1280X960 properly
4:3, the rest are stretched). In short, if you play games or work with
multiple resolutions, LCD's already have a few disadvantages next to a CRT,
even if they do consume less power, lower your electricity bills, and look
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