Just bought a 19" LCD Monitor :D

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:52 am

Widescreen.

This will take some getting used to, but I'm liking it a lot. Took me 10 minutes to figure out where the power button for the damn thing was though.

I've been in the market for a new monitor for a few years now, but never actually bought one. Today was the day and damn, I'm liking it so far.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:17 am

hehehe congrats skynet ole boy

i got myself a 19" widescreen too, it is great isnt it?

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:23 am

It'll take getting used to. But I was the exact same way when I bought my 42" tv

Once I get used to it, I'll probably wonder how I ever did without it.

The monitor it replaced with a 17" CRT I got back in 1998. The thing is bulky, heavy, gets extremely hot after short amounts of time, the display is stuffing up and it's just ugly. It'll be put to use as either a 2nd monitor (if I feel like having 2 set up) or I could just set my DC upto it permanently.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:24 am

Should've gone bigger :-D

Captain Tokyo · Post by **Captain Tokyo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:45 am

i have a 19" crt. i'd rather have a crt any day. they give a noticably better picture.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:44 am

Skynet wrote:It'll take getting used to. But I was the exact same way when I bought my 42" tv

Once I get used to it, I'll probably wonder how I ever did without it.

The monitor it replaced with a 17" CRT I got back in 1998. The thing is bulky, heavy, gets extremely hot after short amounts of time, the display is stuffing up and it's just ugly. It'll be put to use as either a 2nd monitor (if I feel like having 2 set up) or I could just set my DC upto it permanently.

i replaced a 17" crt too, not that it was that old, i just felt i needed more, higher res and no refresh rate troubles

no dual monitor setup though, as i run SLI, i would have to enable and disable everytime i boot up a game

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:58 am

How much did you pay? What brand/model is it? Where'd you get it? Thanks.

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:17 am

@DrFreeze: I felt the same way until it started getting hot too quickly and display started to get funny. The only thing that bothered me is that max resolution was 1024x768.

@Scherzo: No use to you because I'm Aussie, however it was $349 19" 8ms 650:1 LCD. The brand I'm not sure on, it's CMV. I should've done the research into whether or not they're a good brand or not, but I didn't know until I got to the store. Of it's size and the specifications it has, it's the best I've found so far for how much it cost. I was willing to spend $300 for a 17", so I figured add a bit more for a 19" widescreen.

stagg · Post by **stagg** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:56 am

I am starting to look into a 19" Widescreen too. You can find them for around 200 bucks or less here in the states.

Edit: Heres one for $150

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread ... 0&t=292813

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:06 am

LCDs have gotten really cheap. I was going to replace my 17" CRT with a 17" LCD, but then I went on newegg and found out that a 19" samsung was around $250. I had no idea they were that cheap. It's a wonderful monitor.

APE · Post by **APE** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:01 pm

Yeh Stagg, most people don't buy random shit and use it. Gaming requires a good refersh rate on an LCD otherwise you get ghosting.

I likes me some Dell 2405FPW action. Shame most games don't do widescreen.

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:05 pm

APE wrote:Yeh Stagg, most people don't buy random crap and use it. Gaming requires a good refersh rate on an LCD otherwise you get ghosting.

I likes me some Dell 2405FPW action. Shame most games don't do widescreen.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com

they have a huge ass list with games and fixes for playing widescreen, and also some handy tools for FoV calculations and such

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:14 pm

If anybody is looking for a relatively cheap, awesome monitor, grab a Samsung LCD. Their computer displays are incredible. My 940b was the best thing I bought with my new PC.

Post by **|darc|** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:35 pm

I love my BenQ 19" though I really wish it was widescreen. I hate getting on fullscreen monitors ever since I got my MacBook.

Post by **melancholy** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:09 pm

To be perfectly honest, I don't really like widescreen monitors. I have a widescreen laptop, and although it works good for it, I kinda miss the normal screen on my old laptop.

MulletMan13 · Post by **MulletMan13** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:21 pm

<3 the widescreen. I like having much more horizontal space than vertical space.

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:16 am

Nick wrote:If anybody is looking for a relatively cheap, awesome monitor, grab a Samsung LCD. Their computer displays are incredible. My 940b was the best thing I bought with my new PC.

940be represent!

S. Thompson · Post by **S. Thompson** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:47 am

What kind of resolutions can these babies do?

- Fuzmeister

Disheveled DrFreeze · Post by **Disheveled DrFreeze** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:00 am

the most typical 19" widescreen reso is 1440*900, for higher resos you need a 20" which mostly do 1680*1050 or something like that

Wagh · Post by **Wagh** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:55 am

I'm buying a dell 20.1in widescreen one today or tomorrow. mmmm.