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LCD monitor (recommend)

May 26, 2005 7:46PM PDT

I need to buy an LCD with these specifications. Please recommend :

1) Not more than $300
2) Contrast ratio = not less than 500:1
3) Brightness = not less than 350
4) One DVI at least
5) 17"
6) response time = 8ms or less
7) No speakers

By the way, is there a website that have all LCD monitors from the 2003 up to now? and with precise specifications plus the ability to compare monitors?

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monitors
May 26, 2005 9:42PM PDT

check out newegg.com . you can compare and they have a good selection but i dont know about back to 03 . i just buoght a 19" last week for office only spent $319.

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Have you tried newegg, biggest selection
May 26, 2005 10:38PM PDT

and good prices including shipping?

At newegg, when you select LCD monitors the screen gives you a place to select numerous parameters and then it shows only monitors meet the criteria. You can pick 1 or 2 D-Sub [analog], 1 or 2 DVI [video} etc etc. I think that the Viewsonic was the lowest one with DVI and 8 msec. I bought the 10 msec polyview for $206.99 and free shipping, but doubt if that one would make you happy. It was so bright that I had to turn the brightness down almost to zero. No dead Pixels, but not great text and color I know not [I'm colorblind}

No way to actually see the display on the internet. Think about it, the picture that they snd out has to be displayed by the video card and monitor on YOUR computer and will them really be your monitor's version of the picture. Useless.

That is very important, however, no store that I know of has a large enough selection. It is very important thpough because brand names are not always the best. One Samsung can be great, and the next model not too good. That goes for any brand. If you select a model, you can then search the websites of stores such as Staples, Best Buy, et al, type in your ZIP code and see if they have that model in their store. Getting to see it, meaningfully, is another issue. If it is hooked up with a bunch of other monitors, you may find that the demo program that they run doesn't really reveal much in the way of gaming performance.

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But..
May 26, 2005 11:16PM PDT

NewEgg doesn't have all the LCDs. There is a quite wide range of trustful LCDs that aren't contained in their website. I searched for 8ms LCDs and got only 6 or 7, which I think is very few.

That's why I asked for direct personal recommendations, or a richer website (not necessarily a store).

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It's going to be tough
May 27, 2005 3:21AM PDT

to find more than at newegg. The 8 MS items are relatively new.

Simply do a google search, you'll find places that actually sell the monitors at list price and then outlandish shipping, but they won't have a wider selection. Might have a model that newegg doesn't have, but rare.

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Ray Harinec,
May 27, 2005 4:31AM PDT

I don't come to post here for help unless I've tried 'everything' else. All the things you advised me to do (NewEgg, google, ..etc) I actually had done. So please stop deviating me to elsewhere. I need help from people over 'here'.

I hope you understand me and don't get me wrong.
Thanks anyway

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Haisook....
May 27, 2005 7:51AM PDT

Hey Kid....

I get you wrong. Ray is in his 70's like me and is a retired Electrical Engineer who worked civil service developing highly technical guidance systems on guided missles for the USAF before his retirement (have you ever watched TV on those missles used in Desert Storm). He has been trying to help young people like you ( 14-16 year olds still in high school) since coming into CNet around December 2000. Being smart $ss does not set well.

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ViewSonic
Sep 6, 2005 4:24PM PDT

What do you think of ViewSonic VP191?
We are looking for a monitor for the usual work related stuff (spreadsheets, web) and that could also eventually replace our TV (which we use to watch movies only). Are there other models that you'd recommend? It should definitely cost less than $750 and have excellent reliability. Thank you.

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What about this one?
May 27, 2005 5:02AM PDT
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Remember, that ALL 17 inch
May 27, 2005 7:36AM PDT

LCD monitors use the 1280 X 1024 as the native resolution. That is 1,310,720. pixels then times 3 for a red, green, and blue TFT for each. For a resolution of 1024 X 768 the system would normally only illuminate 786,432 pixels, the rest are illuminated by an extrapolation algorithm.

I thought that I explained that LCDs are different than CRT's. The pixels are physical devices, on a CRT they are pieces of phosphur that get hit by the electron beams. Many more phosphur locations than the resolution. In order to run at a lower resolution LCD's use a software algorithhm to artificially calculate a color, based on the surrounding live pixels, in order to use the entire physical screen.

Feel free to yell at me, but I did recommend that monitor to you three or four days ago.

Enjoy your day, and I promise to leave your threads alone.

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Sorry. I didn't mean to..
May 27, 2005 11:08AM PDT

be offensive. I just noticed that all of your replies were like "Go there and look up at that website"..etc

I apologize once more. I know that you've been trying to be helpful, but those particular hints didn't do it for me, though I appreciate them.

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You may be at the wrong type of forum.
May 27, 2005 11:23AM PDT

You really should go to some of the gamers forums if you want people actually gaming and using specific model LCD's. Don't be too surprised if many of them give answers such as OZOS did, USE a CRT. They spend their money on the latest greatest video cards and such, the monitor is simply not of that much interest.

BTW John Robie, while not as old as me is a very avid and experienced gamer, and can help in many ways. I had earlier suggewsted that you email him and ask for his opinion.

Good luck in your searcing.

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Yes, CNet's Gamespot has a PC Hardware
May 27, 2005 5:15PM PDT
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LOL
May 27, 2005 9:27PM PDT

Thanks for the link, but I still can't figure out why you're so happy about being 73 yold! Happy

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When you get there (73)
May 27, 2005 9:39PM PDT

and you open your eyes in the morning and realize you're still here, you'll be happy, too, hon.

TONI

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I was until the announcement
May 28, 2005 6:58AM PDT

just a couple days ago about those pills could cause a unexpected departure. Oh well, like Toni says, I'm still lucky.
:^O

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(NT) (NT) 76 this past April.
May 27, 2005 10:06PM PDT
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Oh guys.. you're great
May 28, 2005 7:12AM PDT

It's great to see some old-aged guys like who are proud of it and still live life like it's infinite! keep up and don't ever end up being desperates.

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(NT) (NT) Looks good to me (no pun intended lol)
May 27, 2005 7:11AM PDT
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LCD's are not good for gaming, and they cost more
Sep 13, 2005 10:17AM PDT

CRT is the only type of monitor thus far that is capable of giving good gaming performance. LCD's are ok, don't get me wrong, but they have a blurr that is unsuitable for most fps games especially those of faster speeds like Painkiller and Doom 3, Quake 3 and especially Quake 4. They do run well en ough though, and alot of people don't even notice the blurr, unless they are really serious. it is a major drawback though, but they are sexya nd dont take up so much space fo course