What monitor do YOU have?

[pcgamerlite]

I am looking into a larger monitor for my desktop. I just wanted some suggestion as to the monitors people own or have owned and how good or bad they were.

Thanks for any suggestions. (Looking towards 22" or 24")

~ PC Gamer Lite

[George Hallam]

at the moment i have a 17" philps TFT its nice goes to 1280 x 1024 but i orders yesterday a 22" samsung look :) :)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-050-SA
meant to be fantastic look as well. what will you be using the monitor for and how much $$$$ do you have

[pcgamerlite]

That is nice. Approximately how much is that in US $$?

Here are a few I found that look good...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001222

Yours I think is this one...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096

Do you know the difference between the speeds? When it says 8ms, 5ms, or 2ms, is that the refresh rate?

[odannyboy000]

When it says 8ms, 5ms, or 2ms, is that the refresh rate?

That refers to the response time. Anything over 8ms will probably not look good for games.

[George Hallam]

ok thats nice mines 2ms 219 is about $440 but over the sea it might be cheaper

[George Hallam]

found it on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096 it is cheaper there :(

[Budfred]

I am looking at a 22" Chimei at MicroCenter which is on sale for $239 at the moment... However, I don't know anything about the quality of Chimei...

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0253913

If it is a good brand, that is a great price...

[jlreich]

I was doing some warranty repairs for a large company last week. While I was there the IT guy was telling me they just bought 400 of the 20" and 22" Samsung LCD's. He said he wasn't happy with them and that he wished they had stuck with the Dell monitors they usually get.

Unfortunately I was busy fixing the computer and not paying that much attention to him so I didn't catch the exact reason why he was unhappy with them. I don't think it was anything major but rather just something small that made him think he should have gone with the Dell monitors.

One very good thing though, out of the 400 he said they only had one unit they had to send back. You can't complain about 1 out of 400. ;)

[George Hallam]

from most of the reviews i have read it looks really good

[123456]

HP vf17...17" LCD.

http://img.shopping.com/cctool/PrdImg/images/pr/177X150/00/01/45/74/9a/21329050.JPG

[jlreich]

from most of the reviews i have read it looks really good
Don't let my comments shy you away from it. Like I said I think it was more of a minor thing that he was being picky about. :)

Oh and BTW, I have a 19" Acer and love it. At 8ms response I get a little ghosting on certain screens but it's pretty rare I notice any. I think the time I only really ever noticed it is in the Sims2 when you first go into the neighborhood with the aliens and the camera is doing the flyby on the satellite dishes, I get a little ghosting on the dishes.

[George Hallam]

its ok now lol i bought it :) what does the response time do might sound stupid but what is ghosting?:confused:

[PrntRhd]

The response time is the time to change from black/white or white/black. This means the lower the response time, the less lag in the display.
Gamers want very fast response, the lower the better.
Ghosting is the artifact left when the display data has changed but the resulting display has not showed the change yet.

[George Hallam]

o right is 1650 x 1050 a good resolution

[jlreich]

Yes that's good resolution. :cool:

[George Hallam]

is there a noticeable difference between higher resolutions because on HD tv there isnt much between 1080p and 1080i or does there become a point were you cant tell