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New Do you want cheap, or good (or both)?
[link|http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/lcd-guide_26.html|PVA] screens apparently have a good compromise among color reproduction, viewing angle, and pixel speed.

Older monitors can be very cheap, but have restricted viewing angles (meaning the colors will vary across the screen).

I'd strongly consider this [link|http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001069|19" Samsung], but if you don't want to spend that much, I'd pick a dollar amount and find the one with the best rating at that price point.

HTH a bit. Good luck!

Cheers,
Scott.
(The most recent LCD screen I bought was a 17" Samsung SyncMaster 710N so my personal experience is a little out of date. It's been good to us though.)
New Too slow (20ms)
[link|http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2430652&CatId=170|http://www.tigerdire...2430652&CatId=170]

Acer 700:1 5ms response $190.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
New Another
[link|http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1649722&CatId=170|http://www.tigerdire...1649722&CatId=170]

Viewsonic 2ms for just over 200 after rebate.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
New Remember that LCD specs are like printer specs
only slightly related to the truth. Most of the LCD specs are pretty useless for figuring out how good a monitor is for real world use.

--Tony
New How about this one? Under $200 it is.
[link|http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001100|SAMSUNG 920NW Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 - Retail] 5ms WXGA+ $189 with $20 mail-in rebate. $169 after rebate plus shipping

3 Business Day Shipping $12.49


These Newegg mail-in Rebates do work, you just have to follow the rules. I've done it.


[link|http://www.samsung.com/ph/products/monitor/lcdmonitor/920nw.asp|Samsung Product page]
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Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars?
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Expand Edited by folkert April 9, 2007, 09:21:08 PM EDT
Expand Edited by folkert April 9, 2007, 09:57:40 PM EDT
New I don't like the resolution limit of 900vert on those
In my opinion, Widescreen monitors less than 21 inches are too small.

Course, if you don't agree with that opinion...t'is a nice one at a good price.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
New Then here... picky:
[link|http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001226|SAMSUNG 204B-BK Black 20.1" 5ms DVI LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 - Retail] UXGA 1600 x 1200, 5ms $294, $20 mail-in rebate, $274 after. 3 Business Day Shipping $16.44

More money, 1600x1200, 20" about the same physical size as my 19" in my front room, though much less deep.
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Freedom is not FREE.
Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars?
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New :-)
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
New Tough on older eyes
1600x1200 in 24" works. In 21", that might be hard on older eyes.
New 21"...
I have everything setup in X, so that the 1280x1024 Firefox, OO.o Writer and so on have the same actual size on the 1600x1200 screen.

Now, if I went to 2048x1536... even for *ME* that is quite a bit smaller than I;d like. 1920x1440 was small as well.

I don't envy anyone needing 1280x1024 @ 21" size. Yikes.
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Freedom is not FREE.
Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars?
SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0;

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New This is why...
...I'm looking forward to the Leopard (OS X 10.5) upgrade - resolution independent interface.

My iMac has 1920x1200 on a 24" screen which is great most of the time, but there are times (early morning/late evening, mostly), when I just want to put it into Blind Man mode with Really Big Words And Pictures.


Peter
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New You can try it now
[link|http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/2005/05/20/tigerresolution|Resolution Independence in OS X Tiger]
In fact the feature I was most interested to see is one that isn't strictly an official feature of the OS. You have to install the developer tools to get to it, and run the 'Quartz Debugger' utility to switch it on. That feature is resolution independence.
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New ooh shiny
Works, too!


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New can do it app-by-app too
change the settings via terminal - [link|http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/08/guiscale/|Play with GUI scaling]
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New Hey...NOW yer talkin!
Might just have to go out and get one of those...or maybe a TaylorMade R7 460 driver...Hmmm, decisions, decisions....
jb4
"It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment."
George W. Bush, when asked if he believed Iraq was in a state of civil war (Newsweek, 26 Feb 07)
New Hey...NOW yer talkin!
Might just have to go out and get one of those...or maybe a TaylorMade R7 460 driver...Hmmm, decisions, decisions....
jb4
"It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment."
George W. Bush, when asked if he believed Iraq was in a state of civil war (Newsweek, 26 Feb 07)
New Depends on what you're doing.
Also, you need to be careful that you're comparing apples-to-apples in pixel speed. [link|http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00009.htm|Gray to gray versus black to white to black].

We've got some LCDs at work that have big "2 ms!" stickers on them and they don't look any better than our 17" Samsung [link|http://www.samsung.com/au/products/monitors/tft/710n.asp?page=Specifications|710N] with its 12 ms response time. In fact, I think they look worse.

Cheers,
Scott.
New interesting read - thanx!
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New Let me refine my requirements. Under US $200.
And even that will be a stretch with my current thin wallet.
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New My first link was sub 200.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
New any pawn shops in your area? good place for bargains
since pawn shop owners dont know a lot about this stuff they lend at 15% of value and sell at 25%
thanx,
bill
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     Need to get a new monitor - (Silverlock) - (27)
         Just the thing - (tuberculosis)
         Do you want cheap, or good (or both)? - (Another Scott) - (20)
             Too slow (20ms) - (bepatient) - (16)
                 Another - (bepatient) - (1)
                     Remember that LCD specs are like printer specs - (tonytib)
                 How about this one? Under $200 it is. - (folkert) - (11)
                     I don't like the resolution limit of 900vert on those - (bepatient) - (10)
                         Then here... picky: - (folkert) - (9)
                             :-) -NT - (bepatient)
                             Tough on older eyes - (dws) - (5)
                                 21"... - (folkert)
                                 This is why... - (pwhysall) - (3)
                                     You can try it now - (SpiceWare) - (2)
                                         ooh shiny - (pwhysall) - (1)
                                             can do it app-by-app too - (SpiceWare)
                             Hey...NOW yer talkin! - (jb4)
                             Hey...NOW yer talkin! - (jb4)
                 Depends on what you're doing. - (Another Scott) - (1)
                     interesting read - thanx! -NT - (SpiceWare)
             Let me refine my requirements. Under US $200. - (Silverlock) - (2)
                 My first link was sub 200. -NT - (bepatient)
                 any pawn shops in your area? good place for bargains - (boxley)
         take a bus to walmart and see how they look, buy elsewhere -NT - (boxley)
         Re: 19 inch - (a6l6e6x) - (3)
             Hmm. I think I screwed up. - (Silverlock) - (2)
                 At 4:3, almost 24" - (admin)
                 Pretty much 19" diagonal is the ... - (folkert)

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