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Advice about buying monitors
sdedalus83:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176144
If I didn't have about $1600 in one time bills coming up, I'd be getting one of those, along with a couple of the $199 128GB SSDs they've got on sale right now.
Soryon:
what I am using right now is This ACER, but-
But, Ive always like samsung,
My old moniter (well I still have it, its just on my last build) was a Samsung SyncMaster 2333 with the purrty flowers on the back =P, I really liked that one.
The monitor nstgc linked also looks like a good one, btw.
nstgc:
--- Quote from: sdedalus83 on August 18, 2010, 02:17:31 AM ---http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176144
If I didn't have about $1600 in one time bills coming up, I'd be getting one of those, along with a couple of the $199 128GB SSDs they've got on sale right now.
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120hz, 500 cd/m^2, 3d, 1920x200
THat is nice.
[edit] oops, no 3d that was the Acer. A very pretty and expensive acer.
[edit2] Nor is it 120hz. Oh well, its still a $210 1920x1200 monitor thats very bright.
xShadow:
--- Quote from: nstgc on August 18, 2010, 01:28:34 AM ---I was considering this monitor.
This should be merged with the other "buying a new monitor" threads and stickied.
[edit] I made this one a few weeks ago. It was more specific, however.
[edit2] I would buy from tiger direct due to their return policy.
Also, if you want something for gaming you may want a 1920x1200 instead. That one is a bit more expensive than the $250 you (xShadow) mentioned, but its probably better. If I had the money I'd get the larger screen.
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Well, I made a search for "Monitor" in the topic title before making this thread, and the last one I saw was made in January, and it ended up going way off-base, with people suggesting 60 inch monitors...
Guess I didn't look hard enough. Your topic is kind of different from mine, though.
I'm interested in Tiger Direct, but I can't find their return policies anywhere (their site is kind of a mess...), do you have any word on what their monitor return policies are?
--- Quote from: borgbean on August 17, 2010, 09:37:54 PM ---As someone that's also been doing some research my first question would be: how important is color accuracy and contrast to you? Unfortunately you're not going to find a LCD with excellent response times AND good color accuracy. It is easy to get a cheap monitor with good accuracy OR response times, though. The monitor you linked will have good response times, but the accuracy is low compared to monitors that don't focus on response times. Granted, it will still be good enough for watching anime if you aren't too picky. You'll drive yourself insane looking for something with perfect response times and excellent color accuracy, though, as such a thing does not exist.
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I already assumed that there was going to be some kind of trade-off. I'm just looking for something that serves both of my purposes decently. As in, it would be "good" for gaming and "good" for anime. I don't care if it's "excellent" in either one. In other words, I guess I'm just looking for that middle line between picture quality and response times.
... Except I don't know what "picture quality" means in monitor spec terms. I know that "response time" is always listed in the product name on the site, but.. again, I don't even know what response time is "good" for gaming and whatever, so that's why I need some help with that. I'm a complete newb when it comes to monitors.
But based on what you've said I'm guessing that one I picked out isn't what I'm looking for, huh?
--- Quote from: sdedalus83 on August 18, 2010, 02:17:31 AM ---http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176144
If I didn't have about $1600 in one time bills coming up, I'd be getting one of those, along with a couple of the $199 128GB SSDs they've got on sale right now.
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Interesting. From the reviews, I'm guessing it has great picture quality. How good would it be for gaming, though? I'm just wondering how much those extra 6 ms mean when it comes to actual performance. Otherwise, if it's still good for gaming, I think you may have found what I'm looking for. It's just that none of the reviews for it (that I've looked at) have mentioned any gaming with it. There's some random programmer that says the text is crisp, which is nice, but I do more that lurk at forums. >_>;
rathoriel:
The monitor you listed looks good make sure your video card supports the resolution. We have a dell dimension at work that is a few years old but it doesnt support the 1920x1080 monitor we have on it (no new drivers from dell and even tried some hacked drivers but no go)
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