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EmptyMemory:
I know there have been threads about monitors in the past, but Sosseres' thread is almost a year old.

I'm wondering which brands for monitors are considered good/shitty, and what prices are okay.

To give you an idea what I will be using this monitor for, it will be for gaming and anime (as if that wasn't obvious enough), so resolution should be at least 1920x1080. I'm looking for a monitor around 23", but i was really hoping for something around 30". Unfortunately, from what I've seen so far, they get pretty expensive once you start going 24"+.

What I've been thinking of getting thus far:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236112CVF



Side note:
I'm also looking to get this:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824994064CVF

metro.:
I really dislike that arm, but that's not the point.
Asus makes pretty good screens, so does LG and Samsung from my experience. You will have to shell out more though, which is entirely a balance you have to find.

Hadouken:
Dell, LG and Samsung make pretty good LCD monitors.

Rizirdo:
i own the asus screen the exact one. no thing wrong, quality is good. bright. you can play with the color settings, or use the screen settings already available in it.

datora:
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I bought one of these about four weeks ago:

Dell UltraSharp U2412M Black IPS Panel 24" 8ms LED Backlight

It's nothing less than amazing.  Picked mine up for $270 delivered, which is virtually an unbeatable deal.  Shop around and you can certainly get or beat ~$280.

Some people claim the 8ms hurts their game play slightly, if at all.  I'm not a gamer, so I'll never know, and many gamers post that they are fantastically happy with this monitor.  The out-of-the-box experience is breathtaking.  In this price range, it's entry-level pro gear; only about two products compete in this class.  I was looking at an HP of nearly identical specs, but got a better price on the Dell ... and I've had excellent experiences with Dell, so there's also a bit of well-earned brand loyalty on my part.


The 1920x1200 resolution is magnificent for workspace flexibility.  I do, in fact, rotate it for vertical orientation sometimes to surf websites and do heavy text/code composition.  I had to look hard for the 1920x1200 + rotate option & was very pleased to find it.  Also, I specifically didn't want speakers built in ... useless shit I didn't want to pay for.

At 24", it's about as large as you can use and still sit close enough to your desk and use a keyboard/mouse.  This comes with an anti-glare coating, which is critical for me.  Glossy screens are impossible for me to work at since I need lights on around my workspace.  The imaging is razor sharp, so a glossy screen could not be any noticeable improvement.  Some fags claim the hi-gloss improves movie sharpness ... I don't agree, and the glare for 90% of my use destroys any possible benefits for the <10% I would watch video, in my opinion.

Anime & movies look magnificent, really glorious.  There are PLENTY of options to adjust screen color, bright/contrast etc. to really bring out all detail possible across a wide variety of scenes.

Nice bonus: it's also a 4-port USB 2.0 hub and works flawlessly for that.  I have a couple of USB 3.0 16 GB flash drives, and they push data across these USB 2.0 ports like a boss.


I shopped hard and saved hard for a long time to afford a new, large, really decent monitor.  I might have been able to match this deal with a little luck, but haven't seen it yet.  I've seen positive reviews of this monitor lasting for years under every day use by graphics pros ... so I'm anticipating minimum of three (if not 5-8) years service.

For the record, most graphics pros recommend even higher quality monitors for very serious, professional work ... but those are about $750 up to $1100.  This particular UltraSharp model gets high marks as a secondary/utility/backup model to the Really Serious Shit.

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