8210GUY Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 I'm looking at a couple of monitors, one for a new build similar to my spec, and one for myself, will probably get the same one for each of us, I've picked out a couple, but wondered what people thought of them, or whether you had a better selection. They will be mainly used for surfing, but maybe the odd game and movie as well, so I'm looking at widescreen mainly, unless theres a reason not too ? These are what I have found Not a widescreen though and Widescreen Not sure how much the SXGA makes to it ? Link to post Share on other sites
shogan191 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Both are good manufacturers. I'd be interested in what the response time is for the Samsung. Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 It's 6ms, I've just come across another one as well >>>Here<<< which is 4ms, but it is only 1440 x 900 which my limited understanding is not that great ? Thanks for the reply any further comments\conclusions with this extra info ? Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I have a couple Envisions at 1440 900. Great monitors, look fantastic, and I won't buy another non-wide screen after using them. What makes you thing there is something wrong with 1440 900? Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 I've seen something about the resolution using them, maybe to do with HD possibly ? Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Ya I forgot about the something. Somethings are annoying. If I ever see a something on my monitor I will let you know Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Yeah I know lol but if I knew what the something was I wouldn't be needing to ask for opinions\suggestions rofl Link to post Share on other sites
Rebel=UK= Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 im using THIS monitor at the moment and find it great. Thing is it only has 1 analog input which became a problem when i wanted to put my xbox 360 in it aswell as i had to keep swaping leads between my pc and 360...a KVM switch sorted that tho. Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Looks good, but no DVI ? Also someone had said about WXGA\SXGA, I can't recall why but does it mean anything to you as that one has it ? Thanks for the tip though, I would prefer one with speakers, although not essential. Any other pointers\suggestions ? I need to get this ordered today really to get it in time for what I need. Link to post Share on other sites
Henry8866 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I use a Dell Ultrasharp 20.1" widescreen LCD. It's the best thing i've ever bought for my computer. It's has d-sub, dvi, s-video, and composite inputs. So you can have a device of each type connected to it and switch between the inputs with a push of a button on the monitor. It can do PIP with the multiple input sources or can view two sources side by side. You can also physically rotate the monitor screen to view it as a long screen from top to bottom rather than wide side to side. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest badbinary Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) sxga, wsxga, sxga+, wsxga+, uxga...etc... are just terms used to say what the maximum resolution is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution Edited March 8, 2007 by badbinary Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Yeah seen some of the dells and they seem to be ideal, problem is price, they are well over what the other monitor's cost and are well over my budget unfortunately. So presumably if they carry those marks they should be a better quality then ? Thanks for the replies, going to have to order one by Sunday at the latest or I wont get them in time, just hope I choose the best one lol. Link to post Share on other sites
DonJayok Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) Yeah seen some of the dells and they seem to be ideal, problem is price, they are well over what the other monitor's cost and are well over my budget unfortunately. So presumably if they carry those marks they should be a better quality then ? Thanks for the replies, going to have to order one by Sunday at the latest or I wont get them in time, just hope I choose the best one lol. I am thinking about this one for my new PC. I am going to build one at the end of the month (or when the CPU prices dip! apparently they are?) I gonna buy it from Microdirect though as its £20 cheaper, but they dont have a pic of it at the moment on their website. I play alot of COD2, so as you can imagine..... it needs to look good! Edited March 21, 2007 by DonJayok Link to post Share on other sites
8210GUY Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Yes that is certainly a sweet monitor, it came out just as I bought the one I got (I went for the 204BW), but that one was well over my budget or else I would of had it like a shot, so I'm sure you'll be very happy with that one, it sounds exceptional. Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Downing Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I plunged into the LCD market just this last Christmas. I had been using a 21" CRT, but I moved over to a SAMSUNG 225BW Black 22" 5 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor. I have been thouroughly impressed. I play many games including Guild Wars, CS:Source, Battlefield 2 and 2142. There is no ghosting. The picture is great and web browsing is a joy It's native resolution is 1680x1050. So to truely appreciate the monitor you need to play your games at that res. If the monitor has to dither down to a different resolution the image will of course will not be as good as on most other LCD's. So you need a good video card as well so your frame rates won't suffer. Link to post Share on other sites
DonJayok Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 So you need a good video card as well so your frame rates won't suffer. Well Ed, I plan to get the BFG 8800GTS 320mb so hopefully that will do the job! Is the games alot better in widescreen in your opinion? Did you take time to adjust to playing games in widescreen? Link to post Share on other sites
Rebel=UK= Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) most of the games out now dont even have native widescreen support (BF2,BF2142,R6V etc) so you have to alter the confing file.Here is a good forum to find out how to do that. Edited March 21, 2007 by Rebel=UK= Link to post Share on other sites
DonJayok Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 most of the games out now dont even have native widescreen support (BF2,BF2142,R6V etc) so you have to alter the confing file.Here is a good forum to find out how to do that. Nice one rebel... I didnt think that would be an issue tbh. I just assumed that the games would play in widescreen. I will check out the link when I get home as the company I work for has blocked that site Link to post Share on other sites
Guest badbinary Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 a lot of games do have widescreen support now. nothing better than playing oblivion in 1680x1050. Link to post Share on other sites
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