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I have narrowed down the choice to:

1. Viewsonic P225f, or;
2. Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060U.

Both are very nice monitors, and roughly the same price.

Does anyone have any experience with these monitors as to which one may be the better investment than the other?

Thank you for your time.

 

[Guest]

I'd probably go for the viewsonic p225f because it suppors faster refreshes (up to 180). Still, you probably won't notice the difference between that and the max of the diamond pro's 160hz. They both have over 140hz at 1024x768, which is great for FPS games that need high fps (heh). However, I must warn you--both are "trinitron" style monitors (aperture grille), so you're gonna have two very noticeable horizontal lines on your display, in all resolutions, and especially where there is a light background. I have a 21" (20 viewable) hitachi mc 801hr. Goes up to 1600x1200@75hz. hitachi has other versions that go much higher in res. and refresh, using shadow mask tubes (no lines, great picture!). Just keep in mind that most shadow mask tubes have somewhat of a curve to them. However, I much prefer the gentle curvature of my shadow mask to those nasty wire-lines of the aperture grille!

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Do you mean like bottom distrtion? curvature? I have 955df(perfectly flat) shadow mask..and have 2.2mm (maybe less)bottom distortion.
I have been to monitorsdirect.com and they say that (whatever the name of that monitor) has 66.6% more pixels! Does that mean I have half of the monitor pixels missing?
And do monitors now support only 32bit color or they can go higher if tyhere will be 64bit graphics cards?

 

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I'm talking about the tube--all the hitachis mentioned have curved tubes as opposed to flat/cylindrical. Distortion comes from when you try to "flatten" these tubes, kind of like making a map out of the earth--greenland just shouldn't be that big.😛 The number of pixels are determined by your max resolution--my pixel count is 1600 across x 1200 vertical = 1,920,000 pixels. Those monitors you are talking about each support higher res's (I think in the 1850x1300 or something variety), therefore they have more pixels (over 2 million). Still, you probably won't like windows at more than 1600x1200 because it would be very hard to see anything. About the 64-bit color deal: if monitors support it, I've never seen it. I'd say 32-bit color is more than enough for 99% of the population. Besides, there's not a whole lot of cameras or scanners that can discern colors with 64-bit resolution, and your eyes certainly wouldn't notice the difference on your monitor. An IMAX screen, maybe, but on our 20" viewables--nope.

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