This monitor looks really good, 1000:1, 5ms, a standard (but not good) dot pitch, VGA and DVI (good for me, currently) naturally i wont be touching the speakers on it so that doesn't matter...but all for £251.67 inc VAT?
Issues: 1) 1680 x 1050 / 65 Hz <--is that good/mediocre/bad/acceptable?
2) brand...never heard of them...they claim to be a world leader (i bet they all do, especially those that need to claim it in order to sell their things)
3) Samsung monitors priced at £300+ aren't nearly as good, they are a world leader currently averaging 8ms, 700:1 and £310 (plus theirs can flip round to portrait, which i think is cool)
4) my card has DVI and VGA, i will upgrade to quad core, but probably not for at least another year when intel releases more of them so should i wait for HDMI monitors and Gcards or jump in and buy a monitor now...and if now, then, this one?
i don't have a sexy Gcard and i don't play many games. currently i have a P4 3.0, 1G ram, Radeon 9550 256MB and will have an x-fi to handle sound in a couple of days.
is it worth saving the ,money and waiting a year or getting one now. i think 22" widescreen is about the best for me, 19" would be fine but i watch films mostly and i like to from a distance, i dont know if 19" would be much of an improvement over my CRT, esspecially when faced with 20.1" and 22"
pixle dot pitch is also important for photoshop (which will be done close up to the monitor) i dont know what this CRTs is...i know thye do it differently but there must be a space between pixles...so is 0.282 any good? 0.6 would be ideal, but not too abundant it seems.
Issues: 1) 1680 x 1050 / 65 Hz <--is that good/mediocre/bad/acceptable?
2) brand...never heard of them...they claim to be a world leader (i bet they all do, especially those that need to claim it in order to sell their things)
3) Samsung monitors priced at £300+ aren't nearly as good, they are a world leader currently averaging 8ms, 700:1 and £310 (plus theirs can flip round to portrait, which i think is cool)
4) my card has DVI and VGA, i will upgrade to quad core, but probably not for at least another year when intel releases more of them so should i wait for HDMI monitors and Gcards or jump in and buy a monitor now...and if now, then, this one?
i don't have a sexy Gcard and i don't play many games. currently i have a P4 3.0, 1G ram, Radeon 9550 256MB and will have an x-fi to handle sound in a couple of days.
is it worth saving the ,money and waiting a year or getting one now. i think 22" widescreen is about the best for me, 19" would be fine but i watch films mostly and i like to from a distance, i dont know if 19" would be much of an improvement over my CRT, esspecially when faced with 20.1" and 22"
pixle dot pitch is also important for photoshop (which will be done close up to the monitor) i dont know what this CRTs is...i know thye do it differently but there must be a space between pixles...so is 0.282 any good? 0.6 would be ideal, but not too abundant it seems.
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