Monitor recommendations

[Guest]

Preferably 19", also 17" flat screen (LCD type).
Are there differences in various LCD type screens ?
Thanks! Dan

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[Guest]

There are some big differences inbetween quality depending on what manufacturer your using. Which manufac. where you considering?
If you dont know, something you have to consider with LCD's is the low refresh. If you plan on doing things that require a good refresh or great image quality, you might want to think about a flat CRT.
Could I ask what applications you plan on using with the monitor? ie: Buisness, gaming, cad, or other graphics..


Also, this thread might get a better response in the forum for Flat panel monitors. Just under this one in 'periphials., just as a reference for next time

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Render_effects on 02/02/02 05:02 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Guest]

I think I did the right thing recommending you to the other forum. I stand corecting myself after reading THG recent comparison of 13 LCD monitors. I got the refresh rate part right, but I was wrong in a big way about LCD's having worse image quality... Infact they have far better image quality then any CRT out there.
I suggest reading that article if you havent yet. Its farely informative. The bellow link will take you to it
<A HREF="http:// http://www.tomshardware.com/display/02q1/020114/index.html " target="_new">http:// http://www.tomshardware.com/display/02q1/020114/index.html </A>

 

[AMD_Man]

Actually, LCD are flicker-free so you don't have to worry about the refresh rate.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[reptilej]

if it's flicker free, then what the heck does a refresh rate do with an LCD?

repeat after me, we are all individuals!

 

[GoSharks]

Monitors require two signals other than the video signals, Horizontal sync and vertical sync. Horizontal tells the monitor when to start a new line, vertical tells the monitor when to start the next frame. Vertical is commonly called the refresh rate. LCD’s stay on for the entire frame so the vertical sync could be 1Hz and the monitor would look the same.

Jim at http://www.monitorsdirect.com

 

[Guest]

In that case. Why arent LCD monitors 1MHz refresh. What does a refresh, that isint a refresh do, aside from make the panel more expensive?

 

[GoSharks]

Good question

The VESA standards for video timing is typically 1280 x 1024 at 60Hz, 75Hz and 85Hz. Creating a new standard that both the video card companies and the monitors companies need to support is more difficult than simply adhering to the current standards that virtually every company now supports.

Jim Witkowski
Chief Hardware Engineer
Cornerstone / MOnitorsdirect.com

Jim at http://www.monitorsdirect.com

 

[Guest]

I thought if you had a low refresh rate you would see some ghosting.

Jack Burton is a great man...

 

[GoSharks]

Not on a LCD, LCD’s stay on the entire frame unlike a CRt where the luminance of the phosphor starts to degrade as soon as the beam moves to the next pixel.

Jim Witkowski
Chief Hardware Engineer
Cornerstone / Monitorsdirect.com

Jim at http://www.monitorsdirect.com