Purchasing a flat panel

[zodalpha1]

I am wondering are there any companies out there that offer a flat panel on a payment plan of sorts like Crutchfield does? Sounds strange but my 19" monitor was pretty expensive and it took a while to pay up for it. Also i am wondering, what are the supported resolutions and are they like laptops whereas they look terrible below 1024x768?

 

[Guest]

I would think if your in the US or anywhere actually, that a major outlet like Bestbuy(US) or Futureshop(canada) would have a payment plan.

Buy two, one for you and send me the other for christmas. 19' please and thanks!

Take Care.
If money was no object, how could you spend it!

 

[zodalpha1]

No kidding--hmm if i could i would trust me i am so pressed i am contemplating Cable modem for $39 a month!!!! The only way i would get such a panel would be to sell this monitor! it should give me a boost to the panel!

 

[Guest]

I have an IBM 15" Flat Panel with a fixed resolution of 1024x768 and a Nec LD2010X

When I play games or do anything at a lower resolution the monitor still looks good unlike a laptop.

On the laptop you get some pixes are doubled and some are not hence you get ugliness. What these flat panels do is to intepolate and say you are going from 1024x768 to 800x600 it will interpolate the pixels so all pixels are the same size (unlike the laptop which will have some pixels double and some not)... The result is that the resolution has a slight anti-aliased look to it. It looks softer and is very usable. The LD2010X comes up with an on-screen menu whining that this isn't the "optimal" resolution of 1280x1024 (you can turn off the whining) but it also does the interpolation...

I am not sure if all flat panel's do this.

If you look in the Digital Flat Panel Guide(s) it gives a good description of the pixel interpolation. I think they called it pixel interpolation or something like that... You will know it when you seee it in one of hte three guides...

 

[zodalpha1]

Thanik you, i finally got an excellent response! i am trying to figure out a way to get such a panel, average price for a 17 is around 1200, hmm 1280x1024 isn't too bad, but i wil check on the interpolation factor and see if the others also do it, thank you, this helps in looking for a panel!

 

[Guest]

I believe the interpolation on the flat panel depends on the graphics card. Most newer graphics cards(with flat panel support) have a ratiometric interpolation feature, which uses algorithm to expand the pixels not by doubling them, but by using a geometric algorithm, hence, when a user changes from an lcd panels native resolution, the same ratio of pixels remain, providing a better picture, if you lower the resolution on your panel.

Older notebooks that uses older graphics card does not have these feature, thus, if a user changes from the native resolution, in order to acommodate the active area space on a lcd panel, then some pixels are either doubled or not. This hence gets "ugliness". However newer notebooks that uses ATI mobility graphic adapters usually has ratiometric expansion feature.

So, basically, if you wanna get an lcd panel, also get a good graphics card with it. I recommend using a card that supports any form of digital output, and an lcd panel that supports it, since changing from analog to digital is succeptible to signal loss.

 

[Guest]

Probably the best place to buy monitors is at Monitors Direct. I haven't purchased from them personally but they are rated well at resellerratings.com:
http://www.resellerratings.com/vendone.cgi?MonitorsDirect

I don't believe they have a payment plan, but if you use a credit card you can make payments...