Shopping for a 20.1" Widescreen Monitor

Post by **brisk** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:17 am

Hello my friends.

I figure its time I replaced my old 19" CRT brick. Mainly because it exhausts crazy ammounts of heat, which totally kills me in summer. I did some research last night and looked into the best deals, and it seems that the DELL 2007WFP is one of the best on the market in the sub £400 price range. This sells for £330 on Dells website, and this is the most I really want to spend on one.

I've been out of the monitor loop for years now, and although I heard good things about Apple's 20" widescreen model, it is sadly out of my price range.

If anyone has been shopping for a 20" widescreen monitor lately, then please give me some input into your purchase.

Post by **Foo** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:30 am

ROBUSTO IS NOT FOR SALE

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:27 pm

I'm posting this while viewing Dell's 20.1" widescreen monitor, and I can say without fear of recrimination that it's pure LCD ownage.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:50 pm

I have the 12ms Dell 24", wide screen monitor and it's awesome. I also recently switched out my Samsung 213T for an LG L1932TQ, which is a 4ms 19" monitor. I was gaming on my Dell 24" and using the slower 21.3" Samsung to browes the internet. To see if there was any difference between gaming at 4ms and 12ms, I hooked the 19" LG up to my gaming rig and played some BF2. I must say there's not much, if any difference between gaming on either of the two. Maybe if you put them side by side, you might see it.

Also I got the 19" LG at a great price from Best Buy. They had them on sale for $269.00. It's a 4ms monitor with a 1400:1 contrast ratio. The desk top resolution isn't that high at 1280x1024/75htz. But it's a steal at that price.

More info if you're interested.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 25&loc=GOO

Post by **UNNAMEDoWner** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:06 pm

how much mb Video card it got?

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:10 pm

I'll guess at an answer, since I'm not really sure what the question is. My gaming PC has (2) BFG 6800Ultra 256Mb running in SLi.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:25 pm

24" is fine if thats all you can afford

Post by **brisk** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:41 pm

The DELL it is then. Even better, my mother has decided to pay for half of it. Good times.

Post by **R00k** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:30 pm

Nightshade wrote:I'm posting this while viewing Dell's 20.1" widescreen monitor, and I can say without fear of recrimination that it's pure LCD ownage.

Same. :icon14:

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:38 pm

MKJ wrote:24" is fine if thats all you can afford

That never get's old.

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:41 pm

Unlike you.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:46 pm

Grudge wrote:Unlike you.

I'm sure a nerd like you has figured out a way to freeze time and never age. Enjoy your land of make-believe.

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:48 pm

Well, duh.

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:38 pm

YourGrandpa wrote:
MKJ wrote:24" is fine if thats all you can afford
That never get's old.

Nor does incorrect usage of the apostrophe, apparently.

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:30 pm

Well, duh.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:32 pm

brisk wrote:The DELL it is then. Even better, my mother has decided to pay for half of it. Good times.

I have the 2007Fp (not Wide) at work and it's pretty nice, I do some gaming on it as well and it holds up quite well, with no visable ghosting.

I would urge you to look into their 24" widescreen model though. Aside from having an amazing amount of desktop realestate, the Component inputs are great for playing DVDs or hooking up the Xbox in high Def.

I spend most of my time playing Xbox from my office on my 24" and at first the price was a little hard to swallow, but once I started using it I found it was worth every penny.

Post by **brisk** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:49 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote: I would urge you to look into their 24" widescreen model though. Aside from having an amazing amount of desktop realestate, the Component inputs are great for playing DVDs or hooking up the Xbox in high Def.

I spend most of my time playing Xbox from my office on my 24" and at first the price was a little hard to swallow, but once I started using it I found it was worth every penny.

There is no way i'm spending £821.33 on a 24" monitor. I have no need for composite input, and will just be using it for PC work and gaming. The resolution is nice though, but again its just way too much money.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:32 pm

not composite... COMPONENT inputs

Post by **Dave** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:27 pm

brisk wrote:
Giraffe }{unter wrote: I would urge you to look into their 24" widescreen model though. Aside from having an amazing amount of desktop realestate, the Component inputs are great for playing DVDs or hooking up the Xbox in high Def.

I spend most of my time playing Xbox from my office on my 24" and at first the price was a little hard to swallow, but once I started using it I found it was worth every penny.
There is no way i'm spending £821.33 on a 24" monitor. I have no need for composite input, and will just be using it for PC work and gaming. The resolution is nice though, but again its just way too much money.

I wouldn't spend that either in £, but I would (and did) spend that in $. GOD BLESS AMERICA

Post by **Foo** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:37 pm

brisk wrote:
Giraffe }{unter wrote: I would urge you to look into their 24" widescreen model though. Aside from having an amazing amount of desktop realestate, the Component inputs are great for playing DVDs or hooking up the Xbox in high Def.

I spend most of my time playing Xbox from my office on my 24" and at first the price was a little hard to swallow, but once I started using it I found it was worth every penny.
There is no way i'm spending £821.33 on a 24" monitor. I have no need for composite input, and will just be using it for PC work and gaming. The resolution is nice though, but again its just way too much money.

Jus to be clear as GH hinted - Composite inputs are the arse-end of image quality. Component inputs are top-end. Relatively.

It's moot since the screen is outside of your price range, but component inputs are worth the extra cash if you have corresponding gear with outputs.

Post by **brisk** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:52 pm

Yeah sorry, it was a typo on my part. Probably because I was staring at the TV whilst I was typing it. I know what component inputs are, and although i'd like one, I don't need it.

Like daev says, if the price was in $ I wouldn't mind so much. But £800 is a lot of cash for a monitor, especially when my video card is in dire need of replacement

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:26 pm

brisk wrote:Hello my friends.

I figure its time I replaced my old 19" CRT brick. Mainly because it exhausts crazy ammounts of heat, which totally kills me in summer. I did some research last night and looked into the best deals, and it seems that the DELL 2007WFP is one of the best on the market in the sub £400 price range. This sells for £330 on Dells website, and this is the most I really want to spend on one.

I've been out of the monitor loop for years now, and although I heard good things about Apple's 20" widescreen model, it is sadly out of my price range.

If anyone has been shopping for a 20" widescreen monitor lately, then please give me some input into your purchase.

Late to the party, but ive been looking at a viewsonic.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824116381

Seems decent for the cash, and im a big viewsonic fan..

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