Page 1 of 1
TFTs then
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:21 pm
by Foo
Right. I've got a scratch 2 inches long in me monitor from the i20 LAN party last year. Which sucks. Ample opportunity to upgrade to a flat panel, I tells myself. But wait.. what's that being yodelled from over in yonder adjacent valley? "yoooo knowww notheeeeng abooout flatpanellllsss!". Hans is correct.
Low response rate, slick looks, 17inch minimum, mid-range price (2-300 English Bones). I *think* this is the criteria. Please suggest changes if I'm not seeing the whole picture 
I've seen this and in principle an 8ms response time makes me shit my pants. Is my excrement justified?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI ... tID=170700
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:05 pm
by reefsurfer
I have a Acer AL1714 with 14ms response and its a beuaty!
I tried two others before i bought that one..both had 25ms response and i tried all three with:
Painkiller
Quake 3 arena
Farcry
Doom 3
Joint ops
no worries at all.. its only the old(a year back?)ones that apperantly cant run fast FPS games.
Buy one man... its rock solid!
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:56 pm
by U4EA
Dell apparently makes really good flat panel displays.
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:59 pm
by Foo
I know IBMs flatpanels are shit, both style-wise and image quality.
We buy them in at work, the high end too.. they just stink, IMO.
Will check out dell (though they just rebranded?)
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:04 am
by U4EA
Did they? Can't see any mention of it on their website.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:47 am
by 4g3nt_Smith
Rebranded LG's I believe, Dell or Apple (or Both). I hear great thinks about Dell displays either way.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:25 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Samsung 710T
enough said.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 3:29 am
by rep
Viewsonic VP171B.
8ms response time. Great reviews. Make sure you get the 8ms version. The same model number is used on the 16ms version.
Most likely, you'll be buying this online. Most tech stores don't carry it.
Too bad you scratched one of your monitors and need to replace it. I'll be selling three pristine Samsung 900IFTs as soon as a 21 inch OLED hits the market.
Edit: Here is a picture of the 16ms version, but they look the same on the outside. Just make sure wherever you buy it from clearly says 8ms on the page.
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:09 pm
by Foo
No speakers, minimal screen edge... looks perfect.
Scan don't carry it, so I'll check overclockers and failing that, scrape around on EBuyer (they suck but if it's the only way...).
Cheers rep!
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:45 am
by Grudge
I have a Samsung SyncMaster 172x, and it's great. 12ms response time, no ghosting, great interpolation and good colors. Pretty cheap too.
reviews:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm? ... 033&page=1
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/displa ... cd-05.html
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:48 pm
by Dr_Watson
the dell 2100fp usually cleans ass in every lcd review i've ever read.
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:25 am
by AmIdYfReAk
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:32 am
by prince1000
Dr_Watson wrote:the dell 2100fp usually cleans ass in every lcd review i've ever read.
yeah but it's ugly as shit
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:39 am
by Grudge
The 711N is 25ms, so not that good for games. Although the 1000:1 contrast ratio is nice.