19" right size?

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TridenT_Boy3555

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What size display is right for me? I sit about 2 feet away from my monitor, 3 feet is about max.

What monitor should I get? I was thinking of a 19", currently using a 17" CRT.(Do I ever hate its size so)

Sorry about title, didn't realize I put Display until yea...
 
Well lets see.. I wont be harsh. You come make a thread, and ask us what you want?

ummmm depends on your wallet. and what your looking for. Start reading the threads and reading posts. And read reviews from local sellers.. plz kthnx
 
Well currently I have like 700$... But see, I was thinking of getting a LCD that would cost no more than 200$(with shipping hopefully)
 
$200 or less? Are you kidding me? . dont waste your money. save up and be willing to spend at least 300-500 for a descent monitor. check out
newegg.com
ncix.com

and look at monitors you want to purchase. Im also in the search for a monitor but do your research first before you go spend your money. that is all.. thnx bibi
 
michaLcoughliN said:
$200 or less? Are you kidding me? . dont waste your money. save up and be willing to spend at least 300-500 for a descent monitor. check out
newegg.com
ncix.com

and look at monitors you want to purchase. Im also in the search for a monitor but do your research first before you go spend your money. that is all.. thnx bibi
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Since your using a 17" CRT any crappy 19" LCD would likely look better. Go with a 19" on newegg. They have several decent ones below $200 shipped.
 
Don't get a crappy 6-bit panel. Even though your 17" CRT is old and small, do you really want a bigger display with poor picture quality? michaLcoughliN has the right idea. I'd plan on spending at least $300. Check out one of the 22" TN's. They are about $300, and they claim to be 8-bit (they really aren't, but they're better than a normal 6-bit).
 
Also, that screen has a 500:1 contrast ratio. I find that very bad for playing games or watching movies.
I currently have 734.14 USD. I need a MicroATX Motherboard and a monitor and possibly a video card.

300$ on a screen seems a tad bit to high for me. I was really wanting the 22" Sceptre Gaming monitor with HDMI. But then I heard it has lots of bleeding and not really a good contrast ratio.(Says 1200:1 but people say it is not even close to that)

But yea, 200$ for a 19" sounds right for me. I don't know about wide-screen. I think 1280x1024 would be better. Even although it is not 4:3.
 
I sit less than 2 feet from a 20" and I'm looking to go up to a 24" eventually..
 
I sit 1 and 1/2 foot from a 21", and I'm looking to go up to a 24" or larger.
 
TridenT_Boy3555 said:
Also, that screen has a 500:1 contrast ratio. I find that very bad for playing games or watching movies.
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Do you currently game in a pitch black room, if not then there is little difference between 10k to 1 and 500 to 1 in a room light by a single candle.
Presence of light: To better understand the impact of the presence of light in a room on the contrast ratio performance of an imaging device, it is sufficient to realize that with the light emitted by just one candle in a room - that's just one LUX - there would not be any difference between a 500:1 and a 5000 or even a 10,000:1 contrast ratio!
http://www.practical-home-theater-guide.com/contrast-ratio.html
Just thought I would bring that up because it irks me hard when people view contrast ratio a set in stone number, when instead it is a variable number that changes with light that comes at it from outside sources.
 
locutus24 said:
Do you currently game in a pitch black room, if not then there is little difference between 10k to 1 and 500 to 1 in a room light by a single candle.
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Quite an exaggeration, but you've got the right idea. If you game with the lights on, you'll lose a lot of your ability to perceive the depth of dark colors. 500:1 is so bad, however, that if you were to place a 1000:1 monitor beside it and look at both monitors on a full black screen, you'd surely notice the difference, lights on or not.
 
Any LCD monitor is fine if you're not really doing much with graphics. As long as it has decent response time, gaming, surfing, and watching movies, etc.. will be fine regardless if it's 6 bit or 8 bit.
 
zipper0 said:
Any LCD monitor is fine if you're not really doing much with graphics. As long as it has decent response time, gaming, surfing, and watching movies, etc.. will be fine regardless if it's 6 bit or 8 bit.
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Have you actually seen the difference? TN panels although fast really do lack in virtually every other department. I would buy a 22" WS in a flash if it wasn't for the fact that they are all AFAIK TN panel based.
 
ManicOne said:
Have you actually seen the difference? TN panels although fast really do lack in virtually every other department. I would buy a 22" WS in a flash if it wasn't for the fact that they are all AFAIK TN panel based.
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I work in photoshop almost everyday on a LG L204WT, which is supposedly a "TN" panel, and my clients seem to be as happy with my work as they were when I was working on a CRT, so no, the difference isn't huge otherwise I'm pretty sure those so called inaccurate colors would mess up my work. It's exaggerated most of the time, unless you have a 8 year old LCD or something. Not saying IPS and MVA aren't better than TN, but the difference isn't night and day as most people want to think.

I also work on an Eizo 21 inch at school, which is around $2300, and again, the difference between my panel, and that Eizo is not huge. The only major difference I see is Eizo doesn't have any banding, and has good viewing angles, whereas my TN panel sometimes has noticeable banding, and viewing angles obviously suck.
 
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