Cheap, reliable, popular 22" LCD??

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Hi All,

I posted in a prev/ thread about my Acer 2223wd monitor losing/burning out DVI after a few days even on the second replacement monitor. No replies to that threadf, but I am wondering if I should just return it and get a totally different model 22" LCD ?

I was happy with the Acer picture, but I am reluctant to get another one and I am wondering what everyone's favorite cheapo reliable 22" monitor is?

thnx
 
I bought my wife a 22" Chimei model number CMV221D a year ago and it's been great... seriously. No dead pixels and a decent picture. It was a little more than the Samsung linked above, but we have been very happy with it so far....
 
Chimei, Acer, Hans-G, all make good 22" lcd's....I have used all of them at one time or another, depending on pricing levels at the time, for family computers, friends, etc. All are still working fine.
 
Thanks for the replies, all. So has anyone ever had problems with DVI as far as it up and just stop working out of the blue?

very bizarre....
 
I just bought an Acer AL2216Wbd, and I'm not very fond of it. There were no dead pixels or defects like that, but there is very noticeable backlight bleed at the top and bottom of the screen when displaying dark images. The blacks aren't very good and the top of the monitor seems to display colors darker than the bottom. It makes going through caves and sewers in Oblivion difficult, as well as other areas in games that are inherently dark like tunnels and such in HL2.

Keep in mind that if you buy from Newegg you can't return it, so I'd suggest maybe spending a bit more than what the cheapest costs.

Also, CpuMan, how is the backlight bleed on the 2220wm? Is it more like the bleed on the 226BW S panel or more like the A panel?
 
TwistedJester said:
Also, CpuMan, how is the backlight bleed on the 2220wm? Is it more like the bleed on the 226BW S panel or more like the A panel?
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I have some back light bleed on the bottom right but not at all as bad as the link to the A panel bleed in your post. But it is not quite as good as the S panel either. So would say it is between the two.

What shutter speed where those pictures taken with?

I would take a picture with a black screen, but I cannot adjust the shutter speed in my cheap digital camera. I'll give it a try tonight when it gets dark, but it might not be accurate being the shutter speed may be to fast to pick up any bleed at all.

To the original poster, a friend of mine just picked up a ACER|LCD 22" 5MS DVI AL2216WBD and it has no back light bleed whatsoever. I just went over there to check it out last night. But his pc is like 4 years old and it has a cheap pci video card (not pci express). The card does have both a dvi and vga port. We could not get the monitor to fire up with the dvi cable connected to the dvi port @ the native resolution of 1680 by 1050. It would work @ lower resolutions but not native. When we hooked it up to the vga port if would work fine @ 1680 by 1050. It could very well be a problem with the cheapo video card he has or it could be a problem with the Acer? Do not know, but thought I would mention it. He is keeping the monitor being it works fine for what he uses it for, mostly internet browsing and office work.
 
Thanks for that info CpuMan!

Yeah...I think next time I'm going to go to a brick and mortar store for a monitor...I'm scared if I get another, I'll just get one with dead pixels...

I guess I'll flip a quarter. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear that the video card fried the DVI in both monitors, but who knows...
 
I honestly don't know what shutter speeds those pictures were taken at, I just found those two shots at another forum and have them bookmaked for comparisons sake.
 
what are people's feelings on 20 vs 22? same resolution 20 has smaller pixel size. would seem to me the 20 is the better choice since the 22 is the same resolution essentially jsut blown up.
 
Depends on your vision and preference. If you like things small and sharp, the 20 is good. If you want things to be a little bigger on screen, go for a 22"

I've had 2 22" Westinghouse monitors, and they were nice monitors. Sold one to finance a new 28" Hanns G beast, but for now I still have the other one.
Good monitor for the price. (~220 on ebay.)

-ST-
 
I have the 216BW, which is a bit cheaper than the 226bw and is only a half inch smaller. Its an excellent monitor as well.
 
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