Choosing between 19" lcd's

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slaya

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Hey, i've been out of the tech scene for a while, and now i'm looking for a new 19" lcd display.

I've got a gift card from bestbuy, and have had good luck with their protection plan so i've chosen to purchase it from them.

i've narrowed it down to a few selections, each increasing in price. i'm wondering weather the increase in price is actually worth the increase in performance?

Lately, i've just been using my display for home work/web browsing. before college, i used to do a lot of 3d work, photoshop, and gaming, but since time is lacking i haven't been able to, though i'd like a display which would perform well under these circumstances.

So, if you don't mind can you guys give me some opinions on the following:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8550613&type=product&id=1188560797713
- Emachines, Cheapest out of the 3.


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8470291&type=product&id=1184768699170
-Acer, it has a slightly better contrast ratio, i dont know how much of a difference that makes. it comes with a dvi cable so it's worth the 10$ more just for that if it is actually better than the emachines?


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8739074&type=product&id=1201913867265
-LG, much better response time/contrast ratio, seems like it would easily outperform the other 2? no DVI cable and more money.

any comments as to weather the price difference between these is actually worth the performance? i'm not upto date on this stuff, thanks.
 
LG 19" monitor. Why?

1.Has 3 year warranty over the Emachines. Acer also has 3 year warranty on their LCD.
2.Looks nicer than the other 2. Well to me it looks nicer anyways.
3.DVI-D port is HDCP compliant. The other 2 monitors do not support.
4.Response time of 2ms as oppose to 5ms on the other 2. But, this may be referring to GTG Grey to Grey
 
I have one question before i follow through with the purchase.

It seems that the LG is the only one which isn't an "HD" model. What are the advantages the HD models have over this?
 
Hehe. don't to fooled by that HD logo on the monitor. Pretty silly actually. All those monitors native res is 1440 x 900 which is enough resolution to support the minimum HD resolution which is 720P or 1280 x 720. So, even if that LG does not say HD, it does not mean it can't support HD. Actually, the LG is the one should be stating HD as its DVI-D port is HDCP compliant. The other 2 don't
 
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