Help me decide!! (by tonight?)

[ChingChang]

Ok, basically I need to pick out a decent monitor for a family PC. It will be used for basic tasks (email, web, music, video), and possibly some professional photoshop work. No gaming, so I don't care at all what the response time is. I would like at least 19", don't care if it's widescreen or not. Price does matter, money will be coming out of MY pocket

These are just a few I saw on newegg. Some are weekend sales only. I think I might prefer one of these widescreen monitors though, but I really don't want to spend more than $200... is newegg even the best place to get these things? I'd rather not pay tax if there's another online vendor that has good prices

So are any of these good?
Acer AL1917ABMD 19" LCD - $180 shipped + 6% tax
Resolution - 1280x1024
Pixel Pitch - .294mm x .294mm
Colors - 16.7 million
Brightness - 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio - 700:1
DVI and VGA


Hanns-G JW-199DPB 19" Widescreen LCD - $180 shipped + 6% tax
Resolution - 1440x900
Pixel Pitch - .283mm x .283mm
Colors - 16.2 million
Brightness - 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio - 700:1
DVI and VGA


Hanns-G HW-191DPB 19" Widescreen LCD - $190 shipped + 6% tax
Resolution - 1440x900
Pixel Pitch - .283mm x .283mm
Colors - 16.2 million
Brightness - 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio - 700:1
DVI and VGA


Rosewill R913E 19" LCD - $225 shipped + 6% tax - $165 shipped after $60 MIR
Resolution - 1280x1024
Pixel Pitch - .294mm x .294mm
Colors - 16 million
Brightness - 270 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio - 500:1
DVI and VGA

 

[Austain310]

youll want widescreen so you can do all of those things w/o closing apps

 

[Moofasa~]

I would advise against a 1280x1024 resolution since it is a 5:4 ratio (which is even smaller than the normal 4:3 resolution). Stick to a wide-screen resolution 1440x900 (16:10 ratio).

 

[ChingChang]

Yeah, widescreen will give me like an inch or two more horizontally, but even with a standard 19" I should be fine... widescreen looks nicer I think (monitor will be visible to pretty much anyone who comes into the house, so appearance does matter).

 

[ChingChang]

So if I were to go with wide screen... are either of those Hanns-G monitors ok? or any of the other 19" widescreen monitors?

 

[ChingChang]

actually I'm not going to order tonight... maybe by next weekend. I want to discuss this with my parents. My dad does professional photoshop work and maybe he can help pay for a higher quality monitor, maybe even around $300 or something. Then again he might be fine with a $200 monitor... so I will have to see what he says this week. Maybe he'll even pay for all of the monitor, since I am paying for the hardware...