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Talk LCDs with me

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marley1

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Hey guys -

Currenty im on a 19inch Philips 190S 16ms LCD. Great monitor no ghosting etc.

At this point tho i want more desktop space. My current LCD only does 1280x1024. I was thinking of just getting a 2nd one of these but maybe instead of 300 bucks i should put that toward a bigger display.

I was thinking 21 or up. I really always wanted a 2405 but its price is real high. I was looking at circuit city today and they had a HP 21inch Widescreen LCD/TV kind of deal. Accepted HDTV and all. Was 700 bucks.

After looking at that i started looking at the LCD Tv section. Saw some 26inch ones for 700. Coudl these be run? Their resoultion was like 1300x1000 or something which i assume is widescreen, but will i be able to run my computer at that? I was hoping for something larger, the Dell 2405 does 1900 x 1200 i believe.

SO can someoen explain to me bigger LCD monitors/tv. Can i just use a normal lcd tv as a monitor? what should i look for? what is teh cheapest gaming lcd/tv for a computer for the cheapest price?

Thanks,
Dan
 
Don't know much about LCD-tvs but I do know that many of them do not have square pixels (as the monitor you mentioned) which will get you in trouble when trying to use it as a PC monitor since everything will be stretched.

I personally am aiming for a 23"/24" TFT with 1920x1200. I recommend that you take a look at the Samsung 244t if you're interested in that area of monitors..

I don't think that LCDtvs are that great as monitors. Certainly better than the old CRT TVs but not as good as a real monitor. And that resolution on such a large display will make everything quite large. Think about it, the resolution is almost the same as the one you have - but on a 26" widescreen.

In reality you would fit just as much on that monitor as on your 19" monitor - only it would be bigger and more stretched.

I would personally recommend another 19" monitor or a 23/24" monitor. The jump to 20/21" is to small to justify the price if you compare it too 2x 19" in my opinion. But I like the 20/21" monitors more since I think that 1280x1024 is to low for a 19" monitor (should atleast av 1600x1200) and that 17" and 19" monitors are 5:4 and not 4:3.

Dual monitors can be nice but not for all your work so I think you need to think about if you're really going to use the second display if you got one. So perhaps a 20/21" is the best choice anyway - depending on what you do and if you think that the 23/24 aren't worth the money.
 
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