Viewsonic VX924 vs. Samsung 930B

[dR.Jester]

Trying to do my homework on these before I make a final purchase. A friend of mine has the 930B and has had zero problems with it.

I have owned a Viewsonic 19-inch CRT for quite some time now and have never had a single problem with it. The VX924 is the newest LCD from Viewsonic featuring a 4ms gray-to-gray (5ms typ) response time.

Im pretty new to LCD's and don't quite understand the contrast ratio, I noticed that the VX924 was 550:1 and the Samsung was at 700:1. A friend told me that the higher the number the better? So now that has me wondering.

I was also reading over on the Anandtech forums how there were quite a few folks having problems with the 930B.

Would I notice much of a difference between the two since the contrast ratio is different? 550:1 vs 700:1?

Oh yeah, the cd/m² on 930B is 300 and VX924 is 270.

I compared the rest of the specs and so far that looks like the only thing that is different. The VX924 is pricey but its well within my budget of about $460.

ViewSonic VX924
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116355

Samsung Syncmaster 930B
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7030036&type=product&id=1099394930415

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Bigjohns97]

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/display/20050602/index.html

 

[dR.Jester]

That review was pretty good, told me a lot about that VX924.

Also read a review on this from Tom's.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824179014

^ Will prolly go with this one until further notice. Gotta wait till 3rd friggin week of July though! :|