ok i wanna get myself a slatscreen monitor as i got feck all space on me desk and my big chunky monitor is taking up the majority of it...

i fancy something 17"+ as i'm used to largeish monitors, dont fancy a 14 or a 15 incher

i dont wanna buy a silly expensive one, but i also dont wanna buy cheap crap... buy cheap, buy twice n all that...

so what are good ones and what are ones to avoid? are there any technologies etc. to AVOID?

i dont fancy the kind that looks whitewashed, or you have to look at from a specific angle to see the fooker... i basically want CRT performance in a nice slimline screen

also it needs to do 1280x1024 as this is the res i work in...

also i do play games ocasionally so dont fancy something that goes very blocky if run at lower resolutions, but this isnt the end of the world...

also since i got a digital output on the back of my GFX card (its a geforce 5200 fx jobbie) i may aswell get one that has a digital input... altho i dunno what advantages this has

so... rudester, gra etc. ideas?

 

mum and dad have just bought an LG one and is perfect. I think it cost £225 from Dabs.com or summit. Is one of the cheaper ones in the range but is very good.

ive got a 15" Mitsubishi flatscreen on my wall and its fine for me...

Chris

 

WHAT YO WANT IS MY 15TFT I HAVE FOR SALE

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...111261567&rd=1

 

so why change the habit of a lifetime!

 

got a commodore 64 then have we scott

 

iiyama is always very very good so is benq and samsung

 

rudey, you still selling that 19incher?

gra, really dont fancya 15" mate, otherwise i woulda had it

 

I use one of these....19 inch TFT £296 + VAT

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=42032

Cracking picture and has DVI as well

Also sold a few of these....not had any faults/returns

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=52611

 

I recomend this Sony 19"



Specs here
http://products.sony.co.uk/productde...id=10_160_4313

 

the best IMHO .....and not too expensive.

Paul

 

Jim,
you are likely to get much less variation in performance on TFT's than you did with CRT's - With CRT's a cheap tube was never going to make a good monitor, there are relatively few manufacturers of TFT panels, leading to less variations between manufacturers..
Resolution-wise, TFT only works properly at it's 'natural resolution', for a 17" that will be 1280x1024 - if you try and run at anything other than the natural pixel pitch the display will be very fuzzy, as it has to interpolate between pixels and essentially fades one to the next.
If you want to do games then bear this in mind if the game forces a particular resolution. Also for moving image you need a panel with a quick rise time (the time it takes a pixel to change from black to white) this is normally specified in milliseconds, anything under 15mSec will be fine.
The Image quality is strongly influenced by the Contrast Ratio - anything over 450:1 is fine.

Don't get too hung up on DVI compatibility - you will pay extra for this and whilst in theory all things being equal, DVI should give a better image, in practice with a decent graphics card analogue you will be hard pushed to visibly see the difference.

I've got a GNR 17" - http://www.gnrintl.com/products/f173.html - probably never heard of them? LOL.. but uses a Samsung TFT panel, and is as good as any other I've seen (would normally recommend Iiyama from experience), as an example these are around £240 incl.