Posted: 11/23/2005 6:17:30 PM EDT
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i know nothing about lcd monitors and their specs, just that i love my 21" badass monitor i use now that weighs A LOT. these are the specs for an Acer 19" flat screen lcd display whats good/bad? what shoudl i look for in one 1280 x 1024 resolution 250cd/m2 brightness 500:1 contrast ratio 140° horizontal / 140° vertical viewing angles |
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You want the lowest response time and the highest native resolution you can find. 12ms is the highest response I would settle for. Anything higher than that, and when you play moving video or games, you will get motion blur and artifacts on the screen, or you can anyways. I have seen some 16 and 20ms monitors not show those effects, but they were high-end samsungs, not an Acer. Anymore, I wouldnt settle for anything that isnt capable of 1600x1200 native resolution, but thats just personal preference. You can always check out one of those 30" apple cinema diplays 
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go for it.. some are upwards of 20k for the cutting edge lcd technology... |
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yeah the specs show a 12ms response time. Microcenter link by the way, an email i got for microcenter has these going (and gone by 6:20am) for $189.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate - for the after t-day sales of course i do a lot more gaming than i have time for, so blur would probably cause me to drive the knife that i dont keep at school cause we're not allowed right through the screen. |
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Pure and simple, if you've got a very good 21 inch monitor, and you then go to an LCD monitor, it will not be long before you wonder "Why in the hell did I buy this substandard piece of crap?" and give it to your kids and drag your great 21 inch CRT monitor back out. I'm running TWO 21" Sony monitors right now. As these were the super high end models made for Sun Microsystems for high end graphics applications, such as authoring and editing of computer animated movies, their performance is fan-freaking-tastic. I can run my desktops at 2048x1536 and all text, even the smallest sizes, is still totally legible. Try to even FIND an LCD monitor that has that resolution. (Native resolution.) Two monitors is nice. I can browse the 'net on one monitor and do something else on the other like watch a DVD. And these monitors DO do JUSTICE to a good DVD played with good DVD software. CJ |
www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16824009043 ^ some reviews on it - i think it's the same monitor. |
If you are a gamer look for response time as well. Lower is better. |
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ahem... lcds can be EXTREMLY expensive. .. however for less than 1000 you can get a real nice lcd... i have sony sdm-204/B 20.1". i use it for games (unreal tournament 2004, quakeIII arena, quake4) i use it for watching DVD movies i use it for programming. with a high end ATI graphics card it is ultra sharp. i do not notice ghosting in any form. i do photo stuff as a hobby and considered a sony artisan (or two) but ended up with the lcd for a number of reasons. the only issue (and it is slight) i have with it is the blackness (contrast). it is becomming very hard to find really good crt monitors that will work with the newer digital cards. for professional graphics there are now better lcds than crts. however the really high end stuff is very expesnive and somewhat slow (but not an issue for photo management). |
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I'm running with a Acer al1912 and I'm very happy with it. this one |
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You basically pay for five things when buying an LCD. size resolution contrast speed brightness size - 19" is the break point now for not being at the bleeding edge. resolution - 1280 X 1024 is fine for a 19". You can go higher but you will need a video card with a lot of memory to push it. contrast - this where the CRT still rules, 500:1 is okay, 600:1 is better and 700:1+ rocks speed- CRTs rule here also, 12 ms is slow. 8ms is the min for watching movies without thinking it looks like crap. 6ms or less for flat out TV. brightness-again the CRTs rule here 250cd/m2 sucks this is really only good in a dimly lit room 300 cd/m2 is okay, most 15 inch office LCDs are 300cd/m2, 350 cd/m2 is better viewing should be greater than 150 because it is indication of the type of materials that were used in make the display. I recommend Samsung 915N-BkSamsung 915N-BK about $290 A very respectable screen with okay gaming capabilities. It is dimmer than I like but you can still easily view it in a fully lit room. Here is a screamer but it is dim. Note the narrow low viewing angle also |