What LCD Monitor?

fireydeviant · 11-25-2004, 09:45 PM

I am thinking of getting an LCD monitor. Wanterd a reccomendation. I will be playing games(HL2, UT2K4, etc.) and doing graphics(photoshop, 3d kind of stuff).

Looking for under $400

Ph33r Viper · 01-06-2005, 03:50 AM

Samsung 172x is one damm good monitor.

I dont know if its under $US400

**greffov** · 01-06-2005, 06:18 AM

for the games you need fast refresh thing, like 14-16ns or something.

technobeast · 01-06-2005, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by greffov

for the games you need fast refresh thing, like 14-16ns or something.

lol it's ms. And BENQ recently released the fastest response time LCD - 8ms. Dunno if it's worth it... there have been released several review pointing out that it really makes 8.4 ms response time

Kungfucious · 01-06-2005, 04:17 PM

i think youll find the most common ms speed at the moment is 12 .. its pretty fast, but on games like HL2, when you hit a bright area contrasted with a dark space, you WILL notice ghosting.. unfortunately this is one of those things LCD can NOT cope with at the moment. yes they save space and look pretty, but ill take a £200 21" CRT over a £200 17" LCD any day of the week....

Ebuyer.com currently have a 15" i think at just under £130 ... might be worth a look if your interested.

KF

Drakin316 · 01-07-2005, 07:38 AM

Has anyone heard of LCOS? "liquid crystal on silicone" I have not heard much on this yet a guy at work told me about it yesterday. I have not read up on it yet but this may be another option to LCD if you are willing to wait for a couple of months. I am not sure I am just throwing this out there as something to think about.

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01-06-2005, 03:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ph33r Viper Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 54	Samsung 172x is one damm good monitor. I dont know if its under $US400

01-07-2005, 07:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
Drakin316 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: louisiana Posts: 185	Has anyone heard of LCOS? "liquid crystal on silicone" I have not heard much on this yet a guy at work told me about it yesterday. I have not read up on it yet but this may be another option to LCD if you are willing to wait for a couple of months. I am not sure I am just throwing this out there as something to think about.