Ill looking for new lcd, i want around a 24inch and looking to spend around $300. So any screens you recomend or brands would be helpful.
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Ill looking for new lcd, i want around a 24inch and looking to spend around $300. So any screens you recomend or brands would be helpful.
What do you want in a monitor? Here is one that is 28" and $300.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824254026
wow prices have come down alot.
this gets my vote.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824001280
$50 off and doubles as a tv with cable in :)
You probably already know this, but make sure whatever you purchase is HDCP compatible. I was all excited when I got my monitor but then I went to hook it up to my buddies PS3 and it wouldn't work. Further research shows that I probalby couldn't even watch bluray on it if I wanted to.
Probably common sense but I just thought I would throw it out there for anyone browsing through this thread looking for advice.
I actually did not know that! +rep for some good information.
From everything I've read its really just an issue with High Def content. If you don't plan to watch bluray and stuff on your comp then it probably isn't that important. I got excited because i was thinking about buying a bluray drive for my comp but my dreams were quickly crushed by the massive hand of DRM.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zephik
Also do you reckon that a lcd tv, is better than a lcd monitor (as in just a computer screen) quality wise, or the other way around?
I'd stick with PC monitors. Much better specs. If you want a tuner for television, then get one with a tuner or buy one separately. That way you get the best monitor for your purposes PLUS the ability to use it as a television. A PC monitor is the way to go here I think. An LCD Television would cost much more to get the same specs whereas for the same price you get much lower specs. I imagine this is probably why when you start getting into the 30"+ PC monitors they suddenly jump up into the thousand plus dollar range whereas you could spend that money on a regular television and get into the 40"+ range. PC monitors are better.
/\ This. In general, PC monitors are made to much higher specs than LCD TVs, simply because they are expected to be inspected from a much closer range.
That being said, the reason why 30" PC monitors are so ungodly expensive is more because of the incredibly high resolution they are all made to (2560x1600) than the size of the panel. PC monitors generally have a much smaller pixel pitch than TVs, partly because, again, they are designed to be viewed from a much closer distance, but also because they can vary so much in resolution, whereas TVs are pretty much capped at 1080p.
So could you or would you say that PC monitors have a higher resolution than 1080p?
"Oh yea, 1080p huh? Well, I have a 7020p! Beat that!" lol
A good computer monitor is way higher than 1080p
My $200 monitor is 1680 x 1050 wich is like 30 pixels off on the y axis. Alot of monitor above 22inches are well beyond 1080p.
I never understood the ungodly high price of HD televisions when computer monitors cost much less and have so much better specs. I'm not sure if your just paying for the tuner or some sort of special programming or if its simply because its labeled as an "HDTV." Thats why I purchased a monitor that I could use with my xbox. Why spend 1000+ on a TV when i can spend 200 and get close to the same resolution. I always sit right on top of the screen when I game anyway.
Until you get past the 30" mark, then they become even more expensive than regular televisions. Televisions are much cheaper for your larger displays. But if you're in the market for up to 28", then I definitely agree that you're getting a much better deal by getting a PC monitor. But damn, once you hit that 30" they ROCKET in price and for the same price you could get a much bigger television of a still decent quality.Quote:
Originally Posted by luciusad2004
You could get six 22" monitors for the same price of one 30"+ monitor. Hmmm, I wonder which is the better deal. lol
Try to get ones with screens that almost go to the edge and then mod them together onto one giant panel. BAM! ...I don't know how big that is, but its pretty big! lol (the only downside would be the lines separating the monitors. I wonder if that's work-around-able? Maybe take the casings off... I guess it depends on if the LCD panels themselves go to the edge or if they have edges built into them? Hmmm.)
You could probably integrate one of those boxes that they use to drive set ups with an extraordinarily high number of monitors. I don't know what they are called but I think they make it so that One video out put on your computer goes to X number of monitors as if they were one screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zephik
And I wasn't aware that monitors above 30 inches were so pricey, never bothered to look at anything that big. I honestly don't know what I would do with a thirty inch monitor lol. Oh yeah i do, I would wish I had a second one to sit right next to it.
Boom! Head shot! <--That pretty much sums up the first thing I would do with a 30" monitor. lol
For comparison: 28-Inch Monitor vs 30-Inch Monitor
Price Difference? Approx. $900. lol How that makes sense I don't know.
I just bought a 22" Samsung. for $245. You will struggle to find a good 24" for $300 AUD. You will have to spend a bit more Mid-High $300 range.
Again, it comes down to the fact that 30" monitors are (atm) universally made with a massively higher resolution than anything else...at all (well, outside custom, medical imaging, some military, etc).
There are of course exceptions, but in general, the following is a good guideline for what resolutions different size monitors generally are:
For comparison, incase anyone doesn't know, (non-interlaced) TVs are:
480p: 640x480
720p: 1280x720
1080p: 1920x1080
:MONITORS:
Non-widescreen:
15-20": 1280x1024
20-21": 1600x1200
Widescreen (16:9):
17-16": 1366x768
19-20": 1600x900
21+": 1920x1080
23": 2048x1152 (occasionally)
Widescreen (16:10):
17-19": 1440X900
19-22": 1680X1050
24-28": 1920X1200
30" : 2560x1600
(30" is the current max size for consumer monitors)
Note the MASSIVE jump when you hit 30". That is why 30" panels are so much more expensive. TVs are just more expensive because it costs more to make the larger panels.
@luciusad2004: This might be what you're thinking of.
yeah that looks similar. The ones I saw were built to go along with these custom stands that would let you take a large number of monitors and arrange them in a large square or rectangle. They came in all different sizes. Much more than just three screens. It was cool. I think it was posted here a LONG time ago.