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    recomend me a monitor

    my old monitor after many years, seems likely to give up the ghost any day now. so it's time to get another one. however it's years since i bought any computer hardware and really don't know what's out there.

    so basically i'm looking for recommendations from the good people of 'poly, who know about this sort thing. i want a monitor that is:

    reasonably sized (around 17-19" and certainly no bigger than 21");
    available in the UK;
    nice looking; and
    reasonably priced.
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    I see a 17" Samsung LCD (720N) for $145 on buy.com (~75 quid). I have an older, but equivalent 710T and am happy with it. Black. Minimalist.

    These LCD screens are becoming very reasonably priced. My 710T cost more than twice as much as $145 and it was an excellent purchase.

    If I were buying today, I would probably get the 20" 204B for $370.
    Last edited by DanS; February 19, 2007, 18:49.
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        I would have recommended a Dell 2408WFP - I got one a little month ago and now I don't know how to cope without - but then I read your specs, and it will probably fail on the last one (danish price something like 600£).

        Screen size is just a beauty and the physical size is less than my old 17". Add to that it has also a more - damn, what's the word - calm, relaxed, not hard for the eyes, display.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by DanS
            I see a 17" Samsung LCD (720N) for $145 on buy.com (~75 quid). I have an older, but equivalent 710T and am happy with it. Black. Minimalist.

            These LCD screens are becoming very reasonably priced. My 710T cost more than twice as much as $145 and it was an excellent purchase.

            If I were buying today, I would probably get the 20" 204B for $370.
            TigerDirect Sunset
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            17" Samsung LCD (720N)
            Price: $179.99
            Less Rebate: - $40.00

            Final Price: $139.99*



            What I've about decided on getting.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by DanS
              I see a 17" Samsung LCD (720N) for $145 on buy.com (~75 quid). I have an older, but equivalent 710T and am happy with it. Black. Minimalist.

              These LCD screens are becoming very reasonably priced. My 710T cost more than twice as much as $145 and it was an excellent purchase.

              If I were buying today, I would probably get the 20" 204B for $370.
              Do you mean the LG 204B? If not, I'm shocked Camsung have a similar one at a similar price. I bought the LG 204W (widecreen) a few weeks ago and it's *amazing*. No ghosting whatsoever, absolutely brilliant contrast and image and one of the cheapest 20.1" widescreens at ~£200. If you want a 19" the LG 194W is pretty good and ~£140, but I haven't seen any 19" widescreens cheaper that are of a good enough (IMHO) quality. Have to say I'm not a great expert on non-widescreens though, as since I watch quite a few movies I wanted a widescreen, and it's much much nicer for forum browsing and word processing.
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              • #8
                No, I mean the Samsung 204B...

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                Personally, I wouldn't buy a widescreen for the desktop, since portrait mode on a 4:3 is very similar to 8.5" x 11" paper. But YMMV, depending what you spend your time on your computer doing.
                I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by DanS
                  No, I mean the Samsung 204B...

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                  Personally, I wouldn't buy a widescreen for the desktop, since portrait mode on a 4:3 is very similar to 8.5" x 11" paper. But YMMV, depending what you spend your time on your computer doing.
                  With a widescreen it's easier to position two documents next to each other, or resize one window to be approximately 4:3 and keep other things (e.g. chat windows) to the side.

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                  • #10
                    Widescreen monitors are the way to go.

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                    • #11
                      And if you can find a widescreen monitor that rotates it's kickass for reading.

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                      • #12
                        I mostly surf the web, and most web pages are optimized with portrait letter-sized paper in mind. But as stated, YMMV depending on what you do on your computer.

                        Good luck.
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by DanS
                          I mostly surf the web, and most web pages are optimized with portrait letter-sized paper in mind. But as stated, YMMV depending on what you do on your computer.

                          Good luck.
                          No, goddamnit! Widescreen is better!

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                          • #14
                            Oh piss off.
                            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SlowwHand
                              What I've about decided on getting.
                              Make sure it has the right input types for you.
                              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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