Share me your experiences with pc monitors please!

[flipside]

Hi,

I still didn't decide which one I'm going to buy... I was going for a philips 21" because of the good specs and reasonable price. But now that I looked at the lacie monitors I'm not sure anymore. Their 19" has better resolution specs than the philips 21", plus it seems to be a professional brand and the monitor looks cool too!

I have another question. For the moment I'm using a pretty old PC, which I'm planning to replace in the next year. But for now I'm stuck with it. It has a GeForce MX 2 card in it, and I wonder how this affects the monitor quality. If the monitor should be able to display 1920x1440 at 75Hz, how do I know if my card is able to handle this resolution?

Thanks again for all your replies!

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[rhino]

Those lacie monitors look good, man have they comedown in price. Running 1600+ on a 19inch is eye suicide, sitting 10cm away from your monitor is not good for you.

[egz]

The LaCies are great. You can also get a very good USB based color calibrator for them. Another cool thing is that they have dual inputs (toggle with a button on the front) so you can have them hooked up to two computers at the same time if you want to.

Rhino: A friend of mine has 1900x1200 on his 15" laptop, and I run 1600x1200 on a dell 19" with no problems. But I plan to get the 22" Lacie next year

[egz]

how do I know if my card is able to handle this resolution?

I guess there are some sites somewhere that list the max resolutions for different cards. Try googling it. You really shouldn't get a monitor based on what your current card is capable of though. Buy somthing that will be great with the next card you get, and the next one after that

[jujubee]

I just talked to my brother who is a geophysicist at UNH. He specializes in real-time 3D visualization for ROVs and military submarines. In general they work with cutting edge technology- often having coworkers who are consultants to companies such as Pixar.) He mentioned that they have a bunch of brand new Dell Trinitrons at his facility. He said that a bunch had burned out on them within the first few months and cannot in good faith recommend a Dell monitor to anyone. Basically he said that they're pieces of crap

On a separate note , they had purchased new 3D $7,000 Viewsonics (with the educational discounts) and says they are the best monitors their institute has had the pleasure to work with. I guess their resolution and refresh rate is so high (operating on a different frequency which enables 3D without the glasses.) He took a magnifying glass as a test to the monitors and couldnt see any pixels. But I wouldn't expect that most people or companies would/could shell out that much money on a product such as this. Hence, it's a slightly impractical side-note.

So in a nutshell, if their institute had to recommend a monitor- they would go with the Viewsonics- even their lower end products. (this is not an official endorsement of UNH lol.)

-juju

[DaForce]

I recently bought a Diamond Pro 2070SB its capable of 2048 x 1536 at 86 Hz. Which is damn good. Its a great monitor and all the reviews i have read say that its a brilliant monitor.

Highly Recommended

I just had a look at the lacie blue site, and it seems that the monitor i bought has the same specs as the electron22blue IV. Cant compare them side by side as i dont have a lacie, but still thats pretty cool

And i got my monitor for just over $1000 AUD.....cant beat that price!!!

Actually now that i look at the lacie site again, the 2 monitors are identical...in ever spec, except the lacie is slightly bigger by 6mm They even use the same screen technology....Diamondtron Flat Aperture Grille

Very interesting!!!

[jujubee]

Just bought an issue of PC World for December (US edition.) Looks like NEC took top billing for their CRT monitors this month.

[anders]

My sony F400 at home is still the best monitor I have ever seen!

but if I were to buy a monitor today I would probably buy the new widscreen 23' lcd from sony!