New Monitor needed :(

[pvapour]

blew up my monitor yesterday plugged in the power source for my speakers into the monitor by accident bit of a pop and my 17tft is no more..... so need to replace a bit sharpish and was thinking maybe one of you guys have got an old 19tft kikin around you might want to off load or maybe some pointers on where to get a new one without being ripped off!

I'm typing thid on an 8" screen I used to have in my Rex my eyes, my eyes!

[Digby]

Depends what spec you want i suppose, but overclockers.co.uk do a 19"
widescreen model for example for about £130 inc.

It's just a case of hunting about really once you find one you like
to see who can do the best deal.

You could also try places like Dabs etc.

[pvapour]

thanks for the quick reponse and info, i will check out Dabs.... but I'm a little in the dark as to what to look for, dont want anything fancy but also want it to last a couple of years plus I play games a fair bit so is there a monitor that is better for this 'main' use?

[bez_uk]

1280x1024 over 19"... how does that look? can't be very sharp!

[_dobbo_]

ebuyer have a fairly decent looking 20" TFT which will run at 1400x1050 - which isn't bad.

I can't see a downside with a quick glance over the specs, and it's less than £150.

www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/115013/rb/21451203226

Failing that I have a dell 17" you can have for a few beer tokens, but I'd wager delivery will make it not worth while, unless you are in the area at all and want to collect it.

[TangoAlpha]

I've got an old 19" CRT I was going to take to the dump. It works ok, just starting to lose brightness (have to run at 100% brightness to get normal looking picture).

[houlbt]

[url]www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-AL1916WS-19-Widescreen-LCD-Monitor/dp/B000CCB0OG/sr=1-1/qid=1157375173/ref=sr_1_1/202-4276562-8183010?ie=UTF8&s=electronics[/url]

Good value, widescrren monitor.

[Scraggles]

check out locl freecycle.org groups, local onehas a couple of 17" crt going for free atm, u have to give away something for free first,then u can ask and get new stuff

[pvapour]

thanks for all your info guys, I found that one of our old wide screen TVs in storage had a VDU input and it seems to work a treat, bit big on the desk though 36"

thanks again!

nik

[UK952]

the 21" looks like a bargain but I have the option of DVI output on my graphics card, is there much difference between DVI and analogue performance?
Tony

[rebelstar]

Yes, DVI is much clearer and you should use it whenever you can over standard VGA. You might not notice it so much if you only play games but it makes text much more readable.