Benq lcd monitors

[dern]

I'm looking at a Benq 17" FP71E+ LCD monitor and wondered if anyone had a Benq monitor and could comment on their kit or had this monitor specifically and could comment on it.

Thanks,

Mark

Edited to add the '+' to the model name to indicate it's the 8ms model.

>>> Edited by dern on Monday 17th January 11:48

[arcturus]

Not familiar with the model you mention but have bought Benq for customers in the past and they have been fine. Nice bright, colourful picture, seemingly good build quality. I would not worry about buying them again.

>> Edited by arcturus on Monday 17th January 17:18

[dern]

Cheers.

Went for an Iiyama E435S 10ms for £205 incl vat in the end. Just plugged it in and very impressed.

Regards,

Mark

[xm5er]

Is it worth paying the extra for a 19" TFT even though the resolution is the same.

Any opinions?

[Tripps]

xm5er said:

Is it worth paying the extra for a 19" TFT even though the resolution is the same.

Just looking now and it seems to me a big jump it outlay is needed to get higher resolutions in TFT screens, so 17" is probably the way to go.

I'm currently typing this on a 17" TFT running at 1280x1024 around two foot away from my head and its very comfortable, but if you were working further away perhaps something larger would be good.

[dern]

xm5er said:

Is it worth paying the extra for a 19" TFT even though the resolution is the same. Any opinions?

I looked into this and while some 19" are only a bit more expensive you'd be pushed to get one with a decent response time. If you don't play games this may not be important to you.

I went from a 19" CRT (measured 18") to a 17" TFT and the clarifty makes up for the smaller size.

All imho of course.

Mark

>> Edited by dern on Thursday 27th January 19:25

[xm5er]

My wife's a graphic designer and I will be using the monitor with a Macmini later on in the year as well. Gaming isn't a priority but video editing is so maybe a higher quality 17" is in order.

Hmmmm!?

[roop]

I use a Dell 19" TFT and it's fine at 1280x1024 (native). I think that 1600x1200 is as high as you'd want to go on a 19" TFT. Response time on mine is 25ms. Is that good...? Contrast ratio is 600:1. It plays my RealFlight r/c simulator perfectly. I also use DVI connector. I think this helps a lot in terms of image quality.

I'd have no qualms running a 17" TFT at 1280x1024.

My dad's laptop has a Widescreen TFT that runs 1920x1200 native...!