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Looking at buying a new screen (well, a whole new computer actually) And am rather tempted by building my own (with assistance from techy mates) - does anyone have any advice on a quality 18"/19" TFT, i.e. best brand, where to buy? I don't want to spend more than £500, and am currently looking at the Ilyama screens on scan.co.uk. Oh, what's the difference between DVI-I and D-sub? Are they both digital?
Currently looking at these:
Ilyama and Sony
Cheers!
edited to add links
>>> Edited by julianhj on Monday 31st May 20:08
Currently looking at these:
Ilyama and Sony
Cheers!
edited to add links
>>> Edited by julianhj on Monday 31st May 20:08
Bit more info:
Response Time - Response time refers to the amount of time it takes for an liquid crystal cell (pixel) to switch from active to non-active, and is measured in milliseconds (ms). This is very important for applications that require fast moving (changing) images like gaming and video playback. The best LCD monitors currently offer response times of 16 ms. Generally 20 ms response times and below are considered optimal for gaming. An average LCD monitor has a response time of 25-40 ms, which will result in significant image trailing while playing games or watching videos.
Response Time - Response time refers to the amount of time it takes for an liquid crystal cell (pixel) to switch from active to non-active, and is measured in milliseconds (ms). This is very important for applications that require fast moving (changing) images like gaming and video playback. The best LCD monitors currently offer response times of 16 ms. Generally 20 ms response times and below are considered optimal for gaming. An average LCD monitor has a response time of 25-40 ms, which will result in significant image trailing while playing games or watching videos.
Also bear in mind the the response times quoted are for black to white and vice versa, they are also only for a 70% state change.
They also do not quote for colour changes, i.e. red to yellow which inherently takes more time, and it not a true red/yellow needing to mix pixels the time to change state extends once again.
12ms is the best response times I've seen quoted, but they are about £500+ for a 17" screen, wait if you can, crt still wins hands down in the visual stakes, tft is too garish, too contrasty, and too slow. Graphics desingers, and gamers still stick to crt....
kevin, still awaiting a decent tft........
They also do not quote for colour changes, i.e. red to yellow which inherently takes more time, and it not a true red/yellow needing to mix pixels the time to change state extends once again.
12ms is the best response times I've seen quoted, but they are about £500+ for a 17" screen, wait if you can, crt still wins hands down in the visual stakes, tft is too garish, too contrasty, and too slow. Graphics desingers, and gamers still stick to crt....
kevin, still awaiting a decent tft........
Plotloss said:
The price of big bits of glass is silly, a VERY good .22 dot pitch 21" CRT is only about £200 now, better image all the way but the downside of course is the footprint...
And the weight!! You'll need a strong desk to support one. I personally prefer CRT and am the only person in the office with one, everyone else has a TFT. I just can't get on with the blurring but I guess for "normal" browsing, wrod processing etc they're ok.
www.ebuyer.com have some very good deals on 19" TFTs at present.
Can anyone recommend a decent value 19" crt that would be good for digital image processing? My mum is doing an art course that involves a lot of printing of digital photos, and her current monitor (my old 17" Gateway screen) is not really up to it.
I find my Dell 18" digital flat panel is great for games and DVDs
I find my Dell 18" digital flat panel is great for games and DVDs
I've only got fantastic things to say about my Samsung syncmaster 181t.
dvd's don't cause it a problem, nor does photoshop work and it looks cool too.
DVI is the true connection standard to look for, the GFX card tells the screen exactly what to display and at what size then.
my screen has BOTH connections, before i changed my gfx card i could set screen size and res, not since going dvi i lost all those options on the menu and the screen looked even better!.
dvd's don't cause it a problem, nor does photoshop work and it looks cool too.
DVI is the true connection standard to look for, the GFX card tells the screen exactly what to display and at what size then.
my screen has BOTH connections, before i changed my gfx card i could set screen size and res, not since going dvi i lost all those options on the menu and the screen looked even better!.
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