Might be considering to get one.

17" in size but was wondering a couple of things:

1. Is it plug and play?
2. If not what is needed?
3. What's the diff between LCD and TFT? I know what they stand for but which one is better? Saw a monitor that said it was both (specs)
4. Does it use the same cable as a CRT monitor?
5. And the most important question............................




Is it worth it?

 

it is quite the price jump...I think its worth it if your hurting for desk space...but otherwise Im not gonna buy one untill the price comes down a bit more, LG makes some nice monitors (the normal size ones) that are very close in picture quality, if thats the only reason you want a new monitor... for less than half the price of a flat I should add... thats just my opinion...


as far as i know yes they are plug and play...windows xp has the software drivers...if not the monitor comes with them anyway

 

plug and play, no worries

it's definitely worth it if you want to save desk space. recommend it for sure cuz i have 2 on my desk... lol

 

So that was your desk that john travolta has in the movie swordfish? lol... thats sick 2 flat screens... I want I want

 

it really depends on what you use it for. LCD's (skinny monitors) are really only good if it's for normal use.. doing documents.. surfing the net etc.

If your using it for any type of graphics.. be it for design or for gaming the LCD's are not half as good as a CRT (normal looking monitor)... And now that you can get the CRT monitors flat they look that much better... again it all depends on how you use it

 

Thanx for the responses guys.

I'll be basically using it for surfing the net (99%), some documentation (albeit very little ), some gaming (not alot), and some video/graphic/photo editing.

Keep'em comin'

 

well if that's your application you might lean towards an lcd for space... although if your looking at a 17" your probably looking at the $450 mark and up

 

haha, ya, that's the idea, only he had like 55 others... geez

 

Well I was either thinking of this one:

Acer 17" AL716 LCD 1280x1024@75Hz, 0.264mm dp $535


OR this one

Viewsonic Q170 17" LCD $555

 

they are all nice...hard desicion...decent prices too

 

go with Veiwsonic. These are one of the most widely used monitors in video/graphics development. I have one and love it.

 

viewsonic would be my choice aswell... where i used to work they'd pretty much outsell other monitors 2.5 to 1... there a great product

 

i'd go with viewsonic!

 

How about this one

Samsung 172N 17" LCD Monitor for $550 after rebate

 

you know,

you gotta pick the refresh rate, the brightness and then put the monitors on that range first, better refresh rate = less ghosting, brightness u should know. Once u got all monitors in this range then pick them off 1 by 1.

Also, I dunt know if your videocard supports DVI, but you should get it on the lcd panel. No matter what, once u get a videocard that supports dvi the difference is alot.

LCD means the panel itself, TFT is the screen/display technology.

 

Checkout www.tomshardware.com They did some reviews recently.

BTW don't matter if your videocard doesn't support DVI you can always get a converter plug. Some of the monitors come with one.
TFT= thin film transistor. Nowadays its hard to find anything else. There used to be other LCD technology before like STN, DSTN.

pros for LCD: no radiation, low energy use, easy to move, takes less desktop space.

cons. expensive, possibility of dead pixels, usually lower refresh rate and one lower resolution than CRT for same size screen. IE. LCD 19" 1280x1024x75hz vs CRT 19" 1600x1200x85hz.

 

yea it's worth it man

 

Another question

Does it matter what kind of video card I have or do most cards "support" LCD monitors?

I have both ATI Xpert 2000 and Radeon 7000.

 

all cards support LCD monitors,


which one were u thinking of getting,

 

The Viewsonic Q170