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Posted by satchmo on Sat Feb 18th at 5:31pm 2006

I am buying a new LCD this weekend. What do you guys think of this one?

The price is good, and the specs appear to be decent too. I came across this article as well. All the reviews seem positive.

What do you think?


"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Feb 18th at 5:54pm 2006

Pages are loading slow for me today Doc. Sorry I am not patient enough to wait.

From what I have heard, the most important factor is its delay time. Try to get one less than 12ns.

/2 cents





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Posted by satchmo on Sat Feb 18th at 6:53pm 2006

That one is 8.


"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Feb 18th at 7:03pm 2006

You know, our local wizard will be here tonight. He is even on your timezone. Crono will give you the poop on flatscreens for sure.

BTW, why you been so quiet? Some mommy beat you up for telling her that her child is a puke?





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Posted by satchmo on Sat Feb 18th at 7:21pm 2006

You guys are going to laugh at me, but I'll tell you the truth.

I am hanging out at the CS:S Steam forum lately. Yes, the discussion is immature, but I have been hooked on CS for the past few months.

I am now looking more at this one from Hyundai. It's got a great review from most sites (including Tom's Hardware).


"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by fraggard on Sat Feb 18th at 7:25pm 2006

It's all good until you end an argument by saying "LOL FAG" <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">




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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Feb 18th at 7:28pm 2006

? quoting satchmo
You guys are going to laugh at me, but I'll tell you the truth.

I am hanging out at the CS:S Steam forum lately. Yes, the discussion is immature, but I have been hooked on CS for the past few months.

Coincidental? Orph shows up, Satchmo goes AWOL...

I can, upon request, give you some space if you need it.

/giggles.

Just joshin'ya Doc. I just never understood "Not enough time to visit"

I can understand needing time away, but never not enough time.





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by satchmo on Sat Feb 18th at 7:31pm 2006

...and my sister-in-law just had a baby girl. I am the pediatrician, so naturally I get the official "second-opinion" task for everything dealing with the baby.

I am a giddy uncle now.


"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Feb 18th at 7:39pm 2006

Uncle is great. Grandpa is many times Uncle.

Just wait.. Oh yeah, it helps to be Daddy before Grandpa. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">





The best things in life, aren't things.



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Posted by poisonic on Sat Feb 18th at 8:46pm 2006

if you want to have a nice screen for your PC buy a CRT<TFT still sucks @ gaming..........i still use a CRT monitordim playing HL2 on an SLI system..... 2 x EN7800GT :P everything full 1600x1200 160 FPS allot tft screens cant handle 1600x1200.

Some people get sick of TFT screens be sure to See it working.......... some people get pain in the head and behind the eyes....<link rel="stylesheet" href="themes/standard.css" type="text/css"></head><body topmargin=2 leftmargin=2>



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Posted by Naklajat on Sat Feb 18th at 9:12pm 2006

Congrats on your uncleship <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Hyundai uses Samsung screens. I have a Hyundai L72S 17" 8ms, the color is great and I notice very little ghosting. Compared to my brother's budget-ish Hyvision 17", the viewing angle and color (vividousity?) are stupendous. I was going to go with a cheap-ish 19", but when I looked at them side-by-side in the store, this one was the clear choice. I would recommend using "reddish" color as opposed to "bluish". The bluish on an LCD is a lot colder than on a CRT. But yeah, LCDs are sweet, I don't think you'll regret buying one as long as it's good quality. The good brands I know of are Viewsonic, Samsung, and Hyundai.



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Posted by Crono on Sat Feb 18th at 9:24pm 2006

If you can find one cheap enough, I suggest one of the cinema mac screens, they're beautiful monitors. As long as you don't mind a whitish-chrome color. I've seen them for as low as $299 (17"). Sadly, I can't find anything that low now the 20" is $799.

Other than that, anything is fine except ViewSonic ... everyone has problems with their LCDs ... their CRTs are alright though.

I personally have had an IBM TFT/LCD for about 6 years ... it was used when I got it (about 2 years old) and it still runs fine.

Even Dell LCD monitors are pretty nice. A 19" one of those is about $320 Might actually be cheaper to buy one of their computers, keep the monitor and sell the machine


Blame it on Microsoft, God does.



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Posted by Juim on Sat Feb 18th at 10:38pm 2006

I have a Viewsonic VX2000 20" http://www.viewsonic.com/support/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/xseries/vx2000/index.htmand it is absolutely awesome. I have never had any problems with it and I run everything at 1600 x 1200 with excellent clarity of images.



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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Feb 19th at 12:15am 2006

Looks good, but Iiyama make the best monitors there are. Mainly used by graphics people and shizzle, they make a standard person one which both me and my flatmate have, and serve us well in games and all.

http://www.iiyama.com




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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 19th at 12:59am 2006

Nice looking Myrk, a bit pricey though methinks.

Juim, your NS is at 25.. Isn't that noticeable?





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Posted by satchmo on Sun Feb 19th at 2:19am 2006

Thanks guys. I think I'll go with the Hyundai.


"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 19th at 2:21am 2006

You did try www.pricewatch.com , right?

Good luck Doc.

[edit] Click on monitors.. then type Hyundai in the monitor search option NOT the site search.

You might do better. In fact, I am sure of it.





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Posted by satchmo on Sun Feb 19th at 2:54am 2006

Actually, www.newegg.com has a lower price than pricewatch--$299.99 versus $310.99. Oh, and newegg ships for free.

Newegg for the win!


"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge



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Posted by Naklajat on Sun Feb 19th at 9:09am 2006

I'd have to say pricegrabber.com is better than pricewatch.com, it's easier to see what is really the smarter buy (item and seller ratings). Newegg is good, it's on my list of places I like to buy stuff from, along with tigerdirect (rebates mostly) and zipzoomfly (good prices and free shipping a lot of the time). Newegg is where I look when browsing, then I use pricegrabber to find the best deal <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Feb 19th at 1:14pm 2006

I love this place. I learn something every day.

/me jots down both web addresses.





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