Topic: New Monitor (Read 4791 times)

Doom · « **Reply #20 on:** September 17, 2008, 03:41:19 PM »

I want a gaming laptop that can comfortably play Warhammer and maybe some of the more modern new-fangled things coming down the pipe. You know, Spore, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock...

The current idea is to grab a Dell across my dear old ma's Dell credit card and do monthly payments, which neatly steps around my issue of having absolute zero credit to work with. Also of being poor.

I don't need top of the line, but my current rig is six years old and ready to be retired to a chat-box/some sort of file server.

Detonator · « **Reply #21 on:** September 17, 2008, 04:34:55 PM »

I got a Samsung Syncmaster 22" widescreen last year, and it's the tits.

Mongrel · « **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2008, 04:42:18 PM »

I suppose I'm biased against LG because without a doubt, they make the shittiest, most insufferably worthless phones out of all the 'major' brand name manufacturers.

P.S. In case anyone gives a rat's ass, anybody buying a new phone right now should look at Samsungs and maybe Nokias. Normally I'd recommend Motorola as well, but their lastest lines have been buggy as all fuck, so stay away for now. Anything from a lesser manufacturer (Kyocera, etc), isn't worth wiping your bunghole with.

Arc · « **Reply #23 on:** September 17, 2008, 05:08:16 PM »

The LG Dare frowns upon your shenanigans.

Brentai · « **Reply #24 on:** September 17, 2008, 05:10:11 PM »

I've had my Samsung phone for 5 years. It recently suffered being thrown as hard as possible into a marble floor. It's fine.

Brentai · « **Reply #25 on:** April 04, 2009, 02:05:35 PM »

Quote from: Thad on April 04, 2009, 01:35:33 PM

Tangentially related: I've decided that, if my contract job turns into a full-time position, I'm going to reward myself with a new monitor. (I'd thought about a new portable game system, either a PSP or a GP2X Wiz, but again, I don't fucking have time to play the games I already own; a computer monitor is something I would certainly stare at for several hours every day even if I didn't do much gaming on it.) From the studying I've done, Samsung seems like the best bang for your buck; I'm leaning toward one of their 24" displays in the $250-$350 range. If anyone else has any advice I'd be happy to hear it.

Going by my light anecdotal evidence:

Acer looks horrible.
Dell is unreliable.
Sony is unreliable, which may or may not be a shock since their computer stuff is usually pretty solid. ...just not the monitors.
Samsung is... usually pretty damn good. You're probably on the right track as you are.

Rico · « **Reply #26 on:** April 04, 2009, 02:07:15 PM »

Or, for maximum hilarity, get Parallels to run a virtual-machine Windows on your Hackintosh.

I've heard Samsung and LG are on top of the display market right now, but I've heard a few complaints that Samsung has pretty shaky monitor stands, so you might want to look into that before you get something as big as a 24".

Thad · « **Reply #27 on:** April 04, 2009, 02:32:30 PM »

Yeah, I got that from the reviews. If I get a cheaper monitor because they skimp on the stand, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

24" just seems to be the sweet spot in my price range -- the top-of-the-line before everything starts including unnecessary features like TV tuners and jumping up dramatically in price.

Plus, since I spend a lot more hours using my PC for desktop stuff than movies or games, I don't want to sacrifice height (either in inches or pixels) when I switch to widescreen. I sat down with a pen and paper and Pythagoras'ed it out the other week; my recollection is that if I don't want a screen that's actually shorter than my 19" 4:3, I'll need either a 22.5" 16:10 or 23.5" 16:9. But I could be misrembering those numbers.

sei · « **Reply #28 on:** April 04, 2009, 03:01:51 PM »

Quote from: Rico on April 04, 2009, 02:07:15 PM

I've heard a few complaints that Samsung has pretty shaky monitor stands, so you might want to look into that before you get something as big as a 24".

It's pretty noticeable on a 22". Still pretty pleased with the T220 I got, in spite of this.

François · « **Reply #29 on:** April 04, 2009, 03:14:45 PM »

I've had a 19" 4:3 BenQ LCD for about 5 years now and it's still holding up. I haven't heard much about the company, I've rarely seen it mentioned, and for all I know it might be a crap brand, but other than a single dead pixel I have zero complaints.

I wouldn't know how it compares because it's the only LCD monitor I've ever owned though, so, uh, yeah, that's probably not too helpful I suppose.

Kazz · « **Reply #30 on:** April 04, 2009, 03:26:08 PM »

i like my LG

Royal☭ · « **Reply #31 on:** April 04, 2009, 03:28:33 PM »

I have a 24" Westinghouse that I've been using for about a year now. It's a fantastic monitor, but it has a low contrast ratio and I can't mount it to the wall. Which is a problem, because with a 24" monitor being able to mount it to the wall can save space. If that's what you're into.

sei · « **Reply #32 on:** April 04, 2009, 04:37:39 PM »

The sticker on this thing claims it has a 20,000:1 contrast ratio. I think they're making shit up, at this point.

Thad · « **Reply #33 on:** April 04, 2009, 05:10:53 PM »

There's no standard calculation for contrast ratio, so yes, they can call it pretty much anything they want.

(In the same way that hard drive manufacturers can call 931GB a terabyte as long as they put a footnote explaining they're defining "tera" the way it's used for everything else EXCEPT bits and bytes.)

Zaratustra · « **Reply #34 on:** April 04, 2009, 11:34:55 PM »

if you get a LCD monitor make sure you have the proper cable for a digital connection between it and your computer. the regular monitor connection will make the image a bit smeared at times.

Mongrel · « **Reply #35 on:** April 05, 2009, 04:17:35 AM »

You mean it's better to transmit a digital signal from one digital device to another via a digital cable instead of a legacy analog cable?

MY MIND = BLOWN.

Niku · « **Reply #36 on:** April 05, 2009, 06:53:05 AM »

You mean many digital devices still come with only the legacy analog cable and you have to purchase the digital cable seperately?

MY SARCASM = THINLY VEILED.

Thad · « **Reply #37 on:** April 05, 2009, 10:22:00 AM »

...I'm sure Zara was trying to be helpful, but I likewise assume most of us already know about and own DVI cables.

Of course, HDMI's starting to become standard, too.

Brentai · « **Reply #38 on:** April 05, 2009, 10:47:20 AM »

On the flipside, don't throw those VGA cables away. I've had to use them as backup on at least two monitors, because if anything gets even slightly messed up or out of sync between your monitor and graphics device, DVI shuts down completely.

Niku · « **Reply #39 on:** April 05, 2009, 11:05:14 AM »

Quote from: Thad on April 05, 2009, 10:22:00 AM

...I'm sure Zara was trying to be helpful, but I likewise assume most of us already know about and own DVI cables.

Of course, HDMI's starting to become standard, too.

Yeah, but I was kind of flabbergasted when I ordered my last monitor and it only came with a VGA cable. It's not much of a thing to toss a DVI cable onto the order along with it, but I had kind of just assumed that the standard had changed at some point.

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