TFT Time

[AndrewJ]

Hello all,

I know this is one of THE most asked questions but I need some advice.

Next week on this Wednesday ( week after this Wednesday ) I am getting £210 to replace my dodgy crt 17inch Siemens monitor.

I do a great deal of gaming at 1152 by 768 or something similar but would love a higher resolution, as this crt really glares at high resolution (1280 by 1024).

I do a great deal of gaming and fancy a 17inch bigger preferred but with my £210 tops cash I doubt I could get a gaming spec tft.

I have spotted a 17inch tft from Overclockers for £210 with 8ms response time which sounds good. Any other ideas, and suggestions would be well received I am posting this early to get a good review on what is out there.

Thanks in advance all

[bmxbandit]

personally, i'd forget tft and go for a behemoth like this

though that one you said sounds a reasonable deal...you'll want a low response, 8ms is good.

[Stephen]

www.aria.co.uk

http://www.aria.co.uk/productinfocom...pecialStatus=1
this one looks good

check their deal of the day section and the Super specials they have a lot of decent low priced TFTs some with 12ms response. I do a lot of gaming and my TFT has 24ms and it is still very good for gaming.

[jtwn]

Originally Posted by bmxbandit

personally, i'd forget tft and go for a behemoth like this

though that one you said sounds a reasonable deal...you'll want a low response, 8ms is good.

I am another for going big on CRT rather than dropping so much more just for a thinner monitor.

[Bifta]

I have an IIyama 22" CRT, can't fault it, perfect colour representation and it will obviously never ghost.

[AndrewJ]

WOW so are the new crts that good because I am tired of the white glare at high res I get from this one, feels like I am getting snow blindness from it and any other settings and it looks like I am in the dark ages.

EDIT: Although space is a issue right now as my desk is cramped and to keep a nice distance from my monitor i have to have the desk away from the wall.

Ive played games on both tft and crt,I have a 19" true flat crt and I am yet to have seen a tft that can compete with games

[AndrewJ]

Well I have a £210 Budget so whats my best buy if I am to go CRT, as the main reason to get rid of his 17inch crt is because its cheap and nasty and the glare is appauling for a 12month old monitor.

( serves me right for buying it from Comet £99 )

[mdean]

God there are some fussy folk here

I am looking at replacing my monitor cos it keeps going yellow - usually works ok if i smack it. Could it be the cable ?

surley if its a bit bright you can turn down the brightness button ?

Anyway - can someone tell me what DVI is about and why a monitor with that would be better than one without

[Richard M]

I think you're confusing glare with a 60Hz refresh rate.
My old 17" could only do 60Hz at 1600x1200, my new 19" can do it at 75Hz which is a bit better.

OT: BTW - I've adblocked your avatar, it was putting me off reading your posts.

[AndrewJ]

LOL Richard I am soon to change it with a new signature and avatar set I am working on.

I currently run at 1024 by 768 at 85hz but yes I am at 1280 by 1024 its 60hz and is awful to view.
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Originally Posted by mdean

God there are some fussy folk here

I am looking at replacing my monitor cos it keeps going yellow - usually works ok if i smack it. Could it be the cable ?

surley if its a bit bright you can turn down the brightness button ?

Anyway - can someone tell me what DVI is about and why a monitor with that would be better than one without

It's down to a few things.

1) I had a 21inch Compaq Qvision 210 which I had to sell as I did not have the space to keep it with my gf moving into my house with my parents. Now I have the space for a tft, although I am going to check out some CRT's aswell.

As for DVI I have not gotten into that yet. Must be some kind of improvement.
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Benq FP71E+ 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-006-BQ)

Is located second on list on THIS site.

Looks lovely nice 8ms response time and cash is within my budget.

Any issues with this one? is one I have had my eye on but being a newbie to the world of tft, I rather ask those in the know seeing as I am spending more and more time in Flight Simulator 2004 Half-Life2, Doom3 and Halo it will be gaming a fair bit at 1280 by 1024.

[bmxbandit]

your best bet might be to go to a shop where you can look at them, microdirect for instance probably arent too far away...

[McGraw]

Good luck. The queues are usually 1/2 an hour deep and there are hardly any monitors on display.

[Ramrod]

I got my iiyama 17" tft about 3 years ago for £350--18msec response time and I use it at 1280/1024 for gaming with no probs. I'm so happy with it that I didn't bother replacing it when I built my new PC recently.
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I got it 'cos PCZone mag recommended it at the time.
atm they are recommending the viewsonic vp171s

[Stephen]

DVI is a digital connection and I think they are only on TFT screens, in order to make use of it your praphics card needs to have a DVI output.