TFT Time

[kronas]

Originally Posted by mick70

Why not hang on for an OLED display.....only be a year or so!

barely an inch thick

interesting article (well to me)

http://www.computerworld.com/mobilet...,88886,00.html

[AndrewJ]

Hello all,

Spotted this tft on Aria today

19" Digimate L-1916D TFT with DVI

£179.98 With Vat.

www.aria.co.uk

It looks good spec wise and everything else and would leave me the cash to have the dead pixel check. And according to the customer comments section is 16ms response time.

Any thoughts and ideas? I am buying this Wednesday because someone already is coming for this aging 17inch monitor for a cheap build they are doing. So I need to be sure I am buying the right monitor for me £210.

Thanks and I do not mind waiting while it arrives, so long as I know I am getting a top quality tft.

[McGraw]

I'm sure you probably realise this, but try to do whatever you can to take a look at the same make and model in the flesh before you buy.

Stick its make/model review in Google and see if there is any decent feedback.

[paulyoung666]

will your graphics card be good enough to drive such a big monitor , just a thought

[McGraw]

Is that true?

I have never read any proof about bigger monitors need better cards.

I'm not saying I disbelieve you, it's just that my own gut instinct tells me that it should make no difference.

[bmxbandit]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

will your graphics card be good enough to drive such a big monitor , just a thought

yes, it will.

the limitation is graphics memory, but 8 meg is plenty for a screen buffer (even @ 2048x1536, 32bpp you only need 12 meg)

[paulyoung666]

ummmmm , just checked and my largest output is 1280 X 1024 @ 60 hz , maybe i am getting confused now , i know the refresh rate doent come into it

[bmxbandit]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

ummmmm , just checked and my largest output is 1280 X 1024 @ 60 hz , maybe i am getting confused now , i know the refresh rate doent come into it

refresh could be limited by the gpu, if it was over about 10 years old... it'll be a monitor limitation

[AndrewJ]

I have a new pc to run this with a Ati X700pro Pci-Express card.

[McGraw]

Yes but a 21" monitor at 1024x768 doesn't need a better graphics card if the previous monitor was 15" at 1024x768 does it?

[AndrewJ]

:|

I guess not, but I prefer to buy a tft, I am pretty sure my new pc can handle a large tft, if I am unsure however I will buy a large crt.

I do not wish to have ghosting or dead pixels. That matter does concern me.

[Raistlin]

Aria are doing 17" TFT for about £100 at the moment.

[bmxbandit]

Originally Posted by McGraw

Yes but a 21" monitor at 1024x768 doesn't need a better graphics card if the previous monitor was 15" at 1024x768 does it?

unlikely, but possible... a 21" monitor will almost certainly have a much higher horizontal refresh than a 15".

many older 15" monitors can only run 1024x768@60 Hz, whereas a 21" could probably mange 120Hz, maybe more. for me, <75Hz is unbearable, gives me a headache in minutes...

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Aria are doing 17" TFT for about £100 at the moment.

With under 16ms response time? and about 1280 by 1024 resoutlion at above 72hz with dvi interface ( cable supplied ) and decent brightness and contrast ratios?

[Raistlin]

You don't want much do you