Need 1600x1200 TFT monitor (20"+). Whats the cheapest?

comdw

The boards are full of bargain 17 and 19" TFTs, but what about the next resolution up - 1600x1200 offered by the 20" and above panels?

I'm not too worried about brand name, just need this for desktop applications but it must have a DVI input and preferably the ability to be secured using a "Kensington" type lock.

Ebuyer's cheapest option is around £330 excluding VAT and delivery. Has anyone seen better?

CrazyIndianZA

I would be careful about buying cheap because in the case of TFT's and plasmas, cheap tends to be nasty.

What are you using the monitor for? A lot of TFTs suffer from severe ghosting problems making them unsuitable for games/movies etc.

I took delivery of a 24inch Dell TFT that is just magnificant. Had brilliant reviews and while being almost 2x the price of ebuyer, is better than Apples 1000+ monitors.

Its on special at overclockers.co.uk...for about 6xx including delivery which took about 3 days from time of order.

comdw

CrazyIndianZA wrote:

What are you using the monitor for? A lot of TFTs suffer from severe ghosting problems making them unsuitable for games/movies etc.

I'm only using it for business applications and programming. I can't imagine a TFT having a ghosting problem with a digital DVI feed, it just doesn't make sense for a 1:1 native resolution display. If it did have a problem like that it would get sent straight back.

I can't imagine any TFT available today can be any worse than the one I got 4 years ago (which is still excellent for my uses), so I thought I try and find the cheapest and see what its like.

xueta

Hitachi CML200UXWB Black 20" LCD Monitor for £199 (excl VAT & delivery). Comes in at around £250 incl VAT + del - definitely the cheapest unless someone can prove me wrong!

comdw

thanks xueta. Do you happen to own one of these and if so how do you rate it? do you know of any reviews?

xueta

Sorry comdw, I don't have one of these to comment on.

What's interesting though is that www.scan.co.uk still sells this model for £910.63 (incl VAT) :eek: !

If you are near to nexnix's base in Horsham you may be able to see the monitor on demo. Alternatively the company also sell on ebay. It's available now as a Buy It Now at £233 + £13 delivery (total cost £246 incl VAT). Looking at completed sales, it looks like plenty of people have bought this item in the past - so you could perhaps try e-mailing some of them to see what they thought of it ? Looking at the feedback comments it all seems positive.

The only review on the web I found was one on https://www.cadalyst.com (U.S.A.)dated Feb 2004 at a time when the screen was selling for a hefty US$999. It was rated 4.5 out of 5 and reported as having excellent picture quality. The reviewer deducted a 1/4 point for slightly off-true colour reproduction (supports 16.7 million colours) and another 1/4 point for having slightly fiddly controls (a little awkwardly located in his opinion on bottom left).

I can't find any comments on how it performs with fast moving images such as in gaming, but from your previous comments I guess that's not a big issue. Its response time rating of 25ms seems to be comparable to others including the Dell equivalent.

HTH