advice on new monitor

Mrembo

My faithful CRT monitor has served me faithfully for years and now it is time to upgrade to flat monitors.This is very cheap http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000GYHS6Y/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE and wondering if this is a good monitor considering the price.

fwor

The make is quite well known and seems to have a good reputation, but are you sure you want one with a widescreen format?

I bought one when I replaced my CRTs, but I don't watch DVDs or TV much on them and found the extra width something I didn't use and a pain to fit onto the desktop.

Fortunately it had a fault, so I was able to return it and and get a 17" non-widescreen instead. If you get a standard aspect ratio screen with 1280x1024 pixels you will get better vertical resolution than the screen you linked to.

AHAR

What graphics card do you have? If it's too old it may not be able to output a widescreen resolution.

neilwoods

If you do want this for games or films then i wouldnt go for it. If you dont mind spending an extra £10 get the 19 LG from Currys. May even find a voucher code on here somehwere.

The one you are looking at has 700:1 contrast ratio whereas the LG has 8000:1

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0649100916.1230470520@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccekadegdhggfegcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=137904&category_oid=-35332

Mrembo

Does it make a difference in normal usage whether it is wide-screen or not?I watch lots of moves on my pc will this be ideal?

Mrembo

AHAR wrote: »

What graphics card do you have? If it's too old it may not be able to output a widescreen resolution.

I have nvidia graphics card my pc is 2 years old

Mrembo

neilwoods wrote: »

If you do want this for games or films then i wouldnt go for it. If you dont mind spending an extra £10 get the 19 LG from Currys. May even find a voucher code on here somehwere.

The one you are looking at has 700:1 contrast ratio whereas the LG has 8000:1

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0649100916.1230470520@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccekadegdhggfegcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=137904&category_oid=-35332

I'd really like a monitor with dvi this one from currys doesn't seem to possess dvi

AHAR

Mrembo wrote: »

I have nvidia graphics card my pc is 2 years old

You'll be fine then.