Recommend me a good cheap 17" TFT

Bob63

I have finally relented and allowed my eldest daughter (14) to have a PC in her room. I would like to change the current 17" CRT for a TFT so am looking for recommendations.

My thoughts/wishes are as follows:

• Cheap - ideally £150 or less incl. postage.
• Bright - 300 cd/m2 because her bedroom is south facing and the windows are huge
• Good contrast ratio - 400:1 or better would be ideal
• 12ms refresh or better, but not so critical as this won't be a games machine, just Internet & Office stuff
• Don't care about DVI, D-Sub is perfectly acceptable.
• Don't care about integral speakers (although that won't stop me buying a good monitor if it does have them)
• Don't care about case colour - silver/black etc.

Anyone have an opinion on this one from Amazon? The reviews look good.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BHH1TK


Mike

Bob63

I also quite like the Viewsonic VA702 - £149 from Amazon. Our existing 17" TFT is a Viewsonic and is really good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B78GBW

Mike

wonderfullife_2

Hi
Can't actually recommend any, I have a 19" Dell and its great, but I believe Samsung have usually good reviews.
Have a look on this website, competitive prices and excellent delivery.
http://www.cclonline.com/product-categories.asp?category_id=38

Hope this helps

bookshifter

Check out http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_Q1_W10_dimen_1100_D04116?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

A fairly basic £299 PC with a 19 inch monitor.

Also look at http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=18257067446&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=98788

An Acer 19" Widescreen!

1 more -
http://www.morecomputers.co.uk/textra.asp?pn=VA1912W

since u like Viewsonic


Tough Choice!!

edna_clouds

Dell have THIS monitor for £130.66, dearer than what it was a week ago but still not a bad price including VAT and delivery.



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£130.66
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iansl2000

Not 17" but cheap
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=102512&_LOC=UK

Reluctant_spender

Have a look here - 17 inch with 8ms and three year warranty.

Bob63

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

I just took delivery this morning of a £144 Samsung ST74V 17" TFT. It met my criteria for brightness- 300 cd/m2, but actually exceed the contrast figure at 600:1.

I bought it from Insight who are not normally known as a cheap vendor, but employees of my company get free next-day shipping so who was I to argue?

Mike