New Monitor

MJTHFC

Hi guys

My current 17in TFT monitor is 5 years old and on its last legs.

This is the one I have my eye on - it's at the very top end of my budget so not looking to pay any more than this...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161787

Anyone have any views or anything similar that they've seen for less?

Cheers

MJ

Lil306

I haven't spotted anything similar for less as my monitor is fine.

Have you considered a smaller sized monitor with more features?

[Deleted User]

Are you sure that your graphics card can run at that resolution? If the computer is also old, it might not. If you are not certain, you can post the make/model number here and I will check for you.

MJTHFC

Lil306 wrote: »

I haven't spotted anything similar for less as my monitor is fine.

Have you considered a smaller sized monitor with more features?

More features? I'm not a PC gamer so use my monitor for work which includes web and graphics.

I'm open to looking smaller. Did see this one (below) too which has had good reviews, but figured I could pay a couple of quid more for this one.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151336

MJTHFC

tentonine wrote: »

Are you sure that your graphics card can run at that resolution? If the computer is also old, it might not. If you are not certain, you can post the make/model number here and I will check for you.

It should do. The computer is only a year old. It's an Acer Aspire M5100 with AMD Phenom 9500 QuadCore (2.2GHz) and 4Gb of RAM. The graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS. Can that handle this kind of monitor?

Cheers

MJ

[Deleted User]

Yes, that should be fine. I just thought that perhaps the computer was five years old too and then that might have been a problem!
If you have both VGA and DVI sockets on the graphics card, remember to connect it via DVI for the best picture.

Incidentally, the cheaper monitor has a better specification that the more expensive one (except for the in-built USB hub on the more expensive one).

MJTHFC

tentonine wrote: »

Yes, that should be fine. I just thought that perhaps the computer was five years old too and then that might have been a problem!
If you have both VGA and DVI sockets on the graphics card, remember to connect it via DVI for the best picture.

Nice one, thanks.

So you think that's a decent monitor for £150?

[Deleted User]

They both seem decent, but one thing I noticed is that the Philips say "onsite swap" warranty, whereas the Viewsonic says "Three-year limited manufacturer warranty on parts, labor and backlight", which may be more restrictive (it doesn't seem to give more details). As noted in my edit to my previous post, the Viewsonic specification is actually superior to that of the Philips.

Lil306

I bought a 19" TFT from Novatech, made by a company called AGNeovo for £100, does me, has VGA + DVD inputs so good for two connections.

One thing to be wary of is if you monitor has bad pixels, the industry standard now is they don't replace it until it reaches a certain number.

fwor

Lil306 wrote: »

One thing to be wary of is if you monitor has bad pixels, the industry standard now is they don't replace it until it reaches a certain number.

That's what the makers would have you believe, but it's not true. If it has a single bad pixel when it arrives and you weren't told that it would (or might) then you are within your rights as a consumer to consider it a defect and exercise your rights.

If you look into this further, you will find that the ISO standard is not binding on anyone - it is purely voluntary and internal to the industry. It has no direct bearing on your rights as a consumer.

Lil306

fwor wrote: »

That's what the makers would have you believe, but it's not true. If it has a single bad pixel when it arrives and you weren't told that it would (or might) then you are within your rights as a consumer to consider it a defect and exercise your rights.

If you look into this further, you will find that the ISO standard is not binding on anyone - it is purely voluntary and internal to the industry. It has no direct bearing on your rights as a consumer.

Yeah, for some reason I knew when I bought it I wanted a refund but didn't bother. Wasn't worth the hassle, and quite frankly it hasn't really bothered me, think I'm just that type of person

I'll stick to my guns the next time I think