LCD Monitor, which one?

lazymoezy

Ive been looking for a while now and have found a few good as new ones being sold by other people.

Here they are inc price:

Hanns G 19" Widescreen one for £110ish

The ViewSonic VA1912w 19" LCD for £100

or

The Hanns G 19" HU196D @ Amazon for £114

What do you reckon? Dont want to go over £120 mark.

liam_360

in my opinion all of those monitors will have similar image quality for the price,

the most important thing (which i regretted not considering enough) is what you want to use it for...

If you want to watch movies on it get a widescreen model

If you have an xbox 360 aswell as a pc get the widescreen model

If you only search the web and word process get the square model

I went for a square 19" then regretted it when i started watching movies on my pc and wishhhh i'd went for the widescreen

lazymoezy

I use the PC for mostly internet use and doing work on Powerpoint, Word and Publisher, I do watch films though butonly at holidays when friends and family come round. So, only about 10 movies a year!

Dont play games, I know I wont as I got Uni next year! I like the widescreen, especially as its worth £150 and im gettin git for £110.

liam_360

widescreen sort of cuts down on the amount of "website" you can see at any one time

1024 pixels in height for a square and 768 pixels in height for a widescreen

because most websites are the same-ish width height is more important than width

you can pick up a widescreen 19" new with warranty for about £130 and always use quidco

Buying second hand should be fine aslong as its still in warranty and you get all the papers

lazymoezy

Thanks liam.

What I dont get is if its 19" square how is it widescreen? compared to normal 19", they both are same in width so surely it cant be wider? Like I said im not too familiar with this stuff.

dc

lazymoezy wrote:

Thanks liam.

What I dont get is if its 19" square how is it widescreen? compared to normal 19", they both are same in width so surely it cant be wider? Like I said im not too familiar with this stuff.

Monitors like TV screens are measured diagonally, so a widescreen version ( 16 x 9 picture ratio ) of a size cannot be as tall as a standard shaped ( 4 x 3 ) one.
It is an historical measurement, deliberately set by manufacturers to make you think you were getting a larger picture for your money.
In fact with old glass c.r.t. tubes the measurement includes the glass edges, so their picture size is even smaller.

E.G.

A 17" crt monitor has a picture height of only 9 and a quarter inches, whereas a 17" lcd has a piccy 10.5 inches high.!!

A 19" lcd (4x3) has a pic 11.75" high whearas the widescreen version is only 10" high, but is 16" wide, ie not as high as a standard 17" lcd, yet is as wide as a 21" 4x3 monitor.

I still fancy a 21" widescreen, but these are expensive, cheapest??? is the Gateway for £299 in Staples.

And as Liam says you need to take note of the pixels too.

HTHs dc

lazymoezy

Nice one! That cleared a lot up.

Not spending more than £120....I've been offered the Hanns G widescreen one for £110 but may get it for £100 or I can get the one from Amazon, the Hanns G HU196D for £109 inc delivery.

Which one out of these two?

Here's the link so you can see:

The Hanns G HU196D for £109

OR

The Hanns G HW191D for £100

lazymoezy

anyone????

espresso

Which ever one that you like, as you will be looking at it.

Sput2001

I've been offered the Hanns G widescreen one for £110

I take it that's privately...?

I'm on the hunt for one of them myself!

lazymoezy

Its privately, but barely used and I think the seals are still on the screen. £120 inc delivery....