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Which ones are good? Right now I'm looking at the Viewsonic VG175 or Samsung 770TFT. Are there better choices at this price point?
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What is your intended use for it (gaming or 2D and or both)?
What price point would that be?"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
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I think PC Mag (ZDNET) just did a test of Flat Panels.
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Here's that review...
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Here's another review of more expensive LCD displays...
A good read none the less
My choice if I could afford (two of them)...
Last edited by Greebe; 5 July 2001, 11:10."Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss
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I'll be using it mostly for 2D stuff...and watch DVD sometimes. No gaming at all.
Both are about $1700 Cdn ($1100US). I wanna stay away from 18" cuz the price gap is huge for that extra inch. They are anywhere from high 2k to well over 3k.
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Cheaper options
For those at the bottom end of the flat panel market, Insight (UK) are selling 14.1" Flat Panels for £235! I don't know what the quality is, but what a price!!!FT.Comment
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In a recent review in PC Pro magazine here in the UK, the Iiyama 17.4" display won the honours.
It was the cheapest, had the same as and more features than other more expensive ones.
Don't know what the price is like for you over in the US, but it's quite reasonable here @ £876+vat.
The 17" is about £672+vat.
Also note, do you need DVI?
If so, you will find the cheaper models simply don't have it and you'll have to use a D-Sub connection which results in a loss of picture quality and response rate from the pixels.
It's because with D-Sub you're going Digital > Analogue >Digital, where as with DVI on both the LCD panel and graphics card you've got a straight Digital > Digital connection.
The 17.4" Iiyama has DVI, the 17" doesn't - this might be a moot point as you obviously need a DVI output on your graphics card.It cost one penny to cross, or one hundred gold pieces if you had a billygoat.
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