21" monitor choice

[Marshmallowman]

I was almost tempted into buying a 17" LCD, until I realised I could get a decent 21" for the same price. so its a 21" CRT for me instead.

Any comments on the following monitors are welcome, which to avoid which are the best...etc

I really am limited to these choices, unless you know of an Aussie dealer?

prices in AUD$

$896 mitsubishi 2115e
$765+$75(shipping) samsung 1100p+
$799 BenQ P211
$920 philips 201b
$685 hyundai g210

The benq is the front runner as it has the best specs(on paper) and price, tho I am thinking the mitsubishi might be a better monitor

The hyundai seems a bit to cheap to me..

[Marshmallowman]

Is the benq a rebadged mitsubishi?

[The PIT]

Buy an 19 inch LCD instead less blurry no geometry problems less eye strain.

[Marshmallowman]

And twice the price, $900 AUD is the max I am going to spend, and I am not going backwards from 19" optiquest.

I think 1600 @85hz should have relativly little eye strain anyway.

This will probably be last CRT monitor purchase, as LCD size/price/refrsh rate is not quite in the ballpark for me, but next time it should be.

[PAugustin]

I think I would go for the Mitsubishi... unless you can get a Sony G520

[The PIT]

What price your eyes.

Mitsubshi aren't very good. If you can see your Monitor before you buy it otherwise you maybe disappointed.

[Marshmallowman]

What about samsung 1100p+?

[The PIT]

My advice is the same if you can see the monitor before you buy it do it.

Controls you will need are top and bottom convergence controls as well as the normal controls.
I've got an Vision master Pro 512 and the convergence is out at the top and the bottom. There aren't any controls for this sadly. Larger monitor sseem to suffer from distortion problems more than their little brethen. Thats why I said buy an LCD.

[Fluff]

I decided to buy the IIYAMA 512 for a colleague at work. The colours and brightness werent up to much in my opinion. An older mitsubish 21" trinitron tube gave a better pricture. But didnt run at such high rates.

Just hope the 513 and 514's are better. I'm assuming as the price has fallen alot, the quality of components inside has too.

Lack of BNC etc.


Peter

[KeiFront]

I have the older model of the philips 201b and it's a pretty good monitor but I believe that the 201b uses a totally different tube so just disregard my advice .

I would advice to try to find a 21" Sony that fits your budget. I've got two 21" Sony's and they are excellent quality wise.

[Helevitia]

The Dell 2001FP is a 20.1 LCD for $999 and if you time it, you can get it cheaper since Dell always has discounts going on. It IS the LCD monitor to have plus it has 16ms response time. They had a sale on it the other day for $749. I almost bought it.

Dave

[Marshmallowman]

Cheapest 18.LCD I can get is about $1100 AUD, anything decent at that size is at least $1300.

And Dell here in OZ just is not the same, the only monitor I can find on the oz site is a 15" crt?(not bundled with a system)

[DentyCracker]

I haven't seen an LCD I like yet apart from my friend's sw-1600 (silicon graphics). I wish I had taken my Dell 1025HE home with me

*edit* Can't spell Dell *edit*

[Marshmallowman]

Both the samsung and benq have bnc inputs?.

Which would be better Benq or Samsung?

[Marshmallowman]

I thinkit will be down to BenQ p211 for $820 and the samsung 1100p+ for $799.
BenQ
They both have similar specs
1280*1024@107Hz max
1600*1200@91Hz max
1920*1440@76Hz max

Samsung
1600x1200 / 90Hz recommned
2048x1536 / 71Hz max

It would be great to look at these monitors beforehand but they all have to be orderd as no one in perth carries them as stock items.

I'll probably use it at 1280x1024 more than anything, occasionally bumping it up to higher rez's when I do a bit of work on the side.

edit to add:

I think I'll order the Benq p211 in a few days unless someone pipes up with some horror stories. BNC and slightly better specs takes the prize