ASUS 17" LCDs

[Mehen]

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?o...tid=236&page=1

Review of the top 17" model on AMD Zone, they gave it a 95%.

As a long time ASUS fan I'm glad they've entered the LCD market - also look for 19" models in the near future.
Big thing to note is the zero-bright pixel policy (1 year)

[Taz]

Seems that most of the motherboard manufacturers have jumped on the bandwagon, Gigabyte, Shuttle, Soyo.....

[Taz]

Speaking of Soyo... did they stop making mobos? Just look at their product portfolio...

Certainly looks that way, shame really as they were one of the first

[rylan]

Personally, I wouldn't buy a 17" LCD. They use cheap TN glass, hence the crappy viewing angle and color inversion at off-angle viewing. Plus 17" is really a bit too small for SXGA resolution.

And yeah it is a shame that it seems Soyo is out of the motherboard buisness. All these guys are getting into making cheap monitors. I don't see how they'll make any money there.

[lecter]

Why do you say SXGA is too much for 17''? Unless one has impaired vision, I think it's a perfect resolution....1400x1050 on my laptop's 15.4" screen does seem a bit much, but SXGA@17'' is a natural match...I dont' understand why people used to keep their 15'' monitors at 800x600 (when they could have a perfectly decent 85Hz@1024) or 17'' monitors at 1024.

[rylan]

I prefer 1280x1024 on a 19" screen over a 17". I think 17" is a tad too small for continual use.

[Mehen]

When I used a 17" CRT (16" actual) i found 1152x864 to be the best resolution, now that I am up an inch (to an actual full 17 inches) 1280x1024 is fine for me - what I think is the main reason though, is that a LCD of equal size is much easier on the eyes than a CRT, so the higher res does not bother me. 1280x1024 is too blocky on a 19" LCD imo.

[Taz]

With a TFT the picture extends from one corner of the panel to the other so a 17" TFT has 17"'s of viewable area. CRT's are different, most 17" CRT gives you just under 16" of viewable area. The rule of thumb is a 17" TFT is roughly equivalent to a 19" CRT.

[Mehen]

well, i just measured my 15 & 17" LCDs and my brother's 19" CRT

15 Daewoo LCD - 14 7/8 inches
17 Samsung LCD - 17 inches
19 Samsung CRT - 17 7/8 inches (actual viewing area, not just the diagnol of the glass)

We both run 1280x1024 and are both happy with it (1024 on my 15").
But like I said, 1280x1024 on a 19" LCD is borderline pushing it - but then 1600x1200 is borderline too high... *sigh

[az]

I'd like some REALLY high resolution over a relatively small area (well, I'd take a 21" LCD, but it'd be nice if it had 3200x2400 pixels ) and an OS that can cope with it - unlike current flavors of windows.

EDIT: On topic: Why do you want an Asus LCD? They're a motherboard maker, not a display maker. It's probably just some rebadged OEM model, anyway. I'd take an EIZO or NEC-Mitsubishi over this any day.