My Monitor, she is dead

[Fired-Up]

Well my old 17" CRT monitor died on me on Sunday afternoon so I need to get a new one asap. Any recommendations please?

I was thinking of like a 17” Flat Panel monitor like maybe a Philips 107B2T which is like £500 and supports 1280 x 1024 @ 75HZ.

Currently using a Gforce2 64 mb card.

Any constructive comments appreciated

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[soggoth]

U should be carefull, Id say. I dunno exactly how much 500 pounds are in €, but in general U can say that a flat panel with sufficient respond times for gamers are still so expensive, that U could think about getting a real upper class 19 or even 20" CRT for the same price.

Flats with poor pixel refresh response time lead to "ghosting," an effect caused by the monitor trying to quickly switch from light to dark objects. When this occurs, on-screen images appear to stay on the screen for a moment when they're actually supposed to be gone. Theres already enough warp in BZII itself, so make shure the screen U buy has a respond time of at least 30 ms, better 25 ms ...

[Nemesis]

Moved to the Hardware forum.

Nem

[Havok]

Ive got a 19 digital flatscreen Samsung for $300 usd.
It is freggin awesome for games and imaging.

H

[FLY Z]

where the f00k u get that for $300, Havok? just wondering...

And Fired... I wouldn't invest in anything smaller than 19 inches.

Once you play on a 19 inch (flat screen or not) it wont matter if you have a flat screen or not. It's incredible what it does for your game play.

Infact, I've been lookin into a 21 inch monitor thats a tube, not flat.

Just my advice bro. :)

Z~

[Sabbath]

some interesting stuff there soggoth
im waiting for my 17" to die...
then ill have to get a new one soon and ill take that all into da head! good info :)

[Havok]

I believe this will help.
Get it here. (http://osnews.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=295476/ut=4421bd9dd6c31de6)

[Nemesis]

Yeah i know what you mean when you say "get it here" havok, no thanks man lol

Nem

[Fired-Up]

Wow $300 but different spec for UK? 21" hey Zuper, they did say you were greedy :)

[Fired-Up]

Okay how does this sound:

SONY - CRT Display CPD-E430 - 19" 304.00 £ (About US$ or Euro 475)

http://www.sony-cp.com/en/products/crt/e_essential/e430/index.html

- New cosmetic design 19" CRT Sony FD Trinitron monitor with L-SAGIC electron gun.
- Visually flat screen eliminates geometric distortion and minimises reflective glare DQL and MALS & EFEAL lens systems for optimum electron beam focus Hi-Con and AR screen coatings for superb contrast Intuitive.
- OSD control for easy picture set-up and adjustment ASC (Auto Sizing and Centring) circuitry - instantly sizes and centres the screen image
- Optimal ergonomic resolution of 1.3 MegaPixel (1280 x 1024) at 91 Hz - TCO'99 and GEA (ENERGY 2000) compliance

Aperture Grille Pitch 0.24 to 0.25mm

HORIZONTAL FREQUENCY 30 to 96 kHz

VERTICAL FREQUENCY 48 to 170 Hz

MAXIMUM REFRESH RATES
800 x 600 / 155 Hz
1024 x 768 / 121 Hz
1280 x 1024 / 91 Hz
1600 x 1200 / 78 Hz
3 year warranty

or:

DELL UltraScan P992 Dual Tone Grey 19" 305.00 £ (About US$ or Euro 475)

- 17.95" Viewable, Trinitron®, dot pitch 0.24mm, horizontal 30-110kHz, TCO-99

Features & Benefits
Suitable for Professional Home user, Large Office, Desktop Publishing, CAD/CAM, Professional use, Large Screen environments. Flat Screen Tube: Less reflection and glare resulting in less fatigue and eyestrain. Aperture Grille Tube: Resulting in vibrant and more consistent Colours. Advanced Digital Controls : simple to adjust on screen display to ensure perfect pictures all the time. TCO-99: Ergonomic display, requiring the lowest display emissions and minimum environmental impact. Energy Star & Nutek : Low energy consumption. Plug and Play : for ease of use and quick set-up.

Monitor type: TriniTron
Dot pitch: .24mm
Horizontal scan range: 30-107kHz
Screen size: 17.97" (45.6cm) Viewable
3 year warranty

[SiR KrAcK A LoT 911]

just go buy some $200 normal monitor man, whatever, mine is like 15 or 17 inches and i'm waiting until it dies too so i can get a new big monitor! monitor is liek the last thing i worry about, but if i get one, i would like the flat ones that are like laptop screens, but they are expensive.

[teknikaL]

get a miltiple-screen setup. they rock!