What sort of monitor does everyone have?

**Aristocrat** · July 17, 2007, 07:44 PM

Ok, I just ordered myself a new monitor and I was curious as to what other member's have.

Is a monitor such as this really a luxury item? Or more common amongst gamers than people are led to believe.

I'm just curious.

**spartan_phalanx** · July 17, 2007, 08:22 PM

I have a Dell 30" (3007WFP-HC) and it's huge. Duals for my gaming monitor as well as the family tv. It's a bit pricey but well worth IMO. 20"-24" have come down so much in price that I don't think they are really a luxury item anymore TBO.

**Aristocrat** · July 17, 2007, 08:39 PM

I looked at the Dell 30", but I didn't want to spend ~$2000 on a monitor, mostly because I think you can go too big.
I was going to get the Dell 27" for $1400 but they had ran out of stock, and the deal for it ends tomorrow. (It was $400 off).

So I looked at the Dell 24", done some reading, and reviews recommended the Ben-Q, which was also cheaper.

How far away do you sit when you are on the computer? The distance I sit away means that 24" widescreen will fill my vision field, do you have to turn your head to the screen edges?

**shadowarmy75** · July 17, 2007, 10:13 PM

Sceptre 20.1"

Crap brand and not too big but the right price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824112007

**spartan_phalanx** · July 17, 2007, 10:26 PM

Well in the US the 30" is less than $1300 right now if I'm not mistaken. My face is about 3-4 feet from it so I don't have to look side to side. I would say the 27" would be perfect, but I'm happy with the 30" for videos and multitasking.

**mrmouth** · July 17, 2007, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by shadowarmy75

Crap brand and not too big but the right price.

Sceptre aren't that bad, they are a budget monitor and they actually look fairly nice. Many people I know own them as a second or third monitor.

Im a big fan of BenQ, so nice choice on brand. Also Dell makes some real nice LCD monitors. I still have a 17" Dell LCD in its fifth year and its as nice as the day I bought it, not one dead pixel after 5 years.

Currently my main monitor is the 19" Viewsonic vx922

**The Mongol** · July 18, 2007, 02:00 AM

Just got a 22" Widescreen Acer.

Mmm, so awesome. 5ms

**Hadrian** · July 18, 2007, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by BarnabyJones

Also Dell makes some real nice LCD monitors. I still have a 17" Dell LCD in its fifth year and its as nice as the day I bought it, not one dead pixel after 5 years.

Currently my main monitor is the 19" Viewsonic vx922

Dell make probably the best LCD monitors IMO. I also have a flawless 5 year old Dell 17" LCD and my current main monitor is also a Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD! BarnabyJones, great minds think alike! The 2ms delay is soooo sweet....

**mrmouth** · July 19, 2007, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Hadrian

The 2ms delay is soooo sweet....

Some think its a waste, but Ive owned a few monitors at different speeds and I still saw image corruption at 5ms.

**Locky** · July 17, 2007, 10:36 PM

17: LCD.

Bought it awhile ago. It does its job.

**Stiros** · July 18, 2007, 11:00 AM

A 17" POS

**Freddie** · July 18, 2007, 01:07 PM

19" CRT Iiyama Vision master pro max resolution 1920 x1440

Stick that in your 1080p HD pipe and smoke it!

**mrmouth** · July 18, 2007, 02:07 PM

Last week I almost bought a 47" Westinghouse LCD 1080p @8ms for $850. The current prices are just ridiculous and they sold out before I could grab one. They are now on backorder so when I see them again Ill post the link.

A bit too large for gaming but a nice bedroom TV.

**Rex Armeniae** · July 18, 2007, 04:05 PM

Fujitsu siemens scaleoview 19"

**Arakorn** · July 18, 2007, 04:05 PM

An Acer 17" LCD AL1711, 16ms. Quite bad actually...

I'm thinking of getting a 22" widescreen in August though... that or a regular 19" one. Any suggestions? I read that widescreens do work well with games. (Resolution would be 1650x1050 I think. Price is 300-400€).

**Che** · July 18, 2007, 04:26 PM

A 19" widescreen. The resolution for 19" is 1440x900, and yes It works very well with games.

**Sidus Preclarum** · July 18, 2007, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Aristocrat

Ok, I just ordered myself a new monitor and I was curious as to what other member's have.
.

I have a 22" BenQ connected to my laptop,which screen is broken.
It has a dead (red) pixel , but otherwise I won't complain as it does it job and was cheap (230€)
Can't tell much about it's reliability since it's been less than 2 monthes.