LCD Monitors

Thanks Ian,
I had decided on getting a Samsung last night, and you are right, they do look good.

I am going to get a Samsung 226BW. 22" screen, 1000:1 contrast and 2ms response. I can get this for $510.00

that should be excellent Adam!!

Walker,

Be cautious about LCD's with such low response times quoted..

Many are actually 6Bit,

A 6 bit panel monitor can display 262,144 colours. They will use spatial dithering or FRC (frame rate control) (Software) to get it to 16.2 Million colours.
A 8 bit panel will display 16.7 million colours natively. This makes a big difference.

Also comparing monitors, its best to compare Brightness, contrast, viewing angle, AVERAGE ms rating (check the box, some will show minimum instead of average).

IMHO generally the best monitors are the ones with 8bit 8ms ratings (apart from $900+ Graphic LCDs).

As long as you have actually seen the Samsung you should be right ( I don't know whether the Samsung is 6 bit or not - most Samsungs I have seen seem ok though..)



But from my experience many of the screens that claim to be very fast - are weaker in other areas..



FYI
Mark

This one looks awsome. It has only just come out I think and is the next gen of larger LCD monitors, hence the 2ms response. As usual this is just 2ms gray to gray average.

The contrast ratio of 1000: 1 or 3000:1 dynamic (whatever that means)

I could not find anywhere that says how many bits it is but it does say 16.7 Mil color supported.

If anyone is interested, here is all the details.

http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/21970

World wide, there are only a few manufacturers of the LCD panel, Samsung is the largest of them.

Nowdays most LCD monitors are pretty good, I can't remember the last dead or white pixel I've seen. I generally recommend people shop for a LCD monitor that meets their needs/wants, as in size, style, refesh rate etc.

for business we sell a lot of HP, Phillips, Samsung.
home use, Viewsonic generally are a pretty good fit and finish for the price.

Best regards
DarrenR

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Originally Posted by amtravic1

I have just bought a Samsung 931c. 19". 2000-1 contrast, 2ms response.
On special at Scorpian technology in Mulgrave for $439. Harvey norman sell them for $599!!!.
Samsung have just brought out a 3000-1 model in 20" but i could not see any value in the extra size/price.
It has a 3 year warranty and zero dead pixel warranty. Might be worth checking out. Its a very nice screen to use.

Ian

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3 months on and my new monitor has died. Was working fine when I switched the pc off (which I rarely do) then the next day a plain white screen. I rang Samsung who said it has a 3 year on site replacement warranty. Thats good. Bad news is the model I have is out of stock. They say that if they do not have any within 2 weeks they will replace it with the next model up. Sounds good. Hopefully they will stick to their word.

Ian