Need A Good 19" Monitor To Buy.. Prefferably Lcd..

DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">as this one is dying :( :(</div>as i'm typing this my monitor is occassionally having image spasms, so I am pretty sure its only got a short time left before its completely dead.

So while I can still read things, does anybody have a good suggestion as to a good 19" (no bigger, no smaller) monitor? Preferably LCD w/ high enough refresh rate to be viable for gaming...
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  • JezpuhJezpuh Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15157Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Nov 15 2003, 10:58 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Nov 15 2003, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> as i'm typing this my monitor is occassionally having image spasms, so I am pretty sure its only got a short time left before its completely dead. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Srry, I got no advice, but this looks like some sort of movie <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    you think yours has problems?

    my monitors 'spasming' stage came and went a few MONTHS ago <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    2 months to a week ago it was turning black and flickering white... i.e that glimpse when you turn off your monitor, black with white flash, but heaps longer and bigger <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    and last night i turned my monitor back on and it was a deep shade of bluish purple sort of thing... and i had to turn off and on again [my monitor] for it to be alright

    hehehe
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  • FuryFury Silver Fish Hand Catch Join Date: 2003-08-14 Member: 19673Members, Constellation
    depends which brand is cheapest, and which you think will last.

    dont get lcd , bad for gaming apparently.
    and the view angles are munted.

    crt all the way
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Yeah, I would be questioning your motivations for wanting an LCD. I'd stick with a nice flat CRT.

    --Scythe--
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  • JimJim Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9989Members
    Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 93sb <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited November 2003
    I'll have to agree with the anti-LCD crowd here. You basically pay twice the price for no real benefit unless you're manic about visiting LAN parties (and even then, you can usually fit your bigger screen in somewhere).

    [edit]On the subject of actual models, I'm currently staring at a LG flat CRT, and am very happy with it. <a href='http://www.lge.com/catalog/prodlist?categoryId=CTG1000496&modelCategoryId=CTG1000497&parentId=CTG1000439' target='_blank'>Link.</a>[/edit]
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  • JimJim Join Date: 2002-11-26 Member: 9989Members
    <a href='http://www.nec-mitsubishi.com/coremedia/generator/Internet/Subsidiaries/Headquarter/Content/Products/CRT-DiamondPlus93SB/CRT-DiamondPlus93SB,spec=_3F__uk__en.html' target='_blank'>link too</a> <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    I really don't want another bulky CRT though :/

    I really want an LCD for two reasons: 1) Easy to take to LANs (light weight) 2) No glare. I'm in a glare heavy environment. In fact, on EOD's "night time" maps I have to turn the lights off to play. Bleh to that I say.

    Today I went and bought a 19" LCD monitor from a brand called MAG, and tommorrow its going back. More image ghosting than those mansion levels on Super Mario World... So tommorrow its going back to the store and I'm going to pick up the 19" Samsung I originally intended to get, as I just read a review on Gamespy where they rated it best monitor for gaming...
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  • uranium_235uranium_235 Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9478Banned
    Ha ha Gamespy, I wouldn't take anything they'd say too seriously. Most likely someone handing cash under the table over there.
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited November 2003
    Oh, <i>yeah</i>, let's flame gaming publications according to their revenues. I read Gamespy, I read Gamers With Jobs, I read lots of stuff in between. Sometimes, they're right, sometimes, they're wrong, independently from their size.
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  • hellokittyhellokitty riotkitty Join Date: 2003-04-09 Member: 15348Members
    boo <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

    [sniff]

    my monitor is like 5 years old. its refresh rate sux..! so things tend to slow down when there's lots of commotion going on during a game. i really want a thin monitor, but i hate the way LCD looks while playing games. i think it saves on energy too.. but eh..

    maybe for Christmas, i'll buy myself a really nice treat!

    can't wait! i've been needing one for awhile now. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • BeastBeast Armonkyi Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15731Members, Constellation
    LCDs are fine. I've used one, and I still am using one. They are far lighter, smaller, consume less power. They are fine for gaming now (older ones were not). Enough with the LCD bashing allready <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Samsung I believe are pretty good actually. Hope your new monitor works out allright ^^
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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    There was a 18" I saw at bestbuy.com for only $400 as I am in the same market, I'd look it up and give you a link but my mouse just stopped working and I'm having a hard enough time on these forums with just a keyboard. I'm going to get a LCD for the space issue, my computer desk is tiny so I have to have the moniter offset to the right, and my mouse is there and they bump into each other when I'm playing sometimes.
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  • SpoogeSpooge Thunderbolt missile in your cheerios Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 67Members
    I saw this monitor at Best Buy last night..

    <img src='http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/5719/5719966_sa.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

    Absolutely looked like a CRT. But, it's only 17" inch.

    But <a href='http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384730244&skuId=5403397&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01013' target='_blank'>this 19" looks pretty good too.</a> Except maybe the price <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    The one that I have, gah what is its #... meh well its a 19" Flat Screen CRT Daewoo Black Monitor. Got it for $200 and has a max refresh rate of 85Hz, works GREAT.
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  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Refresh rate does not matter one bit on an LCD monitor. You need to be looking for the Response times, both the rise and the fall. A combined rise and fall time of under 25ms is fine for gaming. This, along with the contrast and the resolution, are the things you need to look for.
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  • TenSixTenSix Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7932Members
    My cheap generic CRT that I got with my 2nd computer almost 6 or 7 years ago still works to this day. Im using it right now <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Long live CRT!
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    I have to deny the accusations of LCDs not being worth their money. Well, maybe they <i>are</i> a bit expensive at the moment, but I assure you, you'll love it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I have a Philips Brilliance LCD (15") and it's awesome. It's small, light-weight, consumes less power, doesn't radiate and as a consequence, I can stare at it longer. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Furthermore, the image is great at 1024x768 <i>without</i> a digital input, so I can only imagine, what it will be like with a digital one (since my current graphics card doesn't have a digital out). The image is actually the same or better quality than my previous CRT monitor (and it was a good Sony 15" one, not some random trash). <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    POS MONITOR SAGA PART 2:

    Today I went and returned the crappy LCD 19" i got last night, and I got a different brand, Samsung. It blurred less, though still it was aweful aweful. So i took IT back too and got a refund, hung my head low, and bought another CRT :( :( and its too heavy for me to lift out of the car, so i gotta wait till a friend comes over to bring it up :/
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  • AeaAea Join Date: 2003-10-09 Member: 21552Members
    Samsung 955DF, have 2 of them, absolutly move em, and they're under $200 each <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    That might be what I got... Its a samsung something or nother.

    The 15" Samsung I got is alive and kicking desipte being 7+ years old and while not beaten, it certainly hasn't been treated entirely nice either after 5 Quakecons. So I figured if I'd get a Samsung of the 19" variety and hopefully it won't die like the stupid KDS pos...

    never ever buy KDS :X
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