22" Monitor Recommendations?

UHF

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I havent seen any recent reviews of 22" Monitors so I was wondering if anyone had any knowledge of what works and what doesnt?

I'm a keen follower of the Iiyama Vision Master Pro range and have had a 410 Pro (17") for about 4 years but now its dying and friends have the new 19" based on the Diamondtron U2 tube. I'm wondering if their 22" monitors come up to the same quality as the smaller models.

I just returned a NEC 1760NX LCD which I absolutely hated (purely because it is LCD, and i thought i'd give them another shot but decided it had to go back, had it for 20mins!!!), so my budget is around 400-500 and i'm just a gamer and casual coder really with tons of desk space. After all the monitor is the most important peripheral you can have, it'll last 3-4 years and be worth the money.

In particular i'm looking at the following:

VM Pro 513 - MA203DT(Older Diamondtron NF)
VM Pro 514 - HM204DT (Newer Diamondtron U2)

Anyone have specific experience of the difference between the two tubes available (obviously the 514 has uch higher specs), or any experience of the 22" range in general, I always take advantage of my 7 day returns guarantee on expensive items i wish to keep for a while but I want to try and avoid having to pay so much to return a 22" monitor, shame there arent many reviews out there.

And BTW, i'm a UK customer.
 

hjo3

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I've been using a Samsung SyncMaster 1200NF 22" for the last 8 months and absolutely love it. It's slightly more expensive than you'd like (about $560), but I think it's worth it. Best CRT I've ever used.
 

MIDIman

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As long as you aren't annoyed by the horizontal lines, get a sony! The G500 is amazing in its next to highest resolutions.
 

UHF

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I went ahead with the top of the range Iiyama 514 Pro, love it apart from i'm having trouble setting it up so I can read text at 1600x1200, at the moment i'm running 1280x960 (to maintain aspect) and its great, resolution feels fine but sounds daft on paper, I should beable to go to 1600x1200 and have the same size text as a 17" @ 1024x768 shouldnt i? Also I cant find anything between 1280x960 and 1600x1200 which is 4:3 aspect, is there a tool which lets me make up my own resolutions or is this a monitor constraint?
 

Alex

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i dont know any of the 2 models you listed but when i hear the word "monitor", the name "viewsonic" automatically pops into my mind. best you can get in my opinion.

ive got a G90FB its a black 19" crt intended for like professional graphics work or something and its amazing for gaming.

peace
 

Brian48

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I absolutely love my 21" Dell P1130 Trinitron. Admittedly, it's a little pricey, but if you look around, you can still find some deals on one.
 

bigpow

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my eyes are cheap... I'm so happy with my cheap NEC FE1250+ Black (450$)
Love the NaviSet software (control everything via windows)
 
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I adore my sony e500.. Will cost you a pretty penny new but you can get a great refurb from ebay for around $250 shipped.. I threw my samsung 955df to the curb when this beauty came in the mail.
 

UHF

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@BDSM, well here are my reasons

1). 17" at native 1280x1024 is too high resolution and the text was too tiny, not withstanding the fact that 1280x1024 doesnt stick with the 4:3 ratio of other solutions, 19" monitors are fine at 1280x1024 as they have a visible area of 18" which is just enough more than a 17" lcd to be able to read it clearly
2). It cost the same as my 22" CRT!
3). In games, regardless of what anyone says, the ghosting is still a pain if you play lots of games
4). 22 inches man, in comparison for the same money the crt kick ass in terms of clarity and SIZE!
 

spclwpns

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I've had the one in my sig for a couple weeks now and love heck outta it, a really great monitor..........
 

440sixpack

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I have a 22" Mitsubishi DiamondPro 2040u that I picked up refurbished for $195. Several months now and going along just fine.
 

Arcanedeath

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For a 22" CRT I'd suggest anything based on a Mitsubishi Diamondtron tube (it's the same as a sony tube except it only uses one electron gun where as sony uses 3 (might have the backwards I forget, either Sony or Mitsubishi only uses 1 electron gun in their AG tubes) anything based on this tube will have the 2 small guide wires of an AG tube so if that bothers you you may need to look for a normal tube CRT or a Shadow mask display. Hope this helps.... :)