Anyone know anything about the Formac LCD?

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sswany

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I'm kind of interested. Looks like an Apple Cinema Display, but much cheaper and better refresh rates than a lot of LCDs on the market. I was also looking at the Samsung 172t for cost reasons, but I want the best "bang for the buck"

Thanks guys.
 
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dakels

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which model formac? And is this LCD for a Mac?

IMO as the owner of both mac's and PC's, buying Mac monitors are a waste of money. The LCD models with an ADC connection are horribly overpriced for very little advatage of using ADC. Get a true digital DVI model.

also for the price of that samsung ($550ish), I'd rather get a Hitachi CML174SXW
 
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dakels

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it's by no means a bad monitor, but like I said, overpriced.
It has a 220 brightness rating which is not that great
400:1 contrast ratio which is decent but nothing exceptional
10-25 ms response time.... Now I know this doesn't have a true 10ms response time because there would have been some headlines. But if it holds a 25ms response time it is very good and even suitable for FPS gaming. I would not be surprised though that the true total up and down response time is over 25 ms.

Lets compare specs to the Hitachi I recommended:
260 brightness
400:1 contrast
TRUE 16ms total response time and about the best in it's class.
$150-200 cheaper...

Again, nice monitor but it's overpriced. and btw about all "Apple compatible" peripherals are PC compatible as well. Macs are very good about being able to work with PC, usually not the other way around though.

the only exception would be if the ADC version only came with ADC. Then it would only work on PC with a ADC to DVI converter.

anyways they both solid monitors but one is certainly a better deal then the other. btw that samsung is very good too and comparable to the Hitachi but for the same money, the Hitachi wins in the specs. I think the samsung has a better aesthetic design then the hitachi and the formac has the best design out of all of them.
 
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sswany

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Yeah I know about the Hitachi. I've read about it and my real deciding factor is between the Samsung and the Hitachi. I really like the 191t, but I think it's just going to be too much money. Plus if the Hitachi's response time is that good then I think that might be the right monitor for me. The 172T or the CML174SWX is the real question. I had just seen the Formac in a magazine somewhere and thought it was pretty good looking. Thanks for your help.
 
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