Best monitor for $275 and down ?

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MentalIlness

MentalIlness

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Ok, what is the best monitor for aroun $275 ? It will be used the majority of the time for gaming. Probably all gaming, except for a little browser action.

I was looking at this.... Thoughts ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236059

I am not partial to make/model of the monitor. Just the best for the money.

And when I say $275..that includes shipping ;)
 
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I was given the Planar px2710mw for x-mas. It was around $250 shipped from TD. It has been excellent for reading text and watching any video so far. I haven't had a chance to game with it yet. I am hoping that goes as well as everything else has. Might be worth it to check it out.

Looks like TD doesn't have it any longer and amazon cheapest $299.
 
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nOOky said:
I'm one of them, I'd spring for that little bit extra and get it over the 23", I have both btw.
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Ya, I'm thinking I would have been happier with the vw266h, but as long as the planar handles gaming well i'll live. If not, iguess it's off to FS/FT and craigslist.
 
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Dark Shroud said:
Dell sells Ultrasharps on ebay for under $275 with free shipping.
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I wouldn't wanna put down $275 on something with virtually no warranty. Besides, the OP is into gaming, no photoshop, so an Ultrasharp may not even fit his need. Most older Ultrasharps do have horrible lags and ghosting, and even newer ones.
 
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happy medium said:
Yes , thats it Mental, same as the one that got 5 stars and 1600+ reviews from newegg.
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5 stars on 1600 reviews has gotta to mean something!

Mental, get the HannsG/ I-inc. This thing is game. 1920x1200 over 1080P anyday!
 
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shangshang said:
I wouldn't wanna put down $275 on something with virtually no warranty. Besides, the OP is into gaming, no photoshop, so an Ultrasharp may not even fit his need. Most older Ultrasharps do have horrible lags and ghosting, and even newer ones.
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Newer ultrasharps are fine in terms of response time and ghosting, and I have been unhappy with response time of LCDs before, going back to my Trinitron 21" CRT for a while. I like the 2209WA I got this summer though, response time is fine and color accuracy is there, which may or may not be important to the OP. But if good colors and black levels are an option in the price range, might as well get it.
 
MentalIlness

MentalIlness

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Yea, there will be absolutely no photo work done on the monitor I choose. It will be 100% for gaming.

Nice choices so far. So how good is 1200 res compared to 1080 res ? And wouldn't a smaller panel at 1080 have more pixels per inch ? Or is this how it works ?

I'm thinking a bigger panel at roughly the same res, can make "jaggies bigger" meaning more aliasing ?

Am I right on this ? Or ?
 
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I doubt you'll notice the dot pitch difference, especially in games. I prefer the extra height of a 1920 x 1200 for web pages and viewing images etc. I also like to feel more immersed in the game, and having a larger panel does that. I cannot speak for any of the 27 or 28" models as I have had good luck with Asus monitors.
 
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MentalIlness said:
Yea, there will be absolutely no photo work done on the monitor I choose. It will be 100% for gaming.

Nice choices so far. So how good is 1200 res compared to 1080 res ? And wouldn't a smaller panel at 1080 have more pixels per inch ? Or is this how it works ?

I'm thinking a bigger panel at roughly the same res, can make "jaggies bigger" meaning more aliasing ?

Am I right on this ? Or ?
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Actually, for the same size Monitor the 1200 would be sharper/have smaller pixels.

As a rough example, take a 1920 x 1080 and then add 120 more lines (of the same size) to the height - The 1200 will be about 11% more pixels taller Screen wise.


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I know someone's going to make me do the math so . . . . :p
This applies to the first statement.

24" @ 16:9 (1920 x 1080)
20.9184 inches (width) x 11.7666 inches (height)
~91.785 pixels per inch horizontally.

24" @ 16:10 (1920 x 1200)
20.35196 inches (width) x 12.719975 inches (height)
~94.339 pixels per inch horizontally.

So you can see the 1200 has more pixels (smaller) for the same size.


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MentalIlness

MentalIlness

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wanderer27 said:
Actually, for the same size Monitor the 1200 would be sharper/have smaller pixels.

As a rough example, take a 1920 x 1080 and then add 120 more lines (of the same size) to the height - The 1200 will be about 11% more pixels taller Screen wise.


EDIT:
I know someone's going to make me do the math so . . . . :p
This applies to the first statement.

24" @ 16:9 (1920 x 1080)
20.9184 inches (width) x 11.7666 inches (height)
~91.785 pixels per inch horizontally.

24" @ 16:10 (1920 x 1200)
20.35196 inches (width) x 12.719975 inches (height)
~94.339 pixels per inch horizontally.

So you can see the 1200 has more pixels (smaller) for the same size.


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Thanks for that. This is a little comparison I was looking at.

http://tvcalculator.com/index.html?88cc98f8f3271db7b59de548d424824a

Seems to confirm what you are saying I think.
 
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