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Help me make a decision on an LCD

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I've got a chance at a Sony SDM-M51D/B for a fairly good price, but I can't seem to find any reviews on it. I'd like to stay in the 15" region, since I don't want to be spending any more than $400 for a screen (got to get married one of these days...). Any help would be appreciated...the eyes are starting to bug out from using this old 14" CRT.

I was also wondering if I should hold off till the new "fast" LCDs are released...
 
I don't remember the particular name of the technology (maybe someone around here knows the particulars). Apparently they have a way (by just changing the chipsets in the LCDs) that they can speed up image display, close to or equal to that or CRTs, for little to no cost differences.
 
I believe that technician is referring to the new NEC-Mitsubishi LCD technology called Forward Feed. The forward feed technology uses electronics to more accurately control how the pixels turn on and off... this effectively can speed up response times on current panels by something like 50%-70%.

Someone who works for NEC-Mitsu posted on arstechnica that the FFD is at least a year away. They expect to show some prototypes at Comdex in November with production models probably hitting the shelves this time next year.

Hope this info helps.

As far as ghosting goes, if you will be bothered by any kind of motion blur then you should probably consider staying away from an LCD right now, or maybe run an LCD with an analog display in a dual head configuration (with the LCD for your desktop work and the analog screen for your gaming needs).

I have now tried out 5 different flat panels and haven't found one that I could cope with in gaming... the latest arrival is actually a surprise... I had cancelled my order for a Dell deal on a Planar PV174, and yet they shipped it anyway... so here I am typing on it. I think it's a decent display (although not as good as the NEC-Mitsu 18" I already returned) but even with it's pixel response of 25ms there is bad blurring in games (same or worse than 50ms displays I have tried out).
 
Yes, that's what I was referring too. 😉

A year away...hmm. What would you recommend for the best "response time" on an LCD for low ghosting? One of my friends has the RAD-5 and while playing UT against him I didn't notice very much ghosting, even it large-scale battles with lots of objects moving around.

Has anyone any experience with the Sony SDM-M51D/B's?
 
The Sony's use fairly old technology and I wouldn't think you would be happy with them for gaming... having said that, I am probably more picky than some people and find the afterglow/ghosting effect of even the best LCD's a bit too obnoxious in fast moving FPS shooters (and I'm addicted to counter strike).

Since I don't want to wait a year for the FFD displays to come out (and it could be longer) I am considering running two displays, the CRT for FPS games, and the LCD for everything else. Might sound whacky but it could very well be the only way to save my eyeballs some strain and still get my CS game-on!
 
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