Hi all.
As title says, my dad is looking for a new screen. The 17" Iiyama monitor is still as good as ever (so good that in fact I am gonna have it), but he is redecorating and wants to get a flat panel screen so he can tidy things up a bit and also because his eyesight is also getting gradualy worse (as is all of ours) as time goes on.
Anyway, my dad has always liked gadgets and technology so it has to be a flat panel screen, and he wants it to be bigger than the monitor it is replacing. He ideally wants something in the 18-19" size (although 17" would do as it will still be a touch bigger than what he has) and preferably with DVI input.
However, he is not a gamer, so a fast response time is not essential. At best it will see a couple of games, and watch a couple of movies on, but even then I don't think he will miss the faster response times. As long as its 25ms or less, its all good for these uses.
On a different note, my only concern is that with a 18-19" screen, the (popular) native resolution of 1280x1024 may actually end up harder to read than 1024x768 is on the 17" CRT monitor. Any opinions on this?? Obviously if it is and he then wants to run it in a non-native resolution that is gonna hurt the picture quality.
So, basically I'm looking for LCD screens with the best picture, DVI input, lets say in the lower half of the price spectrum. Manufacturer is not too important, so long as its not a complete pile of s**t.
Cheers.
As title says, my dad is looking for a new screen. The 17" Iiyama monitor is still as good as ever (so good that in fact I am gonna have it), but he is redecorating and wants to get a flat panel screen so he can tidy things up a bit and also because his eyesight is also getting gradualy worse (as is all of ours) as time goes on.
Anyway, my dad has always liked gadgets and technology so it has to be a flat panel screen, and he wants it to be bigger than the monitor it is replacing. He ideally wants something in the 18-19" size (although 17" would do as it will still be a touch bigger than what he has) and preferably with DVI input.
However, he is not a gamer, so a fast response time is not essential. At best it will see a couple of games, and watch a couple of movies on, but even then I don't think he will miss the faster response times. As long as its 25ms or less, its all good for these uses.
On a different note, my only concern is that with a 18-19" screen, the (popular) native resolution of 1280x1024 may actually end up harder to read than 1024x768 is on the 17" CRT monitor. Any opinions on this?? Obviously if it is and he then wants to run it in a non-native resolution that is gonna hurt the picture quality.
So, basically I'm looking for LCD screens with the best picture, DVI input, lets say in the lower half of the price spectrum. Manufacturer is not too important, so long as its not a complete pile of s**t.
Cheers.
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