Need Advice - Best 19" LCD < $300

[Rekonn]

I'm looking to finally replace my CRT monitor with a 19" LCD. Needs to have a black trim, maybe some silver in there, and I do play FPS games. My vid card has both analog and DVI outputs, would prefer to get a monitor with DVI in.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

viewsonic vx922

 

[acegazda]

samsung has lots of 19" lcd's most of them have good response and fair brightness and decent contrast. Take a look at their offerings @ pricegrabber.com. The viewsonic mentioned suffers from poor contrast and color reproduction. (reds specifically) You would do better by spending $30 more and get the vx2025 viewsonic

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: acegazda
samsung has lots of 19" lcd's most of them have good response and fair brightness and decent contrast. Take a look at their offerings @ pricegrabber.com. The viewsonic mentioned suffers from poor contrast and color reproduction. (reds specifically) You would do better by spending $30 more and get the vx2025 viewsonic

any link to that claim. all the reviews i've seen of the vx922 declare it an excelent monitor for the price.

 

[Mucker]

2ms Benq: http://www.buy.com/prod/BenQ_FP93GX_LCD...m_1280_x_1024/q/loc/101/202128013.html

There are 10% off coupons occasionally floating around....

 

[Rekonn]

Nice! That Benq looks like a great deal. Guess I should set the upper limit to $250 and not $300.

What are your thoughts on buying online vs in store and dead pixels? I still notice the thin grey lines from my trinitron crt, and don't like the idea of having a pixel being stuck at one color in the middle of my screen. I figure returning a monitor to a store would be easier, is that ability worth the added cost over buying online? Is getting a dead pixel a rare event now, or is it still something I should worry about?

 

[touchmyichi]

http://www.buy.com/retail/Product.asp?sku=202166481&******

I bought 2 of these for my dad's work, they are a fantastic deal. Both displays looked excellent (don't worry about the fact that it doesn't have DVI- it still looks great). Although they raised the price a tad in the past week, it's very very hard to beat this.

 

[cubeless]

the acer 1280x1024 8ms dvi that runs < $200 on sale (got one from ne) works really well... i don't game, but my son borrowed it while i was out of town to test it out, and he didn't want to give it back... no dead pixels, relatively thin bezel...

 

[Mucker]

Originally posted by: Rekonn
Nice! That Benq looks like a great deal. Guess I should set the upper limit to $250 and not $300.

What are your thoughts on buying online vs in store and dead pixels? I still notice the thin grey lines from my trinitron crt, and don't like the idea of having a pixel being stuck at one color in the middle of my screen. I figure returning a monitor to a store would be easier, is that ability worth the added cost over buying online? Is getting a dead pixel a rare event now, or is it still something I should worry about?

You have legitimate concerns. Personally, I buy everything online. I have bought two 8ms Benq monitors (FP91G+ and FP92G+) from Newegg and they both arrived with zero dead pixels. Benq has a 3 year parts/labor/backlight warranty also. I am very pleased with these monitors, they are great for gaming (for me anyway). If you have a Costco nearby, that is probably the best route offline. Excellent return policy. If you go with an 8ms or lower, you should be very happy.....