Need recommendation for 20" Monitor or bigger with video input

[Madellga]

Hi,

I'm looking for a 20" monitor or bigger for my wife to use at work. She's a dentist and we need to hang the monitor on pole holding the light.

We're going to have a image splitter connected to her microscope and plug a digital camera (most likely a Nikon coolpix 4500 or equivalent) into it. The camera will be used to document and also to output the image to a LCD monitor, where she'll look at to work.
The main reason behind this is her comfort and ergonomy, as it is much easier for the eyes and she can keep her back and neck straight. Her assistant can also benefit from it looking at the monitor at the same time.

What we are looking for is:
1) Vesa holes to hang the monitor to the pole (using a VESA bracket of course);
2) Video (composite is fine) input;
3) Good contrast and viewing angles;
4) Size 20" , 1600x1200 (preferebly) or 1680x1050. As the camera has 4 Megapixels and can output also 3:2 images, we could look also into a widescreen monitor, the image would scale better I guess.
5) The screen CANNOT be glossy like the NEC MultiSync 20WGX2. My wife hates it and with all the lighting in a dentist's office, reflection would be a problem;


I don't think that Dell's monitor have the VESA holes, so I'm leaving them out for the moment.

The monitor I picked myself at the moment is the Samsung 204TS. http://www.samsung.com/au/products/monitors/tft/204ts.asp?page=Specifications

It has a good price here also.

I would appreciate any comments or suggestions from you guys. Xtknight's comments are welcome also

 

[Madellga]

Bump before it fades into Oblivion.....:moon:

 

[xtknight]

The 204Ts seems like a good choice for your purposes, and I believe it has a high-contrast S-PVA panel. I don't know of many high-contrast 20" LCDs with 'video' (composite,s-video) inputs. For widescreen, the 215TW would be the best choice. Honestly I recommend you go with the widescreen as I'm sure of its quality. I don't know much about the 204Ts other than its panel (perhaps not even that ...the viewing angles of 170 seem to indicate a TN but flatpanels.dk says S-PVA).

Ah, for 21" regular aspect, I'm sure you'd be happy with the Samsung 214T (S-PVA). The 215TW is still better though.

 

[mikeford]

Composite is SD tv quality, roughly 480 lines max. If you want the detail that the camera is generating you will need to use some other higher resolution hookup like 1394.

 

[Madellga]

Originally posted by: xtknight
The 204Ts seems like a good choice for your purposes, and I believe it has a high-contrast S-PVA panel. I don't know of many high-contrast 20" LCDs with 'video' (composite,s-video) inputs. For widescreen, the 215TW would be the best choice. Honestly I recommend you go with the widescreen as I'm sure of its quality. I don't know much about the 204Ts other than its panel (perhaps not even that ...the viewing angles of 170 seem to indicate a TN but flatpanels.dk says S-PVA).

Ah, for 21" regular aspect, I'm sure you'd be happy with the Samsung 214T (S-PVA). The 215TW is still better though.

Thanks Xt for the feedback:beer:

Well, as I have a 215TW and she likes it, there is little to discuss. But then I do need a replacement for my 2nd desktop.....could be a second 215TW or a Dell2407.

The 214 is a bit expensive for me, it is just 100 bucks under the Dell 2407, which on the other hand has received some negative comments.

Anyhow, many thanks for the comments!!

 

[Madellga]

Originally posted by: mikeford
Composite is SD tv quality, roughly 480 lines max. If you want the detail that the camera is generating you will need to use some other higher resolution hookup like 1394.

You're right about the detail level, but coming from the eyepiece it should be still good enough. Besides that, I'm not aware of a monitor that can accept 1394 inputs. We would need to throw a notebook into the mess, gets to complicated.

PS: Post 666 :evil: