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recommend a 17" LCD w/ these specs

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Pyramix

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17" LCD
dot pitch: .26mm
response time: <= 25 ms
resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ >= 75 Hz.
viewing angles: at least 160 degrees horizontally and vertically
color support: 32-bit (do they even exist? if not, then 24-bit)
contrast ratio: i don't know, 500:1, i guess, although it's not all that important
price: in the $450 range
good tilting features would be nice, but not required
for pc, and needs a non-dvi connection

i looked at cnet but couldn't find anything useful there. same thing at pricewatch. any help will be appreciated. thanks.
 
wow, the samsung 172T is just what i am looking for. but the price is no good.

so, i guess, i will have to relax some of the requirements to be able to find an LCD in my price range.
 
Originally posted by: Pyramix
17" LCD
resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ >= 75 Hz.
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That requirement is pointless. LCDs work best at 60Hz and 60Hz on a LCD is not comparable to 60Hz on a CRT.
 
can anybody find anything wrong with this: optiquest q170

i have been considering this for a while, and i think i will just go with this. the only thing is that i don't know its dot pitch or its refresh rate when the resolution is 1280 x 1024.
 
budget is $450 max (it says so in the first message in this thread, but i guess it's hidden between so much stuff, it's hard to see)
 
aah, AT, thanks for the piece of information about the refresh rate in LCDs. now i'll know better, and i guess i don't have to worry about that optiquest's refresh rate
 
I recommend you look on newegg.com for some 17" LCDs. They have some damn good prices on ones that are very good and do come within your price range. I buy just about everything on newegg, except small things like keyboards and the like. I was shopping for a 17" LCD for a while but now i'm out of a job and the decision was giving me a headache 😛 so i'm currently decided on a 19" KDS XF-9E CRT since it is only $185 on Newegg 😀. Have you looked at tomshardware.com? Their display section has been riddled with 17" LCD reviews and they narrow down their suggestions. My 7-year old 17" CRT is going bad so I can't afford to wait long, but if I could I was going to wait for the summer when prices decrease more than right now. From what I find, Hitachi and NEC make some very good 17" LCDs. I can't remember the price on the hitachi, but I think the model number is CM174 or something like that. It has an extremely low response time as well (I can't remember but it is below 25ms).

I hope I could be of some help! 🙂
 
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