SONY Multiscan G400 19" vs. Dell Ultrasharp LCD 18"

[Aenslead]

So there I was, right in front of a friggin Dell Ultrasharp 18";

I love monitors. I love crispy, sharp, brilliant images, and my SONY CRT was giving me just that, but I grew a tad tired about its size and age, and decided to test something else... and that something else was a Dell Ultrasharp LCD 18".

I was offered to take it on payments, by a friend. DVI connector, a tad heavy, looked good.

So I got home and plugged it into the DVI connector of my Radeon 9800SE... only to find a less than ultra sharp image. Somehow, brightness was less than with my CRT monitor, and being a very VERY exagerated lover of crispy, neat images, I found that this LCD, inspite of being DVI, was NOT on par with my SONY analog CRT.

Ah... what a dissapointment. CRTs are for me, no doubt. This 4 year old SONY monitor has the best image quality I've seen on any monitor... even new CRT models like Samsung's Syncmaster 957DF.

*hugs Sony crt monitor* untill death tears us appart.

 

[cbehnken]

Ummm, you are surprised that a 2-3 year old LCD is not that great? Why not look at a modern screen and get back to us...

 

[Aenslead]

Terribly expensive. Besides, I've looked at some Samsung LCD monitors... like the 912N, and it still falls widely on image quality and image contrast.

I thought that was because it was analog, so I had high hopes for DVI; bleh.

 

[Tsosczb]

Your first problem is thinking that a DVI connector actually means something.

 

[kylebisme]

Are you suggesting that his monitor only takes the anolog singal from the DVI cable?

 

[JRW]

Will take a great 19" LCD to top the G400 , I have a 5 year old G400 thats used on my 2nd PC and the picture is still superb & vibrant. I remember when I first saw it at the store on the 'wall of monitors' the picture quality literaly stood out of the crowd.

 

[Aenslead]

I agree. My 4 year old monitor is as crispy as it was when I pulled it out of its box.