What 20" LCD Monitor ...

[DejaDingo]

I need to replace my 21" Dell CRT (my office is 95 degrees and the electric bill is skyrocketing). I need a 20" to get to the 1600x1200 resolution. Anything less is just too fuzzy.

The question is : I use an 8 port KVM switch with all my machines connected - WinXP, Win2K, Linux (Fedora 4), Mac OS X (Jaguar) - so I need something that will do well with an analog signal from all. I'm not into games and I don't care about pivot, but I really need stable, crisp text and graphics.

Any suggestions for something that is cross platform compatible? I'd like to keep it under $800.

 

[drag]

The display vs OS shouldn't matter to much.

The one thing to watch out for on these big LCD displays is if you want to use DVI connections is bandwidth for the video cable and video card.

Only very new video cards are able to provide the digital video bandwidth needed to get full 1600x1200 display... of course with analog vga connection any old card can do that. Some cards, even new mid-range ones, will automaticly limit you to something like 1024x768 or 1200x1024 or something like that. Don't remember the specifics.

They call it dual-channel dvi or something like that. Dont' quite remember. You need to make sure that the dvi cable and the video card supports that.

However since your going thru regular analog vga it's not going to be a issue as I figure it. Maybe the kvm device may have a video display limitation, I don't know. But it should be the same as CRT monitors.

As for specific brand and model, I don't know that either. I still by CRTs mostly due to the superior color definition/depth and contrast and don't pay that much attention to lcd stuff yet.

 

[Bluefront]

Take a look at this Samsung


Bought one.......very nice.

 

[DejaDingo]

But are you using it with VGA or DVI?

 

[MrChad]

Dell usually has some outstanding deals on their LCD monitors, which are all highly regarded.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: MrChad
Dell usually has some outstanding deals on their LCD monitors, which are all highly regarded.

go with the 2005fp. i have one at work & home and hate using other monitors after using this.

i used to have a nice 19" viewsonic crt and this is much better.

 

[silverpig]

I second the 2005fpw. The only screen I like better is the one I'm on now (15.4" 1920x1200 lappy screen)