What are the best brands/models of 15" LCD monitors?

[broadwayblue]

I need to order a couple for my office and I'm not sure what to get. I have been looking at Samsung, Viewsonic, and Hitachi. Any suggestions? Thanks. Also I'd like to spend about $500 or so for each.

 

[stultus]

I'm also interested in this. When I last looked for LCDs maybe 6 months ago, there was some new technology that made the display refresh more quickly to a point that there was no more blurring associated with gaming. And this made the flat panels a lot more expensive, too

Anyone have any info about this?

 

[dolphins]

whatever you do make sure it also has a dvi connection. stultus what your talking about i think is the response time of the monitor the lower it is the better

 

[YisSerL]

I've read numerous reviews and Samsung showed up at the top. I think the SyncMaster 170Mp is cool though, watch TV and surf the web at the same time.

 

[Jokeram]

Gateway also has one for around $500

 

[Basse]

You should definately check out LG's new TFTs. I have yet to see a quicker AUTO adjust feature. Brilliant colors and lumination as well. I've used the 560LE, 575MM, and the 885LE.

Good luck

/B

 

[TimeKeeper]

Look at the dpi, (.29mm or less)
contrast ratio (at least 250:1) <-this is rather important for it clearity
Brightness (at least 200cd/m2)
Non-interlace refresh rate. (make sure at least 75hz at 1024X768)
DVI (I will not swear by it, since I can't really tell the different)

 

[dolphins]

For office use and to hit your price range viewsonics model ve-150m should fit the bill. heres a link to specs.viewsonic

 

[wlj]

TimeKeeper's suggestions are good, save one -- refresh rate is irrelevant with LCD panels.

With a CRT, 'lit' pixels are on for a only a brief instant after they've been hit by the electron gun inside the picture tube. To give the illusion of being continuously lit, a given pixel needs to be continuously hit by the electron gun. The more frequently this happens, the less flicker. This is where the term &quot;refresh rate&quot; comes from. Unlike a CRT, LCD displays don't need to be refreshed as the pixels are either on or off until explicitly told to change state. Running an LCD panel at 60Hz provides a quality, flicker-free picture.

Another metric that may be important to you is viewing angle. Better, modern LCD panels have a viewing angle that approaches that of traditional CRTs.

To choose a panel, why not head to a local computer store and do a side-by-side comparison? You just might be amazed at the display quality differences between panels. Before comparing, however, be sure to calibrate each monitor using whatever &quot;auto calibrate&quot; setting is available.

Hope this helps!

 

[broadwayblue]

thanks for the info...i'm leaning towards the samsung but i will go and check them out this weekend.