New TFT...

Hi, my 15" TFT from several years ago is finally giving up the ghost, and I need a replacement. The obvious choice is a 17" TFT or is there value in going to a 19" as the cost is not a great deal more!

Also, this DVI business - I believe that is 'Digital Video Input' and am I right in thinking that this will replace the 'normal' type of socket eventually? My current graphics card does not have a DVI socket but I suppose it's good to future proof.

What about wide? Is this the future? Or stick with 4:3 - so much to think about

I'm not a gamer; email; Office suite and internet surfing.

Thoughts and views welcome please.

Thanks - Blue

Edited by deleted (Tue 21-Nov-06 13:11:43)

I have a fancy for this one for what it's worth. linky

From what others say widescreen is good if you watch a lot of movies, otherwise stick to the norm.

As good a price with DVI as it gets I reckon.

Edit typo

Edited by Sadoldman (Tue 21-Nov-06 13:25:36)

Thanks for that S - off to work now so let's see what others come back with.

Blue

Whoops, should have been logged in - Blue

great find on the monitor. any idea if its good?

>any idea if its good?

Nope...but they have sold out a few times so they are moving.

Not a bad site from the manufacturers if you click on their link on the page, they seem to know what they are doing.

I don't play games or watch movies - but I still have a widescreen monitor - why? because excel spreadsheets are soooo much easier to manage on a widescreen monitor!

What about basic web design [I left that bit off!] would it be okay in wide?

Blue

Yep, I do quite a bit of that as well, and it is handy for when you have pages with lots of nested tables and long lines of code.

Blue just wondering what your old TFT died of that has you looking for a new one ?

Hi B, this week a line has appeared all the way down one part of the screen, and it has been throwing a small wobbly now and then like it may be about to collapse!

Also, compared to a recent wide laptop the brightness is down but that may be due to an older generation of manufacture etc.

Thanks - Blue

I have an Acer and I must admit I am very happy with it, it is 4:3 and if I was going to replace it then I would get a widescreen, mainly because it is better for video editing.

DVI is certainly better, and a lot of video cards only have DVI sockets on them, mind you they normally put a convertor in the box.

But saying that, I have seen a monitor working on DVI and VGA and there is not that much of a difference.

I want a monitor that turns on it's side, so it is more like an sheet of paper..

It depends on your budget.but if you can go for a 19inch,very nice to use.