Good quality LCD

Well following on from my 100hz escapade and since the computer on my secondary system is naff i've decided to try out a good quality LCD to see whether I can get on with it.

Does anyone have any suggestions/reccomendations of a good quality 19" (prefebly larger if widescreen) LCD screen? I'm willing to pay for good quality but also don't want it to break the bank. Or even just makes/models to avoid?

I like a good viewing angle and good vibrancy like you get with a CRT.

I'm totally out of touch with LCD screens and I was a bit suprised how low the prices were when I looked, so, over to you lot

Many thanks!

Low prices = TN+film.
TN+film = poor viewing angles with decent colour reproduction.

You would need to look at what you need the monitor for if your going to buy into a certain panel.

TN is fine for casual gaming and movies.

In reply to a post by Gzero:

Low prices = TN+film.
TN+film = poor viewing angles with decent colour reproduction.

You would need to look at what you need the monitor for if your going to buy into a certain panel.

TN is fine for casual gaming and movies.

You've lost me already

Don't watch films on the PC and rarely play games, but do want a good quality display, as close to what my CRT is like

What about high prices? Brands? Dell any good (or the company who makes them)? I've always been impressed with their CRT in the past.

Edited by Pipexer (Fri 06-Nov-09 23:31:57)

I like Viewsonic - I have a three year old 19" widescreen and cannot fault the quality in addition my daughter has a 17" monitor/TV and again quality is good.

Viewsonic do several "grades" from fairly cheap to expensive. Check out their website.

Another vote for Viewsonic.

I have a 22" 2260WM model, 16x9 (wide screen)

It has full HD, HDMI and/or DVI connection; 2ms refresh rate.

It replaced a LG1960TR; 19" 4x3 format; (which replaced a Mitsubishi 19" CRT)

I had no problems with the LG, but the Viewsonic has better colour reproduction IMHO

You can get the model I have for ~ £150 - £160 mark now; which is less than what I paid in February of this year. (£180)

Just looked at Amazon; £142 from them.

Given the choice, I would not go back to the LG or the Mitsubishi CRT (which weighed more than me !!!)... (well.....nearly)

Edited by deleted (Sat 07-Nov-09 00:28:10)

I have this monitor, its rather good for the £130 (rub it in a bit ) I paid. Only a few issues, it's a TN+film panel so it doesn't match up to a IPS monitor like the Dell 2209wa, it has light bleeding through (hard to find lcd's without this problem), contrast feels a little weaker but still natural.

Read for the advantages and disadvantages of panels (just read IPS and TN if your not in the mood):
http://www.pchardwarehelp.com/guides/lcd-panel-types...

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

Don't watch films on the PC and rarely play games, but do want a good quality display, as close to what my CRT is like

Do you do serious photography or anything else that requires serious colour work?
It gets more expensive and harder to buy if so

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

What about high prices? Brands? Dell any good (or the company who makes them)? I've always been impressed with their CRT in the past.

Use Dell monitors at work and have two Dells at home - they seem good, though had one at home was DoA and there are issues trying to calibrate them

TFT reviews and info

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

You've lost me already

Don't watch films on the PC and rarely play games, but do want a good quality display, as close to what my CRT is like

What about high prices? Brands? Dell any good (or the company who makes them)? I've always been impressed with their CRT in the past.

I have a 27" Dell which runs at 1920*1200 and is fantastic.. I didn't pay what the site lists as the price though, closer to £450..

Thanks for the replies so far everyone. I will look at the viewsonic series. Will take a look at dell too but from what I can see so far you have to pay a bit more than the viewsonic for equivilant spec.

Am I right in thinking that (generally) a viewsonic IPS is going to be better than a dell TN?

As you can tell... Absolutely no clue about this at all

In reply to a post by Pipexer:

Thanks for the replies so far everyone. I will look at the viewsonic series. Will take a look at dell too but from what I can see so far you have to pay a bit more than the viewsonic for equivilant spec.

Am I right in thinking that (generally) a viewsonic IPS is going to be better than a dell TN?

As you can tell... Absolutely no clue about this at all

IPS is better than any TN panel due to one reason. TN panels can only do 262,000 colours no TN panel can do 16.7million colour.

So colour reproduction is way off on tn panels ..