PC Monitors

[mattlanta]

Looking to replace my CRT monitor that's about five or so years old. It's really old and the screen is just pissing me off now... the black on the sides keep coming into the screen and shrinking it. It only goes up to 1024 x 768 and when I try to make it larger it makes your eyes hurt. The screen keeps getting bigger and then smaller when you're using it randomly and that also hurts my eyes. I'm wonder what company sells the best monitors, what size monitors should I buy (heard I should look around 20 inchers)?And if you have any other tips or suggestions. Or if you love your monitor now, tell me about it.

There are some deals on this forum I go to. Many of them are Samsungs. I have a Samsung HDTV 40" in my room so I don't know if it will look pretty ghey if I have a monitor and a TV that look exactly alike. There is something like a 22" Dell monitor that's around $87 after mail-in rebate that I'm thinking of getting but not sure if Dell makes any good computer parts.

I don't do a lot of gaming. I just browse the internet and watch TV series on my computer. Occasionally I'll play a game, but it's not like I have the best video card in the world (I have a stock vid-card from HP since my computer is pre-made but that's another topic). So yeah...

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Edited July 25, 2009 by Libid21

[Admin]

Looking to replace my CRT monitor that's about five or so years old. It's really old and the screen is just pissing me off now... the black on the sides keep coming into the screen and shrinking it. It only goes up to 1024 x 768 and when I try to make it larger it makes your eyes hurt. The screen keeps getting bigger and then smaller when you're using it randomly and that also hurts my eyes. I'm wonder what company sells the best monitors, what size monitors should I buy (heard I should look around 20 inchers)?And if you have any other tips or suggestions. Or if you love your monitor now, tell me about it.

There are some deals on this forum I go to. Many of them are Samsungs. I have a Samsung HDTV 40" in my room so I don't know if it will look pretty ghey if I have a monitor and a TV that look exactly alike. There is something like a 22" Dell monitor that's around $87 after mail-in rebate that I'm thinking of getting but not sure if Dell makes any good computer parts.

I don't do a lot of gaming. I just browse the internet and watch TV series on my computer. Occasionally I'll play a game, but it's not like I have the best video card in the world (I have a stock vid-card from HP since my computer is pre-made but that's another topic). So yeah...

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

A freaking men! It's about time you're getting a decent monitor. How in the hell do you have an HDTV and a CRT monitor though?

I'm not a PC gamer, I just do graphics and what not and I use Dell monitors so you can't go wrong with them. If you can get a monitor with a good contrast ratio for $87 you should definitely get it. I have dual 24" Dell's at work and dual 22" Dell's at home, they were quite a bit more than $87 but I love them.

[mattlanta]

I'm leaning on this one.

http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-monitors/asus-vh222h-lcd-display/4505-3174_7-33483122.html?tag=mncol;lst

Any thoughts?

[Eddielives]

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=0&t=1468993

This looks like a pretty sweet deal for $199.00 after an $80 off coupon. There are some other deals for 22 inch monitors around $150.

Edited July 26, 2009 by Eddielives

[chillzatl]

Dell monitors are perfectly fine. There are actually only a couple of producers of LCD panels in the world and everything is built off of those. Samsung makes very good panels, generally considered the best, but if you aren't using it for anything special, you won't notice.

Just make sure that whatever you get has a low -5ms refresh rate. Otherwise you could see some blurring in very fast motion video and the like.

[mattlanta]

I settled with going to Staples because someone told me that some sites would not accept returns even if there was a dead pixel if you ordered it from them. I was worried about that so I figured I should just go to a store that sells monitors and a store that I know has a good return policy. I settled with a 21.5" wide LCD monitor. Samsung 2233SW. I feel bad though since I was kinda questioning whether or not I should buy it there or online but I was really worried about the return policies so I panicked and bought it on the spot for $220. I looked it up online and it was only $160. Am I stupid? If it was stupid, I'm just going to return it to the store and risk the dead pixel thing online.

Edited July 28, 2009 by Libid21

[AHF]

I settled with going to Staples because someone told me that some sites would not accept returns even if there was a dead pixel if you ordered it from them. I was worried about that so I figured I should just go to a store that sells monitors and a store that I know has a good return policy. I settled with a 21.5" wide LCD monitor. Samsung 2233SW. I feel bad though since I was kinda questioning whether or not I should buy it there or online but I was really worried about the return policies so I panicked and bought it on the spot for $220. I looked it up online and it was only $160. Am I stupid? If it was stupid, I'm just going to return it to the store and risk the dead pixel thing online.

That probably depends on the return policy of the online site you saw the monitor for $160 at. If you are talking Amazon that is a lot more secure than a fly-by-night shop that doesn't permit returns.

[mattlanta]

A friend of mine just told me to stick with what I have and don't worry about the online prices because the return policies aren't the same.

[mattlanta]

Okay nevermind. I'm rest assured. I looked online and Amazon was selling it for around $200 with shipping and handling. And they have a 10 dead pixel warranty, if only 10 pixels are dead then you can return it. Anything less than that you can't. I'm more rest assured with this extra $20 that I forked over for the better return policy.