24" Monitor Advice

Jon33 · 23 Nov 2010 at 20:35

Hi folks, my brother is looking to get a new 24" monitor for £200 or less. What should he be looking at?

Cheers.

jbloggs · 23 Nov 2010 at 21:07

This...possibly.

Jon33 · 23 Nov 2010 at 21:37

Will that be fine for the resolution the xbox uses?

EGuitarStar · 23 Nov 2010 at 21:41

Jon33 said:
Will that be fine for the resolution the xbox uses?

Yes. The monitor supports up to 1920 x 1080 which I do believe is the max res from the xbox.

rchads89 · 23 Nov 2010 at 21:54

i think ideally he would need one with a HDMI input which i dont think that has if he was using it for his xbox

cmndr_andi · 23 Nov 2010 at 22:11

I would go with this monitor, or find a Samsung BX2450.

lcg · 23 Nov 2010 at 22:22

cmndr_andi said:
I would go with this monitor

That's my recommendation too.

PCM2 · 23 Nov 2010 at 22:38

Yeah - better choice than the G2420HDBL (search the forums for my thoughts on that one).

Jon33 · 24 Nov 2010 at 17:09

Apparently his xbox doesnt have a HDMI port, must be an older one? Thanks for all the suggestions folks!

cmndr_andi · 24 Nov 2010 at 17:18

Ah, in that case you will want to get a XBox 360 VGA cable.

I'm not sure what the maximum resolution for this is. VGA is capable of 1080p, but i'm not certain if the Xbox limits it.

May I ask what sound output device you will be using?

C64 · 24 Nov 2010 at 17:49

Wouldn't go near samsung ever again myself personally take a look at this thread they are probably using the same cheap caps in all their models http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18069187

PCM2 · 24 Nov 2010 at 18:32

As stated in another thread:

I have used plenty of Samsung monitors and have had no issues. Every manufacturer has some 'dud' models that seem to skimp on something quality-wise here and there - especially considering budget TN models. Samsung's new models are some of the better built at the moment. If you were to avoid every manufacturer where some people have had issues with particular models you'd be out of luck buying anything at all.

C64 · 24 Nov 2010 at 18:41

PCM2 said:
As stated in another thread:

I have used plenty of Samsung monitors and have had no issues. Every manufacturer has some 'dud' models that seem to skimp on something quality-wise here and there - especially considering budget TN models. Samsung's new models are some of the better built at the moment. If you were to avoid every manufacturer where some people have had issues with particular models you'd be out of luck buying anything at all.

Well a quick google and even their later models people are getting break downs after a couple of years and I am not finding too many other manus suffering the same fate.

But point taken it would seem there was a massive batch of bad capacitors doing the rounds around 2006-2007 ?

PCM2 · 24 Nov 2010 at 19:10

I have recorded countless problems in 2009-10 when I have tried to recommend certain panels to institutions (including Iiyamas, Dells, LGs and others) and they have had problems with previous models that have put them off buying monitors from that manufacturer again. I think the capacitor issue is one that has been easy to pinpoint and seems to have affected a number of Samsung monitors and TVs circa 2006-07. I have a 2032BW manufactured August 2007 in Slovakia that has been heavily used and has run without hitch (so far). I also have some Samsungs from 2005 in my office that have been working no problem for 5 years so far.

Jon33 · 24 Nov 2010 at 21:10

cmndr_andi said:
Ah, in that case you will want to get a XBox 360 VGA cable.

I'm not sure what the maximum resolution for this is. VGA is capable of 1080p, but i'm not certain if the Xbox limits it.

May I ask what sound output device you will be using?

He's using the VGA cable at the moment but the monitor is only a 17", I think it's just plugged into some speakers.