Best 20" monitor NON widescreen?

gizmo1990 · 27 Jun 2008 at 17:04

Basically as above. I'm looking for a standard aspect ratio monitor as I don't have room for a widescreen model.

The monitor will be used for 3d and ps work mainly, possibly some light gaming use too.

Any guidance/advice greatly appreciated.

Space Monkey · 27 Jun 2008 at 17:50

Clicky clicky

I was seriously looking to get this one before I got my current 22" wide screen, it got a good panel, good warranty and is well built

gizmo1990 · 27 Jun 2008 at 18:27

Thanks for the reply d.m. I was looking at that dell but its got a pretty slow resonse time given its fairly steep price?

Maybe I'm expecting more bang for my buck than I should be..? :confused:

philjohn · 27 Jun 2008 at 19:17

What you're paying for is a decent panel that will be miles ahead of the usual TN rubbish most manufacturers peddle at sizes under 30".

You're getting either an S-IPS panel (best there is for colour reproduction and viewing angles) or an S-PVA panel (still very good, but not on a par with S-IPS).

IIRC I read that a lot of the current crop are the S-IPS, but Dell did the whole "panel lottery" fun and games with this model. You're also paying for an uncommon size, most large monitors are now widescreen.

Space Monkey · 27 Jun 2008 at 20:02

What philjohn said really, as you are only doing 'light' gaming then the quality of the panel is the main thing and personally I would say that you arent likely to really notice the response time anyway

Stag · 28 Jun 2008 at 15:47

Shop around and see if you can pick up an old Viewsonic VP201, stunning monitor.

williamd · 28 Jun 2008 at 17:00

the Samsung SyncMaster XL20 LED by a long long way.

thing is, it'll cost you about £650