Best monitor - cheepy or expensive?

Vegetarian · 2 Oct 2007 at 09:44

I can get a new Samsung Pebble 2232bw for £225. Is this monitor any good?

Is it worth going for this or a 22" monitor costing £150-180 instead - will I really see an improvement in quality?

I am looking for a monitor to use as for TV and films mainly to plug into my laptop. Ive seen an 24" Acer AL2416WB for £250 - any good?

Pinter75 · 2 Oct 2007 at 14:51

Quality is remebered long after the price is forgotten.

I tried to complement my 2407 with a el cheapo £140 22" screen. It was a disaster, backlight bleed, extreme brightness and overall colour mayhem.

I returned it and dropped £450 on another 2407 - v.happy.

Freakitchen · 2 Oct 2007 at 15:05

Before I bought my 2232BW, I cheaped out a little bit and bought a Viewsonic 19" without DVI. Gave myself a bit of a talking to about that, and now I refuse to buy cheap on something that I use and look at so often.

The picture on the 2232BW is great, by the way, sharp and bright. I believe that 24" ACER doesn't have a DVI input, so it wouldn't interest me.

Vegetarian · 2 Oct 2007 at 22:04

Is the Pebble the best I can get at the moment?

CmdNeo · 3 Oct 2007 at 07:54

Samsung 223BW, 22" monitor and it is absolutely stunning, i just made the plunge from a 19" CRT to this and wow.

Very glad i got this, goes extremly well with my system, can now put my 8800 to full use

Vegetarian · 3 Oct 2007 at 21:32

Im worried that the Sammy is TN film - I want to use monitor as tv for main room as well as monitor - is it best to save for a Dell 2407? But is 2x the cash worth it??

yantorsen · 4 Oct 2007 at 00:44

vegatarian is your sig sarky? if so, I find it offensive.

Clarkey · 4 Oct 2007 at 01:02

yantorsen said:
vegatarian is your sig sarky? if so, I find it offensive.

rofl

yantorsen · 4 Oct 2007 at 01:06

Clarkey said:
rofl

no I'm being serious.

shiver · 4 Oct 2007 at 10:20

Woah, offended on the internet. There's a new one.

Vegetarian · 4 Oct 2007 at 19:34

yantorsen said:
vegatarian is your sig sarky? if so, I find it offensive.

What do u mean Sarky?

Sig is a true statment!

Spyhop · 4 Oct 2007 at 19:43

OLOLOL but seriously guys jesus is our lord and saviour

Delbert · 4 Oct 2007 at 20:39

still love my 17" CTX CRT.... 1600x1200@85Hz *** for gaming.... no need for AA... and if the performance sucks a little, just drop it down a little to 1280x1024 without any probs....