which large TFT? (~1600x1200)

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Hi all,

our company is soon to move office and im told i cant take my 22" iiyama as it is too big (hoping i can take it home to look after:))

so, i need a replacement TFT screen. must to 1600x1200 (i guess i could handle 1680 x 1050) and will be used mainly for 2d graphics and software development. so i guess im looking at 20"+

any suggestions? i really want something nice and crisp with no ghosting or bluring.

thanks all....
 
Do you have a budget?

The NEC MultiSync® LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-009-NE) is getting rave reviews at the moment - it's widescreen though (1680x1050) so I don't know if that's a problem. It's also fairly pricy at £411 inc VAT. See the thread on it here

If you don't want widescreen the Dell Ultrasharp 2001FP 20.1" Performance LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (359) (MO-002-DE) is a good one. It's recently gone up in price unfortunately and it's got a slow response time. This should only be an issue in games but you specifically mentioned that you don't want any ghosting or blurring. This is currently £434 inc VAT
 
:) those are the two i highlighted for myself. budget isnt really an option since my boss will pay :) as long as i dont ask for a 30" :)

widescreen slightly bothers me. as i run 1600x1200 now i will lose a lot of HZ lines. and im not sure if it will make stuff look out of proportion to what im used to.
 
Sorry to jump in, but there seems to be a Samsung non-widescreen model that has appeared on the 20in monitors page, the SM-204TS.

What are your opinions on this monitor compared to the Dell?
 
ViewSonic make good monitors generally, as do Samsung. I've had TFT monitors from both and they've been rather good

I don't know enough about those specific monitors to comment on them and to say what's best unfortunately - Baddass knows far more than me :)
 
ajgoodfellow said:
ViewSonic make good monitors generally, as do Samsung. I've had TFT monitors from both and they've been rather good

I don't know enough about those specific monitors to comment on them and to say what's best unfortunately - Baddass knows far more than me :)
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Fair enough... is the good man around today? :)
 
Tute said:
Fair enough... is the good man around today? :)
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Evening guys. The Dell 2001FP is still a very popular 4:3 choice in the 20" market, and there hasn't been much change for a couple of years in this format. There's been a massive push in WS format obviously, but the 4:3 aspect models have stayed quite quiet. Since you're looking for an office / work monitor, the responsiveness of the 2001FP shouldnt be a major issue really, and many people find it fine for gaming anyway. Not as fast as some modern screens, but for your uses, i dont think you need it. The Samsung 204TS is using a 16ms S-PVA panel from Samsung. A little different from the Dell because of this, and not really seen a great deal of information on it tbh. It;s a tough one to call. If you're very keen on colour reproduction for graphical work them you might want to consider some of the Eizo or Lacie range since they are excellent in these areas. If it's more for office use then the models mentioned above should be fine really.
 
Sorry to hijack the thread a bit, but i'm looking for a new monitor around the same kinda size as well.
Currently using a 1280x1024 17in Samtron 72V which is fine for everything I use it for, however, i've freed up some cash to spend on a bigger screen.
I can sell the 72V, and put about £300 to it, which would be my budget. From the Price Checks forum, i've been told £100-120 is a good price to ask so i'm looking around the £400 mark.
Monitor would be used for fast paced FPS gaming, movies, and general desktop use. Gaming is far more important than anything, I can make do with less than amazing viewing angles, and even a small amount of noise during movies, but ghosting would be a bit of a no-no :)

I've had a good browse though www.widescreengamingforums.com and most of my games are widescreen playable, although a lot end up stretched, which is why i'm reluctant to move from 4:3 ratio. I just think it would be easier for someone like me, who is far better at performing hardware upgrades than hacking up ini files.

This leaves me with the Samsung 20.1" panel or the Dell 2001FP. Given what my needs are, what are the board's recommendations?

Thanks for any advice in advance, and thanks for the use of the thread ;)
 
The panel might be slow compared to newer ones these days but my 2001fp still plays things like UT2004 etc without me noticing ghosting at all - i play lots of BF2/CSS as well and neither suffers so i would say it's still a great panel and very well worth getting hold of if you can find it for a decent price !! :o
 
i think the 4:3 market might be somewhat limited for you here. You could always look at models like the NEC LCD20wGX2 which lets you play at 1:1 pixel match anyway, so would be like playing on a 4:3 screen on some games and having borders down the sides, or in others, you can play at WS if it supports it.

Another option would be the Viewsonic VP2030B, which uses an 8ms P-MVA panel from AU Optronics. A larger version of the VP930, and 4:3 version of the panel used in the Belinea 102035W. Might be worth looking at :)
 
Are the 20" Widescreen monitors capable of displaying pictures at 1280x1024? i.e Can the monitor "switch off" pixels around the edge and just display a smaller picture in the middle? I'm not sure what this is called, but it would be a very useful feature if they support it, as I could just switch to and use this resolution when necessary.

Thanks again in advance. (anyone think I say that too much? :D)

[Edit] Badass, is what you descibe in your post the technology i'm talking about?

Just looked at the Viewsonic model, looks superb, but i'm reluctant to order from anywhere apart fro OcUK as I don't trust other e-tailers (in the event of an RMA/problem).
 
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that's it yeah. The Dell models can do this, and the NEC 20WGX2 certainly can too. A fair few 20"WS models can do either at "keep aspect" (fill as much of screen as possible, but keep right aspect ratio) or "1:1" (exactly what the res should be, so at 1280 x 1024 you'd have bars on all sides)

hth
 
Eizo S2120w 21" Widescreen...

...simply because that's what I'll be getting in around weeks time :)

If you are set on a 4:3 (1600x1200) monitor however, then I would suggest you look at the NEC Multisync 2080UXi or the Eizo L-887 as both are apparently excellent for graphics work and still widely available- but at around 570 pounds for each, is a tad pricey what you get when you consider that the more recent Eizo S2110W is not that much more (705 inc vat from OcUK).
 
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