Which monitor - Sub £200

Jakstaar2007 · 26 Sep 2009 at 21:00

Hi everyone.
I am looking into getting a new monitor to replace my 20" 1680x1050 Dell one.

I would like it to match as many of the following as possible:

- I am looking for one that is sub £200,
- Either 1920x1080 or 1920x1200
- At least one HDMI connection
- Black

Does anyone recommend any, and what would be better, 1920x1080 or 1200?
I have a Blu-ray/HD-DVD drive in my setup so will be used for that aswell as gaming.

Thanks for listening
Jack

Jakstaar2007 · 26 Sep 2009 at 21:20

Sweeet.
Looks good to me. Thanks for that

Jakstaar2007 · 27 Sep 2009 at 12:51

preferably bigger than 24", but not the most important thing, no.

Jakstaar2007 · 8 Oct 2009 at 15:26

Any other suggestions before i go ahead with the Dell suggested?

Is there any reason that that one is so cheap compared to others with HDMI connectivity?

Jakstaar2007 · 25 Oct 2009 at 11:43

Is this worth the extra £18 on the Dell?

Jakstaar2007 · 26 Oct 2009 at 10:19

To be honest, if i am going to pay that price, i'd be looking to get a 24"

Jakstaar2007 · 26 Oct 2009 at 22:59

Would love to get that Dell, but it does seem to be discontinued.
Also, that Samsung isn't really what i'm after as it doesn't seem to have a HDMI port.

Any other suggestions?

Jakstaar2007 · 27 Oct 2009 at 10:11

Cheers for that, sorry i meant 24"

Jakstaar2007 · 27 Oct 2009 at 14:48

Looks like i will have to look for a different supplier with the Dell 24" then.

Cheers for the suggestions

Jakstaar2007 · 28 Oct 2009 at 11:25

I am happy to get one that it 23.6" as long as it is as good as the Dell and has at least 1 DVI and 1 HDMI port, with a resolution of 1080+.

Also, i would prefer one from a company that has a good bad pixel policy.

Sorry for being very picky, it is just that i have a 20" Dell at the moment, and if i am going to spend £200 on a new monitor, i would like it to be a considerable improvement.

The Samsung SM2494HS looks OK, but i have heard bad things about their pixel policy, whereas Dell seem to be more than happy to replace a monitor with even 1 or 2 bad pixels.

Jakstaar2007 · 28 Oct 2009 at 17:57

I just assumed that they all were HDCP compliant as none of them seem to say it in the description.

Jakstaar2007 · 28 Oct 2009 at 19:03

Ah, OK then, will do.

Cheers for the heads up.

Jakstaar2007 · 28 Oct 2009 at 19:09

Nice, i will have a look at that. Cheers

Thats looks near perfect for me. Shame it is only 23", but for that price, you can't go too wrong.

Cheers for that. How much did you pay? the site i'm on is selling it for £168.64

Jakstaar2007 · 28 Oct 2009 at 19:18

OK cheers mate.

Jakstaar2007 · 29 Oct 2009 at 17:11

Merlin5 said:
Yeah, they might well be, but still, I would check them all out to make sure before buying one. I've read the spec on tons of monitors that go up to even £1000 that amazingly don't have HDCP, where there is a 'X' against HDCP.

I can tell you though that the 23" LG W2361V has HDCP, 1xDVI-D, 1xHDMI, 1xVGA, 2ms response, 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and 1920x1080. That's the one I just bought and it's a fair bit under £200.

When you get yours, is there any chance you could do a little review and maybe add a few pictures please?

Jakstaar2007 · 29 Oct 2009 at 18:32

Cheers mate, but i'm not too sure about the contrast ratio.

My internet is a bit iffy at the moment, so if i'm not on for a while thats why.

Cheers for doing the review when you do mate

!

Jakstaar2007 · 30 Oct 2009 at 15:54

Cheers for the review and the pictures mate. It looks very nice. I think this is definitely top of my list now

Jakstaar2007 · 30 Oct 2009 at 16:27

Nice one mate. The pictures do look good though. It's between your one, and the W2363V

Jakstaar2007 · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:32

Yep that's the problem. Don't really want White, so hopefully a black one will be released at some point.