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Buying new monitor

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-03 19:19

Hi guys, I'm buying a new monitor. At the moment, I'm stuck with a fucked up (I suspect that my old Geforce4 took out my last monitor and made this one vibrate as fuck down in the right corner before I changed to a Radeon9800 Pro) 15" Crt from 94. Looking for a nice flat screen around 17", got any suggestions?

Name: Anonymous 2006-01-06 21:05

Hi, Here are some other things that I would consider when getting a new monitor.
1) A good CRT monitor is less expensive and has better picture
   quality at the same time than an LCD.

2) Dot pitch: .25 mm or less (the lesser the better, this
   determines how sharp your image is)

3) Make sure that what you look at in terms of size is the
   VIEWABLE SIZE, because usually the frame really bulky
   widdling down the actual monitor's size itself.

4) Make sure you know what type of CRT you are buying there are
   mainy 2 kinds: Shadow Mask and Aperture Grille, on average
   the grille is sharper and brighter but because of its design
   it requires 1 or typically 2 hairline stabillizers to secure
   the mesh lining behind the screen. This casts 2 hairline
   shadows on the screen, you won't ever notice these unless you
   look for them. The shadow mask gives usually less good
   quality picture, but without the hairlines going horizontally
   across the screen. Go to a place that sells monitors and look
   hard to try and find the lines. Again only if you run a
   white background will the show up if even then.
   It isn't noticable at any other time (gaming, movies, and
   such)

5) Power ratings. If your power bill is a problem you might look
   into these things such as ENERGY STAR '05 and TCO '03

6) Maxium resolution and its operating refresh rate
   If you graphics card can use 1600 x 1200 and you want to use
   that, make sure your monitor can support it, and support it
   at a good refresh rate. I've seen values between more is
   always better I guess... (I'm running my CRT at 800x600
   @ 100Hz)

8) Controls: a good set of screen controls will help you to
   be able to perfect your screen to your liking.

7) Brands: I recommend brands like KDS and viewsonic.

Can anyone else had anything I've missed...recommend some sites...or models for him(her)?

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