Just got me a TFT

[Murray_H]

And it's fantastic! No dead pixels, 17", 12ms for £152!

It's ridiculously better than my CRT, I love it!

Go and buy one

 

[NikolaX]

wich one did you pick, and on what site?
i am planing to pick new sony
SDM X-black
8ms Response Time
600:1 Contrast Ratio
420 cd/m2 Brightness

 

[Murray_H]

www.aria.co.uk

Digimate L-1718, and contrary to the picture on the site, it actually looks quite nice! It's got aa contrast ratio of 500:1 and its brightness is 300 cd/m2. For the price, it's excellent!

 

[G-Dub]

www.aria.co.uk

Digimate L-1718, and contrary to the picture on the site, it actually looks quite nice! It's got aa contrast ratio of 500:1 and its brightness is 300 cd/m2. For the price, it's excellent!

Looks nice! Good size for the price

 

[Murray_H]

Found one dead pixel, it's only really visible against white and if you are looking, it's invisible in games and playing movies, so it's all good!

 

[G-Dub]

hmmm, should it have dead pixels if it's new?

 

[Murray_H]

hmmm, should it have dead pixels if it's new?

There is an acceptable limit of 3-5 dead pixels I think, it's not uncommon to have a few.

But my one is way out of my line of sight, I only notice it if I look directly at it, but you can see it clearly when the monitor is off as it's the only white spec on it.

 

[G-Dub]

ahhh I see, I'll bear (sp?) that in mind when buying my new one. :thumbs:

 

[Murray_H]

ahhh I see, I'll bear (sp?) that in mind when buying my new one. :thumbs:

It was playing on my mind when I was going to buy one, but I just took the plunge - I needed one because my crt was far too bulky to take up to uni and back all the time.

Aria do a dead pixel check for £15, they'll send you one which hasn't got any dead pixels if you do the check, otherwise it's just down to luck

 

[duffers20]

That Aria pixel check seems like a good idea, I wouldn't mind paying it because i'm quite fussy with things like that. I need to get myself a TFT too, just cos they are really cool and my mate has one and i'm really jealous!

 

[firemachine69]

Welcome to 2003.

Naugh just pulling your leg, got mine in November of '04, pretty dumb move too cause they fell over a hundred bucks within a month or so afterwards.

Keep an eye out guys, my sources tell me to expect an average 17" LCD by the end of the year for about 200 bucks.