Monitor Question!!

[Seth064]

Rite I need to buy a new monitor, Between £100 - £250 I will spend.
Now, I dont know anything about Monitors and I need one that has a quick Response time, obviously as I will mainly be using it for GAMING. I am looking for a Minimum screen size of 17" and a maximum screen size of wat ever my price range can manage to be honest. Am not looking for TFTs jsut CTR that is prefebly Flat Screen!!!1oneONE!

Any directions and recomendations would be appreciated!

(sorry for poor english, its my first language but am still bad at it )

 

[FictiousWill]

Yeah I'd like to add a few questions along those lines too. What's up with some of those monitors that do the double line thingy to give you 85hz at 1600x1200 ? They only cost around $250. Sounds too good to be true. What's up with that as well?

 

[DJ_Cheeba]

Pick up a 19" Samsung Syncmaster 997DF (Silver case) I JUST got back from the store a couple hours ago. This montor kicks ass!!! I only paid $209 USD. . . Now go, go

 

[Asus]

Dot pitch you will want to be at least .25mm Diagonal.
Highly recommend a monitor that can go up to 1280x1024 resolution.

Get a monitor that can handle a refreshrate of about 75Hz (or higher) at the resolution you will use for your desktop. If you use 1024x768 for your desktop, make sure it can do at least 75Hz at that resolution. I personally get headaches just looking at a screen with the windows default 60Hertz.

I'd really recommend Viewsonic and Samsung brands.

What's up with some of those monitors that do the double line thingy to give you 85hz at 1600x1200 ? They only cost around $250. Sounds too good to be true. What's up with that as well?

Are you talking about the aperture grille Monitors?
Shadow Mask vs Aperture Grille
That doesn't increase the refresh rate but most high-end monitors use Aperture Grille which is why they can work at a higher frequency.