I have this old CRT I run at a low desktop resolution so my eyes don't bleed from a low refresh rate, but I'm thinking about finally picking up an LCD. Anyone know of any decent (mid-range, $200-300 budget, preferably 16:9/widescreen) LCDs?
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9800GT with a e8400 - I'm searching around now and found a couple decent ones, will try to research them more. Here they are:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001317
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236053
They're both 5ms (which I hope I won't really notice when gaming), but somewhat worried by the contrast ratios. I figure it won't matter much as I tend to white-wash my CRT so I can see better/easier in dark areas of games though
The reason why I'm currently preferring 16:9 over 16:10 is because in Source Games, you get a higher FoV from 16:9. For example:
4:3: http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/Evil8324/cp_badlands0044.jpg
16:10: http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/Evil8324/cp_badlands0045.jpg
16:9: http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/Evil8324/cp_badlands0043.jpg
(all taken on my 4:3 CRT which is why they probably look weird). Even 16:10 is a big upgrade from 4:3 though.
I'll look into those, thanks
If you really want a nice monitor without waiting for availability, the Samsung T240 rates very highly.
I would recommend against it. I have one and, while it is pretty nice, I dont think I would pay that much money for it again. The blacks are pretty awful, my viewsonic vx924 has darker blacks, while only half the contrast. I've tried calibrating the thing, but whatever I do I cant get it to actually look right in all areas.
Plus the touch buttons blow ass. To turn it on or off, you have to hold your entire thumb over the touch sensitive area and rub around for a couple seconds before it registers. And the buttons on the side are so deeply set in that I actually have to stick something in there to push them.
The 16:10 aspect ratio (as opposed to the 16:9 used in widescreen televisions) was chosen because this aspect ratio is appropriate for displaying two full pages of text side by side.[1] It also allows viewing of 16:9 video on a computer with player controls visible. The 16:10 screen (and display device profile) also comes very close to what is considered an aesthetically pleasing, golden rectangle.