Sonatine 12085 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Anybody have any experience of those TFT monitors? My old CRT one is on the way out and i've been thinking about getting one. As I mainly use my PC for games and the Internet, would they be any good? I don't want to spend any more than £200. Any opinions would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 0 Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I'd recommend one of these: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=6635 But generally, for gaming, you'll want one which has the lowest possible refresh rate (anything under 20ms is usually considered fine), a high contrast ratio (over 400:1) and obviously a high-ish max resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 12085 Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 I was thinking about getting one of these, http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.a...906&GroupID=420. I've had Iiyama monitors before, and they've always been pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Sonatine said: I was thinking about getting one of these, http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.a...906&GroupID=420. I've had Iiyama monitors before, and they've always been pretty good. 5768[/snapback] I've had one of these for a couple of years and its never been any trouble, my advice would be go to somehere such as PC world where they will have lots of TFT monitors on display, obviously look for the ones with the better pictures, also try and view the monitors with a text document on the screen, ie black text on a white background, look for bleeding of the fonts. In my opinion my Acer monitor was better than many other so called better brands on display, only a Sony was better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 My one at home has started to make a slight buzzing sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 I bought an LG 17inch from E-Buyer 6 month ago and it's been spot on - £180 Just got this offer by e-mail: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...d=86715&_LOC=UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sima Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Andy said: I'd recommend one of these: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=6635 But generally, for gaming, you'll want one which has the lowest possible refresh rate (anything under 20ms is usually considered fine), a high contrast ratio (over 400:1) and obviously a high-ish max resolution. 5686[/snapback] Might want to push that to 16ms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 12085 Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 Sonatine said: I was thinking about getting one of these, http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.a...906&GroupID=420. I've had Iiyama monitors before, and they've always been pretty good. 5768[/snapback] Just had this delivered today, and very smart it is too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sima Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 8ms. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 12085 Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 Sima said: 8ms. Nice 25280[/snapback] Aye, i'm getting a new PC soon so i thought i might as well get a half decent monitor for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sima Posted September 5, 2005 Share Posted September 5, 2005 I'm sure this shitty one I got from PC world years ago is 50ms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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