New TFT Advice needed

[Koolpc]

My mate is after a new TFT. He has a 17" TFT now, a Dell and wouldn't mind staying with Dell. He is after either a 19" or a 20" Widescreen TFT. He wants it to have a DVI connection as he has a Graph card with DVI. Now, these are the ones he has been looking at:

Dell E207WFP, Dell UltraSharp 1908WFP. One is a 20" and the other a 19". His budget is low so can't go any higher than £140 - £150. Above tfts are in that budget, just.

Are they good TFT's? One better than the other?

He doesn't want to go any higher than 20".

Any help / advice on the above monitors would be great/ Ta

[staffsMike]

Not a big fan of the budget dell's, they always seem to be a bit of a let down.

Something like this might be quite nice
http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=796344

If he is willing to go to 22" these are supposed to be good to
http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=628496

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

What about the 19" Hannspree XM New York??

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128714

It has excellent reviews and only costs around £100:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/macuser/revie...-new-york.html

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews...-new-york.html

http://www.custompc.co.uk/reviews/12...xm-boston.html

If you want a bigger monitor the 21.6" Hannspree HD216DP is also good and costs £137 excluding postage!!

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...source=froogle

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/i...?reviewid=1278

http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h1527.htm

http://www.custompc.co.uk/labs/12921...g-hg216dp.html

[bibio]

Hi,check out type of panels ie NT,VA,IPS.
VA & IPS panels are more expensive,for good reasons IMO.Dells(& other makers) more expensive monitors tend to be these type.
If its mainly for Gaming NT can have faster response time(at least quoted,still worth checking out peeps opinions who have the monitor thou,whatever panel).But VA at least have good response times now.
Also if gaming & a expert FPS gaming,check out Input Lag.If large,some notice,some don't.


Cheers BOB

[Koolpc]

Anyone have any of the TFT's i have listed in my opening thread? Any good?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Hi,check out type of panels ie NT,VA,IPS.
VA & IPS panels are more expensive,for good reasons IMO.Dells(& other makers) more expensive monitors tend to be these type.
If its mainly for Gaming NT can have faster response time(at least quoted,still worth checking out peeps opinions who have the monitor thou,whatever panel).But VA at least have good response times now.
Also if gaming & a expert FPS gaming,check out Input Lag.If large,some notice,some don't.


Cheers BOB

The S-PVA and P-MVA panels are an ideal halfway house between the more expensive IPS panels and the cheaper TN types. If you want any colour accuracy IPS,MVA and PVA are far superior to any of the TN types. The newer IPS,MVA and PVA panels also tend to have decent responses times too. However most(if all) the sub £150 monitors are of the TN type which makes them fine for general usage and gaming purposes but not for image editing!

Anyone have any of the TFT's i have listed in my opening thread? Any good?

The budget Dell's do not tend to be that good IMHO. They also tend to use different companies to make the LCDs for their cheaper and midrange monitors. This means that the image quality of one batch of the same model can vary in the next batch! Samsung at times does the same thing! It is called a "panel lottery" and has annoyed many people who have ended up with a lower quality product than what professional reviews have tested!

[Koolpc]

Cost dictates my purchase.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Cost dictates my purchase.

There are better monitors available for the same money as the two Dells. Having seen the quality of budget Dell displays they are not that great. Reviews tend to mixed too plus of course the problems of panels they use. Companies like Neovo,iiyama,Hyundai,Samsung and Hannspree all make far better budget monitors than Dell can muster. If anything the E207WFP is better than the 1908WFP according to user and professional reviews.

[Koolpc]

Anyone else before i buy!!

Dell E207WFP is my choice so far

[bibio]

Hi,i mentioned VA panels,because i thought 1908wfp(2407,2408 etc etc are) might be one ?,& was posted,in first post.Buy best for your needs,taking price into account.


Cheers BOB

[Moby-Dick]

keep on topic please.