First of all I am a student who is pretty cheap and I don't really want to spent too much on a new LCD Monitor. I have already found 3 Monitors ranged from £142-164 and I was wondering if any folks who know their stuff could tell me if ANY where worth buying or if I should up my budget. The main things I was looking for are 22' Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels and HDCP (I don't have anything else to plug in apart from my laptop right now but just in-case that changes in the future I would rather have it).
1. Dell S2209W - £142 ~ Its the cheapest and looks the best but does not have a HDMI Port. Link to webpage = accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-7438
Main stats Contrast Ratio: 1000:1 (typical) Brightness: 300 cd/m2 (typical) Response Time: 5 ms (typical)
2. BenQ E2200HD - £148 ~ The website I read a review on this said "There are still other 22" LCDs that provide better color accuracy and color gamut, but if we had to pick one 22" LCD to purchase right now it would be the BenQ E2200HD" a month ago. Link to webpage = anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=3449&p=2
Main stats Contrast Ratio: 1000:1 (typical) Brightness: 300 cd/m2 (typical) Response Time: 5 ms (typical)
3. Viewsonic VX2260WM - £164 ~ The website I read a review on this gave it a overall 9 out of 10 stars and said it had a few interesting features like the fact you could alter the response time in some sort of button. Link to webpage = bit-tech.net/hardware/monitors/2009/01/05/viewsonic-vx2260wm-22in-full-hd-monitor/1
Main stats Contrast Ratio: 1000:1 (typical) Brightness: 300 cd/m2 (typical) Response Time: 5 ms (typical) But has double the Dynamic Contrast Ratio of the other two with 20000:1.
Right now I'm thinking maybe I should go with the BenQ E2200HD but any input would be greatly appreciated. Does anyone think its not worth getting such cheap monitors and going for a 24'? Or even waiting until prices come down in a few months to get something better? And I'm used to a 16:9 ratio as I just use my laptop right now so the aspect doesn't bother me. Or are there any other monitors that support full HD that people can suggest for me to look at ?
Sorry about the links... it wouldn't let me post links so i had to take out the http and www's.
Matt


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