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    New Monitor £100-£150

    People have been telling me to get a 24" but i thought to myself it would be better to get a better quality 22' than a 24" for the same price.

    But i really don't have the slightest clue what to look for with monitor shopping so I'm coming to you guys again

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    The difference is 22 will be 1920x1080, and 24 will be 1920x1200. I've got a 1920x1080 panel in front of me at the moment for work, which cost around £110 - it's obviously a TN panel, so not renowned for colour accuracy and image quality like an IPS or PVA monitor, but this is for office use, so not an issue.

    I find it a bit of a stupid size, when I got it out of the box I almost laughed because it looks so insanely widescreen - I would far prefer one with 1200 vertical resolution if I was getting on for home, but you pay a serious premium for those extra 120 pixels (if anyone mentions that I'm wrong, and it's actually 120*1920, I will kill you).

    At the moment looking purely at Scan

    22" TN 1920x1080 - £120
    22" IPS 1920x1080 - £220

    24" TN 1920x1200 - £200
    24" IPS 1920x1200 -£450

    That's not exact, I'm just trying to give you a vague idea of the options - once you've picked one of those, I imagine people could give you some more specific models and options.

    So you could probably get a better quality 22" panel for the same price as a lower quality 24" panel, but they'll both come in way over budget.

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    I like i said i have no real clue about monitors

    The area of spending i am looking for is really £150-£155 but because i would prefer quality over size then i would be happy with a better 22" than a bigger but rubbish 24".

    I have seen that a lot of people are quite anal about there monitors, i just want one that is good quality, looks good, has DVI although that isn't a must.
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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    As I said then, I'd imagine you're looking at a TN 22"... then we're talking about a quality make and model.

    If it was me personally, I'd get something like a Samsung P2270 at that price range (although I'm not a fan of glossy PC monitors, always prefer standard black bezel), but then I like Samsung monitors quite a lot, along with Dell. Don't know why, I just do

    To save a bit of money, you could go for an Iiyama, no experience with them though, or a Viewsonic... I wouldn't touch a Viewsonic with a bargepole, but that's a personal opinion - a lot of other people like them.

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    There are a few LG monitors at around £140 on eBuyer as well, similar specification to the Samsung. They're meant to be very good as well, IIRC LG supply massive numbers of panels to other companies to be turned into monitors, so they know their stuff.

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    Quote Originally Posted by snootyjim View Post
    To save a bit of money, you could go for an Iiyama, no experience with them though, or a Viewsonic... I wouldn't touch a Viewsonic with a bargepole, but that's a personal opinion - a lot of other people like them.
    I have a 19" 4:3 Iiyama (Sony rebranded IIRC) with inbuilt speakers. The speakers make the world's most annoying noise whether they're on or off.

    That aside, it's perfect and I prefer it to the 19" 16:9 LG I have for work.
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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    i've got an Iiyama E2209HDS, and been very impressed with it - and it's got a standard finish (i to hate the glossy bezels) http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/22-II...2ms-200001-DCR

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    I have a 23" LG TN 1920:1080.
    It represents good value for money. This is what I said about it.
    http://forums.hexus.net/reader-revie...lg-w2343t.html
    There are few reviews for it other than Amazon.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B001W22P94
    Everyone seems to think that it's a good quality TN panel that provides good value for money. Let's see what the Cat says, but I'd put a few quid that he recommends you stretch the budget to one of the new S-IPS panels which are at a similar price point.
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    How about spending some of the budget on a better motherboard so you can overclock your CPU a bit more:

    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161010

    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186178

    It will also open a better upgrade path than your current motherboard

    This monitor looks good for the price:

    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173911

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    Damn !
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    Quote Originally Posted by snootyjim View Post
    As I said then, I'd imagine you're looking at a TN 22"... then we're talking about a quality make and model.

    If it was me personally, I'd get something like a Samsung P2270 at that price range (although I'm not a fan of glossy PC monitors, always prefer standard black bezel), but then I like Samsung monitors quite a lot, along with Dell. Don't know why, I just do

    To save a bit of money, you could go for an Iiyama, no experience with them though, or a Viewsonic... I wouldn't touch a Viewsonic with a bargepole, but that's a personal opinion - a lot of other people like them.
    I already had a look at that and i do like the look of it, and its pretty much spot on my budget.

    To CAT - the reason i cannot be bothered at the minute with a new motherboard is because i will have to buy a new OS, absolutely no idea where the CD is. The only budget i have is what i will get from selling my current monitor/TV to my friend for around £150.
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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    As a programmer I went with the most pixels I could get on the screen for my money. This 2048x1152 is a bargain at 135 quid:

    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158908

    though I went for the one with dual DVI + vga input but slightly over budget at £173. It also has portrait mode which I am sure I will never use. Perhaps with a web cam you could use it as a full length mirror in that mode?

    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152744

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    One thing to consider (in regards to the whole 24in vs 22in debate) is whether or not you game a lot, and if thats one of your priorities? I only say that because I'm pretty sure that all LCD moitors look like ass when not at native, so you really want to be able to game at native res, and 24in has a fair few more pixels to push than 22in. You have a 4850 too and thought that should be fine for most games, it may age quicker, if you get what I mean, because of the high res

    Personally, I have a 24" though i think that I could have lived with a 22" which would make my 8800 GTS look a little less old, although its only really crysis and maybe GTAIV that chug at native.

    But of course this is only relavant is you havent decided on size yet.

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    If I stuck a game at the resolution of a native 22" res then I should be able to see if it will be OK or not, correct?
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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    So long as your screen supports that resolution now, then yes. If it doesn't, the picture just won't display.

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    Re: New Monitor £100-£150

    I currently use a 1680X1050 monitor although it has a P-MVA panel AFAIK. An IPS panel is nicer than a TN panel IMHO but still if you are not image editing or doing graphics work it maybe not be such an issue.

    An HD4850 512MB will play most games well at 1680X1050 but I am not so sure at 1920X1080 though.

    I would certainly look at one of the newer LED backlight panels.
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