ok im after another TFT. I am looking into getting a 17" TFT just wondered if anyone has any advice/suggestions etc as to good or bad buys and where from,
Cheers,
Basher
ok im after another TFT. I am looking into getting a 17" TFT just wondered if anyone has any advice/suggestions etc as to good or bad buys and where from,
Cheers,
Basher
the main things to look at in a tft is the responce rate and the brightness/contrast ratio
the cheaper end of the market will have say a 30ms (rise+fall) and 200:1 contrast when the better tfts have 16ms and 300 or 350:1
if you are goin to be using the tft for word and web then the responce of 30 is fine but in fast games or watching a movie ghosting can appear, ghosting is when the old pixel carnt refresh fast enough before the new one needs to appear to update
brand wise, stay towards the traditional monitor brands sony, LG etc etc
oh and to dvi or not to dvi thats just another question.
get back with what you are goin be using it for and ill pull up some models oh and the all improtant thing, how much cashola have you got?
as far as im concerned the best 17" TFTs around at the moment are the LG Flatron and the Hitachi ones. both have 16ms response times, and both look good.
yeah i was looking for some reviews of the hitache's but couldnt find any
LG1701B
20ms responce (although the "u" version is meant to have 16ms)
450:1 contrast (my box says 500:1)
dvi
vga
usb2 hub built in
cables provided
£330ish
great for games, best 330 quid ive spent in the long time.
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Theres a review on Tomshardware.com of the Hitachi
You might want to check out DigiUK, they are very good dealers in monitors, they have the samsung 171S on special offer atm, it's on the main page, £319, 25ms response rate (IMO 25ms is fine for games, i am running a 19" Samsung TFT with a 25ms respsonse rate and it's fine for games) and a 350:1 contrast ratio
full specs:
Viewable Area = 17"
Type = TFT LCD
Maximum Resolution = 1280 x 1024
Response Time = 25 ms
Horizontal Frequency = 30 - 81kHz
Vertical Frequency = 56 - 85Hz
Dimensions (Width : Height : Depth) = 444 x 457 x 208.4mm (with stand)
Weight = 5.4 Kg (Net)
Contrast Ratio = 350:1
Viewing Angle(Horizontal : Vertical) = 160°/120°
Power Consumption Operational = 40 Watts (max)
3 year onsite warranty including backlight
They have some very nice monitors over there, pay attention to the Samsungs and the Iiyamas which are also very good monitors oh and if you buy from there, it's worth the extra £10 for a dead pixel check (if it has dead pixels before they send it they will replace it with a new one until they find one with no dead pixels)
I own a Hitachi CML174SXWB 17" TFT Monitor Carbon version and it rocks specs are
- 17" viewable image size (equivalent to 19" CRT)
- High Resolution - SXGA 1280 x 1024
- 16.7 million colours
- Excellent Contrast Ratio (400:1)
- Fast response time - tr: 12ms + tf: 4ms
- Wide viewing angle - 160º H x 160º V
and are only £334.29 now, i paid £370 a couple of months ago and mine has No dead pixels
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If you can find them, Eizo makes excellent LCDs.
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This is what you want
http://www4.tomshardware.com/display...626/index.html
several comparisons of 20ms or less monitors
I got a LG Flatron L1710B - its been a great buy and no regrets. Would recommend it highly.
The only bit I dont like is that it could have done with some kind of system where the wires could be "channelled" and hidden - right now they are visible. But then I dont know of any TFT that actually offers something like this. Ho hummm
Just dont buy a cheapy and think your getting a bargain when only 90% of the pixcels are guaranteed not dead (c list stock )
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