What options do I have for a widescreen TFT?
Im looking for around 17 to 25".
I have only ever seen the Dell ones. They seem good value for money but surely ther must be others?
Kind Regards
Stephen
What options do I have for a widescreen TFT?
Im looking for around 17 to 25".
I have only ever seen the Dell ones. They seem good value for money but surely ther must be others?
Kind Regards
Stephen
Pro ran a review of these in their December issue and - if I remember correctly - gave the 'win' to a 20" screen for less than £400Originally Posted by stephent3
Does anyone know where HEXUS keep their TFT group tests ?...
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I kept 6 trusted serving men, they taught me all I knew.
There names were what and where and why and how and when and who.
(I also had the HEXUS forums on speed dial just in case)
I know Samsung do a nice 17in widescreen - a friend of mine has one and loves it.
Im happy with my Dell 2005FPW...
there are a few 17" ones but i dont see the point over a normal 4:3 17" screen really as most only do 1280x960...
20" widescreen is the smallest Id do unless its a higher-res laptop panel.
Basically, dell is your best bet.
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Non-rip off prices (apple im looking at you!) and decent panels.Originally Posted by nvening
And on an aria.co.uk super special... Cant go wrong!
I just sold one of my 20" Dell WS monitors for £300 on ebay, shame it could have been yours![]()
The 20" Apple isn't a great deal more than the Dell actually.
I love my 2405FPW
Nox
i was just going to say that! except when dell have there 30% off deals. if it was full price i'd be getting an apple one instead cos they look nicer and use the exact same panels.Originally Posted by Caged
www.rdc.co.uk have refurbed 2005fpws at the moment
by the way, to those that have a widescreen panel what happens when you try and play a game that won't run in widescreen? does it just give you black borders or try and stretch the image?
Anandtech article Dell 2005FPW + Apple Cinema 20"From Anandtech
Very few games support 1680x1050 as a resolution (with the exception Half Life 2 and Far Cry), so no matter what you play, you will be playing on a scaled signal. Scaled signals degrade play quality as one pixel becomes stretched or compressed to account for the screen size. Dell has an ace up their sleeve with the ability to unscale the signal and have it display as it truly should in native form in the center of the screen (the Dell 2001FP also did this). Apple's Cinema display does not have the circuitry to do this. Several games support a 1600x900 resolution, which on the Dell 2005FPW, only leaves a few pixels along each side uncropped.
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Also have a 2005FPW and highly reccommend it, esp for £350.
The ability to turn off automatic scaling as turkster linked to is an essential feature for any widescreen IMO and immediately removes the equivalent Apple display from your shopping list.
eg, due to system requirements I'm probably going to run FEAR at 1280x1024.
very intersting article. i think that confirms it, i shall be getting a dell one sometime soon!
me too..
whats the view on pricing on these - currently 350 ish but tft prices are coming down all the time - how long before this is about 250?
dell's the best atm for wide screen tft...
I was after a pair of screens in the 23" to 24" region and basically the shortlist is:
Apple 23" Cinema £1000
HP f2304 23" £1000
Dell 2405FPW 24" £600
Sony P234/B 23" £1200
Samsung SM242MP 24" £1300 (TV Tuner)
Others I know of but not much about:
Samsung 24" TFT
HP 23" TFT
I spent a while looking at them all, comparing the differences, and in my opinion, the prices are completely correlated to how please one could be with the screens. I am of course crazy enough to have bought two of the Samsung 242MPs this afternoon, so my signature will need an updateI appreciate that for most, the Dell's are the best way to go, but if you can afford better, then go better... please!
ShMeE
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