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    Some of the NEC professional range look quite good - for example this one

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    Quote Originally Posted by NightshadowUK View Post
    Well for that much you can afford a 22" display:

    - LG L226WTQ ~ £205.50

    It'll probably be on Today Only this weekend for around £185.
    Dont say stuff like this when I'm building a new PC in a few weeks, been set on a 20" for ages, but that Samsung 22" looks good, and reviewed well in CPC....
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    Yeah it's a toss up between the LG and Samsung, you'll not be disappointed with either.

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    Yeah, its the 20" - 22" thing thats got me thinking now, whether its worth it..given that I currently have a 17" CRT, either would be a huge improvement!
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    Just wondering.. the ratio e.g. 800:1 does that matter much? As some are 1000:1 and well someone who said the best monitor was a Dell 2007WFP which is only 800:1 and some cheaper ones have 1000:1

    Also can someone explain what difference the response time makes please? What is a good response time?

    Okay and finally someone mentioned that Standard Definition videos won't look great.. Does that mean I can download 1080i/1080p and they will look amazing in proper HD?!

    Sorry for all the questions..

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    the 800:1/1000:1 numbers are the Contrast Ratio, my limited understanding tells me that it is a ratio between the white/black that the Monitor can display, so the greater the number the better - so long as it is a genuine number and not one that comes from some tricks in the monitor (as with a 3000:1 monitor I saw recently).

    Response times are how long it takes a pixel to change, the quoted times are usualy Grey to Grey response times, as opposed to Black to White, which would take longer I think - modern monitors are so fast that I don't think response time is an issue now unless you are watching something really fast paced.

    If you download HD Videos and watch them on a high-res TFT then yes, they will look rather good I expect
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    Thanks for that..

    Well after going through the thread I'm left with these:
    Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP
    Samsung SM206BW
    LG L204WT
    Dell E207WFP

    I think the top 2 are the best.. I prefer the Samsung as it's cheaper, and the contrast ratio is 3000:1 compared to the Dell's 800:1 .. But the Dell's response time is 16ms and the Samsung's is only 2ms!

    I don't know which one to go for from the two...

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    So the Samsung is the better buy based on those criteria...
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    Okay.. is that just because of the higher contrast ratio? Will it definitely be 3000:1 or is that a trick as someone else said?

    Isn' the Dell's 16ms response time amazing though? Or is that not going to make much of a difference.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NightshadowUK View Post
    Well for that much you can afford a 22" display:

    - LG L226WTQ ~ £205.50

    It'll probably be on Today Only this weekend for around £185.
    Incidentally it's on today only again for £178.60
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    bugger, payday is tomorrow, that might've been worth a punt! (well, Friday- but is showed up on Wednesday last time)

    (although, TO stuff disappears at 12pm, does it not?)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mithrandir View Post
    Incidentally it's on today only again for £178.60
    Looks like similar or same spec as Samsung.. but bigger and cheaper?

    Which one is better spec wise?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Low budget and I'd recommend the LG L204WT, medium and the samsung sm206bw is hard to beat. High and the Dell 2007wfp is untouchable - note this isn't the E207!
    I don't get that.. how can the Dell 2007WFP be high end? It has 800:1 contrast ratio (nothing compared to the Samsung and LG with 3000:1) and has 16ms response time.. Samsung and LG are both 2ms!

    I'm really confused!

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    At the end of the day, all theese numbers are for the perfect working version of the monitors I guess, the difference between black and white wont always be 800:1 etc etc, the quality of the components in a technically "lesser" (going by the numbers) monitor could make it a "better" monitor than a higher specced one.

    One could perhaps make an analogy of it like this;
    AM2 Athlon6000+ has a clock speed of 3Ghz (I think, if not - it does for this example!), but the Intel Core2 Duo E6600 has a clockspeed of 2.2/2.4Ghz (again, can't remember but those numbers sound about right) - now looking at that it seems a no-brainer to get the Athlon - but go see what everyone is buying for high-end machines theese days, Intel CPU's!

    That perhaps wasn't the best analogy, but hopefully it encourages you to look beyond the initial numbers, and more at reviews from actual people who have used the monitors, it can be hard to absolutley judge something - subjective opinions from groups of people are usually indicitave of how good something really is.

    ...now, I typed that all really quickly - hopefully it makes sense!
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    Well I'm down to choosing between the Dell 2007WFP and Samsung SM206BW - well I think they're the best 2 from the thread...

    The Samsung is cheaper, and it has good reviews but so does the Dell (which is more expensive)...

    Any final opinions before I choose?

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    Quote Originally Posted by shyam View Post
    Well I'm down to choosing between the Dell 2007WFP and Samsung SM206BW - well I think they're the best 2 from the thread...

    The Samsung is cheaper, and it has good reviews but so does the Dell (which is more expensive)...

    Any final opinions before I choose?
    The Dell is an IPS panel and there is no chance a MVA or TN panel can beat it regardless of response time.

    It's more expensive for a reason and when you do choose it you'll be thankful you did.

    At home I have the 2007WFP, brand new HP 22" and the Dell E207. The HP is very nice but it's viewing angles are crap as is the colour accuracy (it's too saturated, looks nice at first but not good for photo editing) - The Dell 2007WFP is perfect for everything.

    The Dell is also the only screen I have seen so far that has has little to no backlight bleeding in the corners that you can notice when watching movies/playing games. it's almost totally uniform.

    Chris Tucker will be angry if you choose any other screen!

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