Recommend TFT for £200-£300

[iranu]

Hi all,

Anyone recommend a TFT monitor (preferably 17" but 15" will do) for this kind of money?

Anyone had any good/bad experiences?

I'm looking for a mate but I know nada about TFT cos I'm still using my Sony e200e form 2000 and it ain't broke yet.

Ta

[sybrows]

Remember reading in custompc that Iiyama E431S-S 17" are v.good, but a bit over your budget and hard to get hold of by the looks of it, sorry can't be more help
BroWs

[steve threlfall]

Ebuyer have some quality 17" tft's that fit the bill £sub £300 and damn good performance.

What will your friend be using it for? gaming/movies- i which case you should be looking at sub 20m/s response times or the gaming experience will be less than pleasant.

Have a look at these

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...=46761&_LOC=UK

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=56203

read some review for some user feedback

Most people with the above two monitors havnt had any dead pixels either

[GingaNinja]

I use a Hyundai Q17, which I picked up for under £300 if memory serves. It's a pretty good screen, with no dead pixels. However, any screen with the Hydis 20ms or the AU Optronics 16ms panel should be pretty good. See the review at Tom's Hardware(http://www4.tomshardware.com/display...105/index.html).

(BTW, I'm assuming that you want a fast response screen for gaming and DVD playback. If not, then the Samsung screens are, in my opinion, the best for image quality but in general have poor response times.)

Ginga

[steve threlfall]

Beware of suspiciously low response times- especially if the monitor isnt made by a manafacturer that you have heard of before.

[kushtibari]

The Iiyama E431 is only just outside budget at 320 inc. Just got one for a wee system for a relative and I have to say its definitely better than my NEC 1760NX which cost a few quid more. Noticed a Samsung 17" on microdirect today for £252 - no DVI though

[turkster]

Yep the Iiyama E431s is lovely. I had trouble finding one though. Shame its outside your budget. If your lucky you might pick one up B grade from someone like Dabs like I did

I find viewing angles are not the best but apart from that its nice.

[adam_tomlinson]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...043529-1533451

[iranu]

Cheers all,

As usual the Hexus posse comes up with the goods

It won't be used for gaming but might feature as a DVD player later.

[MurphmanL]

Whats happens when a monitor has low response times in TFT cases?

[adam_tomlinson]

lower the better

[LayZeh]

http://www.hyundaiq.com/pro_l70s.asp

[steve threlfall]

Whats happens when a monitor has low response times in TFT cases?

low response time = good, the lower the better- 20ms or below is fine for gaming/dvds

High response times will mean there is ghosting in movie payback and when playing games.