I'm looking for a new Flat monitor

[gnome]

Originally posted by crackedback
Faster,

That's not bad on the samsungs. I was looking at the extended warranty thing for $54. Turns the 3 yr manufacturers warranty into a 6 year repair/replacement .

A general question for all:

What's the estimated life on a monitor of this type?

Thanks in advance.

Later,

Cracked

Very interesting. I've read that Envision claims "10,000 hours" expected life. ViewSonic claims "50,000 hours" on their newer ones. I've read lots of post about LCD's crapping out after 2-3 years... that's 5000-7500 hours, presuming 10hrs/day.

Contrast that to CRTs... I ran an NEC 5FG, 17", which cost $1500 way back when, about 20,000 hours before it pooped out. If you get 20,000 hours out of a $250 19" CRT now days....

These incongruous facts make $54 to extend the warranty to 6 years seem like a good deal, no? Especially on the 18 &19" models.

 

[trader963]

Originally posted by nitro
SG,

These are probably the best monitors for the money currently:

http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=376692

I use Phillips that I bought a year ago - here is my setup:

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=78504
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=78507

nitro

Nitro, I think you left your bong on the desk!


Kidding

 

[nitro]

Originally posted by trader963


Nitro, I think you left your bong on the desk!


Kidding

Hehehehehe

nitro

 

[tullipmania]

Dell is having a sale on monitors this weekend, !5% off on dell upgrades. I just bought a 19 inch flat panel for 764 total. Dell brandname but made by Samsung. Also, Comp usa and Best Buy have Samsung 191T for 899. Just a heads up for anyone interested.

 

[uptik2000]

Originally posted by nitro

Hehehehehe

nitro

Yeah, I asked him about that once....he claimed it was for peanuts.

hello Patriot's? wake up today!

 

[nitro]

Originally posted by tullipmania
Dell is having a sale on monitors this weekend, !5% off on dell upgrades. I just bought a 19 inch flat panel for 764 total. Dell brandname but made by Samsung. Also, Comp usa and Best Buy have Samsung 191T for 899. Just a heads up for anyone interested.

The problem with the 191T over the 181T is the Dots per inch drops to .29 as opposed to .28.

nitro

 

[nitro]

Originally posted by uptik2000


Yeah, I asked him about that once....he claimed it was for peanuts.

hello Patriot's? wake up today!

It is!!! For almonds!!!!

nitro

 

[mktman]

So your saying the 181 is better than the 191?

Thx.

 

[nitro]

Originally posted by mktman
So your saying the 181 is better than the 191?

Thx.

Only in the dot pitch.

Take a look:

http://www.samsungelectronics.com/semiconductors/TFT_LCD/Monitors/LTM181E4/ltm181e4.htm

http://www.samsungelectronics.com/semiconductors/TFT_LCD/Monitors/LTM190E1/ltm190e1.htm

However, take a look at this 19" - I have never seen it:

http://www.samsungelectronics.com/semiconductors/TFT_LCD/Monitors/LTM190U1/ltm190u1.htm

Notice that the last one is 1600x1200 - and the pixel dot pitch is greater than that of the 18"!!

Also look at the CCFL of all three.


nitro

 

[deusman]

I'm about to buy a new 17"TFT monitor
and I've come to EIZO L565 and SONY SDM X-72
It's my first and I have some questions:
1)the viewing angle in the EIZO model is 170x170
and the SONY 160x160
Is there a significant difference in this?What more can 10 degrees give you?
2)I'll be using for multimedia purposes too,(gaming,movie watching)
The response times are 40ms for EIZO and 30ms for SONY.Isn't the sony model better?If your run it in a resolution lower than the native one,let's say from 1280x1024 to 1024x768,
for playing a game will it be comparable to a CRT?

3)I'll be reading texts for many hours are these monitors good for it?

I thought of the EIZO L365 but the low resolution
1024x768max. seems constraining.Whould it be better for multimedia use compared to the previous 17"incers"?