LCD Monitor Buying Help Needed

Quote from nitro:

Samsung 191T.

Viewsonic also introduced a new LCD that has a thin bezel.

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I bought six of them (191Ts) after hearing praise from Nitro and the gang - they are awesome.
 
I too looked at all the reviews and saw a few in-store. I ending up buying the Samsung 181T (18 inch, before the 19 inch 191T came out). I have an Acer LCD sitting next to it and the Samsung blows it away in terms of clarity.

It's absolutely fantastic. Samsung make various models. Stick with the ones that end with letter "T" - they are simply the best out there!

Digital vs Analog? (the Samsungs have input for both). Digital is better but only incremental so it's debatable whether it's worth getting a new video card just for that purpose.

Bottom line? If you can't afford the 191T, get the 181T. If you can't afford the 181T, get the 171T (is it is 172T?). Whatever you do, just get a Samsung "T". You'll never look back.
 
Quote from 3vian:

1) 17" is enough, a 19" and 18" will actually have the same native res. (except if you get a more expensive 19") of 1280 x 1024.

2) Analog can actually be better, since you can in certain cases get more colors than with digital (but you would only care about this for DVD, video editing and gaming). So what ever it is don't worry (but digital is nice since u don't have to fiddle with it).

3) If the graphics card is dual head it will more than likely support two separate resolution each with their own refresh rates etc..., but check the maker's website.

4) I am myself looking at lcds (more than likely going to get 3 thou), and i like the new hyundai imagequest Q17 (not L70). It looks nice and is a good monitor, plus hyundai is one of the few manufactures that will replace a monitor once it has 3 dead pixels (in practice they actually replace it once it has 2!!!)

5) Oh, and I would get 2 lcds and sell that crt (or 3 if u can afford it, but u will need a pci card for the 3rd monitor)!

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It does help. Thanks everyone.

3vian, I've never heard of Hyundai as a manufacturer of LCD monitors. Are they the same as the car company?!?

Do you have a URL for them?
 
Quote from Slave2MYT$:

what capacity power supply in your pc do you have to have in order to drive 6 or even 8 191t's? using 2 Matrox 200 MMS cards?

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The PS in the PC is not really an issue as far as the monitors go. FWIW, I have a 400W power supply, but that is because I have dual Xeons.

I am driving eight monitors with 2 G200 MMS quads and 1 G550 Dual DVI (this setup supports ten.)

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I will bump this for the Samsung 191T's

I have two of them and they kick arse!!

looking to get more since the price dropped over $400 each from what I paid...


these rock :D
 
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