lcd shopping... any suggestions???

Quote from optionsplayer:

Hey gnome......

I have a buddy who recently opted NOT for the DVI flavor. He has an ATI Radeon card, running 2 brand new Mitsubishi LCD's w/ Dual monitor support.

One is for VGA/CRT plug............the other is for DVI.......the VGA/CRT gives a super super crisp cool pic on his LCD screen..........When he purchased the VGA/DVI adapter for the other port to enable him to plug in another CRT like plug, the pic is pretty crappy and fuzzy.

What gives on this -- is it merely quality assurance, or are there compatibilty issues between the conversion process of going from CRT/VGA to a DVI/VGA ......BTW, the drivers are properly installed, I checked myself.......
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Sorry, I don't know. (I run 4 ATI cards... they're all singles.) Maybe you could ask canyonman00. He knows a lot.
 
Quote from Whamo:

I will never buy another Viewsonic again. I purchased a 19" CRT about a year ago and sent it back. I worked w/ technical support but the picture was always fuzzy.

I purchased 2 VG175 LCD's and have used them for about a year. Both of them are giving me problems right now. One is constantly fuzzy and the other takes a long time (minutes) to display the picture on boot up or after the energy saver kicks in.
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I am glad you posted....this must be some kind of universal problem....I am not sure if it is card related, monitor, etc. This other kid I know, mostly gamer, bought an LCD........he was running three different cards from his machine......the LCD screen only worked on one of the cards....the other two gave a terrible pic output.....again, the fuzzy and unclear pic was very evident...this can really be a pain to look at literally, for more than 15 seconds............what gives on this???? so the tech support could get you nowhere......what video card were you running with which OS............................
 
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I am glad you posted....this must be some kind of universal problem....I am not sure if it is card related, monitor, etc. This other kid I know, mostly gamer, bought an LCD........he was running three different cards from his machine......the LCD screen only worked on one of the cards....the other two gave a terrible pic output.....again, the fuzzy and unclear pic was very evident...this can really be a pain to look at literally, for more than 15 seconds............what gives on this???? so the tech support could get you nowhere......what video card were you running with which OS............................
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The CRT was bad when I received it. Replaced it with a Sony Trinitron and put it on the same video card and it worked great.

I've replicated the LCD not displaying properly (blank screen for minutes) on several machines / video cards. I still need to do due diligence in my testing of the fuzzy display on my other LCD. Right now it's on a Radeon VE, but the Sony Trinitron hooked up to the same card looks fine. Previously I had them all running on an Appian X4 without any problems.

I remember someone posting that they used Viewsonics on a trading floor and their reliability was terrible. I'm starting to see the same thing with the ones I have.
 
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Does anyone have any opinions on either one of these lcd's? Not sure which is the better buy.
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i own several 170s. very satisfied but would buy 191T now for extra inches of real estate.
 
re viewsonic's fuzziness -- wow!! I don't konw what to say. I thought it was just mine that crapped out. I can't believe that they would churn out such crap and still have the reputation they do. What is up with that? or is it simply a matter of time until reality catches up to their reputation?
 
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re viewsonic's fuzziness -- wow!! I don't konw what to say. I thought it was just mine that crapped out. I can't believe that they would churn out such crap and still have the reputation they do. What is up with that? or is it simply a matter of time until reality catches up to their reputation?
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Hopefully reality sinks in eventually. I think it's bull Sh** that I paid ~$800 each for 2 LCD monitors that crap out within a year. I'm going to the Buy.com web page to write a review right now:)
 
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