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Who here uses the Samsung 245bw (24" LCD) for trading? I hear good things about them but was wondering how they work for trading? I see costco has them for $399. Any chance of getting them cheaper anywhere? Does it take a massive graphics card to drive it?

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Who here uses the Samsung 245bw (24" LCD) for trading? I hear good things about them but was wondering how they work for trading? I see costco has them for $399. Any chance of getting them cheaper anywhere? Does it take a massive graphics card to drive it?
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These are TN panels; they are fine as far as a TN panel goes, for trading or anything else. $399.99 is a good price; at least it was when I bought mine. The graphics card must be able to support 1920 x 1200, shouldn't be a problem for most any contemporary card.
 
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These are TN panels; they are fine as far as a TN panel goes, for trading or anything else. $399.99 is a good price; at least it was when I bought mine. The graphics card must be able to support 1920 x 1200, shouldn't be a problem for most any contemporary card.
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what's a "tn panel"?
 
I have this monitor and works great for trading. Text is sharp and Samsungs rarely have dead pixels. I paid $399 Canadian several months ago, so you should get it even cheaper now.

However, being a TN panel, colors appear slightly different from from top to bottom due to view angles. And you don't get the full color gamut. If this is a concern for you then something like the Dell 2408WFP is a better choice.

Practically any video card in the last 2 years can drive 24" 1920x1200 monitors.
 
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lol... gnome, isn't it amazing that it didn't occur to him to enter 'tn panel' into Google and press enter?
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Who here uses the Samsung 245bw (24" LCD) for trading? I hear good things about them but was wondering how they work for trading? I see costco has them for $399. Any chance of getting them cheaper anywhere? Does it take a massive graphics card to drive it?
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Just make sure you understand that a TN panel has the viewing angle issues mentioned above. Also, there are backlight bleed issues on some panels. Make sure to buy it from a store that will accept exchanges in case you can't deal with the viewing angle issue; I know I couldn't. Having said that, most people are probably looking at TN panels anyhow and aren't bothered by the issues inherent in them.
 
I've got TN panels and run 4 of em. I just angle them to point right at me. I use an Ergotron monitor array so its no problem.
 
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