Awesome, thanks bud, I’ll check it out now.
[quote=fasterthanlight™;2332569]who you talkin to, me?
@rumble: there was a thread in Computers/Tech, where voets did an amazing job at outlining the different technologies and companies etc … let me see if i can find it
*edit: http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=296424[/quote]
Yep.
[quote=rumblesushi;2332563]A laptop screen and an old Sony.
Also - without reading a review of the screen, is it pretty much impossible to know whether it’s got a TN or PVA panel etc? As this isn’t disclosed on the specs.
For under 300 I guess I would have to get a smaller PVA panel, or a 22 inch TN panel.[/quote]
You can easily find out what pannel technology a monitor has by searching google.
If it cost much less than £400, chances are its a TN panel.
A 19" widescreen (viewsonic)… good monitor.
A 20.1" Dell Widescreen… better monitor!
The Dell is on the left and I love it! I play all of my games on it, run Flash, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.
The Viewsonic is on the right and it is a good secondary monitor! I run Firefox on it, Photoshop, and when Flash is open it becomes the home to my actions screen.
Having two monitors was a change that I am so happy to have made. It changes your workflow and workspace for the better!
@syous, I’m running an 21" apple cinema display alongside my giant imac, and like I said before, I would never spend money on buying an ACD, but I traded my boss 3 big paintings for it, which pretty much evened out I think…
Anyways, i’ve got no complaints about it, its not the best quality monitor – especially since its high price tag makes you think its amazing… but it looks ■■■■ good, and gets the job done splendiffically, so i am the happies
@theonlycarmire,
Agreed. I used to run dual monitors here at work (one of them was my own i brought from home… the 22" LG i mentioned earlier, in fact) but since I took it home and gave it to my dad, I only have this little crappy macbook display to work off of… a big change from what I’m running at home, and everyday I dread coming to work because I don’t have dual screens anymore. (mental note: submit purchase request)
[quote=BeefyButcher;2332619]You can easily find out what pannel technology a monitor has by searching google.
If it cost much less than £400, chances are its a TN panel.[/quote]
For under 400, what size PVS or IPS panel can one buy?
It seems like almost every 22 inch panel is actually TN. So I guess I’ll look at either 20 or 24.
When i was buying mine i could only seem to find PVS / IPS monitors 24in or more. The ones I were looking at was the BenQ FP241W and Dell 2408WFP. Both about £450 at the time.
That’s interesting.
The previous generation of non widescreen TFTs, the 15/17/19 inch screens, were they all TN rather than PVA?
I’ve seen a few screens listed as A-Si - do you know what that is?
Im running a duel screen setup with a samsung 19in screen (I used to hve 2). They are good but it looks so dull compared to the BenQ. Like I say I havent ever seen a non TN screen smaller than 24in.
I dont really know much at all about the different technologies because it is extremely technical but at the time i did read into it before I bought anything. There is information about the pros and cons of the different technologies on lots of websites to get your head around. I know that TN has the disatvantage of being 6bit in terms of colour output compared to the more expensive 8bit PVS etc screens. I was told that for £400 the BenQ / Dell ones have the best quality screens. The BenQ one I was looking at got a glowing review and that was when it cost £645.
A big ugly CRT with real colors, not that dark gray crap you guys call black.
Yep the black levels on an LCD do suck balls. So does the PQ in general compared to plasma.
I bought a couple of decent 32 inch TV’s and took them back, the PQ in non HD stuff was abysmal.
I bought a plasma and couldn’t be happier. It was great for everything, HD, SD, and viewing my artwork on.
I need another plasma actually, when I have the cash spare I’m going to go Pioneer or Fujitsu. I love the Plasma PQ, and those dark inky blacks.
It’s a shame they don’t make plasma monitors 
I’ve got a big LG LCD but I’m to blind to tell the difference between CRT, LCD and plasma so it works good.
I got a 24" Samsung LCD for $400-ish, with like $200 off additionally since I bought a new computer with it.
I have a LCD ASUS 19" VB191T …not so expensive but efficient
