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My monitor died, any suggestions for a new one?
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Do The Mario
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Fuck you dont even need one. Coz you could typee this topic up!
Teh AWESOME!
If not just get a Cing e6e dog or pony!
Teh AWESOME!
If not just get a Cing e6e dog or pony!
I really love my SyncMaster 710n and it's not at all expensive. Thumbs up!
Tommie Hu$tle
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When I first read this I thought you said My MOTHER died, any suggestions for a new one?
I was like man this kid is really in some serious denial, poor kid it still hasn't hit him yet.
I was like man this kid is really in some serious denial, poor kid it still hasn't hit him yet.
CurlySaysX
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Go for an LCD. CRT is dead!
The samsung 710n is very good especially for it's price, the only negative is that it does'nt have dvi.. but the picture quality is well beyond that of any crt anyway so who cares.
Syncmaster 710n - 9.0 out of 10
The samsung 710n is very good especially for it's price, the only negative is that it does'nt have dvi.. but the picture quality is well beyond that of any crt anyway so who cares.
Syncmaster 710n - 9.0 out of 10
Tommie Hu$tle
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Look to the big tits above you I said the same thing.
make that a thrid person who read it as 'mother died' instead of 'monitor died' 
how do you buy a new mother?
LCD monitors seem to be the way to go now a days. My last monitor was a CRT from Viewsonic and it was poor quality compaired to my previous CRT. I had to replace it twice before I just accepted the fact that CRTs don't have the same quality built into them as they did in the past.
how do you buy a new mother?LCD monitors seem to be the way to go now a days. My last monitor was a CRT from Viewsonic and it was poor quality compaired to my previous CRT. I had to replace it twice before I just accepted the fact that CRTs don't have the same quality built into them as they did in the past.
IAmtheFMan
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Tabris said:
I did that too.
heh I was thinking about getting a monitor and this thread showed up. A lot of good words for the Syncmaster 710n. I clicked that link thinking it's a $700+ monitor only to see $259.99. @_@
[Edit: looking at newegg, there are a lot of LCD monitors in this price range... I remember they used to be so much more expensive. ]
Looks hot too.
The quality can't be better than a CRT though?
[Edit: looking at newegg, there are a lot of LCD monitors in this price range... I remember they used to be so much more expensive. ]
Looks hot too.
The quality can't be better than a CRT though?
CurlySaysX
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The quality can't be better than a CRT though?
Crts have much better viewing angles, but you aren't going to sit 120degrees from your monitor anyway so it doesn't really matter.
The picture quality is light years ahead on LCDs, i was viewing a friends proffesional series Viewsonic CRT and the picture was blurry as hell, before getting an lcd i was actually impressed by that viewsonic monitor.
The colours on LCDs are also in a league of their own compared to CRT.
When buying an LCD monitor always buy ones with a Pivot base though. The 710n has height adjust, swivel and some screen rotation crap.
Syncmaster 710n - 9.0 out of 10.
Crts have much better viewing angles, but you aren't going to sit 120degrees from your monitor anyway so it doesn't really matter.
The picture quality is light years ahead on LCDs, i was viewing a friends proffesional series Viewsonic CRT and the picture was blurry as hell, before getting an lcd i was actually impressed by that viewsonic monitor.
The colours on LCDs are also in a league of their own compared to CRT.
When buying an LCD monitor always buy ones with a Pivot base though. The 710n has height adjust, swivel and some screen rotation crap.
Syncmaster 710n - 9.0 out of 10.
CurlySaysX said:
I own both an aperature-grille 17" CRT and the Samsung 710N. And while I can agree that the picture on the LCD is sharper (I should certainly hope so), colors and black levels are much more accurately represented on my CRT. There's a reason why most people in the graphical design field stick with CRTs. And while the 710N has a lovely 12ms response time, you can see some definite moire when things start moving really quick. For the price, it's a great LCD, no doubt about. Right now I'm kinda going with the best of both world in a dual display setup - I use my LCD for the Internet, general Windows stuff and the CRT for gaming and watching movies.
Invertibrate
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Dell 20in 2005FPW Widescreen Digital LCD Flat Panel 1680x1050, 600:1 contrast ratio , 12ms response, DVI, Svideo, Composite Video $749.00 - auto 25% off - $75 off $550
Code: ?LBP9VN9BDDFT2 = $486.75 shipped free.
Ordered this on Wednesday. Not sure if the deal is still in effect.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4111
Code: ?LBP9VN9BDDFT2 = $486.75 shipped free.
Ordered this on Wednesday. Not sure if the deal is still in effect.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-4111
I've got another question. I found a similar monitor from Samsung, the SyncMaster 730B. After the rebate, it comes out to $279 (not including tax). The only differences I see is the 8ms response time and a DVI input. Can anyone tell me the advantage of the DVI input and whether I should go for this model instead of the 710N. Thanks.
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