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Thread ID: 126316 2012-08-20 12:23:00 Computer screens - Samsung vs Viewsonic Nomad (952) Press F1
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1295691 2012-08-20 12:23:00 Hi all, I am thinking of either the Samsung S23B350H or the Viewsonic VX2453mh .

Will be using it for a laptop computer and a Xbox 360 at 1080p mode . I am also wondering about the Viewsonics sound quality too but not too picky on it . Is it as bad as people say .



Cheers .
Nomad (952)
1295692 2012-08-20 13:10:00 You will never get speakers in a monitor approaching the quality of a decent HiFi system. Agent_24 (57)
1295693 2012-08-20 21:09:00 Go find a shop that sells both and have a look at them. icow (15313)
1295694 2012-08-20 21:43:00 The speakers in a monitor are about 2W, not worth using or worrying about. A $25 set of 2.0 speakers (or $40 for 2.1) will be much better than what is in the monitor if you dont care about sound quality to much. I've used viewsonic screens for maybe 10 years, my first 17" LCD was around $1000, on-sold it to a business about 5 yrs ago and its still working and used daily. Always found them pretty good and reliable and good enough picture quality to me. I havent had much to do with Samsung to compare sorry, some of their tvs look good. Iantech (16386)
1295695 2012-08-20 22:00:00 End of day, you pays your money and takes your chances. linw (53)
1295696 2012-08-20 22:39:00 I prefer Samsung to Viewsonic for image quality, but it may partly be personal preference. And agreed, the speakers will be tacky - fine if you just need to have basic audio, but if you want it for media, get proper speakers. inphinity (7274)
1295697 2012-08-20 23:19:00 Either one will be fine.
The quality is fairly price dependent, but most are happy with the cheaper ones.
Both brands sell monitors with 3year warranties
What I did find, is that even though one particular model has excellent reviews, the manufactures might change
the panel used in that particular monitor over the months to a relatively sub par one.
1101 (13337)
1295698 2012-08-21 04:19:00 Had a look outside, they were about the same :D

Re: the HDMI 'computer' monitors they would work at 1080 right with a laptop? Also b/c it's HDMI will be plugging in a Xbox, does monitors have speaker output? Could be annoying to plug/unplug speakers to the laptop and Xbox every time ..
Nomad (952)
1295699 2012-08-21 05:08:00 Had a look outside, they were about the same :D

Re: the HDMI 'computer' monitors they would work at 1080 right with a laptop? Also b/c it's HDMI will be plugging in a Xbox, does monitors have speaker output? Could be annoying to plug/unplug speakers to the laptop and Xbox every time ..I would have said no by default, but looked up the Viewsonic VX2453 and it does have audio out (3.5mm Jack) so was pleasantly surprised :)

www.viewsonic.com
Iantech (16386)
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