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| Thread ID: 125948 | 2012-07-29 03:14:00 | Recommendations for a 24" led monitor please........... | Billy T (70) | Press F1 |
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| 1291332 | 2012-07-29 03:14:00 | Hi Team My old IBM 19" CRT is starting to show its age, so I am looking to replace it with a 24" LED-LCD . I don't need a top of the line 'all singing all dancing' model with speakers etc (if they go that far) just a reliable unit that will deliver good quality images and accurate colours . I don't know who makes the best LED LCD displays these days, but I have a Sanyo 19" LED TV in my office which is pretty amazing, plus a Samsung 19" LED TV in our bedroom which is equally impressive, and each cost well under $300 so I am favouring Samsung at present . Tilting stands etc are not important because the IBM is pretty hefty and currently sits on an articulated wall-mount monitor arm that provides all the height & tilt adjustments you could ever need, and could hold a sack of cement without whimpering . I'd like to hear of current experiences, and the only issue that I want to avoid is screen reflections, I see enough of myself in the shaving mirror each morning without having to stare at the same mug all day as well! Budget is $250-$300 . Cheers Billy 8-{) :) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1291333 | 2012-07-29 03:19:00 | www.mightyape.co.nz | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1291334 | 2012-07-29 03:26:00 | Wow! Thats a quite a nice monitor for the price! | stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1291335 | 2012-07-29 03:33:00 | +1 for anything Asus, nice bright vibrant colours without looking washed out. But if you are willing to stretch your budget and do a bit of hunting on ebay and research online then this is definitely worth looking at: www.gpforums.co.nz 2560x1440 IPS screens for as low as $360 NZ and 120hz 2560x1440 IPS screens for under $500 makes most other retail monitors look like crap value for money. Worth noting that screens from mighty ape are generally overpriced (from what I've seen), could be worth hunting for a lower price. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1291336 | 2012-07-29 04:41:00 | I have a couple of these: www.ascent.co.nz at work and they're fantastic. The main plus is that a lot of monitors these days are "1080p" which means they don't have as many vertical pixels as say your 19" CRT would. These Samsung ones, while being more expensive, do 1920x1200 pixel resolution. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1291337 | 2012-07-29 05:18:00 | Hi there Billy. I have a 27" Viewsonic which I am very happy with but a bit above your budget but the extra real estate is worth it. The ViewSonic VX2453MH-LED 24" Widescreen 1920 x 1080 LED 2ms HDMI with Cable would be a good buy at around $280 - $300. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1291338 | 2012-07-29 05:30:00 | www.mightyape.co.nz I want. I have nothing to plug into it, nowhere to put it,No need for it at all, and no money to buy it. I want it badly. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1291339 | 2012-07-30 05:14:00 | The main plus is that a lot of monitors these days are "1080p" which means they don't have as many vertical pixels as say your 19" CRT would. These Samsung ones, while being more expensive, do 1920x1200 pixel resolution. I didn't realise that there could be a pixel shortage! That would matter to me because I do a lot of line drawings etc and the resolution of my mouse is enough of a problem without my monitor being a pixel short of a sandwich. As mentioned, I do like Samsung, and it is the only one of our Freeview TVs that changes channels as expected when using the remote (Samsung & Sanyo + two add-on Loranz boxes from Hardly Normals) so that is a big but totally irrelevant + for a Samsung Monitor. Totally OT but just for the sake of a good moan, the delay in actual channel change on Freeview seems unnecessary to me, it's not like we are swinging a dish around to find another satellite and it ruins my channel surfing rhythm. The order the channels appear in is odd too, even after trying to set them up as preferences. I just switched the Samsung on, let it do its thing, and that was that, I haven't had to touch it since. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1291340 | 2012-07-30 08:42:00 | I didn't realise that there could be a pixel shortage! That would matter to me because I do a lot of line drawings etc and the resolution of my mouse is enough of a problem without my monitor being a pixel short of a sandwich. As mentioned, I do like Samsung, and it is the only one of our Freeview TVs that changes channels as expected when using the remote (Samsung & Sanyo + two add-on Loranz boxes from Hardly Normals) so that is a big but totally irrelevant + for a Samsung Monitor. The lack of vertical pixels on most 20-24" monitors is quite frustrating, especially when you're wanting to do real work :) It's surprising how much of a difference those extra 120 vertical pixels make. Those Samsung monitors I've linked to are fantastic (and surprisingly light too on a side note... not that you'd be lugging them around very often). We've bought dozens of them for the office and haven't had any issues with them so far. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1291341 | 2012-07-30 09:54:00 | I have a 4 year old in November Viewsonic 22" LCD monitor as per my sig. Going well. Runs for about 6 hrs a day 7 days a week. :) |
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