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| Thread ID: 77609 | 2007-03-15 22:58:00 | LCD advice | mejobloggs (264) | PC World Chat |
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| 533346 | 2007-03-15 22:58:00 | I am mainly going to be doing programming/office work on it, but I expect the occasional game will come onto it as well (since I have a little brother, and another pc at home, so of course that equals multiplayer, which is hard to resist sometimes) I just want a fairly good quality, but cheap lcd. Tossing up between these two: www.playtech.co.nz www.playtech.co.nz I don't know too much, but AOC are a budget brand right? So not so good quality? Whereas I think the Samsung would be much higher quality? Basically, the AOC monitor seems to have bettter specs, yet I am concerned about the quality. 5ms on a screen that cheap? I think they are lying. My system doesn't have good enough specs to play a game on anything but minumum details, but I don't want already bad graphics made worse by a poor quality screen (such as smearing/ghosting, or poor colours, or whatever else can go wrong) An extra 2" would be quite nice, because it would make font slightly larger. I want quality! Can anyone tell me what AOC quality is like? I am highly suspicous of the price of that monitor. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 533347 | 2007-03-15 23:07:00 | Nothing wrong with AOC. I've got an AOC 17' CRT here (not using it tho), as I'm using an LCD. Never had a prob with the AOC. I could use it for the 2nd monitor, but it wont fit on this table. All LCD's look the same to me. The only diff most probably is the ms (4,5 or 8ms), Or whether they've got VGA or VGA and DVI. Or how big they are / their max resolution. Nothing special with DVI, compared to VGA. This uses a DVI connection (but has 2 VGA and 1 DVI connection on it), the other PC uses the normal VGA. I cant see any diff between the 2. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 533348 | 2007-03-15 23:45:00 | Cheap cheap cheap.....why do people persist in buying inferior products. 1) It is a given that any monitor purchase will out live any pc upgrade. 2) The monitor is the window of your pc, you use it more than any other part of your computer. 3) The more expensive monitors are just that for good reason. 4) Native resolution of 1280*1024 is too small for 17" monitors, get at least a 19" 5) You will never regret paying more for a better monitor, trust me. Do you want me to go on? |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 533349 | 2007-03-16 01:44:00 | 1280x1024 is fine. I use that on a 17" lcd at work, and a 19" crt at home no problem. I would pay a lot more for the monitor if it was used more for gaming, but just for plain office work, I don't care too much about having an expensive one. What would you suggest instead? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 533350 | 2007-03-16 01:55:00 | Purely from a personal point of view the following might help: AOC A friend of mine has had an AOC lcd for just on a year that went faulty (1/2 the screen went awol). It took a bit to convince the agents that it was more than a faulty cable but they did take it away and return a new replacement after a bout a week. What I'd call OK customer service. Samsung I've had a Samsung lcd for about 2 years now- no problems, great screen and well built (but it was 'top of the line' at the time) I also have a Samsung TV and my next monitor will be a Samsung. Sure a 19" would be nice, but as you know from work a 17" is quite adequate. If it was me I'd pay the extra as you're gonna have it a while. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 533351 | 2007-03-16 02:29:00 | So you are hinting at a 19" Samsung? I guess the 940B's aren't too bad a price. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 533352 | 2007-03-16 02:31:00 | What about Dell lcd's? Anyone know if they are good quality? Because Dell often have specials, and I could probably hold off a while. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 533353 | 2007-03-16 02:35:00 | There are MAYA 19 inch Widescreen LCD's for around 329+GST although I got mine for 300 total. They are good looking and are very reliable (so far):D | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 533354 | 2007-03-16 03:01:00 | I have a Dell 19" LCD - the original one broke down, and it was replaced with no questions, the replacement was faulty, replaced again with the one I am currently using. That was all about 1 year ago. No DVI though - not worried. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 533355 | 2007-03-16 03:05:00 | My problem is, when I start researching the screens, bad results end up cropping up for every screen | mejobloggs (264) | ||
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