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| Thread ID: 141860 | 2016-03-12 00:56:00 | Looking for a new monitor - suggestions? | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1417373 | 2016-03-12 00:56:00 | I'm thinking of treating myself to a new monitor. 25-27", speakers not necessary, good quality more important than price. Any recommendations? | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1417374 | 2016-03-12 02:39:00 | I went with a Smart TV/TCL flat screen 32", with ROKU ( . walmart . com/ip/TCL-32S3750-32-720p-60Hz-Roku-Smart-LED-HDTV/46270960" target="_blank">www . walmart . com) Wifi built in (no dongle) and I can cast anything I want onto the screen . The resolution is ace-1, and that I can cast my tablet, makes it wonderful to use . So here's how I work it . I use a desktop tower unit on Linux/Puppy (I bet any Linux-base will work) with a Wifi card talking to my router and just whatever I do on either my tablets or my desktop or my Eeec Asus netbook, I can use the big screen . Since everything's tied into Google-everything, it all works flawlessly . I hope you can see that US link at Wal-Mart . You MAY get zoned-out . Hope not . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1417375 | 2016-03-12 03:10:00 | Thanks SJ. Welcome back! What you've shown me is a TV, and what I'm looking for is a PC monitor. It is also too big - I wouldn't have room on the desk! :) |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1417376 | 2016-03-12 03:27:00 | I know it's a tv - but it's a smart tv that runs on Wifi . It is also a monitor for any of your 'puters running Google-anything . They make them in all sorts of sizes, and the TCL line is particularly inexpensive so they get a foot into the market . ROKU is built in and you can use a tablet to control it like a remote control does now . There's HDMIx2, USBx2, HDD ports and RCA In and Out in the back too . . . I wonder how I got along without it for so long . Now I need some Wifi controlled light bulbs . And a Wifi dog feeder . And a Wifi wife . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1417377 | 2016-03-12 04:19:00 | ...And a Wifi wife.You can get battery operated ones... | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1417378 | 2016-03-12 05:04:00 | You can get battery operated ones... Is that from Experience ? :xmouth::illogical Sorry in a sh1t stirring mood at the moment, and its dinkies o'clock , a couple of other people in another form have just been told some ( polite) home truths :D On the monitor side - one thing that really annoys me is the older monitors used to be higher in screen size per size - meaning, when I replace my current Viewsonic 22" in the office, I'm going to have to go to a 27" just to retain the same height. Is there any sort of budget ? and whats it used for, ( Gaming, general usage, office work, /Documents etc) A lot are 2ms t fresh rate these days, but if used for non gaming the slower refreshing doesn't matter as much. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1417379 | 2016-03-12 05:15:00 | Oh Snot !! timer ran out --- Never mind :D Sold one of these : HERE (www.aocmonitorap.com)a few weeks back, the frameless was a little "strange " to get used to, 23", but looked reasonable, ( Office work). |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1417380 | 2016-03-12 07:55:00 | It's just going to be used for general work, and a little gaming - but not stuff that needs real high refresh rate. Budget- it's not money no object, but as I said I'm looking at quality rather than price. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1417381 | 2016-03-12 20:52:00 | I like the LG monitors, they have some pretty cheap models without being too cheap and nasty as well as some decent ones. I have a 27" TN panel and a 27" IPS panel, both cheap LG's and both very nice to use. I was a little dissapointed with the IPS screen for gaming, I had to tweak everything as bright as it will go to play some games that were just too dark to see and didn't have enough in game adjustment to fix it but otherwise it's very good. To be honest though, I'm not a particularly discerning user. The TN panel looks fine to me and sitting side by side I don't really see much difference. Both are significantly better than my old AOC 27" LCD that I got many years ago when it was still a new and expensive size and LED backlighting was not yet prevalent. If you can stretch the budget for a QHD 2560x1440 model I think that's a very nice improvement at 27", unfortunately the limited choice here and the high prices make it an unattractive option. You can actually find some 4K screens cheaper than the QHD options in NZ. I personally wouldn't go for 4K for another year or 3 because windows still doesn't scale all that well and even on a 40" some things are just too tiny, on top of which it makes the graphics power required for gaming prohibitive right now. Of course I am basing that purely on a few short experiments in store and some benchmarks, I don't have a 4K monitor. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1417382 | 2016-03-12 21:41:00 | What about these ones? www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz They are pretty pricey but all seem to have good specs. These are a bit smaller (and cheaper): www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz I've got a Dell 22" monitor at the moment and I've been pleased with it. |
Tony (4941) | ||
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