Buying an LCD for DVD

[bartbendt]

I'm moving into a TINY apartment and so decided to get a 17" LCD to save space.

I've been obsessively reading reviews at every website I could find and on these forums and am feeling pretty lost. Maybe someone here can help me choose...

I'm looking specifically for an LCD that can display DVDs well. My computer is also my DVD player. I'm not such a giant gamer so while games are a concern, I'm more worried about being able to play movies. And general office/internet stuff.

And price. I'm looking to spend under $450.

The ones I've been thinking about are:

Samsung 710T or 710N (but doesn't support full 16.7 mil colors which seems important for movies?)
Samsung 172X
Acer AL1731

And then the Dell 2001 and 2005fpw people mention but even with the coupons those are sorta out of my price range.

Anyone have any input at all? Anything would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[AT100]

I just got a 710N recently. If you look at my other thread I've run into a problem with it that may or may not be its fault. Tom's Hardware has a nice wrap up of 17"ers and covers how it can be used. However, the acer monitor is not one of them.

 

[Byers]

I've been very happy with this LG 17" LCD

The only thing I wish differnt is to have the view angle 160 degrees for both horizontal and vertical (it's 160H / 140V) but the truth is I haven't really noticed this while watching DVD's at the desk or on the couch, etc.

Byers

Edit: If you want great 2d quality, be sure to get something with full 16.7 million colors and since you have a large budget, get something with a DVI connector, not just an analog 15pin D-sub (assuming you have a video card with DVI)