Hi!
I?m in the market to purchase a new monitor for my PC. Since it will mainly be used for gaming and other graphic-intesive apps, I had only considered getting a CRT, mainly a 19? like the Viewsonic P95f. I then thought to myself that if I went out and bought a CRT now, I?d kill myself for not waiting to get an LCD in less than a year. Since the current stock of less than 20? CRT?s are probably the last CRT models that the manufacturers will ever be releasing and that the industry is pretty much going all LCD, I don?t think I should get a CRT right now? What do you think? If I were to get a CRT, what 19? models do you think are the best?
Anyway, my dilema now is wether I should buy one of the current LCD monitors now, or wait a few months. Since it would mainly be used for gaming, I think I need a 20 MS or less monitor, and I quickly focused my search on the 16 MS AU Optronics panal that many companies have realeased models of NEC, Hitachi, Acer, etc.). Although I think this panel has some problems like muddying of dark colors and others, I don?t think I?m completely happy with this panel. What do you think? Are all of the different companies models using this same panel really the same (besides case design, menus, and name)? Outh of the different models, which do you think is the best (NEC, Acer, Planar, LG, etc.). Also, do you think having DVI on the monitor is that important? Should you buy an LCD today without DVI?
So, since I think the AU Optronics 16 MS models have some problems, I was waiting for Samsung ond any other panel manufactuer to come out with a 16 MS (or less) panel, which may not have some of the prolems the AU panel exebits. Do you have any idea when a new 16 MS panel (17? or 19?) will finally come out (like the rumord Samsung 172x)? Do you know of other good monitors that will be coming out over the next few months that I possibly should wait for? Do you know of any other monitors, even older ones, I should consider (like the Samsung 172T, Iiyama AS4314UTG, or the new 20 MS Sony SDM0HS73)? Finally, do you know of other good monitor review sites besides THG and AnandTech?
Thanks!
I?m in the market to purchase a new monitor for my PC. Since it will mainly be used for gaming and other graphic-intesive apps, I had only considered getting a CRT, mainly a 19? like the Viewsonic P95f. I then thought to myself that if I went out and bought a CRT now, I?d kill myself for not waiting to get an LCD in less than a year. Since the current stock of less than 20? CRT?s are probably the last CRT models that the manufacturers will ever be releasing and that the industry is pretty much going all LCD, I don?t think I should get a CRT right now? What do you think? If I were to get a CRT, what 19? models do you think are the best?
Anyway, my dilema now is wether I should buy one of the current LCD monitors now, or wait a few months. Since it would mainly be used for gaming, I think I need a 20 MS or less monitor, and I quickly focused my search on the 16 MS AU Optronics panal that many companies have realeased models of NEC, Hitachi, Acer, etc.). Although I think this panel has some problems like muddying of dark colors and others, I don?t think I?m completely happy with this panel. What do you think? Are all of the different companies models using this same panel really the same (besides case design, menus, and name)? Outh of the different models, which do you think is the best (NEC, Acer, Planar, LG, etc.). Also, do you think having DVI on the monitor is that important? Should you buy an LCD today without DVI?
So, since I think the AU Optronics 16 MS models have some problems, I was waiting for Samsung ond any other panel manufactuer to come out with a 16 MS (or less) panel, which may not have some of the prolems the AU panel exebits. Do you have any idea when a new 16 MS panel (17? or 19?) will finally come out (like the rumord Samsung 172x)? Do you know of other good monitors that will be coming out over the next few months that I possibly should wait for? Do you know of any other monitors, even older ones, I should consider (like the Samsung 172T, Iiyama AS4314UTG, or the new 20 MS Sony SDM0HS73)? Finally, do you know of other good monitor review sites besides THG and AnandTech?
Thanks!