Have been watching newegg for some time now waiting for a good deal and
also because I cannot decide which LCD to get with my new system. I've
been looking for a 19" 8ms LCD and today when I look there is a
widescreen model for the same price as the regular models I've been
looking at. Here is the link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824163130
Company is AG Neovo and I've never heard of them. All reviews on the
site say it's an awesome monitor. Would you recommend a widescreen if
you could get it this cheap or should I go with a regular sized screen.
I mostly play games on the computer.
AG Neovo, who I believe is also changing to an AGM label, is
more popular in Europe and Asia. They've had solid products
in the past but this is a new era of low-cost displays and
as such, something they made a year or two ago can't
necessarily be compared in a useful way.
It seems a very reasonable price for a widescreen though the
900 vertical resolution seems a bit limiting for general
purpose use, what with the majority of applications using
relatively wide toolbars or information panels at their tops
and bottoms. On the other hand I've no idea what you're
used to using, resolution-wise now.
Wide screen is better for gaming, though not all games
support it. There's some folks at the following 'site that
would like to improve the #s, but YMMV on whether any
particular game can exploit wide-screen modes.
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/
Very temting for the price, given this one and the above are
nearer the low-end price wise I presume these are
essentially the candidates considered, and that you're more
interested in minimal ghosting for games but not per-pixel
precision in uses like image editing. In other words, I
presume you know what dithering is and that 6 bit TN panels
use it, and that it "appears" many lower-end panels claiming
16.7M colors are actually 16.2M with dithering. Generally
speaking an 8 bit panel with fast response times can't be
had anywhere near this price range.
I'd be a bit weary of reliablity and accuracy of the
response figures on this monitor. In my mind that makes it
a gamble- might be fine but the problem is really one of
context, that if someone reviews this monitor (like on
newegg) but is not comparing it directly to another modern
monitor, let alone in the same price-bracket, all you're
left with is essentially "does it work at all", not whether
there is more or less obvious dithering, banding, whether
the response time is misleading or accurate in it's
upper-end response as well as it's fastest response.
So the gamble is the quality but you get it at lower price.
I'd love to see Anandtech, Tom's Hardware or Xbit Labs do a
low-end monitor shootout to compare these more recent market
entries but it seems they only have interest in the greatest
(most expensive) models.
This and the AG Neovo are both analog-only input. I don't
know that i'd pay the premium for the Viewsonic brand if it
didn't have DVI too.
Another option that seems decent in that price range is BenQ
FP91G+, though it seems Newegg is the only one offering a
rebate on it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824014090
I'd probably pick it before the Viewsonic or Rosewill, IF
you wanted 5:4 instead of 16:10 ratio.
16:10 is obviously better for some video and DVD, though 5:4
better for others. I can't decide for you which is better
though I suspect a year from now there will be more
competition in the 16:10 budget panel market. Right now the
other other similar offering is from Xerox but I don't
recall the model #, I believe it's on Office Depot's website
though. Yes, here it is...
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=617762&&An=text
Seems like there was some deal recently that took the price
down to $300 but I don't recall how to get that price,
might've been an in-store promo, check your Office Depot
sales flyer this week, or maybe it was last week- I just
don't remember the details. It has DVI too, though at least
$40+ more for it if that sale/deal/whatever is still in
effect. In the long run DVI is worth having, IMO.
I've been leaning towards the Rosewill because of the better price and
good reviews even though I know nothing about them. What do you all
think?
How much of a rush are you in to buy it?
Prices have been dropping and new entries in the market
almost every other day. Seems every time I check newegg's
selection there's one gone or a new one and every 3rd one
has dropped $10 in price... not even considering the
rebates.
I'd probably get the BenQ out of all those mentioned above
as it seems slightly higher quality and has the DVI, but
then it is more expensive before the rebate and no matter
what someone suggests, it's same story different day...
there's bound to be another make/model just a little more
expensive that's a little better and so on and so on, or
only a few days away from launch of another new model,
particularly at these price-points.
