Monitor

[Travis King]

Not 100% related but it is in a way. I was looking at CompUSA at computers
with Windows Vista on them and came across a Sony with a terrific screen. I
was looking at the computers for my own good to see what's changed since the
testing versions. I have since put Vista on my computer. Anyway, that Sony
was in all-in-one PC, and I was amazed with the picture on that screen. It
was very sharp and the colors were vivid on it. I believe it was this
one...
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...344439&Pn=VAIO_LS25E_All_In_One_Desktop_PC_TV
It also comes in a slightly cheaper version without the TV capabilities.

Now here's my question. For those that have these systems or those that
have seen the screens on these systems, are there any stand-alone monitors
out there that have this quality of an image? If so, which ones are there?
The Aero Glass looked really good on that screen - a lot better than it does
on my 19" CRT that I have now. Thanks.

 

[dev]

/Travis King/ said:

Not 100% related but it is in a way. I was looking at CompUSA at computers
with Windows Vista on them and came across a Sony with a terrific screen. I
was looking at the computers for my own good to see what's changed since the
testing versions. I have since put Vista on my computer. Anyway, that Sony
was in all-in-one PC, and I was amazed with the picture on that screen. It
was very sharp and the colors were vivid on it. I believe it was this
one...
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...344439&Pn=VAIO_LS25E_All_In_One_Desktop_PC_TV
It also comes in a slightly cheaper version without the TV capabilities.

Now here's my question. For those that have these systems or those that
have seen the screens on these systems, are there any stand-alone monitors
out there that have this quality of an image? If so, which ones are there?
The Aero Glass looked really good on that screen - a lot better than it does
on my 19" CRT that I have now. Thanks.

In the minds (and eye) of many folks, CRTs actually outperform LCDs.
But they are a dying breed, and yours may be doing just that.^

Check out the better quality 19-22" LCDs that have a three-year
warranty. Price range should be about $175-$350 - up somewhat since the
holiday bargain season.

 

[Drew]

Not 100% related but it is in a way. I was looking at CompUSA at
computers with Windows Vista on them and came across a Sony with a
terrific screen. I was looking at the computers for my own good to see
what's changed since the testing versions. I have since put Vista on my
computer. Anyway, that Sony was in all-in-one PC, and I was amazed with
the picture on that screen. It was very sharp and the colors were vivid
on it. I believe it was this one...
http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...344439&Pn=VAIO_LS25E_All_In_One_Desktop_PC_TV
It also comes in a slightly cheaper version without the TV capabilities.

Now here's my question. For those that have these systems or those that
have seen the screens on these systems, are there any stand-alone monitors
out there that have this quality of an image? If so, which ones are
there? The Aero Glass looked really good on that screen - a lot better
than it does on my 19" CRT that I have now. Thanks.

Travis: I am running a Dell 27" digital flat panel and Vista business...A
lot depends on the power of your computer as well as video card...I am
running a PNY 7900GS Nvidia card as well as 2 gigs of ddr500 and a AMD64
processor and believe me The graphics on Vista make XP look like
Windows95...Very happy with the capabilities of this versus an older system
and since I shop at Compusa every weekend (friends there) I have seen all
there systems and mine is as good but usually better...To each his own but
remember background ambience has a lot to to with it......Have an Awesome
day............... Drew

 

[Travis King]

My 19" Proview CRT (almost 4 years old now) is kind of flaky lately.
Towards the bottom of the screen, it flickers and you see faint lines go
through the bottom. After a while, it will snap out of it. It only does
this on occasion.

 

[Travis King]

Here's my system specs and it's running Aero Glass fine - I just knew that
the picture on the monitor looked a lot better on that Sony than my
computer:
--OVERALL PERFORMANCE RATING: 4.0--
AMD Sempron 64 (socket 754) 2800+ overclocked to 2GHz with 256KB L2 cache -
rating: 4.0
1.5GB of RAM DDR PC-3000 - rating: 4.3 (One module is PC-3200 and the other
is PC-3000, and the motherboard detects the 3000 module as 2700)
Ati Radeon X1600 PRO 256MB GDDR2 video RAM AGP 8x - rating: 4.4 & 4.8.
(Getting a higher performance rating than the graphics on that Sony computer
because I checked that while I was there. It had an overall rating of 3.7
with the graphics holding the score down)
120GB 7200RPM WD 8MB cache IDE hard drive (C - rating: 5.0
80GB 7200RPM WD 2MB cache IDE hard drive (D
16x DVD drive
52x32x52 CD-RW drive

 

[Adam Albright]

/Travis King/ said:

In the minds (and eye) of many folks, CRTs actually outperform LCDs.
But they are a dying breed, and yours may be doing just that.^

Check out the better quality 19-22" LCDs that have a three-year
warranty. Price range should be about $175-$350 - up somewhat since the
holiday bargain season.

Like when talking real estate it is location, location, location, the
quality of the image on a monitor is all about resolution.

I'm not partial to laptops for any serious work. If you can afford to
spend about $700 and still use a desktop computer that has a seperate
monitor Dell makes very nice LCD high refresh rate LCD monitors in
various sizes. I got a 24 inch wide one about 9 months ago. It runs
1920x1200 resolution which just barely makes them HD. I love it. If
you plan on using it for a computer monitor a 24 inch is pleny big,
anything larger is almost too big.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/category.aspx?c=us&category_id=4009&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

It got rave reviews and its priced right. I would caution on getting a
too cheap a no name brand. Whatever you pick get one with high
resolution, you'll never go back once you try it for just one day.

 

[Scott]

Whatever you pick get one with high resolution, you'll never go back once you try it for just one day.

Unless you have less than 20/20 eyesight.

I had a hard enough time making the transition from 1024x768 to
1280x1024.

I can't even fathom 1900x1200.

I've otherwise been very happy with my LCD[1]. I got it just over 2
years ago. I can't imagine going back to a CRT.

http://www.viewsonic.com/support/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/proseries/vp191s/

I also can't believe how much the prices have dropped. :-\

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