New Monitor

[Exile]

Originally posted by capt. apathy
i just brought home a 17.4 (veiwable) flatscreen LCD, so far i love it.  
could have got bigger screen, higher refresh, for less money in a crt but the lack of reflections on the LCD is awsome.
 
completely ended the arguements with the wife:
her:  "My plants need sunlight!!!"
me:   "I can't see the planes, close the damn shade!!!"

I'm bouncing around the idea of getting a flat panel, but always heard they are not very good for gaming. How does yours compare to your previous monitor?

[qts]

I must say (and I too wear glasses) that it's the flicker I notice. Possibly I've been lucky enough to not use bad monitors.

[capt. apathy]

so far i love it, the contrast on this one is 1:400 so you don't have to turn the brightness way up to see detail, the result is you get much richer color without loosing objects in the shadows.
and in-room light(lamps, open windows, etc)  just kinda gives you a low haze on the monitor instead of actual reflections like with the crt.
so far the only negitives i've found is that for less than half the money i could have had larger screen, higher rez, and higher refresh rate, i'm not sure why they wouldn't be thought good for gaming, i haven't found any problems.

[Thorns]

Well y'all got a new monitor, so now tune it in........here:

http://www.construnet.hu/nokia/monitors/test/mon_test.zip
 

Thorns

[ergRTC]

If you are poor, I would suggest going to a refurb shop.  I got my HP 21" 1600X1200 100hz for 300 dollars.  In fact I bought two. Had them for 3 years, and love em to bits.  I run at 1076x768 at 120hz with a frame rate of 100 fps (in ah).  Man it is truly a great view.  Too bad I use it as a TV and sit 5 feet from it while I play, so it still feels like I am sitting at a desk with a 17".