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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: acetnt367th on September 30, 2005, 11:45:46 AM
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Folks,
After a long break, I have found a high speed internet supplier and am ready to fly again. I was thinking of upgrading my display and am considering buying a LCD display. As technology changes so quickly which display do you all recommend today?
I wanted to buy a 19" or greater display.
What exactly do you look for when buying a flat screen display for Aces High?
Thanks a lot
Best Regards
Acetnt
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Response time of 8ms or under.
MiG
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Originally posted by CMC Airboss
Response time of 8ms or under.
MiG
well i play with 15ms and no problems at all.
id say try to find a 19" with responce time 15 ms or less.
19"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824021019
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824197011
20"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001193
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I have the samsung 930b which is rated at 8ms
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get a CRT
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I still stand behind my LCD, Dell FP2001. Ive had it for a year & a half, has a great picture, high resolution, & best of all you can hook up 4 different sources, even television sources. when im not on my comp, i use it for watichin my directtv, the S-video looks great. I got it for $800 new, but im sure its cheaper by now. Pound for pound a great deal.
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Originally posted by Eagler
I have the samsung 930b which is rated at 8ms
Just purchased 2 of these. 1 for my wifes puter and one for mine. They are really nice and a very good price after rebate from Samsung.
Picture is very clear. I like them alot.
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Give a search for the Hyundai L90D+ Paid mid $300's for mine. Has great contrast 700:1 and 8 ms refresh. Arrived with 1 dead pixel.
DmdMax
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Thanks for the replies. I see that 2ms monitors from Viewsonic and Benq are available soon. Maybe this response time is overkill - but decided to wait anyway till christmas so the wife can buy me an LCD monitor for a present so I can keep my money for beers.
Acetnt
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Dug up this post I made a while aback. Did not buy the monitor then but finally broke down and ordered a samsung 204B 20.1" LCD display. They say a 5ms response - grey to grey or black to black I don't know. Here's the question - anybody using this monitor? Its already being shipped but I still wanted to hear if people like it or not.
Acetnt
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as a side note, I have switched back to my old 19" sony CRT as the LCD Samsung blurred when I was in close fights or viewed the ground at close range.
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Eagler,
OOps
Monitor s already on the way - cry
Acetnt
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I got the Viewsonic 922 (2 MS response) for Christmas and I love it.
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(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/davenrino/83edae4e.jpg) ;) :D
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I recently bought a 19" LCD and couldnt be happier. I found a great deal here:
http://www.buy.com/prod/Q9B_2/q/loc/215/202593724.html <- got it for $180 on sale
and recently saw an event better deal here:
http://www.slickdeals.net
Good luck!
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Monitor will arrive tomorrow. Gonna fire up the game and see if I need to keep the 17" CRT
Acetnt
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Davenrino,
I have a 46" Plasma as well - Samsung I got from Sam's club. Have it for a year now and it works really well. I have not tried it with gaming though. I am afraid of 'Burn in". Is it not true that you can burn the image in the screen - especially when displaying stationary objects for a long time like the instrument panel of the cockpit?
Acetnt
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Originally posted by acetnt367th
Davenrino,
I have a 46" Plasma as well - Samsung I got from Sam's club. Have it for a year now and it works really well. I have not tried it with gaming though. I am afraid of 'Burn in". Is it not true that you can burn the image in the screen - especially when displaying stationary objects for a long time like the instrument panel of the cockpit?
Acetnt
My display is DLP and doesn't suffer from burn-in like RPCRT or plasma. The newer plasmas are getting better with burn-in. Here is the burn-in section from the best home theater forum around-
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=608677
Some plasmas also have problems with real fast action which is another problem my DLP doesn't have.:)
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Well I got the 204B Samsung LCD hooked up. Went to 1024 res pack textures and running 1280 x 1024 resolution at 70 MHz 32bit colour. Loading the textures to system memory (Have 2GB mem).
Still using the Athlon64 3400+ and Radeon 9800 pro. Still seem to have high frame rates - max at 70 most times. I have not seem any ghosting etc. Maybe this is only because I am not a professional looking at the monitor :-)
So far very happy. It is a gorgeous monitor. I only stayed in the game for a single sortie so may change my mind later.
Acetnt
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I loved my 930b when I first hooked it up but quickly noticed that when in a close t&b dogfight, the enemy plane blurred to the point it threw off my acm and aim
my crt stays crisp throughout the close fights and my aim is better
I hope you do not experience my issues with your lcd as they do produce a sharper image and are tops for everything but a fast moving game like AH
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My Wife has this one (http://www.necdisplay.com/products/ProductDetail.cfm?Product=458). Seems nice enough. She uses AutoCad, primarily, so I cannot comment on how a game would look on it.
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Originally posted by DAVENRINO
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/davenrino/83edae4e.jpg) ;) :D
you A-HOLE! hahaha
seriously.. I have a HANNS-G HN199D 19" 8ms.. I love it. Paid at the time $219 minus a $70 rebate (total $149) a few months ago from tigerdirect.com.
Although they now have a wide screen version of it... 5ms I think.. $179 after rebate.
It's just like that old saying.. "Once you go LCD, you never go back!"
Goodluck
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nice monitor skuzzy, but kinda expensive. bought the samsung for half the price off amazon. it doesn't have the usb ports nor speakers. would have liked the usb. it does have a 5ms response and can do 1600 res at 75mhz. some good, some bad. the thing is the lcd looks so good, i would live with a little blur if i do eventually see it.
acetnt
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Originally posted by Tigger29
It's just like that old saying.. "Once you go LCD, you never go back!"
Oh, that is not true at all. As good as my Wife's LCD looks, my CRT still looks better and clearer. It all depends on the quality of the CRT. If you are used to low end CRT's, I agree, any LCD would be an improvement
The day my monitor gives out is going to be a very disappointing day for me. I am just hoping the current technology either improves or gets replaced with something better.
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PC size OLED displays should be commercialized in just a few more years, so they should be affordable in maybe 4 years or so. Hang on Skuzzy!
CRTs are expensive to produce compared to LCDs. It takes a line of 20+ manned workstations to assemble, tweak, test and re-tweak CRTs. All those alignments, zeroing, magnetic shims and trained people (mostly women) to do it.
LCDs are simple. Slap it into a jig and turn it on. If it works and meets pixel and brightness tests, slap it into a case. Go or NG. The poor ones get shuffled to cheap OEM brands and the bad ones go in the recyling bin.