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Title: time for a monitor change
Post by: straffo on September 28, 2009, 03:32:55 AM
I'm about to get ride of my old 19" and the dead pixel it got :)

I'm thinking of a Samsung P2370

any opinion ?
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: Dragon on September 28, 2009, 07:43:35 AM
I've had good luck with 2 Samsung 22" monitors.  That 23" looks real nice.
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: gyrene81 on September 28, 2009, 08:09:03 AM
If you have the money, go for it...nice specs.

There are other really nice choices too, depending on what your plans are with it...besides playing AH.

Viewsonic 23in 120Hz (http://www.buy.com/prod/viewsonic-vx2265wm-22-widescreen-lcd-monitor-120hz-1000-1-1680x1050/q/loc/101/210724160.html)
3 yr warranty.



Otherwise I'd save some money and go with a mid to high acer:

Acer Monitors (http://www.buy.com/merch/q/mfggid/20/querytype/comp/store/1/als/-1/loc/101/zc01/40447/pageTitle/Displays/showall.html)
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: Dragon on September 28, 2009, 09:02:15 AM
I'm not sure about the Acer monitors, one of my customers just had one quit over the weekend and it's only 4 months old.  I'll post about how they handled the warranty after I'm able to contact them.
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: Masherbrum on September 28, 2009, 09:02:34 AM
Acer's quality is much to be desired.  

Straffo, those are excellent monitors and you get what you pay for.  Sammies are excellent.  
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: 1701E on September 28, 2009, 09:20:41 AM
Acer's quality is much to be desired.  


Only had this 22" Acer for about 3-4 months, think so anyways, but it's doing darn well.  Picture looks great and I handle my electronics rough, monitor included, so they can't be all bad. :)
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: Masherbrum on September 28, 2009, 09:24:00 AM
Only had this 22" Acer for about 3-4 months, think so anyways, but it's doing darn well.  Picture looks great and I handle my electronics rough, monitor included, so they can't be all bad. :)

I go by what friends and family members have experienced.   More on the "failure" side than "success" side.   I'm not hitting Newegg and foisting their reviews.   I've had this LG for 3 years and not a single, dead pixel.   

But, he asked for comments on the Samsung.
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: Ghastly on September 28, 2009, 09:26:04 AM
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,271054.msg3393524.html#msg3393524

My first hand experience is that you cannot buy a monitor on specs any more. (Whether Samsung is any worse than any other mfg I can't say - but my own bad experience was with them).

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Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: BlauK on September 28, 2009, 09:37:04 AM
Straffo,
I've had Samsung 2494HM for almost a year now and I have been very satisfied with it :)
Those touch buttons are sometimes a bit difficult to hit though.

U cannot buy smaller than mine, can u ;)  :devil
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: cattb on September 28, 2009, 12:29:28 PM
HI,
 I have a Samsung TOC 220 I really like, I don't have any ghosting  to speak of. The one complaint I see of the LCD monitors like this and others is the base. The base on this is plastic and there are some complaints about them being wobbly. There going to wobble as much as the surface you put it on.Mine sits on a oak desk ,i have no wobbly problems at all. I put a link here if you like to see the model http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001273
Cattb/Tim O
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: kilz on September 28, 2009, 02:25:27 PM
i have had my Samsung SyncMaster 225bW for like 3 years now and it still works FLAWLESS. this moniter is better than any other moniter that i have ever use so to the Samsung i give  :aok  :aok
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: Jayhawk on September 28, 2009, 03:00:31 PM
Bought a Samsung SyncMaster 2033 about 9 months ago, it works great!  I trusted the Samsung brand, good enough specs for me, at a decent price.  :aok
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: usvi on September 29, 2009, 03:19:45 AM
I've had a 23 inch LG monitor for almost a year now and it's great,no problems at all.
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: straffo on September 29, 2009, 04:00:30 AM
Straffo,
I've had Samsung 2494HM for almost a year now and I have been very satisfied with it :)
Those touch buttons are sometimes a bit difficult to hit though.

U cannot buy smaller than mine, can u ;)  :devil

you got me interested :)
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: caldera on September 29, 2009, 07:13:25 PM
Just got a HannsG  27.5".  :O   Big difference from the 19"er.  Now I can see the shrubs better as i plummet into them.
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: straffo on October 06, 2009, 03:13:08 PM
Got this one http://www.materiel.net/ctl/Ecrans_LCD/44545-ProLite_B2409HDS_B1.html


pretty good for the expected use
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: BlauK on October 06, 2009, 03:17:22 PM
Looks good  :aok
Title: Re: time for a monitor change
Post by: OOZ662 on October 06, 2009, 03:34:57 PM
This NEC FP2141SB a friend sent me is utterly orgasmic compared to my old 16". :noid Good luck finding one any more, though.

(Yeah, yeah, they'll claw me out of the CRT days kicking and screaming...or when my desk falls through.)