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Elliot Reid
Gallente
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2006.10.12 19:02:00 -
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Lo all
I want to invest in a widescreen monitor and would like some advice from you lot.
Now I have 2 options
2 x 19" Widescreen's
or 1 20". I can't afford 2 20" atm and would buy another at a later date. Now my problem about the 20 inch I fancy is this. These 2 monitors from 2 different suppliers have the same model number but the all important response time differs.
Example 1
Example 2
Now i'd the one from PCWorld is the same as the ebuyer one then thats a damn good price for PCWorld and I'd go and get one tomorrow.
Anyway thanks to those who can be of assitance and thanks to those who just like reading the forums.
regards
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digital0verdose
Caldari
Ships Unlimited
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Posted - 2006.10.12 19:16:00 -
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 Originally by: Elliot Reid
Lo all
I want to invest in a widescreen monitor and would like some advice from you lot.
Now I have 2 options
2 x 19" Widescreen's
or 1 20". I can't afford 2 20" atm and would buy another at a later date. Now my problem about the 20 inch I fancy is this. These 2 monitors from 2 different suppliers have the same model number but the all important response time differs.
Example 1
Example 2
Now i'd the one from PCWorld is the same as the ebuyer one then thats a damn good price for PCWorld and I'd go and get one tomorrow.
Anyway thanks to those who can be of assitance and thanks to those who just like reading the forums.
regards
Get the two 19". Faster response time and will probably fit and look better on the desk.
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Quin Tal
Fort Knox Inc
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Posted - 2006.10.12 19:26:00 -
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The second widescreen monitor has a 25milisecond responce time, I think Firefox would streak on that thing lol.
If you want to run Eve go with 1 20''. As with two 19'' you will have a black bar down the middle of your ship. If you want to run 2 accounts, then obviously 2 19''. Plus if you do work at home, or design, coding, whatever; 2 monitors are easier on the eyes.
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Elliot Reid
Gallente
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2006.10.12 19:30:00 -
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Originally by: Quin Tal
The second widescreen monitor has a 25milisecond responce time, I think Firefox would streak on that thing lol.
If you want to run Eve go with 1 20''. As with two 19'' you will have a black bar down the middle of your ship. If you want to run 2 accounts, then obviously 2 19''. Plus if you do work at home, or design, coding, whatever; 2 monitors are easier on the eyes.
The 25ms thing is whats confusing me. The 2 different retailers list the exact same model number but different response times. One of my monitors, an 18" LG TFT has a response time of 25ms, I bought it when TFT's were new and fast ms speeds were in the 20's  and EVE runs fine on it but I want as fast an ms as possible.
I use 2 normal monitors now just thought a widescreen or 2 might be nicer for EVE
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JOSEPHx
Caldari
Mercenary Forces
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Posted - 2006.10.12 21:27:00 -
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I have those 2 19" monitors, i switched from 2 15" monitors and you will not be dissapointed if you buy them.
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Quin Tal
Fort Knox Inc
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Posted - 2006.10.12 22:05:00 -
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Eve isn't as demanding on ms time as say, if you were playing UT2006 all day.
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SavageThrash
0utbreak
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Posted - 2006.10.13 12:36:00 -
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I am in the same situation as above.
I am debating on 2 standered 19 inch (no widescreen as i heard that that whide screen isnt really that great unless its 21+ cause of the resolution) or getting 1 21 in or similar.
opinions?
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Elliot Reid
Gallente
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2006.10.13 20:03:00 -
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Just found out that the 20" Samsung from PC World has a 6ms response time not a 25ms. Going to head down there tomorrow to buy one. ú199 now so it's that rarest of events, a bargain at PC World
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Quin Tal
Fort Knox Inc
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Posted - 2006.10.13 22:31:00 -
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Thats about the same price here in Dollars. Good snag.
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GO MaZ
No Quarter.
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2006.10.14 03:00:00 -
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"Response time", btw, is actually a rather pointless measurement since manufacturers use different ways of measuring it (grey to grey, etc).
Tbh, the quality of the panel is much more important than the response time.
I have an old-ish 15" samsung tft here which is rated at 25ms and a 20" dell rated at 16ms, and I've seen 8ms / 6ms rated monitors that look, quite frankly, **** compared to these two.
Contrast and the ability of the panel to reproduct colour accurately is important too :p
And now after that little lecture, those monitors should be fine - just don't use response time as the single measure of how good a tft is  (bear in mind that a lot of the faster panels can't reproduce colors 100% accurately yet  )
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Gothikia
Ladyboys Inc.
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Posted - 2006.10.14 07:58:00 -
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24" Dell Widescreen as seen here are pretty hawt, and whats even better is that they're going for about 450 quid on ebay atm. \o/
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Elliot Reid
Gallente
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2006.10.14 10:03:00 -
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Just went to PC World and got the Samsung Syncmaster 205bw for ú199.99. Have to say I'm very happy with it, but I still need to tweak the picture till I'm totally happy with it.
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Admai Sket
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Posted - 2006.10.14 14:19:00 -
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Never buy anything from PC World.... oh, too late.
Sorry man :-(
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Elliot Reid
Gallente
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2006.10.14 14:20:00 -
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Originally by: Admai Sket
Never buy anything from PC World.... oh, too late.
Sorry man :-(
99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the time I'd agree with you but this was too much of a bargain Even PC World does the odd good deal
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Elliot Reid
Gallente
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2006.10.14 17:14:00 -
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Widescreen monitor in all it's glory
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Quin Tal
Fort Knox Inc
Expeto Libertas Foedus
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Posted - 2006.10.14 22:30:00 -
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Holy shat stick!
Thats uber hot.
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Maria Ravenwind
Gallente
Infinity Enterprises
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2006.10.15 04:22:00 -
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Nice, I like it. What resolution are you using for that screen? Im thinking about doing the exact same thing as I now have a GPU that can handle a POS!
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Ogdru Jahad
Amarr
Four Horsemen
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Posted - 2006.10.15 08:02:00 -
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I have an awesome Acer AL1915WD and plan mid next year upgrading to one of two lcd screens.
One is the sexeh Apple 23" Cinema HD and I cant find the other i want. but will settle for a 23" version of the appple monitor with a uber Vid card.
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Elliot Reid
Gallente
Digital Fury Corporation
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Posted - 2006.10.15 09:46:00 -
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Originally by: Maria Ravenwind
Nice, I like it. What resolution are you using for that screen? Im thinking about doing the exact same thing as I now have a GPU that can handle a POS!
1680 x 1050 and being able to have a few chat boxes open and still see whats going on is brilliant
Also this very forum scaled itself to the widescreen resolution and I thought that was kind of cool.
regards
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