Widescreen or no?
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I need to get another monitor, upgrade for me, mine passed to son, sons passed to Dad. I don't really fancy a widescreen but there seems to be little choice. How does widescreen work? Does it stretch the image to fit or zoom in to fill the screen? Is there any advantage considering it's mainly going to be used for gaming? My 19inch Iiyama is brilliant, a 20inch version of the same would be nice but there only seems to be widescreen available. Less hight but wider seems to be a step backwards to me.
You wide users out there, how'd you find it?
I need to get another monitor, upgrade for me, mine passed to son, sons passed to Dad. I don't really fancy a widescreen but there seems to be little choice. How does widescreen work? Does it stretch the image to fit or zoom in to fill the screen? Is there any advantage considering it's mainly going to be used for gaming? My 19inch Iiyama is brilliant, a 20inch version of the same would be nice but there only seems to be widescreen available. Less hight but wider seems to be a step backwards to me.
You wide users out there, how'd you find it?
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I've had llyama for years.
Another word of advice: Do look at monitors in stores before you purchase. Many of the new monitors, especially the 24" models use TN panels. Overall TN panels are very good, but the angles of view can be terrible. Some of them are so bad that there is color shift and graying out if the viewer is not looking directly at the monitor on a level plane.
I'm looking for a 24" widescreen right now and have been almost needing headache medication over trying to absorb information about all the different options, screen qualities, and objective and subjective evaluations.
I'll echo what a couple already mentioned: It's hard to go wrong with Samsung. ANY monitor will be a compromise. No monitor will do all things at top performance, but the Samsung seems to have the best compromise of qualities in its price range. I'll probably end up with a Samsung 246BW. It has the TN panel, but no problem, as I will be looking at it directly with almost zero angle.
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(17293)LG-22-TFT-LCD-Monitor-L226WTQ-Widescreen.aspx
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001083
The adjustable height is faaaantastic.
That one you linked to has significantly higher contrast; nice. Personally, I will probably never buy LG products because this mobile phone of theirs I have is total crap (faceplate broke from repeated openings, battery life went to hell and had to be replaced in 6 months, bad reception vs. other phones with the same provider, and it has a loose connection now that causes it to sometimes turn off randomly when jolted).
BTW (OFF Topic)... why do they always display the price without VAT as well? Can you purchase it without paying VAT?
Is it a law they have to do that so the consumer knows what the tax is on the item?
(/OFF TOPIC)
srsly
I also have the Samsung 225BW and absolutely love it, it's actually what brought me to SM in the first place (found this review)
It has it's weaknesses, but like Leo said, all panels do.
I'll bet that I am the only guy here that uses a wide screen CRT (24" Trinitron).
So, Saturday will tell. I'll let you all know how it pans out and thanks for the advice and comments.
Oh, and RyderOCZ, they tell you the VAT just to remind you who's in charge. There are only two or three things you can do in this country without having to pay the man, and you wouldn't do any of them in public.
......I am still using a CRT 19" Trinitron, on my secondary computer:bigggrin:......