stiscooby

I am on the look out for a new 19" TFT Monitor as my old CRT monitor is about to give up the ghost, bloody thing keeps turning off!!

Can anyone recommend any reasonable makes/model to look at? I'm not looking to spend hundreds just want a reasonably good one.

Thanks

jpor

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Have a look here:

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/03/27...collection_uk/

DrEvil

Samsung do a good one for about 220, which includes a DVD port.
Also Viewsonic's VP920 is s'posed to be good.

Moonloops

Viewsonic gets my vote everytime!

Simon C

I've been very happy with my Sony X Black, at 300 quid not cheap but a very nice monitor especially when its been calibrated.

DrEvil

Some info on different 19" TFTs here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=17299216

Personally, I'd got witht the Samsung, a few people I know have picked them up... Samsung SM-930BF 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (240 ish btw, sorry).

Dream Weaver

I hated the Samsung 930BF and sent it straight back to eBuyer, though it took months to get my money back.

It looked great, but was too bright and had terrible gradients from top to bottom on solid colours - I had to tilt the top right down for it to look any good.

Maybe OK for gaming, but dont get it if yuo do any multimedia work.

I haven't replaced it, as that experienced tarred TFT's for me, compared to my Iiyama 19" CRT

Dream Weaver

Oh and I put a 1-star review as such on the ebuyer site, and they never listed it for the 930BF, which explains now why so many products are highly rated - they only include positive reviews

DrEvil

OK - jeeez - say what you mean!

The people I know my friends that have them use them for gaming, so don't need exact colours - and were also driven by budget.

messiah

Just ordered a 19" Dell from Aria for £187.

Used to have them where I worked and they were pretty good - lots of connections and a USB hub built in too.

RoadrunnerV2

Ebuyers reviews are becoming more and more meaningless as the average is also 5 stars even though it’s not the case for the majority of reviews.

RichB

i have an ag neovo f-419 - really pleased with it, does DVI, comes with both cables. Now about £180 ish from memory

KSUMG

Take a look at www.mcscom.co.uk they have some very good deals on Dell ultra sharp monitors.

jpor

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Also some here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/lcd19.html

And before someone posts it. No they may not be the cheapest available. But it gives you an idea.

Taff107

This......

Very highly recommended

stiscooby

Thanks for all the info! I think the Viewsonic models are looking quite good for the money

Dream Weaver

Indeed. Ebuyer have gone right down in my estimations. I spent £1k with them last year, but haven't spent a penny with them this year.

It didnt help that my credit card was cloned shortly after the Samsung monitor fiasco, and it happened in Sheffield, Ebuyers home.

Not saying they were anything to do with it, but it worried me.

jpor

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Out of interest who do you use now?

Dream Weaver

Ebay at the minute

Not sure though in reality, will probably go back to Dabs again, they were always good.

jpor

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E-bay

I have heard a few bad things about dabs. Although I believe Overclockers are/were the same for deliveries.

Thanks for sharing though

Dream Weaver

ebay is good for brand new electrical stuff etc, just have to watch what your doing on there.

AllanB

Dabs are being caned by ebuyer from what I know and have lost about 35% on sales. Ebyuer appear Ok as long as you donlt need anything from them apart form product, You do get what you pay for to a degree.

Re the Monitor I've got an Apple 20" Cinema Display, OK not cheap but its awesome, by far the best LCD monitor I've seen. The one you seriosuly should consider though is the Formac Gallery. They do a few different sizes and the price varies a bit depandant on what colour you want but they are a superb bit of kit. Viewing angle is vast, colours are natural and the respnse time is excellent. Resolution is 1280 x 1024. 3 yr warranty and built in USB hub too.

We sell loads of these and they are amongst our best selling displays to the demanding creative market yet they are not too dear.

http://www.macwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/FORMON19
http://www.macwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/FORMON23
http://www.macwarehouse.co.uk/catalogue/item/FORMON18


AllanB

Dream Weaver

I assume they are Mac only Allan?

Daz34

I have a Viewsonic VX912 and it has performed faultlessly with no dodgy pixels and excellent IQ.
Never had a problem with ebuyer either, although I know others have. I accept that the returns service might not be the best but that is outweighed for me by the savings on products I get from them, like the iPod video I bought a few weeks ago.

RichB

DW - No its DVI, they used to have an ADC connector that you could get a DVI adapter for...
Beautiful screen, I also have the 20". My ag neovo is my 2nd screen...

Price (£549inc) has been stable for ages now, might be a drop soon though, they did drop the 23" and 30" some time ago...

Dream Weaver

Cool, may have a look at one of them, price seems good for the 19"

john_s

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I've got a 19" Digimate from www.aria.co.uk and it does just fine for me. I've had mine a while now. They are currently doing them for ~£135 + VAT I believe.

John.

Iain Young

I love my Samsung 21". Very clear for both gaming and multimedia work.

I've seen the 19" ones (930) and they look equally as good. They did seem a bright out of the box, but that could soon be fixed by running the calibration routines and turning the brightness down a bit

AllanB

No the Formac stuff is all DVI equipped there are no Mac only connections now as Apple donlt use ADC as good as it was. YOu can get ADC models if you must.

Forget the Formac name as it was built supplying the Mac base but the kits brilliant on any computer Mac or PC.


AllanB

jpor

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Sounds good.