Trying to find a good Monitor

[Stormblade]

Hey all,

Ok, I'm going to be replacing my monitors very soon. I had a couple of 27" but misfortune befell them and I actually wasn't happy with their text clarity as they were the same resolution as the 23/24" monitors.

So I decided to get a couple of good but smaller ones. After doing some research I decided on the Samsung px2370. I do like Samsung and have stuck with them for my monitor and HDTV for years now but I'm not completely stuck on em.

My problem now is trying to find these monitors for a good price. I checked my favorite places and they were either out of stock or unavailable. On Amazon there were used and refurbished ones only.

So my question is this. Do you guys know where I can get a couple of these monitors cheap or suggest a monitor that is the same or better than these.

What attracted me about these was:
1. LED (Like the energy saving and the suggestion that it's less eye strain)
2. Good Response time (Gamer)
3. Price (I saw them for around $200)

So given that I both program, read, play games and watch movies on my computer...you guys have any suggestions? Since I'm wanting to get two of these I'm trying to stay near $200 as much as possible.

 

[lehtv]

Asus VH series monitors are pretty nice for what they cost. Asus VH238H $165 @ Amazon. 23" 1080p LED 2ms gtg

 

[Phynaz]

You said you wanted a good monitor, and then you said you wanted a cheap monitor. Which is it you want, you can't have both.

 

[Stormblade]

You said you wanted a good monitor, and then you said you wanted a cheap monitor. Which is it you want, you can't have both.

Heh sorry. Good as in good enough. Cheap as in $200. So basically the best monitor I can get at that price point. The Px2370 would have met my criteria. Gonna look up that Asus and see what folks say. I could get a refurbished px2370 for $195 but was trying not to do that.

But if you know of a monitor that is just tons better than what I was looking at for under $300 do tell.

 

[Stormblade]

Asus VH series monitors are pretty nice for what they cost. Asus VH238H $165 @ Amazon. 23" 1080p LED 2ms gtg

Price is definitely good and folks do seem to like it. The only real complaints seem to be about their customer service or bad manuals or something like that. So unless I find someone really crazy wrong I think I may go for this one.

 

[Stormblade]

Just an update. They had the Asus monitor at my local Frys so I grabbed two. For some reason they limited it to 1 per customer but they let me buy two.

Got home and hooked everything up. Thought one was defective but apparently these don't auto detect source and it was set to HDMI only. I found a button and pushed and voila coming to you live on my new monitors.

Like em so far. Thanks much for the advice!