What LCD would u get?

[pcman83]

Hey guys and gals,

I will be playing games, surfing the web. Mostly Oblivion and battlefield. The monitor is going to be powered by a 7950gt or faster card.

Im trying to decide between these three monitors. What do you think would be the best overall monitor.

SAMSUNG 225BW
Panel a-si TFT/TN LCD
Screen Size 22"
Widescreen Yes
Display Type WSXGA+
Maximum Resolution 1680x1050
Recommended Resolution 1680x1050
Viewing Angle 160°(H) / 160°(V)
Pixel Pitch 0.282mm
Display Colors 16.7 Million
Brightness 280 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio 700:1
Response Time 5 ms (GTG)
225BW

SAMSUNG 205BW
Panel a-si TFT active matrix
Screen Size 20"
Widescreen Yes
Display Type WSXGA+
Maximum Resolution 1680x1050
Recommended Resolution 1680x1050
Viewing Angle 160°(H) / 160°(V)
Pixel Pitch 0.285mm
Display Colors 16.2 Million
Brightness 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio 700:1
Response Time 6ms
Horizontal Refresh Rate 30 - 81 kHz
Vertical Refresh Rate 56 - 75 Hz
205BW

ViewSonic VX2025WM
Panel Active Matrix, TFT LCD
Screen Size 20.1"
Widescreen Yes
Display Type WSXGA
Maximum Resolution 1680x1050
Recommended Resolution 1680x1050
*Please verify your video card can support the recommended resolution of 1680x1050.
Viewing Angle 176°(H) / 176°(V)
Display Colors 16.7 Million
Brightness 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio 800:1
Response Time 8ms gray-to-gray (avg.); 16ms white-black-white (typ)
Horizontal Refresh Rate 30~82kHz
Vertical Refresh Rate 50~75Hz
Viewsonic

Please give me some input. ALso can Battlefield run widescreen?

 

[JackBurton]

Dell or Apple 30".

 

[Oyeve]

If money wasnt an issue I would get that massive HP one, forget the model but its beautiful!

 

[imported_Ned Flanders]

Dell 3007WFP

 

[mshan]

Westinghouse LVM-37W3:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16889234001
http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getp...php/masterid=18577153/id_type=masterid
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16889234001


(it's been as low as $1050 - $1100 recently at some Sam's Clubs and JR.com).

 

[Baked]

Samsung 70" LCD.

 

[pcman83]

Guys i meant between the monitors i was including.

 

[krotchy]

Viewsonic

 

[pkme2]

You might want to check that 22" Viewsonicx LCD @ Costco for $299 online or instore.

 

[SparkyJJO]

The viewsonic vx2025wm. Have it, love it :thumbsup:

 

[trueimage]

I had the viewsonic and returned it due to a dead pixel out of the box. I got the samsung 205BW and it is great, I love it. There was something just off about the viewsonic's picture, but I may have had a defective one.

I'd assume that the 225 is just the 205 but bigger, and therefore great also, but I've never tried one.

 

[dfuze]

I just picked up that viewsonic two weeks ago. I wasnt' able to compare it to the other models you have listed, but I am very happy with it. I got it at Office Depot when they had it on sale for $245, which I couldn't pass up.

 

[Seekermeister]

It may not be up to your standards, but have you checked this one out?

http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDeta...A51C3A63C1129D1B113F58F6E39A534525694F

 

[pcman83]

Thanks for the input keep it coming.

 

[KeithTalent]

I love my Dell 2407 as I have stated many times before and Oblivion looks pretty great on it powered by a 1900XT.

 

[Waylay00]

Just got my 225BW last Friday, and it's great! Love it...You really can't go wrong with any of those three.

 

[stogez]

The 225BW is just great...specially if you have 2 of them next to each other

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
It may not be up to your standards, but have you checked this one out?

http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDeta...A51C3A63C1129D1B113F58F6E39A534525694F

I would not consider this one. It is probably a knockoff samsung panel. If you want a 19" lcd, get the benq fp93gx. It is on sale for $210 shipped @ newegg.
For 20" widescreen, check out lg's offerings. They have an "8-bit" panel (not true 8bit but they use some special technology to achieve 16.7 million colors) that is very good. I found it for $330 @ circuitcity.com.

 

[Seekermeister]

Originally posted by: acegazda

Originally posted by: Seekermeister
It may not be up to your standards, but have you checked this one out?

http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDeta...A51C3A63C1129D1B113F58F6E39A534525694F

I would not consider this one. It is probably a knockoff samsung panel. If you want a 19" lcd, get the benq fp93gx. It is on sale for $210 shipped @ newegg.
For 20" widescreen, check out lg's offerings. They have an "8-bit" panel (not true 8bit but they use some special technology to achieve 16.7 million colors) that is very good. I found it for $330 @ circuitcity.com.

I have no idea of who made this, but I have spoken with some friends on other forums who have bought it, and were very happy with it. Considering the contrast ratio and the response time, I doubt that it is too bad of a monitor.

 

[w00t]

widescreen is not supported by BF2 if you were wondering but you can put you can modify things so there full screen without it looking bad but it's not true native widescreen.

check these forums out for alot of info on widescreen and gaming along with widescreen monitors:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/