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Benq who? (monitors)

JeakJeak Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Games and Technology
I'm after a good monitor, partly for extra screen space, partly for an xbox 360. I came across this and to be honest I don't really have a clue about monitors, or BenQ. I'm after something that's 20"+ and under £300 but obviously 22" for 212 sounds great. Should I get this or spend a bit more on something better?

Forgot to ask, can I even use a VGA monitor with an iMac?

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm not sure if I'm reading it right but does it really only have a VGA connector? Sounds like it's a value monitor and you'll get what you pay for.

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  • Quasi StaticQuasi Static Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    You call that a monitor?

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  • LavaKnightLavaKnight Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Ben Q's a good brand, but I'd research specific models a bit more if you're going widescreen.

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  • JWFokkerJWFokker Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Viewsonic, Acer and Westinghouse are all as good or better than BenQ and usually less expensive as well.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm happy with my 19" Widescreen LG. Any bigger would have been too big since I sit pretty close to my monitor.

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  • MarvellousMMarvellousM United StatesRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I have a BenQ and its very nice, though its a bit bright and took me a lot of tinkering to get it the way I liked it. Its not widescreen though so I can't comment on that particular aspect.

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  • JeakJeak Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    The weird thing is, some sites list this monitor as having DVI, some as not.

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  • MarvellousMMarvellousM United StatesRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Jeak wrote:
    The weird thing is, some sites list this monitor as having DVI, some as not.
    Newegg has the black version of that monitor and if you look at the pictures it gives you visual confirmation of a DVI input.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    MarvellousM wrote:
    Jeak wrote:
    The weird thing is, some sites list this monitor as having DVI, some as not.
    Newegg has the black version of that monitor and if you look at the pictures it gives you visual confirmation of a DVI input.

    That's a different model. FP222W vs FP222Wa.

    It's annoying but a lot of monitor companies are releasing slightly different (cut down) models in the European marketspace.

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  • MarvellousMMarvellousM United StatesRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Rook wrote:
    MarvellousM wrote:
    Jeak wrote:
    The weird thing is, some sites list this monitor as having DVI, some as not.
    Newegg has the black version of that monitor and if you look at the pictures it gives you visual confirmation of a DVI input.

    That's a different model. FP222W vs FP222Wa.

    It's annoying but a lot of monitor companies are releasing slightly different (cut down) models in the European marketspace.
    Oh, I just figured the "a" was to do with the different colour. Oh well.

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