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Buying a Monitor

Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Registered User regular
edited October 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm going to get a new monitor for my computer. Any advice? I'm thinking of getting this one from Newegg (it comes in #1 as their highest rated monitor):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236052

I've got about a $200-ish budget.

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  • wogiwogi Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Newegg is pretty reliable. Five stars at 1200+ reviews is a pretty good bet.

    The only thing to remember is that with most hardware and electronics, you get about what you pay for.

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  • MushroomStickMushroomStick Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    If you could go $250, woots got a 27" debranded HP monitor on their moofi site.

    http://moofi.woot.com/moofi/themark

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  • RaekreuRaekreu Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    wogi wrote: »
    Newegg is pretty reliable. Five stars at 1200+ reviews is a pretty good bet.

    The only thing to remember is that with most hardware and electronics, you get about what you pay for.

    So, so true.

    I picked up an Acer 23" monitor for ~$169 this past winter. The specs are pretty good, but...it has some issues. The power button is temperamental and it tends to make a high pitched whine at certain ambient temperatures, ie too warm/too cold=mosquito buzzing sound. For another $20, I could have gotten a different brand that probably wouldn't have been so touchy.

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  • wogiwogi Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Raekreu wrote: »
    wogi wrote: »
    Newegg is pretty reliable. Five stars at 1200+ reviews is a pretty good bet.

    The only thing to remember is that with most hardware and electronics, you get about what you pay for.

    So, so true.

    I picked up an Acer 23" monitor for ~$169 this past winter. The specs are pretty good, but...it has some issues. The power button is temperamental and it tends to make a high pitched whine at certain ambient temperatures, ie too warm/too cold=mosquito buzzing sound. For another $20, I could have gotten a different brand that probably wouldn't have been so touchy.

    Really? I've got an Acer, about the same size (no idea how much, Christmas present and all) and I've never had an issue with it.

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  • RaekreuRaekreu Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    wogi wrote: »
    Raekreu wrote: »
    wogi wrote: »
    Newegg is pretty reliable. Five stars at 1200+ reviews is a pretty good bet.

    The only thing to remember is that with most hardware and electronics, you get about what you pay for.

    So, so true.

    I picked up an Acer 23" monitor for ~$169 this past winter. The specs are pretty good, but...it has some issues. The power button is temperamental and it tends to make a high pitched whine at certain ambient temperatures, ie too warm/too cold=mosquito buzzing sound. For another $20, I could have gotten a different brand that probably wouldn't have been so touchy.

    Really? I've got an Acer, about the same size (no idea how much, Christmas present and all) and I've never had an issue with it.

    Could just have been a fluke with my particular one. When I got mine, my brother got one a few days later to replace his aging monitor that had an alarming number of dead pixels. His works without any kind of hitch and has given no problems whatsoever. Identical models, probably from the same manufacturing batch, even.

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  • reddeathreddeath Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I recently visited a friend, and his younger brother had just picked up one of these:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254048

    Had a pretty quick response time, looked nice, plus it was big and easy on the eyes. The 27 is very close in price. In hanns-g brand, I believe the 27 is only 299 from the egg.

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  • Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    That Hans-G model seems to be larger and have better stats but the same price as the ASUS model. Would I be better off purchasing the Hans-G over the ASUS?

    Would it help to know what video card I have? (Not much, just this cheap-o model.)

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It might cost a bit more but it's well worth paying a little extra for an LED backlit one. Smooth even backlighting, thin, and take almost no power. Gorgeous.

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  • Sir CarcassSir Carcass I have been shown the end of my world Round Rock, TXRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I've had the VH232H for about 6 months now and I love it. Looks great, doesn't have any dead pixels that I've seen, and has been great for gaming. I have my PC hooked up through DVI, and I also have my Xbox 360 hooked up through HDMI. My only complaints are if you're using the 360 and switch to DVI, when you switch back to HDMI it resets the 360, but I think that's more the 360's fault, but it's something to keep in mind. Also, the button labels are hard to read, so it can be a little frustrating at first unless you have good lighting in the room. The other thing is that it's hard to mess with the connections unless you can easily rotate the monitor base or get behind it. It's not a big deal for me since I don't mess with them much, but it's there. Some of these may just be with flat panel monitors in general, as this was my first coming from a large CRT.

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  • ArtereisArtereis Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I absolutely love this line of ASUS monitors. The LED backlight makes the screen really vibrant, and the unique base is far more stable than any other monitor I've used.

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  • LykouraghLykouragh Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I hear that, due to overproduction, LCD prices are going to plummet this holiday season. You might want to wait a month or so.

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