Looking for a good computer monitor

DeMoN

So I'm an artist and also and avid gamer, and I'm looking for a new monitor.

It has to be a decent sized widescreen monitor.

Any suggestions?

Thanatos

Acer makes good widescreen monitors for cheap.

proXimity

The Envision G2219w1 is Maximum PC's top rated budget moniter, 22" for under $300.

Samsung also makes pretty good LCDs

Tam

Depending on what kind of artist you are, you might want a CRT. If you need high contrast ratio, color clarity and depth, and for colors to not change depending on viewing angle, CRT is preferable. This is generally if you're a graphic designer. Sony's GDM line is good.

Now, if the work you are doing is not, or need not be, that sensitive, go for an LCD, obviously. I found a 22 inch Acer for $165:

http://www.antaresdigital.com/customer/product.php?productid=16780&cat=359&page=1

BrotherVoodoo

I like NewEgg. They have 22 inch acers for a little over 150 I think.

Spoit

But really, it depends a lot on the price range you are looking at

wasted pixels

I've found LGs to be easy to calibrate (and even fairly accurate out of the box), they're relatively affordable, and they're pretty easy to find. Best Buy carries them in most regions, and they go on sale fairly often.

I would also add that while dead pixels are becoming less and less of an issue with every passing year, it's still probably worth buying a monitor locally just in case. The RMA process is a huge drag for monitors, believe me.

DeMoN

I'm really looking for something around the range of 250$ to 300$.

What would be the best possible widescreen monitor I could get around that price range?

Samyaza

Just chiming in with my personal experience. I recently bought a 24" BenQ G2400W, and I've had trouble with this particular monitor. It has HDMI in and 1:1 pixel mapping, which is great, but it conflicts with the XBOX 360, so you get video stuttering with 1:1 turned on, as well as no sound over HDMI. The other problem is that it doesn't work over DVI (through DVI in) with my 2.2GHz Macbook (apparently only this model of Macbook). If you aren't anticipating having either of those two devices as your inputs, it's a fine monitor, although I'm sure BenQ has newer, similar products out by now.