Monitors

**8-5-8** · 06-15-2005, 11:00 AM

I live and work in close proximity to an art school and the and all I ever see in the comp labs are CRT's. And I don't think cost is a factor in their choice, as annual tuition easily tops $25k-30k/year. Most of the graphic designers I know use CRT's as well. I have one friend with an LCD and he seems happy with it, but I prefer a 19" CRT over an LCD anyday.

edit: and I also recommend TigerDirect as a great choice for price and service

**Vigcs** · 06-17-2005, 08:40 PM

I recommend www.newegg.com , I've had the best experience with them buying computer parts.

**God** · 06-19-2005, 10:44 AM

Is there a site that would explain all of the various specs on the LCDs to look for and provide ratings?

**CoventryCat86** · 06-19-2005, 10:49 AM

LMAO!!!

Welcome "God"

**dHUTCH** · 08-17-2005, 02:16 AM

Hex on my desktop machine I run one of Viewsonic's new 19 inch flat panel LCD's. Absolutely LOVE the size of the monitor, I'm able to read anything and still have a lot of stuff on the screen at once. I was able to play some games that demanded some pretty high graphics cards on the monitor and had no problem. Im talking like half lifes new engine for graphics which puts a load on almost any new PCI EXPRESS card(new highest standard card, AGP is no longer the king). I have a PCI express card along with that 19 inch monitor and i was seeing 80-100 fps on games like counter-strike source and doom 3. I'd reccomend that brand of monitor to anyone. In fact my dad has a 17 inch LCD monitor from Viewsonic and he loves his too............good product if u ask me

**Jonsey5484** · 08-17-2005, 08:15 AM

Hex, if you want the best picture for your Computer. Buy a grahics card with A/V jacks on it. Hook it right up to the biggest tv you got. I have my Computer hooked to my 42" widescreen. What could be greater than gaming and surfing the net on a 42" widescreen monitor. As long as you have a tv with good A/V jacks in it, you are set, why waste money on another monitor when you probably have a few tv's.

**dHUTCH** · 08-17-2005, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Jonsey5484

Hex, if you want the best picture for your Computer. Buy a grahics card with A/V jacks on it. Hook it right up to the biggest tv you got. I have my Computer hooked to my 42" widescreen. What could be greater than gaming and surfing the net on a 42" widescreen monitor. As long as you have a tv with good A/V jacks in it, you are set, why waste money on another monitor when you probably have a few tv's.

Or what Jonsey said would work great but.....this is assuming you would comfortable sitting on your couch with your keyboard in your lap rather than on a desktop. It's all a matter of preference. I actually have my computer hooked up to two monitors and then to my television all at once. I only use the television if I want to watch my recorded TV shows from Media Center. Either way you go, you wont be dissapointed.