whats the better brand?

XxSNIPERxX · 07-05-2007, 05:05 PM

im after a good quality 22" monitor for under $500(au) and was wondering what the best i can get for this price is

i have looked around and the nicest one i could find is this one with the built in ipod dock which will be handy

http://www.viewsonic.com.au/products...ecs.php?id=275

what do u think? is viewsonic a good quality brand? and the other one i was looking at is this BenQ monitor

http://www.f1tech.com.au/prod.php?id=439

thanks for any help and advice

XxSNIPERxX · 07-05-2007, 05:36 PM

also what r the key things i have to look at when buying a monitor??

**dragon2309** · 07-05-2007, 06:24 PM

on the whole, IMO, viewsonic are the better brand by quite a bit.

Things you should be looking at when buying a TFT

Widescreen or not
Contrast Ratio
Brightness Rating
Resolution (native)
Connectivity (DVI, VGA, S-Video)
Speakers built in (usually real crap ones)
And obviously, viewing area, a 22" screen will sometimes only have, say, 20.5" viewable (worst case scenario, most are fine)

dragon

XxSNIPERxX · 07-05-2007, 09:15 PM

ohh are all the stats in the viewsonic one i have shown good?

ADE · 07-05-2007, 09:17 PM

looks good to me.

bluedishwasher · 07-05-2007, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon2309

on the whole, IMO, viewsonic are the better brand by quite a bit.

Things you should be looking at when buying a TFT

Widescreen or not
Contrast Ratio
Brightness Rating
Resolution (native)
Connectivity (DVI, VGA, S-Video)
Speakers built in (usually real crap ones)
And obviously, viewing area, a 22" screen will sometimes only have, say, 20.5" viewable (worst case scenario, most are fine)

dragon

you've forgotten response time

bluedishwasher · 07-05-2007, 09:23 PM

i would say the viewsonic one doesnt have good spec actually, very low contrast, i would reccomend the Samsung 226BW, fantastic monitor

maroon1 · 07-05-2007, 10:12 PM

Samsung 226BW is better than both

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ng%2b226BW

**dragon2309** · 07-05-2007, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluedishwasher

you've forgotten response time

Damn, always forget something

hermeslyre · 07-06-2007, 01:35 AM

Newegg doesn't ship to Australia.

http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products...id=2&sid=23932

This looks good, Other than the brand.

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