LCD Considerations...

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exoman

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First post here and looking forward to some awesome feedback.

I'm shopping for a widescreen LCD mainly to work on (2) documents side-by-side. (My 15" notebook just doesn't cut it with my aging eyes anymore.) This will be my office monitor for a notebook pc.

I've found some incredible prices recently. Example: Viewsonic Q19wb for $160 after rebate. Pretty good refresh rate (5ms) but kicker is that it doesn't have DVI input. I mess around some with digitial video. Should I opt for DVI input? How much difference will I see between digital and audio inputs?

Second question is resolution. One poster here indicated he/she suggests 20.1" monitor instead of 19". (Something about vertical resolution more than 1000?)

Any advice appreciated as I need to do this very soon. (To save my dang eyes!)
 
Well... it depends on what you use your computer for. If you using it for video and graphics, you should get a cooler brands like sharp or samsung. Quality is really a factor, especially when working with 3d graphics. You should also buy yourself a video card that could handle such resolutions.
 
Video card is "good enough" for me. Mainly interested in the widescreen for multiple documents open at once. (doc and spreadsheet) While I do some video, I don't think it warrants DVI. BUT, if there is a dramatic difference in sharpness even with static files, maybe DVI is worth it. Can somebody answer this as well as difference between 19" and 20.1" LCD monitors.
 
As far as DVI vs VGA there is a little clarity difference its a little sharper but for the average user it wont make much of a difference do you actually have a laptop with DVI on it? I'm sure you knew this already but its a totally different setup there for that one...
 
Exoman
s-video looks like this
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but you are wanting dvi which looks like this
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my guess is your laptop has a port for vga which looks like this
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if thats the case you want to get any monitor that has vga on on it for your laptop..
 
Nope, no ports that look like the DVI you show. Guess I'll find the best non-DVI widescreen.

Any reason I should not consider a 20.1" widescreen instead of a 19"?
 
Not really if you are using a laptop unless you can find one for the same price it wont make much of a difference for you as an average user.
 
Codeman:

Here are my priorities:

#1 - 20.1" diagonal (preference for 1680 x 1050)
#2 - Speakers

Frontrunners are ViewSonic VX VX2025 or 2035wm. Does Samsung have anything in this category? Any others I should be considering?
 
Don't get speakers with your LCD! In addition to making the LCD look junky, they are totally horrible as far as sound quality. I don't even have mine hooked up, they are so bad
 
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