How do you find 26" on your eyes? Is it comfortable to work at?Originally posted by gster123
Dell do some good monitors, there was a review in 3D world a couple of years back thatrecommended them.
I use a 26" Ilyama monitor thats pretty good for the price.
Originally posted by hammer.horror
Best monitors for colour are CRTs.... I guess you don't want one of those tho!
We use apple displays for colour, although they don't do the matte finish anymore, so we also have Some of the pro NEC multisync ones.
You should be looking for a resolution no less than 1920x1080 and a high contrast ratio. Saying that some of these monitors have a high contrast ratio but still have a crap black, they just have a high white point.
For all the research I did when buying my TV, the Panasonic Viera's were always miles ahead. But if there was ever a second, it was the Sony Bravias. If ever I get into a conversation with anyone about tvs I say, Panasonic 1, Sony Bravia 2. And you say theyre better than any pc monitor youve used? I only want the one. Just as long as theres no blurring or anything like that. I can fiddle/live with black/white value issues I think. I just want a real crytsal sharp image with strong colours.Originally posted by legendofzombi
I'm running two 32 inch Sony bravia's on my computer
both are 1080 p, and they are hooked up via HDMI cables to the tv. sound running through the HDMI via SPDif interface.
PErsonally i love them, 80,000:1 contrast ratio, light sencing technology that automatically adjusts teh contrast according to the ambient light in the room around the tv for best quality of both color light and relaxation on your eyes.
120 on the refresh rate, i don't think any computer is beating that at the moment, I'm running a Nvidia 200 series gfx card, and it only supports up to 60 refresh, and that works fine for me, ...
for the money i spent on them 400$ per, it was well worth it, most 24 inch monitors i found locally only went up to 720 p resolution ( 1360x768 ) plus, The quality of the tv's image is much sharper and clearer then any computer monitor that i have ever used...
I have them mounted to the wall in-front of my desk, so I'm about 3 feet away form the primary and about 5 feet from the secondary, and they do not hurt my eyes at all, the auto adjusting contrast ratio is very very easy on the brain.
g-man
if you got a new tv wouldn't you be better off with an LED. plasma isn't great, it has that whole ghost thing going on and i dont know how likely this is but aren't they more easier to break?Originally posted by hammer.horror
i should add that plasma screens are better for colour than LCDs, so if you were going to get another tv and wanted the best colour then plasma imo.
i'll keep a look out for that. cheers jaque. i never knew all this frame rate/refresh stuff was an issue. i dont do any gaming on pc, it will purely be whats best for cgi. so ips it is.Originally posted by halfloaf
While you're there consider whether you want to go for a S-IPS/ H-IPS panel (better colour, viewing angle & image quality) VS. a TN panel which lacks colour accuracy / image quality.
The only downside of the S-IPS panels are they are slower than the TN panels, most range from 6-16ms, whereas the TN panels to as low as 2ms.
If you're gaming get a TN based LCD panel, if you're modelling painting and only occasionally game get a IPS panel.
I've got an old 2001 Dell 20" at home with an IPS panel and have a newer 20" Dell at work with TN panel...The differences in image quality and colour are quite significant!
Jacques