[O/C]2010 LCD Buying Basics

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2010 LCD Buying Basics
by nightelph and aznkc730

A decade into the 21st century, LCDs are no longer luxury items, but now a de facto part of every desktop PC. Increased competition and production by manufacturers are to thank for the affordability of LCDs today, but the flooding of the market with seemingly infinite choices have made choosing the right LCD more and more difficult. With that said, this guide is meant to help the average user quickly sort through the choices, and find the LCD that's right for them.

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[nightelph]

Cool, the first frontpage article for the Displays section!

 

[||Console||]

very good artical, glad I have one well laid out place to point people to for this Info .

 

[Omsion]

Very nice

Now for the article on LCD recommendations for each panel type

 

[Gwiggles]

Very nice

Now for the article on LCD recommendations for each panel type

I'd like to see something along these lines too. I understand TN panels, but when we get into all the other panels, I'm just lost in the large price-tags

 

[7keys]

We really need something like this as a sticky in the Displays and Imaging Devices section. Every day there are people asking these type of questions.

 

[Hella-D]

Im Not A Professional Graphics Artist Or Anything But Id Take An S-IPS Panel Over A TN+Film Panel ANY Day, They Arent Exactly Unaffordable You Just Gotta Look Around, NEC Makes A 23" S-IPS For Just Over $300.00

I Play Alot Of Games But I Think Color Accuracy Is Important, The More Realistic The Colors In The Games, The More Realistic The Game Is.

Im Currently Running Dual Monitors On My Mid-End Gaming PC, A 20" DELL 2001FP S-IPS (Main) And A 19" Sanyo LCD HDTV TN+Film.

The 2001FP Is Only Rated 16ms But Actually Has Less Artifacts And Smearing Than My Friends 24" 4ms Rated TN+Film Gaming Monitor (You Cant Really See It On Ither Display Unless Your Paying VERY Close Attention) But My Color Accuracy Is MUCH More Noticable.

 

[Gwiggles]

We really need something like this as a sticky in the Displays and Imaging Devices section. Every day there are people asking these type of questions.

New people don't usually bother to look at the stickies before posting questions that are already answered

 

[ratbuddy]

This is 2010... Why no mention of the 120hz option?

 

[denisty]

this site will help you find the limitations / weakness of a LCD monitor.
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

notes:
1) you need to bring a netbook / laptop, plus connect to monitor via hdmi/vga/dvi and run the test at native resolution to do this test.
2) this test is ineffective for CRTs, but still educational to try it, because even old CRTs will ace majority of these tests.

Also, smallest 1080p should be 23", IMHO. I tried 21.5" 1080p and the text at default resolution is too small. Pictures look nice since the dot pitch is small, but when you read web pages, you need to enlarge the text. I think those 1080p laptop 17" displays are impractical.

Finally, if you are a gamer, better match your display res. w/ the right video card.

 

[7keys]

New people don't usually bother to look at the stickies before posting questions that are already answered

Yes, but you can just just point them to the sticky instead of answering the same questions over and over.