Help To Select Lcd Monitor

[ssr 10]

I wanted to buy an LCD monitor for

Games

movies

After 3 month of research finally I shortlisted

Viewsonic VX922 (2 ms) 19"

Viewsonic VA1912w (8 ms) 19" Wide screen

Viewsonic VA2112w (8 ms) 20" Wide screen

Viewsonic VX2025wm(8 ms) 20" Wide screen

But now I am stuct thinking which one to buy.

I anyone is using one(or many ) of the above monitors please write the experiece with games and movies

If have played any games please write the name of the game and Graphics card used.

Edited September 2, 2006 by ss_rakesh

[Ganesh 0]

LCD monitor is not good for gaming. CRT rocks for gaming

[amitbt22 2]

Why Sir Can u Explain :

[abhay 0]

Why Sir Can u Explain :

i dont play much games but i do know that its something related to response times of LCD they are tooo high for gaming << heard it from www.techtree.com

they recommended if u wanna play games then take a LCD monitor which has the lowest response times

[basant_jp 0]

There are several reasons that makes LCD displays a second choice for gaming. Couple of major problems that I have experienced myself are -

1. Response time - CRTs have better response times. It refers to the time needed for the screen to update pixel colors. They are important for gaming and other fast moving images, like playing movies. Ghost or 'Trailing effect' will occur when certain pixels seem to lag behind the action. Well, most high end LCDs now offer very good response times (below 16 millisecond), which makes them generally acceptable for gaming. However, CRT monitors are better, because their response time are not noticeable to most users.

2. Viewing Angles - LCD monitors have a limited viewing angle. They are not clear at edges of angles, compared to CRT monitors. However, most high-end LCDs these days have corrected this problem to a great extent.

A CRT monitor is way better (at present) when playing fast games but LCDs are definitely better in strategy games or word processing...and other such non-motion or limited motion things. In the times to come(not very long I would say), we will surely see LCDs having better or atleast equal response times compared to the age old CRTs.

My own idea for 'today'-

Use a CRT monitor if you are a hardcore gamer and can't live a day without it. Use an LCD if you play 2D games or if u work on things like word processors, 3D Max or Photoshop OR if you can spend good money on LCD having response times below 12 millisecond.

Cheers!

Edited September 2, 2006 by basant_jp

[Ganesh 0]

I agree with basant totally

one can get LCD monitors with 3ms response too but they are costly

and main issue is view angle

[ssr 10]

It seems no one using these monitors

[petar 15]

the problem in most LCDs used to be Ghosting images in games where graphics change very very fast.

This has been addressed in newer LCD monitors n LVD Tvs.

So i think that should not be a problem with this respect.

What i would suggest is ..go get a DEMO. If u are satisfied with what u see,,, why bother asking what others feel.

[ssr 10]

Ya think that's the only way left.

But the prob is shop owners here, they wount give the demo.

[amitbt22 2]

I strongly agree with u Rakesh.This is d main problem.

[abhay 0]

What i would suggest is ..go get a DEMO. If u are satisfied with what u see,,, why bother asking what others feel.

have u ever heard of something called suggestion

what ss_rakesh did by opening this topic is the main concept behind forums / BB's / etc etc and i suppose thats y u and i have joined rimweb

Edited September 3, 2006 by abhay

[kshah 452]

even benq are good monitors, I have 17" 8 ms refresh. With very little distortion. I compared with LG and Samsung but found benq better. All LCD will have ghosting problem even if refresh rate is 3 ms, but smaller the time lesser annoying.

Ensure that viewing ange is greater and has non reflective surface. Do not go for high reflective screens, which is very much in vogue these days. I forgot what they say to reflective screens.

[petar 15]

@ ABHAY-

I know SS_rakesh was asking suggetiong. I gave mine. If u read the full post as one instead of breaking into phrases, you would have got it.

@SS_Rakesh-

If am surpised u are not getting demos. Try going to newly opened store- they do anything to grab customers . Exhibitions/Fairs are also nice place to chek all this stuff.

[ssr 10]

@SS_Rakesh-

If am surpised u are not getting demos. Try going to newly opened store- they do anything to grab customers . Exhibitions/Fairs are also nice place to chek all this stuff.

I donot know about u'r city, But here in Bangalore ppl wount keep these things in store.

after placing the order they will get it from distributer or from some other city.

I saw some stock only in computerwarehouse.(17") and when I went with my friend to buy a 17" monitor they refused to show a demo by connecting to a sys.

I was like buying a TV without switching it on and just by looking at some powerless monitors and throwing some dice

My first choice was VX922 which is fastest of all monitors and it cost around 20K I also saw its review in Toms hardware, But there no proper review for other monitors.

20.1" widescreen monitors gives lot of desktop space.

Since all the widescreen monitors are 8ms i am little bit confused whether to go for that or not

Exhibitions/Fairs-> I donot know when these this comes to bang.

Edited September 6, 2006 by ss_rakesh

[ssr 10]

even benq are good monitors, I have 17" 8 ms refresh. With very little distortion. I compared with LG and Samsung but found benq better. All LCD will have ghosting problem even if refresh rate is 3 ms, but smaller the time lesser annoying.

Did u play any new games on that monitor?

and What about movies?

[petar 15]

have u cheked ViewSonic OptiSync VX924 Xtreme Gaming 19" LCD Monitor

specially for gaming. its for 299$ on amazon. dunno abt india.

[ssr 10]

I forgot to tell which monitor I finally took.

I was looking for VX922, But no stock in bangalore.

Many shop ppl told that viewsonic stoped selling VX922 and they r now selling new 19" monitor in VP series

(But that monitor was there from long time )

Finally I purchased Samsung SyncMaster 940BW (19" Wide screen, 4ms)

for around 15.3k inc tax (2Months back)

It is cool.

This monitor has 2 connectors(one VGA and another DVI)

I played Games like Half life 2, Supreme commander in fullsettings and wide screen and no ghosting at all

It is having an option to use different settings for usage(Gaming, movie, custom, Internet, sports, Text).

There is a button in the front panel from which the above modes can be selected quickly.

[theking 35]

cool...

i use samsung sync master 510n at home and its real cool!

[HetalDP 947]

Go for ViewSonic 22" Wide it cost only Rs. 23000

[ssr 10]

Go for ViewSonic 22" Wide it cost only Rs. 23000

It is VX2253 ( Widescreen and 5ms)

I wanted to buy that monitor, but it costs aroung 25k here

I was waiting for about 5 months for that monitor thinking that its price will drop bellow 20k.

But it's price was droping just few hundreds per week.

So I decided to buy just 19" and when the times comes(May be after few years ) I can upgrade to 30 or 40" monitor

[Ganesh 0]

for gaming 940BW is the best since it has 4ms response time