Which LCD should I get?

go for something with high contrast ratio, and low response time


i have 2 19" lcd's by GEM for $229 each after rebate. i think the rebate's over now though. but they're amazing lcd's. 700:1 contrast ratio, 16 ms response time (not so great), but hell, it's cheap!

Where did you purchase the LCD's from?

i heard lcd aren't that great for games, is that true? there is some new ones that supposely better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824024505

Thats the one i decided on :) ETA is Wednesday... but itll prob get here Tuesday.

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Originally Posted by _John_Lennon_

Where did you purchase the LCD's from?

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www.pcmall.com

the rebates end on may 31.

I would steer clear of any Rosewill products. It seems to be the Newegg generic brand and historically is a cheaply made product.

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Originally Posted by Sonny21

i heard lcd aren't that great for games, is that true? there is some new ones that supposely better.

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LCD's are bad for games when there response time is to high, usually above 20ms, the frame rate of the game moves faster than the monitors pixels can change colors and you get a ghosting effect, but with the newer monitors this is no longer a problem.

I heard samsung is pretty good in lcd's actually

Yeah I hear samsung is really good.

What is the contrast ratio exactly and what does it mean?

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Originally Posted by bigdawgfoxx

Yeah I hear samsung is really good.

What is the contrast ratio exactly and what does it mean?

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contrast ratio is how clear the difference is between 2 contrasting colors. higher contrast ratio means sharper more crt-like images. i had a 19" with 500:1 contrast ratio. and games sucked in it. movies sucked too. the 2 i use now are 700:1, and they're just gorgeous