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19" LCD's with a max resolution of 1280x1024 seem to have a .294 dot pitch, even when they're high end, while the 17" will have a .264. Is the higher dot pitch going to be visible?
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Yes it is. Both 17" and 19" display 1280x1024, but since the 19" is bigger, it displays 1280x1024 on a bigger area, hence gives you a bigger picture.
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What do you think about 25ms response times versus 12ms or 16ms response times? I don't do too much gaming, but occasionaly I break out unreal tournament.
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The lower the better, but any of them is already good.
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Viewing angle: anyone who uses an LCD on a daily basis, do you ever find that viewing angle makes much of a difference? Most of the monitors I'm looking at have around 140/140 degree viewing, but some have up to 170/170. I'm not sure if I want to shell out the extra money for wider viewing.
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It's a personal preference I guess. My TFT has 150/110, and while the 150 are good, I sometimes wish I had better vertical viewing angle. But it depends on your needs to look at the screen from the side. 140/140 looks ok to me.
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Brightness: 250 cd/m^2 seems pretty common. Does anybody prefer more?
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No, it'd be too bright. About 250cd/mē is common and good. It's already more than twice as bright as a CRT. Also the brightness has an influence on the contrast ratio. A TFT with 250cd/mē and 450:1 contrast is good. A TFT with 370cd/mē and 450:1 has a lower contrast. . it's not the same. But when getting a TFT with 250cd/mē, 300:1 should be the minimum for contrast. The higher, the better.
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Connection: I've read some reviews and people say that with DVI the image quality is a bit better over the regular 15 pin D Sub cable. Does anyone have any experience with that?
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DVI looks better, although the difference is only slightly. I personally wouldn't get a TFT without DVI, and I don't understand why the manufacturers don't include DVI in every TFT, as it's cheap to include. Anyway, the picture also looks good with VGA, so unless you are a real quality freak like me, you probably won't notice.
And I only noticed the difference after I switched to DVI. Before that, I had no comparison anyway.
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Samsung and Viewsonic seem to be pretty well thought of, so that's what I'm looking at right now. Does anyone recomend any other brands, or specific monitors?
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Samsung ist good, but Viewsonic is bad for games. Also look at Philips, NEC, EIZO, they're also good brands.
RJ