Re: Can you recommend a good 19"+ flat screen monitor?

[Chris Whelan <cawhelan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dan wrote:

[...]

> Now, I find your comment about not buying online intriguing. But
> doesn't shopping in the highstreet cut down your choice of monitors
> plus which isn't it normally cheaper online?

The only reason I would not want to buy an LCD screen online is that there
is a significant difference in appearance between different types. Using
one of the dreaded big name high street stores that I usually avoid like
the plague, at least gives you an opportunity to compare. Of course, you
could use the showrooms, then still buy online.

If you are able to find somewhere that will let you see the one you are
buying powered up, it's worth paying a premium IMHO so that you could
reject a screen with dead pixels. This may not be important to you; it
would annoy the hell out of me!

> I've taken your comments about screen resolution into advice, and I'm
> now looking at maybe getting a 22" screen. The Dell SP2208WFP is my
> current favourite. It's a wide screen with a built in webcam.
> 
> Dan

Dell certainly have a good reputation for their screens. I have a Dell LCD
17" that dates from 2001. It is still in regular use at the desk where I
test newly-built and repaired machines.

Chris

-- 
Remove prejudice to reply.