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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: simpleuser99 on January 04, 2003, 06:27:47 pm
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While we are waiting for the new build, I dop it is ok to ask a question to the general community.
It is not related to MC but I would like to ask about LCD Monitors.
I saw several at Best Buy and the three that looked the best were Viewsonic VA720 (17inch), Sony SDM-S81 (18inch) and the Mitsubishi NX85LCD-BK (18.1inch).
The ones that I like most was the Mitsubishi because it had DVI and RGB interface, great black color and much better/vivid color reproduction.
The only thing is that I was worried about the text and some specifications: 350 contrast, .281 dot pitch. The text - on the display model in the store - looked fairly poor.
Does anyone think that this could just be because there was a problem with the store model?
The mitsubishi has a large display and I like the colors, etc.
Should I go for this one?
Gary ?
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Do you play games at all? Specifically first person shooter games like Quake or Unreal? If so, I would definitely stay away from lcd's for now. They don't handle fast motion very well from what I've seen.
Other than that, I really have no input into this. The one lcd I had a chance to work on up close came from Dell. I have no idea what the specifications on it were, but the image quality looked really nice to me. This was solely for business use, though.
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Specs and gaming aside, make them hook the display directly to a computer and run it at it's best resolution before you buy it. I was in Best Buy last week looking at 17" LCDs (I already have 2 15" LCDs and I love them for text and static graphics) and they all looked terrible because they're all run through a splitter system from a single PC and they're all set to the lowest common resolution ( 1024x768 ). The Samsung, Sony and Mitsubishi all looked the same (to me anyway) but the Samsung had a smaller footprint and space is tight. Of course, they were out of stock. :(
Oh, If the store won't hook it up for you to give it a reality check, ask them if you can bring it back for a full refund without a restocking fee if you don't like it when you get home. Take names.
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They don't handle fast motion very well from what I've seen.
I've also heard the same about those $3000.00 LCD flatscreen TVs :o
Rob
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I checked out the LCD's because I don't really do much gaming. I have also noticed the motion artifacts common amoung LCD's. But I don't think that will be much of a problem for me.
I had Best Buy hook up the Mitsubishi and Samsung on a pc for me. The general image looked great but the text was horrible. I asked to check the monitors on another computer and, to my delight, he agreed. The text much much improved.
The guys at the Best Buy, that I went to, were very helpful.
I would like about 18" and DVI interface so I am leaning towards the Mitsubishi.
Since I mostly surf, edit web pages and listed to music (via MC) I think an LCD would be a good choice. It would save on space and I really like the fact that it is easy on the eyes.
Also, I read the white paper on the Mitsubishi page. They said to check that the LCD is ISO 13406-2 Class 2 Device. That means it is not supposed to have more than 5 dead pixels or else it is defective. An ISO 13406-2 Class 1 Device means not even one should be bad. So, the Mitsubishi rating of Class 2 must be pretty good..... I hope. ;D
Thank you all for the help and have a great weekend. :)
Gary
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P.S. I am sorry about the type-o's on my last message. I am burning the midnight oil. :P
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As long as you won't watch movies an LCD is nice. But the PQ on movies is lousy because of the slow update. You'll see (at least I see it, and it annoys me) ghosting of the images. 8)
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I've got the 18" Samsung Syncmaster 181T which comes with both a DVI and VGA connector. This means I can run it off of two PC's at the same time.
It also has the pivot function - where I can turn the screen to be in portrait mode.
Just watch out for the 'bad pixels' as they say they are allowed a few - but personally I don't want any when I'm paying this much for a screen. If you buy from a shop get them to connect it up first and see if you can see any bad pixels when you have a dark image on the screen (luckily this one doesn't have any).
Mark.