i need a new 17 inch monitor

[the_music_man]

Hi, I need a new monitor 17 inch CRT preferably a flat CRt...my buget is around 100-130 bucks....

i was looking @ this Newegg and I can't decide whether to get a KDS, Hitachi, NEC, or an AOC...they all look good... I also saw Benq's somwhere else. Can anyone help?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...e=0&propertycode=&propertycodevalue=3792,2945

 

[the_music_man]

this one is personally what im loving...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-155-033&catalog=19&depa=1

 

[LPDad]

I don't know where you live, but I am in So California and we have computer shows about every month...

They are selling ALMOST NEW 19 inch and 21 inch monitors for $100. These are for the TOP brands, which are selling in the stores for alot more.

I would strongly suggest checking out the computer fairs...Lots of companies are switching over to LCD monitors and you can pick up their surplus moinitors for a song.

 

[the_music_man]

oh sometimes we get computer fairs in NC but not much... Do they usually include warranties when companys sell them?

 

[LeeJend]

If you want value for the dollar I highly recommend the Samsung 753DF (or the latest upgrade to it).

I brought home and tried 5 different monitors (cost was not a concern) and looked at another 10 in the computer stores. I ended up with this one for:

Price - under $150.
Controls - all I needed and then some.
Display quality - no eyestrain
Glare - lowest of nay monitor I looked at.
Flat Screen - yes

I have a couple friends who've bought them since and they agree it's best price trade off.


Some downside on big name$$$$$:
Trnitron tubes have the annoying horizontal gray lines from the tension wire.

Diamondtron have a very grainy appearance. The pixel aspect ratio is different from most brands.

Many "low glare" tubes are not.

Many flat screens use rounded tubes then have a seperate layer of glass over that to make it look flat. Glare/ghosting goes up.

Many low glare screens are actually cheap round tubes with a seperate flat glare screen over the top that causes low light level, color shift, and excessive internal reflections with dark screens.

 

[the_music_man]

cool on newegg that samsung is 119 bucks. neato! i'll check it out! thanks