Alwinp

Hey, i'm gonna buy a new monitor since this 17" is getting old and i wanna be able to play games on higher resolution (1600 x 1200)

So anyway, i had this monitor in mind wich is listed in my sig. The price is mentioned aswell.
http://www.informatique.nl/123393/asus-vw223d.html

Now, i'm not an expert when it comes to monitors, i have no idea what that contrast ratio thing means. (Contrast 3000 : 1)

But, aside of that i also wanna ask if there's any other 22" monitoros out there that would be priced less then the current one. I'm on a budget here so if i can cut prices down it would be a great great help.

So basicly i'm looking for something thats decent & delivers quality at the same time.

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BiG O

That monitor isn't bad for the price. As far as contrast ratio is concerned, you just need to know that the higher the better.

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RussianGrimmReaper

22" monitors have a native res of 1680x1050. You're actualy losing the number of pixels compared to your current monitor.

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Alwinp

then, what about this one?
http://www.alternate.be/html/product...l?artno=V5LKB6

Its priced 150€ and it has a contrast of 8000:1
Same max resolution & same ms time

*confused* but dousn't it still give the same image quality as a 17" ?

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BigFan

Hanns-G, LG, Samsung and ASUS are good monitors manufacturers That new monitor looks nice, similar to one I was looking at. LG is a good company, so, I think you'll be happy with that

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Discussion of a roomate:

boydyboyd

my dutch isn't that good but the 8000:1 contrast ratio is probobly accheived using something called "dynamic contrast" where the display changes the backlight brightness to give the impression of a high contrast ration. My current monitor has it and it drives me crazy, lol.

Either monitor is a good choice though.

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Acoma_Andy

Hey I see you are from Belgium

Take a look at this 21.5", it will do 1920 x 1080:

http://www.salland.eu/product/69761/...wv3he-001.html

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Alwinp

Thanks for noting that.
It drives you crazy, in what way?

Is it like you can actually see its dynamic or will it look like any other monitor?

Its priced 190€ here tho. but i'll keep this one in mind.

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RussianGrimmReaper

The screen is bigger with less pixels. The pixels are therefore bigger. The available sharpness is severly diminished. That said, the quality of the LCD is better, so the image will look better.

Companies love to lie about contrast ratios. There are two types, static and dynamic. Static ratios is the constant number of shades of gray that the panel is able to show. Dynamic contrast is a way to trick users. Dynamic contrast works by dimming the amount of power which the LCD pixels recieve, since they get less power, they aren't as bright, this gives you a higher contrast ratio, BUT, it doesn't look as good if you compared it to a screen with a static contrast ratio that's the same as a dynamic contrast ratio.

If you do want to use dynamic contrast to your advantage, you need to find a screen that is very bright, anything less than 450 cd/m2

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Solertia

How do you figure? 17 inchers typically have a native res of 1280x1024 or 1440x900.

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