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    Default In The market for a new lcd

    Ill looking for new lcd, i want around a 24inch and looking to spend around $300. So any screens you recomend or brands would be helpful.
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    What do you want in a monitor? Here is one that is 28" and $300.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824254026
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    Default Re: In The market for a new lcd

    wow prices have come down alot.

    this gets my vote.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824001280

    $50 off and doubles as a tv with cable in
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    Default Re: In The market for a new lcd

    You probably already know this, but make sure whatever you purchase is HDCP compatible. I was all excited when I got my monitor but then I went to hook it up to my buddies PS3 and it wouldn't work. Further research shows that I probalby couldn't even watch bluray on it if I wanted to.

    Probably common sense but I just thought I would throw it out there for anyone browsing through this thread looking for advice.

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    I actually did not know that! +rep for some good information.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zephik View Post
    I actually did not know that! +rep for some good information.
    From everything I've read its really just an issue with High Def content. If you don't plan to watch bluray and stuff on your comp then it probably isn't that important. I got excited because i was thinking about buying a bluray drive for my comp but my dreams were quickly crushed by the massive hand of DRM.

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    Default Re: In The market for a new lcd

    Also do you reckon that a lcd tv, is better than a lcd monitor (as in just a computer screen) quality wise, or the other way around?
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    I'd stick with PC monitors. Much better specs. If you want a tuner for television, then get one with a tuner or buy one separately. That way you get the best monitor for your purposes PLUS the ability to use it as a television. A PC monitor is the way to go here I think. An LCD Television would cost much more to get the same specs whereas for the same price you get much lower specs. I imagine this is probably why when you start getting into the 30"+ PC monitors they suddenly jump up into the thousand plus dollar range whereas you could spend that money on a regular television and get into the 40"+ range. PC monitors are better.
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    Default Re: In The market for a new lcd

    /\ This. In general, PC monitors are made to much higher specs than LCD TVs, simply because they are expected to be inspected from a much closer range.

    That being said, the reason why 30" PC monitors are so ungodly expensive is more because of the incredibly high resolution they are all made to (2560x1600) than the size of the panel. PC monitors generally have a much smaller pixel pitch than TVs, partly because, again, they are designed to be viewed from a much closer distance, but also because they can vary so much in resolution, whereas TVs are pretty much capped at 1080p.

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    So could you or would you say that PC monitors have a higher resolution than 1080p?

    "Oh yea, 1080p huh? Well, I have a 7020p! Beat that!" lol
    People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.

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