[Pc_Support] Question about LCD speed.

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 00:43 -0500, Phil Barnett wrote:
> There's quite a few 19" 12ms around $250 with no rebates.

Yepper.  16ms is minimum at 60Hz.  12ms makes it perfect.  8ms leaves no
doubt (and would take 120Hz, if the monitors took such a signal -- might
be nice for 3D shutter glasses, but I haven't seen one capable yet).

The only kicker is the 1280x1024 resolution.

Few full-screen titles run well at 1280x1024, some force 1280x960, and
there's no "perfect divisor" to any other resolution -- and 640x480 is a
tad small.

1600x1200 (or even 1920x1200 16:10, which is 1600x1200 at 4:3) is nicer,
because it's a perfect 2x over 800x600.  Of course, it'll cost you well
over $500 for them, and rarely do even Dell's 20.1" 4:3 break $500 (only
the 20.1" widescreen which does 1680x1050).

At over $500, you might as well splurge to $779 (when on-sale) for the
Dell 24" with all sorts of features, or get a 30" something LCD with a
1366x768 resolution (as long as it has a 16ms refresh).

> Looks like a great christmas is a comin'.

Yepper.  Although I'm going to add my 2nd Windows system to my house
then, an Xbox 360.


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