Monitor

[Gamah]

Any good?

CIBOX C2201 22'' Widescreen TFT 1680x1050 1000:1 300cd/m2 5ms inc speakers 3 Years Warranty

 

[Gamah]

Or wants a 19" widescreen around the £130 mark.

 

[SkarIronfist]

Depends on the money you have to spend.

Bearing in mind the resolution of you monitor will have an impact on your game playing experience.

The 24" Benq FP241W (or WZ) are very good, but in the £500+ range (1920 x 1200).

 

[Gamah]

£130-£140

 

[Ballard]

There is potentially a major problem with that monitor depending on your requirements. In the linked page it says the monitor only has D-sub inputs. (i.e the typical VGA input that has been with us for like 15 years or something). You really want a DVI input. Infact most new video cards only have DVI connectors. Of course you can buy a converter but its not as good as a pure DVI connection. Double check with the supplier to confirm whether it only has D-sub input as it could just be a listing error.

p.s. If your video card is using D-sub outputs then it does suggest it is a little old so I would carefully check that your GPU can handle the native resolution of big widescreen monitors at acceptable framerates for your favourite games.

 

[SkarIronfist]

You may wish to look at having HDCP on the monitor. Since that will be required for HD DVD movie play back, without downscaling happening.

 

[echome]

Well I just got a Samsung 206BW - can't say ANYTHING bad about it. And it is rather cheap aswell.

 

[Raven]

Tesco have some decent monitors fairly cheap.

 

[Mas]

Just ordered myself one of these today..

Asus VW192S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

 

[Saggy]

Just ordered myself one of these today..

Asus VW192S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

Only VGA-input in that one too :S

 

[Mas]

Only VGA-input in that one too :S

Or if you require that input :-

19" Xerox XM3-19W Widescreen TFT Monitor, 800:1, 5ms, Multimedia 2 x D-SUB Black (3yr Manufacturer's Warranty) - XM3 19W - www.microdirect.co.uk

 

[Naffets]

You can bypass the HDCP requirement of hddvd/blu ray anyway, Legally too. You can just get an adaptor that fools the device into thinking its connected to a hdcp compliant monitor. Simple really

 

[Ballard]

Or if you require that input :-

19" Xerox XM3-19W Widescreen TFT Monitor, 800:1, 5ms, Multimedia 2 x D-SUB Black (3yr Manufacturer's Warranty) - XM3 19W - www.microdirect.co.uk

I think you are a little confused... both of the monitors you have posted have analog D-sub inputs which is unfortunately is very common in cheap monitors. Most people when looking for a new monitor these days want digital inputs (DVI) not D-sub...

 

[SkarIronfist]

BenQ 19" Benq FP91G+ 8ms TFT (9J.L1J72.5SE)

19" with DVI input £124

 

[SkarIronfist]

You can bypass the HDCP requirement of hddvd/blu ray anyway, Legally too. You can just get an adaptor that fools the device into thinking its connected to a hdcp compliant monitor. Simple really

Bah