lcd shopping... any suggestions???

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by jay567, Mar 9, 2003.

  1. Best Buy has 17" Samsungs on sale for $399 this week
     
    #11     Mar 9, 2003
  2. gnome

    gnome

    Sorry, I don't know. (I run 4 ATI cards... they're all singles.) Maybe you could ask canyonman00. He knows a lot.
     
    #12     Mar 9, 2003
  3. TallPaul

    TallPaul

    EIZO makes great monitors. I have two and they are awesome.
     
    #13     Mar 9, 2003
  4. I am glad you posted....this must be some kind of universal problem....I am not sure if it is card related, monitor, etc. This other kid I know, mostly gamer, bought an LCD........he was running three different cards from his machine......the LCD screen only worked on one of the cards....the other two gave a terrible pic output.....again, the fuzzy and unclear pic was very evident...this can really be a pain to look at literally, for more than 15 seconds............what gives on this???? so the tech support could get you nowhere......what video card were you running with which OS............................
     
    #14     Mar 9, 2003
  5. Whamo

    Whamo

    The CRT was bad when I received it. Replaced it with a Sony Trinitron and put it on the same video card and it worked great.

    I've replicated the LCD not displaying properly (blank screen for minutes) on several machines / video cards. I still need to do due diligence in my testing of the fuzzy display on my other LCD. Right now it's on a Radeon VE, but the Sony Trinitron hooked up to the same card looks fine. Previously I had them all running on an Appian X4 without any problems.

    I remember someone posting that they used Viewsonics on a trading floor and their reliability was terrible. I'm starting to see the same thing with the ones I have.
     
    #15     Mar 10, 2003
  6. gambler

    gambler

    Does anyone have any opinions on either one of these lcd's? Not sure which is the better buy.
     
    #16     Mar 10, 2003
  7. Yup, EIZO rocks. You will pay more however. Check out www.eizo.com .
     
    #17     Mar 10, 2003
  8. i own several 170s. very satisfied but would buy 191T now for extra inches of real estate.
     
    #18     Mar 10, 2003
  9. Babak

    Babak

    re viewsonic's fuzziness -- wow!! I don't konw what to say. I thought it was just mine that crapped out. I can't believe that they would churn out such crap and still have the reputation they do. What is up with that? or is it simply a matter of time until reality catches up to their reputation?
     
    #19     Mar 10, 2003
  10. Whamo

    Whamo

    Hopefully reality sinks in eventually. I think it's bull Sh** that I paid ~$800 each for 2 LCD monitors that crap out within a year. I'm going to the Buy.com web page to write a review right now:)
     
    #20     Mar 10, 2003