New Monitor

[Conan]

Hey guys, the hardware bug finally bit me again and I bought a new Samsung 940BW Plus 19 inch wide screen LCD monitor. It was priced at the equivalent of $ 238.330 US Dollars. Can you imagine around 7 years ago I bought my first 15 inch AOC LCD for $ 550 US Dollars! This thing looks huge compared to my old 15 inch LCD! I used the DVI connection to hook it up (I don't really know what's the advantage compared to the usual Analog connection). Native resolution is 1440x900 and the response time is 4 ms. Here's an actual picture and link to the specs:

http://www.samsung.com/ph/products/m...Specifications

[phishhead]

conan if you have the space you should go duel monitor. I love having 2. my secondary is a dell 19 inch wide that swivels to portrait for when I'm working on word docs or something.

[Conan]

That desk pictured above is all the space that I have so dual monitors aren't an option. I'm still amazed at how this one looks! Downside is my work monitor will look pretty depressing after getting used to this one.

[z3n]

Grats on your new monitor Conan.
Looks sweet.

I noticed a difference when i hooked up my DVi lead.
Everything appeared to look a little pixelated without it.

However I'm not sure if that was just in my head or real.

[Stripe]

Grats there Conan! Definately a nice buy.

I agree with the DVI connection. I only assume that it improves quality on high res/dvd movies. Not sure though since I don't watch too many on my PC.

[Conan]

Grats there Conan! Definately a nice buy.

I agree with the DVI connection. I only assume that it improves quality on high res/dvd movies. Not sure though since I don't watch too many on my PC.

The colors on this monitor seem to have come alive! I don't know if it's from the DVI connection or from the monitor's "close to actual color" performance according to some online reviews that I've read.

[veronica]

Congrats on the new monitor.

Where did you read the reviews for it?

Thanks in advance.

[Conan]

Congrats on the new monitor.

Where did you read the reviews for it?

Thanks in advance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/...tors-compared/

A few more came up in Google but sometimes it's the older all black model that's reviewed.

[efc]

tomshardware.com is a great source for hardware reviews.

[Amanda]

Nice monitor, we recently bought an Acer 19" wide screen LCD TFT monitor and it looks very nice on my desk

[FastGame]

Conan, thats a real nice monitor

[Conan]

Conan, thats a real nice monitor

Thanks! Hopefully in a month or two I'll start upgrading the rest of my hardware.

[rik]

Nice Mr. Moneybags...

[Conan]

Nice Mr. Moneybags...

Well my gear is getting pretty old and the US Dollar has depreciated by quite a bit versus our local currency making computer parts more affordable these days.

[egghead]

looks great! I have been using multi monitors for a while now with work and you will be shocked by my setup



Thats a projection screen on the wall about 120'' inch and two 22 inch hp w2207's and an AG Neovo F-419 19" LCD Display in the middle. I have two but have no room to put the other 19inch up.

My Daytek DT3220 32 LCD TV stopped working or I would have that sucker in the middle and the two 22inch's on each side lol when I move I think the two 19inchs would fit on the ends .

I use 3 computers one is a PVR and the other 2 are for work and they are connected to each other using a program called maxivista.

It basically lets you use your mouse and keyboard to control 3 computers or you can use the other computers monitors to act as an extension of your computer. Brilliant software.

crazy I know.....

When I move I will use them mostly for audio studio recording software and of course work and watching movies. don't play games much at the moment so I have not created an awesome gaming video card setup. Just use the one 8600gt and an x300 and an xt2000 ati.