Flat screen monitor ?'s
 

Im thinking about getting a flat screen monitor for my computer . But i dont know anything about them :lol: . Im looking to spend around $200.00 . So can some educated people please help a brother out :lol:.

This is what I have and love it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...310&Tpk=2232bw

As far as specs go and what kind is better then the other I don't have much experience there. We have all Dell's at work now and got a couple at home also. They are great as far as screen resolution. The dells have usb port in them to allow other connections. Just need to connect a main usb to the pc and they go. These can be rotated so you can have it landscape or protriate mode through the ATI software. They have connections for both digital and/or analog connections depending on you video card. Could double as a tv if you have the right setup. Just the amount of space the DON'T take up is worth the money.

Sean is it just plug & play or is there any thing special i would have to do ?.

You'll probably just have to pop in the cd with it to load the new drivers. Other than that, it's just a matter of plugging it in.

I have an HP 2207 had it for a year~ish. Got it from Sams club for maybe $180, unless you are a gamer which you didnt mention, the sheer size and price was perfect. Just having the bigger screen for my old 37 year old eyes makes it great. Got I dont game on the PC, have my PS3 and LCD TV for that. That Samusung looks alot faster and nicer than mine and $20 more....nice

sean my computer uses the big blue multi pin plug . Is that compatable with this screen ?.

That Samsung is nice! They are a good brand and that's an awesome price. I bought a 19" Acer 16:10 about 3 years ago and it's been a great screen so far. It's very clear, no dead or lazy pixels, no ghosting, etc.

Yep, that's what I'm using on mine as well.

I bought this monitor . Skellyo said it looked real good for the price . Plus all the positive reviews .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...45&Tpk=x223wbd

Newegg is a good place to shop. So is Tigerdirect.

Here's a quick search of lcd screens for $100-$199.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...199.99|&Sort=1

This one is a stud:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...IN#detailspecs

I have the HP 2207 also. What ever you choose make sure you have enough video to run it. No sense to get a great monitor if you can't push it.

I got a beautiful Gateway HD2200 at Tiger Direct for about $200. Has been awesome to me so far. It doesn't have any USB ports or anything, but it has component in, HDMI in, DVI in, VGA in, and has an awesome touchscreen border instead of buttons :mdr:! Even though it was refurbished, it had no dead pixels or scratches or anything. FRIGGEN AWESOME MONITOR!!!

Brijar!!!

This is what i got . http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...45&Tpk=x223wbd .

I have a dell dimension 4600 . i dont know what is has for video .

I got my monitor yesterday . It's HUGE :lol:. It'a a little bright but maybe thats because im used to a regular monitor ? & not a flat screen . I lowerd the brightness to 60% & the contrast to 40% . Youtube videos look a little differnt on the flat screen compared to the regualr screen .

Yeah, LCDs are notoriously brighter than CRTs (tube style). You'll love the desk space it creates, less wasted heat, picture quality, and saved energy. :smile:

For optimum viewing of text and other office-type applications, set the video card resolution to whatever the LCD pixel dimensions are. So, if your new LCD is 1280X1024, set the video card resolution to that. It the text/icons look too small, you can increase their size. For gaming/TV/video it matters less since text is not as important.

Now all you need to get is a TV tuner card, hook up cable/antenna/whatever to it, and watch your favorite programs in a little window while on the forums! :smile:

Or just get a Slingbox!

(Love my Slingbox!)

SKELLY I have that samsung also. unreal picture quality. I have Samsung flatpanels through out my home. I love there picture quality and Customer Service

Brian i dont now how to do that .Maybe i can get sean to come down here & make the adjustment for me :whistle::lol:. My monitor resoution is 1680x1050 . I gained almost 1 1/2 feet of table space :lol:

Just follow these instructions:

Go to your desktop (your main background itself, not the file location)
Right Click on the desktop
Click on Properties
Click on the Setting Tab
Adjust the Screen Resolution slide bar to 1680x1050

If that resolution is not available, you probably need to install the drivers for your monitor if you haven't done so already.

What do you mean drivers ?. There was nothing to install . all i had to do was plug it in .

Sean i tried what you said . there was no settings tab to click on .

Sometimes, the video card does not "see" what the monitor is specifically - it just knows to output a signal at the most common resolutions. The LCD should have come with a CD (or can go d/l from the website) that tells the computer what resolutions the monitor supports.

If that 1600x1050 res is not available in the directions skellyo posted, you'll need the drivers. If it does, you're good to go. :smile:

Be aware that unless you have one heck of a powerful video card, you are gonna definitely want to turn down the resolution if playing any of the current 3D PC games (from within the game video settings, not your desktop). The power to render high-Q video at 1600x1050 is not insubstantial and you may get very low frame rates. If you don't play games, disregard this whole paragraph. :smile:

Brian the only thing on the cd that came with the monitor is adobe 5.1 a user manul & a quick start guide .

Driver: http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/for...ords=&areaid=2

Brian i downloaded the link . but i dont see a difference in the picture .

Now you have to go set the resolution. Just follow the steps I posted earlier. You should now have the 1680x1050 resolution listed.

Sean like i said eairler i tried what you said . But i could not adjust the settings .

Did you install the drivers after dowloading the zip file?

I dont know how to do what your talking about .

Assuming you are using Windows:

1: Download the zip file to your desktop
2: Assuming you have some type of archive program (WinZIP, WinRAR, etc), open the file and extract the contents to a new folder.
3: Close the archive program.
4: Go into that new folder you extracted the files to, run "setup.exe"
5: Hopefully you won't need to reboot, but check the resolution settings Skellyo posted earlier.

6: If that doesn't work, send me Paypal for $2000 (to cover airfare, accomodations, incidental expenses, and my "fee") and I will come over there and get it set up for you. :smile: :wink:

Your talking way over my head :lol:. i guess i'll have to have someone come over & do it for me . Thank you for trying to help .

lol, it's really not that hard. Most people make it harder than it is.

Honestly, if you are happy with the way it looks, then you can leave it alone if you want. All this is to get the text to be crisper, so it's not "needed". It's not like the driver is gonna unlock some type of hidden porn channel or anything (suicideneil would have told us about that if it did!) :smile:

The only thing i noticed is the youtube videos looked a little better on my old standerd screen versus this flat screen .

CRT's tend to smoothen edges a little because of the way they work. LCDs use actual tiny squares of light to build an image. So, it makes sense that if your resolution isn't set right, text looks imperfect. Look at it this way, if your res is set to 1280 pix across but the LCD has 1600 pixels across, a 1 pixel line will actually take up 1.25 pixels. (1600/1280=1.25), but it has to be either on or off, so it would probably be 1 pixel (depending on if it rounds down/up correctly). On a straight vertical line, this is sorta ok, but curves start to look bad. I hope that made sense.

rchippie, I can help you using Cisco MeetingPlace. It's a product I use for work to remotely assist customers with their servers.

If you want, just send me a PM with your e-mail address and a good time you're available, and I'll set it up.

Word.

It's free

Aww, come on! I was looking forward to a free trip to a warmer area. :(

I got it done . My friend from sarasota called & tolled me how to do it . Sean told me to click on the icon . My friend told me to click on a blank screen & not a icon . Once i did that the right screen came up . so i was able to change my resolution . Brian i tried it a 1600 but when i did that it moved the icons to the very edge of the screen were i could barely see them, & it seemed to strecth the inmage to much . So i droped it down to 1280 & they are right on the edge were the should be . Now my screen looks right . Noww i just have to play with the color .

I never said an icon. I specifically said:

Go to your desktop (your main background itself, not the file location)
Right Click on the desktop

The directions were clear to me. :na:

My bad i just reread your directions . i thought you said go to the my computer icon . :oops::lol:

Actually, to be correct, it should be set for 1680 x 1050 (according to the Newegg site). If you set anything other than that, it won't be right (stretching vertically or horizontally).

Depending on the age of your video card, that ratio or high resolution may not be supported. If all the video shifts to one side and nothing else is visible, I suspect either 1) the vid card doesn't support that resolution, or 2) you have to reset the LCD's geometry (v/h alignment/position), or even 3) you have to set the vid card refresh rate to 60Hz, and maybe a combination of 2 and 3...

Sorry for all the confusion and headache - just trying to help you get the most out of your purchase. :oops: