19" lcd, high contrast, 2ms response ?

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Necuno

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well was looking at this (non-wide)
L1970HR-WF
LG® L1970 19" Silver & White LCD - 1280x1024@75Hz - 2ms Response Time - 2000:1 Contrast Ratio, D-Sub, Dvi + Tilt

but wanted to know if there are other makes in same rage + quality ?

thnx
 
A wide-screen lcd has a smaller viewable area than a regular lcd, but IMHO a widescreen seems a lot better.
 
^^agreed, Samsungs are awesome. What amount of money are you willing to spend? Maybe we can suggest a nice one for you :)
 
This weekend I bought a viewsonic 22 inch wide for R2999. Its an amazing screen (I mean c'mon its a viewsonic) at computer corporation in centurion.

Sorry to derail your thread but if you are looking for an alternative, its a good option
 
widescreen not so good on games that don't scale - good for design bad for gaming from what i've gathered...

will look at links thnx
 
Necuno said:
widescreen not so good on games that don't scale - good for design bad for gaming from what i've gathered...

will look at links thnx
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Most new games will have 1440x900 resolution available and the ones that don't, leave the black empty spaces on the side so it doesn't stretch and you end up with a square display anyway...
 
What sought of games are you talking about? Most games that don't scale well have widescreen fixes, and the benefit of a widescreen in games that do scale well is quite substantial.

IMO the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, but its purely up to personal preference I guess.

Edit: You can get the Samsung 2232GW 22" LCD from Digital Addiction for R2499
 
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charlie_82 said:
Most new games will have 1440x900 resolution available and the ones that don't, leave the black empty spaces on the side so it doesn't stretch and you end up with a square display anyway...
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soo 100% of games that don't scale don't stretch and all these ppl are wrong ?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/50417-3-games-fullscreen-widescreen

Sheepbot said:
What sought of games are you talking about? Most games that don't scale well have widescreen fixes, and the benefit of a widescreen in games that do scale well is quite substantial.

IMO the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, but its purely up to personal preference I guess.
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well this is for a graphic design station and then obviously some gaming on it - just don't want to spend that amount of cache to find games gone screwy
 
if you playing 5 year old games you will have a problem


new games all support widescreen, widescreen is selling more than non widescreen

infact i read somewhere that 22" inch monitors are out selling any other " monitor
 
killadoob said:
new games all support widescreen, widescreen is selling more than non widescreen
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no they are cheaper

L196WTQ R 1,795 LG® L196WTQ 19" Wide Screen - 1440x900 - 2ms GTG Response Time - 5000:1 Contrast Ratio, 300cd Brightness, Analogue + Digital
L206WTQ R 1,995 LG® L206WTQ 20" Wide Screen - 1680x1050 - 2ms GTG Response Time - 5000:1 Contrast Ratio, 300cd Brightness, Analogue + Digital

vs

L1970HR-WF R 2,095 LG® L1970 19" Silver & White LCD - 1280x1024@75Hz - 2ms Response Time - 2000:1 Contrast Ratio, D-Sub, Dvi + Tilt
...

...tries to think of a 5 yr old game, well the oldest game(s) i guess on the box is vampire bloodlines (half life 2 engine) and neverwinter nights 1


ps: did you mean more as in units or more as in price ?
 
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Necuno said:
soo 100% of games that don't scale don't stretch and all these ppl are wrong ?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/50417-3-games-fullscreen-widescreen



well this is for a graphic design station and then obviously some gaming on it - just don't want to spend that amount of cache to find games gone screwy
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A widescreen will be extremely beneficial when doing graphics design, the 2232GW can fit 2 A4 pages next to each other on the screen. Photoshop will be a pleasure to use :)
 
Sheepbot said:
A widescreen will be extremely beneficial when doing graphics design, the 2232GW can fit 2 A4 pages next to each other on the screen. Photoshop will be a pleasure to use :)
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kk, i guess its wide then and mods for those that scale then, i was wondering how photoshop would work in it... :)
 
Necuno said:
kk, i guess its wide then and mods for those that scale then, i was wondering how photoshop would work in it... :)
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I'm a designer and photoshop is awesome!
Esp CS3 cos there are a lot of tools on the left & right of the screen. I work with very high DPI documents so I could never get to view my stuff at a decent zoom without having to scroll. Now, no more scrolling :)
 
Sheepbot said:
What sought of games are you talking about? Most games that don't scale well have widescreen fixes, and the benefit of a widescreen in games that do scale well is quite substantial.

IMO the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, but its purely up to personal preference I guess.

Edit: You can get the Samsung 2232GW 22" LCD from Digital Addiction for R2499
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Like some other posts here, I'd say you should check up on some games sometime. The last 20 or so I had a lookie at all but one had a proper widescreen support. The only one to not really support widescreen was Quake II, I think it was. Supports the widescreen format of 640x480, which is around 450x350 ish?
 
okeeee i've settled on a 20" wide, 5000 contrast and 2ms gtg :)
 
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