Flat 17inch or normal 19inch monitor?

[chub]

So which one? I have between £160 and £210. the cheapest 19inch I have seen is at P.C world for £200, does any one know if it is any good? Or should i go for the flat 17inch, which would probably be better quallity.

I would use it for gaming, the internet and doing my homework. in that order.

[Ghost Trayn]

Well 'chub' considering the amount of pornography you view on the net, the last thing you want is a crap monitor.

You say you've seen a flat screen for £210??? which one?
The Mitsubishi Pro710 is close to that range, and it's a decent monitor....If you've got the bucks, buy the MitsuPro 720 instead at around £260.

Understand this...a Decent 17" is a whole lot better then a cheap 19". For a 19" the minimum you should expect to pay is £350, anything less and it's too cheap to be any good.

P.S. does mommy know what you use the internet for >*<

[Calzor Suzay]

Quit harrasing the man Ghost :)
Like he says though, given the choice between a good 17" and an el cheapo 19" I'd take the 17" any day. It's worth spending as much money as you can on a quality monitor as you can normally keep it 5 years+ and use it as your system upgrades. I bought my Nokia 19" for about £450 about two and a half years a go and still as good as they day I bought it (touch wood) :E

[Fandango]

Hmm... can someone smell burning? Smells like an electrical fire... :E

Fand

[chub]

On the flat 17inch monitors, dont you get two faint horizontal lines on the screen. And are they all the same in the way its like u are looking through a window at the screen. i.e the actual picture seams a long way from the actual glass. hard to explane that one!

[Custodian]

ahh... when you said "flat screen" I thought you meant a non-CRT monitor, and I would have said stay away from that.

If you mean a "flat screen" as in Trinitron/Diamondtron stylee (hence reference to faint lines) then I say YES. The quality of image on them things is wonderful, and you soon stop noticing the faint lines. I had one for a while (got taken away again ;( ) and it was a loverly crisp, bright piccy. My DVD's looked especially nice :)

And generally, what the others says is so... get a good 17" rather than a poor 19".

"Quality is everything, size is nothing..."
"Never mind the width, feel the quality..."
"It's not what you got but what you do with it..."

or saaaaaing :naughty:

[chub]

What about the Iiyama S900MT1 19", i thought they were ment to be good.

[Ghost Trayn]

Chub hang about for a month or so, the next issue of PC Pro (or PC???? soo many I lose track!) will have a review on monitors. This'll give you an idea of what to buy.

Also, visit PC Pro's website...they've already got loads of monitor reviews.

Personally, I'm waiting for their latest review...need a monitor too...but for 'respectable' activities...not evil stuff!!!