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Any recommendations on monitors?

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  • 21-09-2015 12:41pm
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    The_B_Man
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    Lads,
    The parents 17" CRT is on its last legs.
    Looking to get a new flatscreen with really good power efficiency and DVI or VGA input, as PC has no HDMI output.
    Budget around 150.
    Size wise, I want the vertical to be the same size at least as the 17" 4:3 so that's probably about 20" in 16:9.

    Bells and whistles would be great, but its really just a Facebook machine. No games.

    Any recommendations, or stuff I should avoid?

    Thanks.


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    Ant695
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    You could get a benq 24" on european amazons for that sort of money.

    http://www.amazon.it/dp/B005OPLG0O/?tag=curiua03-21

    If you have a specific monitor in mind search on https://www.curiua.com/

    or just search for a specific size and it will show the best price for all the european amazons.


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    The_B_Man
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    Cool, thanks.

    I'm not sure about 24" though. Maybe 20-22" might be suitable for where it's going in the house.

    I'll have a look at that Curiua site and see if I can figure out how to search by size.

    I've seen that BenQ monitor popup in searches a few times. Would they be considered to be in the upper range?
    What about Aon? I've seen a few of them as well.

    Thanks.


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    Ant695
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    The_B_Man wrote: »
    Cool, thanks.

    I'm not sure about 24" though. Maybe 20-22" might be suitable for where it's going in the house.

    I'll have a look at that Curiua site and see if I can figure out how to search by size.

    I've seen that BenQ monitor popup in searches a few times. Would they be considered to be in the upper range?
    What about Aon? I've seen a few of them as well.

    Thanks.

    No idea about aon but benq fairly solid. For the search just put in 22" monitor or whatever size u want or if you search on uk amazon and find one you like and then just search for the specific one you want on curiua to find the best price.


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    moc moc a moc
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    Might be better to look at 16:10 if it's mainly for browsing etc (either that or look for something that can be rotated to portrait). 16:9 is good for TV/movies, but I'm not convinced of it for general computer use.

    Also, HDMI is mostly backward compatible with DVI, so it can be easily converted (simple passive converter).


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    The_B_Man
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    Are 16:10 that common?
    I see the point you're making. The one thing I dislike about widescreens is the lack of height, and since this is for browsing and Word etc, height is more important than width.
    If you have any recommendations of 16:10 screens, I'd be interested to hear them.

    I'm looking at reviews online here for them now.


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