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Re: anyone up on the latest computer hardware?
Ken.C #278063 11/08/09 04:26 AM
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I'm not worried about viewing angle, as long as it looks good from the sweet spot, my chair at the desk. Color repro is a concern though. Potential for ghosting during fast moving games is a bigger one though. I haven't looked at LCD Tv's in a while, but I definitely noticed motion blur in the past while watching one.(pre 120hz days) I want to make sure that isn't an issue with whatever monitor I end up with. I'd like to keep the monitor under $300 as well.

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Zarak #278095 11/08/09 01:49 PM
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I've used both Dells ("regular" and UltraSharps) and Samsung, and have been impressed by the quality of both. My friend, who does photography as a side job, says that true color reproduction is not accurate on either Samsung or Dell, but the Dell is much closer to being true. I can't tell any difference, but my Samsung (SyncMaster 220wm) looks more vibrant to me.

My Dell monitor had 8ms response time, and my current Samsung has 5 ms...I've never noticed ghosting with either monitor so I think you will be fine with either 5ms or 2ms.

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BWeasner #278107 11/08/09 05:59 PM
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Vibrant is almost always not more accurate. Think of it as turning up the Color control on a TV. It makes everyone look sunburned. Many new LCDs can display more saturated colors than the standard sRGB range (the ViewSonic I have does 110% of the NTSC range). That's fine of you create a profile with a color calibration tool, and apply color management in your software. Actually, with that setup, it's really good for photographers because today's dSLR cameras can capture more colors than the sRGB range also.


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ClubNeon #278112 11/08/09 07:08 PM
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Oh, sorry, didn't mean to give the wrong impression...I know that more vibrant does not necessarily mean more accurate color. I was just saying that I really don't care about accurate color reproduction...I just like my Samsung monitor because it makes my games look more vibrant and colorful than my Dell monitor does.

When I spill digital blood, I want it to be vibrant red \:\)

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BWeasner #281800 12/09/09 05:00 AM
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So the desk has been purchased, and it doesn't have a cabinet for the computer to sit inside of \:\)

We had some friends move out of the development and they wanted to sell their office furniture, which was only a year or two old, so we saved ourselves the trouble of looking at desks anymore and bought it from them. The desk was delivered this morning. The set has 3 bookshelves that line up next to each other that are on the back wall and a two drawer filing cabinet as well that matches the other pieces.

Anyway, now that we have the desk, I can go back to looking for a the computer to put on it. There is a computer show locally this weekend, so I may go there if I have time.

I'd like to do dual monitor as well, but am still trying to get that past WAF.

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Zarak #281807 12/09/09 06:32 AM
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Eh, forget dual. Triple is where it's at.


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Ken.C #281941 12/10/09 02:33 AM
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I'd be happy with triple, but if dual is having WAF issues, no way is triple going to fly.

I'm thinking I need a TV tuner (probably hauppauge) for the new machine too since Win7 does HD clear QAM.

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Zarak #282042 12/10/09 11:58 PM
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So we discussed monitors tonight. I've got two options. Buy one new 23" monitor and get rid of the old one (15", not widescreen) or buy one new 20" monitor and keep the old one also so I have two.

I think I'm going with option 2, but now I have to find a good 20" monitor.

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Zarak #282045 12/11/09 12:03 AM
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Finding a good 20" is very difficult. I've been kind of looking in a half-assed way, but I haven't found anything apart from the Apple ones, and those are expensive.


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Ken.C #282046 12/11/09 12:16 AM
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Yeah, I'm doing a little looking and not having much luck so far. Most of the good ones seem to have been made 4 years ago and they don't make them anymore.

I'm open to suggestions if someone knows a good 20" monitor.

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