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Shopping for a New Monitor?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-the-discriminating-consumer dept.

Cecil asks: "Well, I've looked through the reviews and found several good displays. The problem is that quality can vary drastically from unit to unit. Just because the reviewer got a good screen doesn't mean you will. A lot of people say that it's a bad idea to buy a display device sight-unseen and from experience I have to agree. There are the big chain stores that will have monitors on display, but they will typically only have the 'value' models. So, what is your monitor buying process? What do you do to make sure you get the sort of high-quality display that'll last you through the next couple hardware upgrades?"

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  1. Re:Go to lan parties by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hitachi make MUCH better displays than your crappy Samsung - my CML 181SXWB is a case in point, and even then my workplace Sony F520R pisses all over it.

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  2. Re:Buy from reputable sources by Slack3r78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just as a note of extension to your post; if there are any people out there who are fans of the great monitors Nokia made and are in the market for a new one, Nokia dropped out of the display business a year or two ago and sold off that division to View Sonic, so their higher end monitors are probably what you'd want to be looking at.

  3. Re:Trinitron by mrfiddlehead · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sony is shite.

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  4. Ugh. by Cannelbrae · · Score: 0, Troll

    Its all about the mags! All the programemrs here have mags, all the artists have ... trinitrons or viewsonics.

    As most engineers tend to be paid more, that must mean that Mags are better.. right..? ;)