Dr. Monitor... not! But I just discovered this page yesterday which
goes a long way to clearing up some confusion about LCD technology.
<http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=31>
There is a link there to a UK site <tftcentral.co.uk> that allows a
search on various criteria. It did not work for me (no matches no
matter what criteria I entered) but I hope that was a temporary thing.
I plan to revisit some time.
Sorry, I don't have answers to all your questions but I'll be waiting to
hear them myself.
Chuck Norcutt
khen lim wrote:
> Hi all
> Big question for all of you - especially the budget experts:
>
> I'm looking to get a desktop PC and a 19-to-23" TFT panel for post-editing
> work
>
> There're two ways any of you can help me out here. If you know of a
> particular PC brand and model you can recommend, I'll take that advice
> onboard. On the other hand if you prefer, let me know what you think I
> should look for spec-wise, what to avoid, what to particularly focus on.
>
> As for TFT monitors, I'm confining my range to between 19" and 23". No
> Eizo's or Apple's - way too costly for me over here. Can't get my hands on
> Sony's either for some strange reason. So I'm limited to Samsung, LG, HP,
> Dell, Lenovo, Viewsonic, Acer, Benq etc.
>
> I've been looking around online and it gets increasingly confusing. It's
> difficult to make any direct comparisons from one make/model to another.
> While most if not all manufacturers seem convinced that the larger the
> contrast ratio, the better but someone on this List quite a while ago
> mentioned that, that's not exactly true.
>
> Then there's the issue of whether it's a good idea to be able to
> individually and separately adjusting the R, G and B colours as part of the
> menu controls. Almost every website doesn't provide any such information. Is
> this because this manner of control isn't possible at all or just that
> manufacturers are slack in the info department?
>
> I also read that Lenovo offers very affordable monitors that can pivot so
> you can have landscape and portraiture viewing format, which is great.
> However it also says that the PC's graphic card must be capable of taking
> advantage of this feature. If this is true, do today's standard graphic
> cards all support this pivoting feature?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> K.
>
>
>
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