Hey there,

Just trying to work out weather I would want to go for one of these two
monitors, the price difference is little (under $30) and the spec is
the same apart from the following:

Monitor A:
Contrast Ratio 500:1
Response Time 12ms
Brightness 300 cd/m2
Display Colours 16.2m

Monitor B:
Contrast Ratio 1000:1
Response Time 25ms
Brightness 280cd/m2
Display Colours 16.7m

Both are 17 in monitors

As well as general home office use they would also be used for games
and occasionally watching movies.

Any advice would be much appreciated,

Yours

Village

Normaly there is a tradeoff between the contrast ratio and the responce
or refresh rate. The higher the specs for these, the more costly the
monitor will be.

If you are doing photo finishing, and or are interested in a very good
picture quality, it is best to go with the higher contrast ratio. If
you want speed, what is desirable for games, or fast motion, then going
for the faster refresh rate may be desirable.

The other solution is to go in to a more expensive LCD montitor, and
the gap between the two specs will become more preferable.

For example, check in to the professonal series of the Viewsonic,
Samsung, and Gateway monitors, to see some with both speed, and a
higher contrast ratio.


Jerry G.
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If you plan on gaming then you really should buy the monitor with the
12ms response time, which is equvilant to about 72mhz CRT resolution.
25ms is equal to about 60mhz. Faster response time means you won't see
lag on your monitor if you have a fast video card.

Village wrote:

You have the right idea. But, you are mixing mHz with Hz!

16.66 ms, is 60 Hz.

20 ms, is 50 Hz

25 ms, is 40 Hz

13.88 ms, is 72 Hz

13.33 ms, is 75 Hz

10 ms, is 100 Hz

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JANA
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"Fakename" <fakename12345@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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If you plan on gaming then you really should buy the monitor with the
12ms response time, which is equvilant to about 72mhz CRT resolution.
25ms is equal to about 60mhz. Faster response time means you won't see
lag on your monitor if you have a fast video card.

Village wrote:

Thanks for all of that, I should have mentioned that both monitors came
as part of a deal (ordered though Dell). What was interesting was the
number of different view points, and the number of times that I read
here and on other websites that the specs are a little dubious. I
guess its a bit like 0-60 times for a new car, the times given by the
manufactuer are achived though useing the best conditions, for example
racing slick tires and hardly any extra weight in it.

In the end I chose monitor A as with the much higher response time it
should be able to cope in all situations, that and my current monitor
has a contrast ratio which is about 450:1 and I don't see much of a
problem with that, so a 1,000:1 would just be over doing it.

Thanks for explaning the different meanings behind the stats, I know
that its best to actually see them for yourself but these days when
ordering off the internet it can be a little difficult.

Village

Whichever looks better to you as manufacturer's specs for flat panels are
notoriously unreliable. In general response time is the most important if
you want to play games and watch movies.
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bmoag wrote:
Yeah you're probably right I was in Best Buy the other day and they had
perhaps 25 flat panels to choose from each had the brightness turned all
the way up. Still, some were so dark I'd never buy them even if dirt
cheap. With a CRT at least no matter what brand you can always get it as
bright as you want and do fine buying online but with a flat panel it
seems you have to actually see it first in person.