Hello all,
Yeah, it's yet another advice thread, and I know the OcUK forum gurus see a thousand of these a week, but once again I plead the forebearance of the sages and seek your superior wisdom in the arena of all things technical that I may, too, attain electronic nirvana etc. etc.
Basically I've had the same 19" Iiyama panel for donkey's years now, quite a ratty old thing. The backlight finally blew on it a few months ago, and while I've been trying to make do with a generic 17" I dug out of the attic, I've decided enough's enough and it's time to treat myself to a shiny new panel.
Mostly it'll be for gaming and generally bimbling around on the net/Office, so I think size and good responsiveness is more of a priority than extremely high colour fidelity and viewing angles. Do occasionally watch a DVD or do up the family photos from my DSLR on it, though.
I'm looking to spend about £150-250. Given the above, I was thinking the Samsung SM-245B, which is the right price, great size, 5ms should be fast enough and has pretty good colour fidelity for a TN (or so the reviews say). Plus I like that Samsung guarantees no dead pixels on their monitors.
However it seems like opinion round here is a bit divided on the 245B. What have been people's experiences? And are there any other screens I should be considering? Ideally 22" or more is what I'd like, but honestly, is it worth the extra £100 for the 2" difference over, say, the LG-L227WT?
Input much appreciated!
PS Sorry for long and rambling post!
Yeah, it's yet another advice thread, and I know the OcUK forum gurus see a thousand of these a week, but once again I plead the forebearance of the sages and seek your superior wisdom in the arena of all things technical that I may, too, attain electronic nirvana etc. etc.
Basically I've had the same 19" Iiyama panel for donkey's years now, quite a ratty old thing. The backlight finally blew on it a few months ago, and while I've been trying to make do with a generic 17" I dug out of the attic, I've decided enough's enough and it's time to treat myself to a shiny new panel.
Mostly it'll be for gaming and generally bimbling around on the net/Office, so I think size and good responsiveness is more of a priority than extremely high colour fidelity and viewing angles. Do occasionally watch a DVD or do up the family photos from my DSLR on it, though.
I'm looking to spend about £150-250. Given the above, I was thinking the Samsung SM-245B, which is the right price, great size, 5ms should be fast enough and has pretty good colour fidelity for a TN (or so the reviews say). Plus I like that Samsung guarantees no dead pixels on their monitors.
However it seems like opinion round here is a bit divided on the 245B. What have been people's experiences? And are there any other screens I should be considering? Ideally 22" or more is what I'd like, but honestly, is it worth the extra £100 for the 2" difference over, say, the LG-L227WT?
Input much appreciated!
PS Sorry for long and rambling post!