LCD's, need some clarification
 

i currently have a 19" CRT viewsonic. best monitor i have ever had. the dot pictch is .23H x .27D and 1600 x 1200 resolution.

i went to best buy to use up some gift cards and started looking at LCD's. they ranged from 500:1 to 800:1 contrast ratio, but they all looked like shit. the edges of everything were not crisp etc.

i asked the guy what was the best LCD monitor. he led me over to these 2 sony's that had "xtra bright" technology and had a 12 milisecond refresh rate whereas the others had like a 25milisecond refresh rate. he said that the 12ms rate is what CRT monitors use. these sony's only had a contrast ratio of 500:1 but these 2 sony's looked unbelievable, i might even say better than my viewsonic CRT. the colors were so tru and clear that it seemed as though you were looking at a glass monitor.

i was always told that for an LCD you want the higher contrast ratio, something at least 700:1, and apparently now refresh rate matters. i couldn't pull the trigger and spend the $599 (normally $699) until i researched it a bit more.

i'm looking for some input on what people think about this and if anyone knows of any deals on LCD's (with a 12ms refresh rate.)

Go for it.

And BTW, to replace a 19" CRT, you can buy a 17" lcd : same sceen size !

I replaced a 21" CRT by a 19" LCD ( Benq) and ir is great !

Also a KDS 15" LCD for my usual work ...

Yea the Sony Xbright Technology is pretty sweet. I got it for my new laptop. It looks amazing compared to my Sony LCD without Xbright.

the higher-end sony offerings are indeed nice, as well as the apple 23" and 30" displays... too bad the 30" only works w/ a handful of gfx cards..

i got myself a new benq 20inch for like 1k last week - it was the last one and was demo stock so it was reduced from 2k - i was preety happy heh

anyways it seems like its a great monitor to look at but I'll just look it up and post the refresh rates and contrast as I have no idea what they are lol

btw good thread man - nothign special obviously just good to see something that wasn't 100% crap

peace

16ms refresh and 400:1 contrast

:)