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    Is this a good monitor?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by compaq64, Jul 23, 2006.

  1. compaq64

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    Acer's notebook monitors are so-so, but that has nothing to do with the question at hand.

    I think that the model you are looking at is pretty good - the higher cd/m2 is always better, same thing with the contrast ratio.
     
    Gautam, Jul 23, 2006
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    A higher contrast ratio would be nicer, especially considering most on newegg are 800:1 as far as I can recall. I also remember seeing a 1600:1 LG, but that may not have been on newegg. Also, 8ms seems a little low, most are 5ms. But we're talking about 3ms here. I don't think you'll notice. You'll certainly notice the contrast though.
     
    Paul, Jul 23, 2006
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    It is an average monitor. The contrast ratio and brightness is not great.

    The resolution is rather awful as well, for a screen of that size...
     
    Lil Mayz, Jul 24, 2006
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    I dunno about that, I haven't seen WUXGA res in anything under 23" myself... All of the 20" models I've seen are WSXGA+.
     
    TedJ, Jul 24, 2006
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