Which LCD?

Question

Please suggest me an affordable 19" or 20" widescreen LCD monitor ($250 - $350). I am going to use it for drawing my cartoons with Wacom Intuos3 6 x 11 graphic tablet. Not for very sophisticated digital paintings. Not for Gaming. Can any body please suggest the best one (or add some better ones...) from the following list?:

1. Samsung SyncMaster 205BW (20")
2. Samsung SyncMaster 940BW (19")
3. Viewsonic VX2025WM (20")
4. Viewsonic VA1912wb (19")
5. Dell E207WFP (20")

Is there any good option from Acer?

Thanks

Answer 1

samsung and sony are making some of the best

Answer 2

Without looking at the stats on each one I can tell you there are several factors that make an LCD preferable. Number one to me is refresh rate. This is what affects motion on the monitor without ghosting effects. A good monitor will have 16ms or less with many these days getting down to 8ms or lower. The other is contrast ratio. The higher the first number the better such as 500:1. This is the monitor's ability to display black. Another factor is whether it has DVI or simply VGA. There's plenty to debate on there, but I would suggest DVI if you're going for the best graphics and if your system has this type of output. Only other thing is the resolution. An LCD not run at the native resolution (such as 1600 by 1200) will look blurry. A CRT can run at any resolution up to it's max with no change in quality, but an LCD is made to run at its native resolution because the number of pixels is actually the number of pixels so if you run at something other then native they have to simulate the other mode which causes blurriness.

Answer 3

Any Samsung one is perfect. dont go with the Dell, the have problems,some times they make strange sounds??

Answer 4

ViewSonic is great too. I agree though, not the Dell