Hi all, My monitor is going out, starting to flicker and shrink. It is a little over 3 years old. Before I have the IT guy replace it with the same thing, I thought I would get your recommendation on a monitor. I currently have a ViewSonic P225f (22", 20" viewable). Definitely don't want to go any smaller.
Thanks Brian Putnam
If your company can afford it, then try out the Eizo Professional Monitors.
What resolution do you intend to use?
I can recommend LCD flat panels from EIZO, iiYama, Sony, NEC, HP, IBM, Dell or Apple
Best Regards, Dzej-dzej
Brian - I have a Dell FP2001 - 20" LCD (1600x1200 res) - highly reccomended (had it for 18 months, using it everyday 8-10 hours). LCD's seem better for your eyes IMO - I no longer get sore eyes or headaches after 8 hours . Prices are pretty good on these as well. But if you are doing colour critical work, then it might be worth looking at something like the Eizo ones (more bucks tho') I have the old CRT (Belinea 21" job - about 6 years old - hope the LCD lasts as long!) sitting next to it on the same graphics card (980XGL) for reference drawings, email and such like - a good set up with heaps of space for windows. Cheers Deri
FYI, if your eyes were getting sore and you were getting headaches, it may have been due to the refresh rate of the monitor. Typically the higher the refresh rate, the easier it is on your eyes. I have found that to determine the best refresh rate, I open up a blank Word document, or something that has a lot of white (it is often easier to see the flicker while displaying white verses most any other color) showing, then adjust the refresh rate until I no longer am able to see the screen flicker. That is why the LCD monitors are so much easier on your eyes, they have a what you could consider a refresh rate of infinity. Your eyes are under strain when it has to look at a flashing light, that is why you would want a continuous light.
I have a ViewSonic 21" G810 that's about to flake on me. No complaints, I've had the thing for about 7 years I think! Anyway, I just ordered a LaCie 22" electronblue monitor ($799.00 retail). This is one of the "color correction" monitors available (you have complete control over all guns and cal settings). It's widely used in the graphics arts communities because of the colr available. The graphics packaging house that I work with swears by them. Check 'em out...www.lacie.com
Mike Tripoli
At that resolution, almost any 21 or 22 inch monitor from a reputable manufacturer is probably ok.
Go on EBAY, buy yourself an old (plastic bodied) 23 inch Apple Cinema display. 1920 x 1200 resolution. I've seen them go for $500. Get a decent DVI-equipped graphics card and a DVI-to-ADC adaptor ($99) and you are in business. I've had one on my system for about three years.
BTW, the new (aluminum case) 23 inch Apple displays are terrible in terms of quality control. Bad colors and other issues. See user newsgroups within Apple website for details.
-Martin
Yup - the monitor I was using (now my second one) is pretty bad - I have it running at 85Hz refresh, but it's such an old monitor (I inherited it when I started at my old work in '98, so it's at least 8 years old with daily use - good ROI there!) I'm surprised it's still running - the colour/ brightness and contrast controls are pretty much shot on it. I keep waiting for it to go pop and give myself an excuse to get another FP2001! Would the fact that LEd's emit polarised light (look at a LED screen through a polarising filter on a camera) also help with the eye strain?
Hi folks,
My first foray into this usenet thing.
I thought LCD monitors were not up to par with the traditional CRT yet for serious CAD/design work? Has this changed?
-Lou
I've been kinda kicking around buying that Samsung
213t.Any advice on it? Anyone here own one?
see link
That is what we use here. Both CAD stations have these.
I don't know what the correct term for it is, but there is a little "ghosting" while rotating parts. Since this is my first experience with an LCD, I can't say if it is a bad thing, or a good thing. I do know that it does not effect my ability or speed of work. The only problem that I ran into was that since I had a good video card (Quadro 1300) and this new HUGE monitor, I thought it would be kool to crank the resolution to the max (2048 x 1536). Display was great at that resolution. However I had a hard time selecting things on the screen such as edges and vertices and such. I ended up making my own custom resolution at 1480 x 1110 to get the correct aspect ratio. This was a happy-medium resolution between quality and the ability to select things. Your experience may vary as I have never been known as a fast clicker like some.
Overall I would recommend this huge monitor.
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