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  • weirdlookinguy
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    • Sep 2007
    • 1638
    #1

    Thinking about a new LCD

    I'm thinking about getting a new 22" and setting my LG 19" as my secondary. A 22" as primary and a sweet little 19" as secondary, both running off DVI driven by my Radeon 4850... I think I'm getting a boner just imagining it.

    What spawned this idea was that my Dell E172FPb repair didn't go as planned. Turns out I have shorted trannies. It's $50+ for a new inverter board, not worth it for a 5-year-old VGA only monitor with a somewhat scratched panel in my book.

    After some searching, I think I found my messiah. All the new Dell LCDs I've seen at school are Genesis-based and are pretty damn sturdy compared to the shit consumer LCDs out right now. What do you guys think of...

    http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...4&sku=320-8103

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    • weirdlookinguy
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      • Sep 2007
      • 1638
      #2
      Re: Thinking about a new LCD

      Option two (LED):

      http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=320-7956

      Hopefully that $50 off thing isn't temporary.

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        • weirdlookinguy
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          • Sep 2007
          • 1638
          #3
          Re: Thinking about a new LCD

          OK I read up some more and I'm not digging all that dynamic brightness "Green" tree hugger BS that comes with the LED model. Dynamic brightness, power management, etc. etc. bitch please. That stuff pisses me off to no extent. I like my monitors to stay ON and at full brightness, tree huggers and vegetarians the world round who insist on saving energy can suck my dick. When I first bought my current monitor (LG 19") I almost returned it because it was set to some dynamic brightness bullshit by default and I couldn't figure out how to disable it. (I finally figured it out, else I would have returned it for something else).

          What are your guys thoughts on the first one I linked to?

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            • shadow
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              • Feb 2007
              • 732
              • Australia
              #4
              Re: Thinking about a new LCD

              Geez weirdlookinguy....that sort of stuff really touches a nerve with you. My monitor had dynamic contrast by default but it is very easy to disable. It is a Samsung 220BW. A couple of years old now I think. Decent monitor but there are a couple of things I would have liked. For example, hardware aspect ratio control. My graphics card could not do it through the software drivers for some reason. Having said this, it is not the worst problem to have, I rarely game now.

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                • ratdude747
                  Black Sheep
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 17136
                  • USA
                  #5
                  Re: Thinking about a new LCD

                  your opinion might change when you are talking a laptop. your battery life goes in the toilet when you are a brightness pig. i lately have been more conservative with brightness on my netbook in hopes of longer battery life.

                  but what if you got the same brightness but it used less energy? thats what the dynamic contrast was supposed to do. whether it did, idk. all the external monitors at my house are CRT (some were freebies from the past, the rest are a result of being not too rich).
                  Last edited by ratdude747; 12-31-2009, 09:25 AM.
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                    • weirdlookinguy
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                      • Sep 2007
                      • 1638
                      #6
                      Re: Thinking about a new LCD

                      Laptops are a different story. I'm talking Desktop LCDs here. Most people don't notice or care if their monitor dims a bit when they close a bright window and their dark desktop picture shows. I can, and it bugs the shit out of me. I don't even have the greatest eyesight or anything, but dynamic dimming just pops out at me like morning wood during math class first period at school. It's fine for video, I know most LCD TVs do it, but for static images I want a fixed contrast and brightness. Saving $5 a year in energy costs is not worth my monitor bugging the shit out of me 24/7.

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                        • ratdude747
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                          • Nov 2008
                          • 17136
                          • USA
                          #7
                          Re: Thinking about a new LCD

                          ik, i was just making a point

                          odd, last semester i had math 1st hr myself. morning wood bad!
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                            • weirdlookinguy
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                              • Sep 2007
                              • 1638
                              #8
                              Re: Thinking about a new LCD

                              In a classroom full of white girls (I have a thing for them).... oh gawddd....

                              Anyways I think the thing is scrapped guys. I've been having some trouble at home, nothing too bad but I might be wanting to move out within the next year or so (18 in three months) and I need to start putting away some serious cash if I want to do that. It's been mostly arguments about going to church and what time I can come home at night. If that doesn't improve I might just move out of here. I'm hitting my prime right now, and I can't spend it not going out and having a good time because I have set curfews. Like I said, it's not at the point to where I am seriously considering moving out as soon as I'm 18 but I want to have a nice little pile of dough stashed away just in case I decide to take that route later on. That ain't gonna happen if I keep spending all my money on electronics

                              My little 19" LG kicks ass, aside from being a bit small I have no qualms with it whatsoever. No need to replace it.

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