Monitor for AOne

[SlimJim]

The 20" Sony trinitron I have at home hasn't let me down yet ;-)
 
But the flatscreens at the university is very nice. They use them in the labrooms since they don't give of as much heat.
But they are only 15" - sooooo small... :-D
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SlimJim

[Tafka]

Hmmm, still undecided really.

I've got to admit though, I run Amiga Forever on the PC at 1600x1200 in 32bit and I really like it!!

So I guess, I'm going to go for a CRT anyway.

Thanks for your opinions guys and I'll stay away from Proview!

[Colin_Camper]

Yeah - I got a Samsung 19" CRT six moths ago - you need to go the crt route if you play fps games. The Samsung is excellent quality - and cheap at £160 in the U.K.
www.aria.co.uk

[yoodoo]

I bought a rebadged AOC 17" LCD a few months back from dabs.com. Nice and cheap with a (tinny) built-in speaker that is just fine for system pings etc. Runs at 1280 and is hooked up to a PC, my A1 and two Classic Amigas via a switcher box.  Much, much smaller, quieter and better to look at than any CRT monster of a comparable resolution.

[takemehomegrandma]

At work I use a desktop TFT, and I have a TFT in my laptop. TFT is great in many ways. Spare space on your desktop might be the biggest advantage. The "cool factor" is another :-). I also find TFT's to be somewhat nicer to the eyes than CRT's. However, CRT's might perform better in envireonments where the daylight shines through. And I have discovered that TFT's does not display colors completely accurate. Very light shades of gray might be seen as white for instance. I know there are TFT screens around aimed for the DTP market among others (where true colors are really important), but they are *expensive*. TFT screens also have an issue with frequent screen updates too (like in games), but the newer and more expensive TFT's are better than the older ones on this. And things improves all the time.

I have three CRT's on my desktop now. Two Dell 21" Trinitron and one Hansol 19". I think they are all great. The Dell Trinitrons has two inputs and a switch at the front to choose between the inputs, which suits me just fine.

I will definitely choose TFT's when I upgrade. By that time I'm sure the TFT's will have improved and dropped in price.

[lorddef]

I bought a rebadged AOC 17" LCD a few months back from dabs.com. Nice and cheap with a (tinny) built-in speaker that is just fine for system pings etc. Runs at 1280 and is hooked up to a PC, my A1 and two Classic Amigas via a switcher box. Much, much smaller, quieter and better to look at than any CRT monster of a comparable resolution.

Yeh AOC are really good, I got an AOC CRT mointor off dabs.com a while back, it really is good.

[carls]

Instead of buying a cheapo 15" TFT or 19" CRT I'd put my money on a high-quality 17" CRT.

Check out the pricier versions of Sony and Samsung monitors with Trinitron screens. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

I'd never choose a TFT for an Amiga. The ability to run many different resolutions depending on what application you're using isn't really compatible with the fixed-resolution philosphy of Windows and TFT monitors. Sure, the 15" ones look great in 1024x768 but switch to 800x600 (for example in a full-screen picture viewer, a game or whatever) and it looks crap.

[Tafka]

Thanks for everyone's opinions, eventually I got a 19" iiYama CRT.

Now, all I need is an AOne.
 :-D  :-D

[Helgis75]

19" high-quality CRT-monitors have become very cheap novadays. I went for a 19" Silver/Black Hyundai CRT-monitor 1600 x 1200 85Hz DynaFlat-X! Take a look atthe following address


www.psdata.no

[Damion]

Any more opinions on ViewSonic?

I had a good flat screen (crt) ViewSonic...
it had really nice color reproduction, but
had problems with tight patterns (moire).
My current CTX (trinitron, but cheap version)
has no problems with moire effect, but does
not seem to reproduce colors as nicely, and
there's a slight uneven brightness in the
screen...perhaps the more expensive trinitrons
are better.

[Tafka]

Helgis75 wrote:
19" high-quality CRT-monitors have become very cheap novadays. I went for a 19" Silver/Black Hyundai CRT-monitor 1600 x 1200 85Hz DynaFlat-X! Take a look atthe following address

Hmmm.  After trying the iiYama last night I have to say I'm not that impressed.  The picture quality at 1600x1200 is not as good as my Belinea one.  In fact I would go as far as to say that I could not run WB at 1600x1200 as I wouldn't be able to read the text.

I tested both monitors with my Radeon 9100 and the difference is quite noticable.  Dabs may even be getting a returned montior to be honest.
 :-(

Colin_Camper wrote:
Yeah - I got a Samsung 19" CRT six moths ago - you need to go the crt route if you play fps games. The Samsung is excellent quality - and cheap at £160 in the U.K.
www.aria.co.uk

how come crt is better for fps games?  :-?