04-08-2010, 01:07 PM
One of my Viewsonic monitors kicked the bucket. Power supply burned out. I could get it fixed but I decided it was time to try a widescreen LCD anyway. 20th century and all that. I went with this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AYC...ss_product
"Samsung Touch Of Color T260HD 25.5-Inch LCD HDTV Monitor"
![[Image: samsung-T260HD-front.jpg]](http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/samsung-T260HD-front.jpg)
I liked my Samsung TV so much (and it does look really good as a computer output) so I figured I'd try this "HDTV Monitor". It's fantastic. Honestly, 26" is a little excessive, but for $330? Why the hell not.
The only thing I don't like about it is the stand is more of a TV stand than a monitor stand and doesn't have the usual full range of swivel, tilt and height adjustment. I guess that's what I get for getting an oversized monitor.
1900x1200 resolution is native (a lot of HDTV monitors like this are 1900x1080, but I didn't really want to lose height resolution over what I was already used to with 1600x1200 in a regular 4:3 monitor). 5ms response time. Really blows away even my Viewsonics in image quality.
Hard to believe how LCDs have come so far in size and price over the last few years.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AYC...ss_product
"Samsung Touch Of Color T260HD 25.5-Inch LCD HDTV Monitor"
I liked my Samsung TV so much (and it does look really good as a computer output) so I figured I'd try this "HDTV Monitor". It's fantastic. Honestly, 26" is a little excessive, but for $330? Why the hell not.
The only thing I don't like about it is the stand is more of a TV stand than a monitor stand and doesn't have the usual full range of swivel, tilt and height adjustment. I guess that's what I get for getting an oversized monitor.
1900x1200 resolution is native (a lot of HDTV monitors like this are 1900x1080, but I didn't really want to lose height resolution over what I was already used to with 1600x1200 in a regular 4:3 monitor). 5ms response time. Really blows away even my Viewsonics in image quality.
Hard to believe how LCDs have come so far in size and price over the last few years.