plannin to buy a 19" lcd monitor.....budget around 14 k........hav read the other posts and viewsonic VA1912wb seems 2 b nice......jus wanted to know if i shud buy widescreen or not????......what r the advantages of widescreen???....and yes is there any samsung monitor better than this one???? have even heard of some acer monitors any idea how they r and where to get them????
Monitors MONITOR widescreen or normal!!!
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My piece of advice 
For your budget, you have the choice of two widescreen monitors. Either Viewsonic 1912wb-3 ( which i bought a week back ) or Samsung 940 bw (which my room mate bought 3 days back)
Viewsonic -
Pros - Out of box, the Colors are sharp. It has two speakers (which anyone seldom uses) because of which the monitor looks a bit bigger than samsung. No hazzles with installation. Not as bulky as Samsung ( Samsung is bulky mainy coz of the stand). Nice colors and has an impressive response rate of 5ms (which is very useful for games). Its also priced lower than Samsung 940 bw (atleast in bangalore)
Cons - Out of box, You many need to adjust the colors and overlay . Does not have vertical height adjustment like Samsung 940( which did not bother me much but it may be a disadvantage in some cases), The buttons are chrome plated and look a bit cheap (my perspective ) . It doesn't have preset of monitor profiles like samsung ( i think changing from text to vivid was quite useful in samsung when u want to switch to programming in some language and back to videos) of course u can do it in more cumbersome way of adjusting the contrast and brightness but i thought the presets were useful.
Samsung -
Pros - Out of box the screen is bright and no need to adjust the colors as much as viewsonic. Has a vertical height adjustment stand which is useful. the buttons are plastic and looks nicer ( once again, my perspective ). Comes with monitor presets and has an impress response rate of 4ms (useful in games).
Cons - Bulkier because of the height adjustment stand. a bit (but negligibly) costlier than viewsonic.The monitor looks smaller than viewsonic (mainly coz the missing speakers at the bottom edge ) but the screen looks wider coz of same. I also found a fllash of bright light at the top centre edge and bottom centre edge( when both the monitors are in approx same brightness) when the desktop is completely black. It may be coz of the fault in video brightness. Also, out of box, the fonts in viewsonic looks more distinct in viewsonic than on samsung. It tried to adjust the brightness contrast and sharpness in samsung but could never gain the clear fonts of viewsonic ( both the systems had clear type fonts set)
I think any of these monitors is a good buy for cheap 19 inch monitors. Widescreen monitors are very good to look at , watch movies and play games (you need an equally good graphics card though ) Talking about movies, you may need to tweak all the movies to 16:10 ratio and certainly HD contents are better for 19 inches as their resolution is close to the 19 inch resolution
For your budget, you have the choice of two widescreen monitors. Either Viewsonic 1912wb-3 ( which i bought a week back ) or Samsung 940 bw (which my room mate bought 3 days back)
Viewsonic -
Pros - Out of box, the Colors are sharp. It has two speakers (which anyone seldom uses) because of which the monitor looks a bit bigger than samsung. No hazzles with installation. Not as bulky as Samsung ( Samsung is bulky mainy coz of the stand). Nice colors and has an impressive response rate of 5ms (which is very useful for games). Its also priced lower than Samsung 940 bw (atleast in bangalore)
Cons - Out of box, You many need to adjust the colors and overlay . Does not have vertical height adjustment like Samsung 940( which did not bother me much but it may be a disadvantage in some cases), The buttons are chrome plated and look a bit cheap (my perspective ) . It doesn't have preset of monitor profiles like samsung ( i think changing from text to vivid was quite useful in samsung when u want to switch to programming in some language and back to videos) of course u can do it in more cumbersome way of adjusting the contrast and brightness but i thought the presets were useful.
Samsung -
Pros - Out of box the screen is bright and no need to adjust the colors as much as viewsonic. Has a vertical height adjustment stand which is useful. the buttons are plastic and looks nicer ( once again, my perspective
). Comes with monitor presets and has an impress response rate of 4ms (useful in games).Cons - Bulkier because of the height adjustment stand. a bit (but negligibly) costlier than viewsonic.The monitor looks smaller than viewsonic (mainly coz the missing speakers at the bottom edge ) but the screen looks wider coz of same. I also found a fllash of bright light at the top centre edge and bottom centre edge( when both the monitors are in approx same brightness) when the desktop is completely black. It may be coz of the fault in video brightness. Also, out of box, the fonts in viewsonic looks more distinct in viewsonic than on samsung. It tried to adjust the brightness contrast and sharpness in samsung but could never gain the clear fonts of viewsonic ( both the systems had clear type fonts set)
I think any of these monitors is a good buy for cheap 19 inch monitors. Widescreen monitors are very good to look at
, watch movies and play games (you need an equally good graphics card though ) Talking about movies, you may need to tweak all the movies to 16:10 ratio and certainly HD contents are better for 19 inches as their resolution is close to the 19 inch resolutionhey thnx khimera......
however i m still in a dilemma......u hav given equal weightage to both thru r argument....just tell me which one wud u recommend considering i do ned it for gaming ....and i want the monitor to stay for atleast a couple of years.........so plzzz ur opinion ???
however i m still in a dilemma......u hav given equal weightage to both thru r argument....just tell me which one wud u recommend considering i do ned it for gaming ....and i want the monitor to stay for atleast a couple of years.........so plzzz ur opinion ???
satanofgamers
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nope ppl here at te hve compared both of em and said tht viewsonic is much better in picture quality etc.. so ur best buy would be viewsonic since ur getting the same thing and saving a bit on it ....
thats how they shud be bought
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khimera said:My piece of advice
Its also priced lower than Samsung 940 bw (atleast in bangalore)
- Khimera, that was a very good comparison indeed. I do wish the 1912WB-3 was priced lower than the 940BW in other places as well. It would make decision making so much more easier - I would have opted for the former! Where I live (typical small town) 14,700/- for the Samsung and 15,800 for the ViewSonic.
- For the graphics, what would you recommend for an 8x AGP card?khimera said:I think any of these monitors is a good buy for cheap 19 inch monitors. Widescreen monitors are very good to look at
Lastly, how does the Samsung 940bw look in Silver? I know it looks excellent in Black. I am getting a 2-month used one for less, and so I ask.
I am not sure about Silver. I dont want to comment about it coz i have not seen it Any high end graphics card would serve good. I have an fx 5200 from XFX and a barton core and sadly, my graphics card cries whenever i am playing a high definition clip or a game at higher resolution. I am getting a 6800XT shortly, so it should prove much better than the lowend graphics card i am having
@Satanofgamers - Can you gimme the link where TE guys have compared Samsung, viewsonic and have given the verdict that viewsonic is better ?
Any high end graphics card would serve good. I have an fx 5200 from XFX and a barton core and sadly, my graphics card cries whenever i am playing a high definition clip or a game at higher resolution. I am getting a 6800XT shortly, so it should prove much better than the lowend graphics card i am having@Satanofgamers - Can you gimme the link where TE guys have compared Samsung, viewsonic and have given the verdict that viewsonic is better
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