So unfortunately, due to a power outage that only hit my street, my monitor seems to have fried itself and won't come back to life and I can't seem to find a way to resurrect it. This means I am in the market for a new monitor. I would like to spend no more than $250 on this purchase, but could go up to $300. I realize this is probably on the low end of the scale but is all I can afford. I did some research, from this DPC thread with a link to this review of LCD monitors in general and also came with some recommendations. From that list of reccomendations, I am thinking about this ASUS VW222U 22 inch monitor. Its also on sale for $199 with a $20 dollar rebate. It is a TN monitor, but the detail and review make the OP very knowledgeable and the post is updated frequently so it seems pretty current. Something that may be a problem is my current video card, I don't know what it is and if it will cause a problem with a new monitor, my previous monitor was a Dell 1905FP that came as a package I put together way back when. I am not sure how to find what I have for a video card without a monitor to check the computer properties. For now I will assume my video card is not that great, being the worst case scenario, will a new monitor suck computing power away if I am using photoshop? Maybe it doesn't but will only be able to run to monitor at a lower resolution? I don't have a clue. :P I just want a monitor that can hold a calibration, with good contrast for editing photos, which is my computer's main use. I do no gaming so I don't care about the image delay. With this info, what do you suggest? I would like to order something this weekend to get it next week. So let me know what you have and if you are happy with it!
A side question, is it possible to connect an old laptop to my computer to use it as monitor? If so could some tell me how? Thanks for any advice or help.
Joe
ETA: As far as size, 20 inch is nice and bigger isn't necessary unless it fits in the price range. :)
Message edited by author 2008-11-07 16:36:52. |
