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  • aaaaaaaaaaaargh!

    I need your help!

    I am in the process of buying a CDRW, but as luck has it the company are messing me about a bit.

    Unfortunately my monitor is about to explode (Compaq 151fs) The refresh rat is set as low as possible, but its only buying me time.

    I am faced with the dilemma of buying a nice new CDRW or a monitor...

    Unfortunately the risk of being monitorless far outweighs not having a CDRW (bugger)

    I need your help guys.

    Can someone recommend a brand/model that is nice and within my price range of £250.

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    I reallllly wanted that CDRW and it should have arrived by now - I suppose I am lucky it hasn't so I can cancel the order...
    The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

  • #2
    I could afford to spend a bit more if it were worth it...
    The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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    • #3
      Look out for CTX monitors ... they offer quite good quality for a reasonable price.

      I use the CTX VL710T (17") for quite some time and it was only ~£ 200 about one and a half years ago.

      Until then , enter Matrox' adv. disp. prop. and choose one of the preconfigured Standard VESA monitors, for example VESA 1024@60Hz, so that you won't damage your tube until you got a new one.

      Cheers,
      Maggi
      Despite my nickname causing confusion, I am not female ...

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      • #4
        I picked up my Samsung 19" for around £250 (inc VAT) about a year ago. I was a bit dubious about buying such a cheap (for its size) monitor, but I'm very impressed. The focus is good and the colours vibrant, with no noticeable divergance anywhere. I run at 1600x1200@75Hz.

        I have 2 minor complaints about it. You get quite bad moire on a black screen at low res (below 1024). I'm not to bothered by this because I very rarely drop to that low a resolution. The second problem is that movinf the monitor seems to upset the geometry quite badly (worse than with other monitors) so if I move it around I end up fiddling the geometry settings for ages

        I've found it a good value buy and in the price range your after. I can probably find a link if your interested, but it might have to wait till I get home from work.
        [EDIT: typos]

        [This message has been edited by Raptor^ (edited 26 October 2000).]

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        • #5
          Cheers,

          I am running at 60Hz.

          I'll look into that 19" samsung
          The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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          • #6
            I've checked a couple of sites, but i couldn't find anything that cheap...
            The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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            • #7
              I got mine from Aria

              Go to their product section and search in monitors for samsung. I would post the direct link, but I think it might be too long to work

              Their website doesn't have any information on it, but I just rang them up and they looked up refresh rates and dot pitch (which I can't remember) for me.

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              • #8
                I've been using an 19in optiquest for the past year or so. It works great with my G400MAX @ 1200x960 and only ran me about $300 bucks without shipping. At my old job we used Viewsonic Montiors (which is Optiquests parent company) with G200s for our CAD machines and they looked great. I forget which Viewsonic montior is cloest to the optiquest, but the only differnce between the two was that the optiquest only has a 1 year warrenty and I think it might offer only 75hz @ 1600x1200 vs 85 on the viewsonic

                Scott

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                • #9
                  I have been given a replacement 151fs from work (15"). Its not ideal, but it will do for now, and it means i still get my CDRW - which is arriving tomorrow btw

                  Cheers for the help lads, when the coffers become full again, i will get me a nice new 19".

                  Who says size doesn't matter...
                  The Welsh support two teams when it comes to rugby. Wales of course, and anyone else playing England

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                  • #10
                    ...that's why I have a 21"...

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                    Cheers,
                    Steve

                    "Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Paddy [MU]:

                      Who says size doesn't matter...
                      Argh you're turning into a Renault Clio ad!

                      At least you're not a popup yet though

                      [EDIT] Whats with the double posts today... thats twice in this thread now

                      [This message has been edited by Raptor^ (edited 26 October 2000).]

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                      • #12
                        Steve,
                        Don't brag excusively because of size!
                        I have a Gateway 21" running off of a TNT2
                        at work and the combination sucks
                        compaired to my 19" 995E + G400 at home.
                        chuck
                        Chuck
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                        • #13
                          well I have my Dell 21" running off a G450 32mb DDR, So THERE! Size AND Quality!

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                          Cheers,
                          Steve

                          "Life is what we make of it, yet most of us just fake"

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                          • #14
                            Try these people,

                            www.commonside.co.uk

                            They sell end of line or reconditioned stuff at very good prices. They have some Compaq V75 17" monitors for £85.00 and an Eizo 20" Trinitron tubed monitor for £250.00
                            When you own your own business you only have to work half a day. You can do anything you want with the other twelve hours.

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                            • #15
                              Paddy,
                              Try finding the LG Studioworks 995E.
                              19" & very nice. I run it at 1280x960@85hz
                              It can run 1600x1200@85hz
                              They are listed on pricewatch now for $264.
                              I don't know how much that would be in
                              Pounds , but this one gives a lot of bang
                              for the buck.
                              chuck
                              Chuck
                              秋音的爸爸

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