22" LCD MONITOR CHOICES

[Django]

Hello everyone, I am in the market for a decent 22" lcd monitor to upgrade my old 19" samsung lcd. I mostly need the real estate space for CAD usage. I have narrowed down my choices to either the Acer AL2216WBD or the Samsung 226BW monitors. Which of the 2 do you think is the better choice??

Acer


Samsung

[Jokerswild]

Just my preference but so far I've liked the pictures on Samsung's monitors. But then again your just going to fall asleep on the job anyway so it shouldn't matter.

[polobunny]

Both would give you a very good picture in my opinion. I've owned the AL2216WBD myself and it's a very nice monitor. The specs are relatively the same, the Acer has a wider horizontal viewing angle which should be a good thing for anyone.
Something else, the Samsung one integrates this software technology to "enhance" contrast. It's never a very good thing to enable those options if you need precise colors.
The Samsung one has a 2ms refresh rate compared to 5ms for the Acer. At this point, in CAD, you won't see a difference. You would only technically see this difference with high motion video/games, then again it'S somewhat debatable.
It's up to you. Personally I think the AL2216WBD would be just fine for your needs.

[Finrir]

alright, i know you have your choices posted but i gotta suggest looking at this monitor.

[Capper]

Samsung, ViewSonic, or Dell.......best monitors, best support.

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 226BW Black 22" 2 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1(DC 3000:1) - Retail
Newegg.com - ViewSonic Graphic Series VG2230wm Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor Height & Tilt Adjustments 280 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers - Retail
Newegg.com - ViewSonic Optiquest Series Q22wb Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 900:1 - Retail

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Finrir

alright, i know you have your choices posted but i gotta suggest looking at this monitor.

I hope this is a joke. Did you see the price of that thing? I'd frankly never spend that much on a 22inch monitor when you can grab a more than very decent 24inch at rougly the same price.
Newegg.com - BenQ FP241W Black 24" 6ms(GTG) DVI Widescreen HDMI LCD Monitor 500 cd/m2 1000:1 - Retail
Tried and approved.

[Django]

thanks for the replies everyone, I know there are lots of different brand/specs monitors out there. Right now base on my tight budget, I have to get a barebones no frills big monitor that is adequate for my work/browsing/entertainmet needs. I have already ordered the Acer 22" monitor and should be getting it sometime next week.
One question I have though............the native resolution on the Acer is
1680x1050, can the videocard on my lappy push that much res?? or does the Acer comes with drivers to allow the comp to push that resolution??.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Django

thanks for the replies everyone, I know there are lots of different brand/specs monitors out there. Right now base on my tight budget, I have to get a barebones no frills big monitor that is adequate for my work/browsing/entertainmet needs. I have already ordered the Acer 22" monitor and should be getting it sometime next week.
One question I have though............the native resolution on the Acer is
1680x1050, can the videocard on my lappy push that much res?? or does the Acer comes with drivers to allow the comp to push that resolution??.

Hopefully your video card can do that res. What exactly is it?

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Depending on the age of the laptop, it should normally support it... even integrated cards. I'd say any laptop in the last year or two should be just fine.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

Depending on the age of the laptop, it should normally support it... even integrated cards. I'd say any laptop in the last year or two should be just fine.

That's not exactly true. A lot of older cards won't have the resolution "officially" supported in their driver profiles. Most will be able to, but it might require a registry hack to manually set the resolution.
Did that a few times, so if it's the case just let me know, i'll show you the way around. =]