Best cheap 17" TFT monitor, it's to be mainly used with FPS games like doom3....

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  1. Maniac618

    Maniac618 What's a Dremel?

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    Hi guys,

    I'm going to uni so can't carry a CRT around the world trying to get to a room on the 100000000000th floor of my tower block thingy.

    So, I need a 17" TFT capable of playing FPS games like doom 3 and unreal tournament 2004 without any noticable flaws like ghosting. I REALLY can't spend that much, but can't opt for a CRT if I want to have a back in old age.

    Recommendations please and thanks in advance!
     
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    Xen0phobiak SMEGHEADS!

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  3. djrusty

    djrusty What's a Dremel?

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    What he said (I have one, it's brill)
     
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  4. SJH

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    What they both said.
     
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  5. Tomm

    Tomm I also ride trials :¬)

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    What about something a bit cheaper? Ebuyer do some that are something like £175+VAT... Are they likely to be pretty poor?
     
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  6. Spiral Architect

    Spiral Architect Cooked on Phonics

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    The LG may be a little over budget but you definitely get what you pay for. May be worth saving a bit longer.
     
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  7. Maniac618

    Maniac618 What's a Dremel?

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    can anyone tell me if i will encounter ghosting with the model you all seem to go for? It would be shame to get that considering my pc's graphical potential.
     
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  8. Xen0phobiak

    Xen0phobiak SMEGHEADS!

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    I would very much doubt it. That model and its successors are much loved. its the only non-samsung tft display I would reccomend.
     
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  9. Maniac618

    Maniac618 What's a Dremel?

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    ordered, thanks guys. :thumb:
     
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  10. Xen0phobiak

    Xen0phobiak SMEGHEADS!

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    No problem :D
     
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  11. Bad Boy

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    good luck with your new tft :thumb:


    i wish i could afford one :waah:
     
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  12. cool_dude

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    will be ordering one of them :D xmas though :wallbash:
     
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  13. Maniac618

    Maniac618 What's a Dremel?

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    I'll let you know how mine does. :rock:
     
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  14. cool_dude

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    great :D

    post some ' teaser ' piccies :hehe:
     
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  15. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Right... I know this is a dead thread, but it's better than starting a new one for this simple question.

    General conscencous is that the LG 1710B is one of the best 17" TFT's around, but the question is, is it available in black? :)

    [edit] Found out it is (it looks like it, it's the LG1720B. Any difference? I can't see any...) [/edit]
     
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  16. Guest-16

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    Seriously - its a GOOD investment. Best £320 i spent march 03 was buying my LG1710b.
     
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  17. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    Is it as good as a 19" monitor for the same-ish price? I'm really torn between this LG TFT and a very good 19" CRT.
     
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  18. olv

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    Does using a none native resolution greatly affect the performance of a tft, such as ghosting. If it does them i'm greatly relieved, if not them i'm very dissapointed. I say this because i recently bought my dad an LG 1710B to replace his Samsung 152T, and before i set it up on his system i naturally wanted to try it out as i want a tft myself. I installed no software or confirgured anything just literally plugged it in(DVI) for 5 mins. At the time it didn't occured but i fired up CS which i play in 800x600 and the performance was unbearable. ghosting was ridiculous. It is only now that i realised that there may have been no issues at 1280x1024, can anyone (bindi) confirm this? I'm planning on getting a 172X
     
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    I cant say for you - ghosting is a very personal problem. I play mostly at 1240 or 1024 never below. The problem is it uses 4x as many dots for a pixel at 800 so it looks shite. What little ghosting i may find i do have rarely, i dont really notice or care. Although i just recently switched back to VGA cause im flicking between pcs, and DVI makes a BIG difference to image quality over VGA, especially on the desktop. Im so used to a TFT now i find a CRT unbearable.
     
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  20. DanMcr

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    I run it at 1280x1024 and its perfect. Anything lower is iffy.
    At the time i bought it, i did so because it was the only 17"tft within the price i was looking at with DVI. It does make a big difference.
     
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