Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71302/ 2008-11-22T10:23:35-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71302/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-04-16T16:58:09-05:00 micro http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71302/#533808 Also, Do you fellow gamers find the &quot;glossy finish&quot; to be a good or a bad thing. I will be using backlighting btw. <br /> <br /> I also dont plan on using the hdmi atm, but i though future proofing isnt a bad thing.<br /> I was going to buy a web cam this summer anyway, it also has one built in, but i didnt look to see if it was any good, so it would save me $30+.<br /> <br /> I did read where either gerrit or gg (i forget who)said that they were sold on the vs optiquests, is that still the case? text/html 2008-04-16T16:47:25-05:00 micro http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71302/#0 My specs are below. I currently have a vs 930 19&quot;, its 1000:1 8ms b-w 16.7m colors with dvi and vga input. It quit working for the second time. My friend has the same monitor as i do and his is still working, we bought ours at the same time almost 2 years ago.<br /> <br /> I dont want to get a monitor that is too big since all i do is game and occasionaly watch a dvd on it, though imo the quality is pretty poor on my current monitor for viewing dvd's using the dvi input. i dont want to up my resolution too much as i wont beable to get another video card for 1-2 years. I dont want to downgrade my quality and colors.<br /> <br /> I am using my old crt 17&quot; sony, but my eyes are about to start bleeding. My price range is really closer to $200, but i thought i may make an acception to get a better monitor and scrape up the extra $100.<br /> <br /> I can get this one at my local costco. Can i do better for the price? Im a little out of the loop since i havent looked at monitors for about 2 years.<br /> <br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://tinyurl.com/3jy3x6" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/3jy3x6</a> costco $299<br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://tinyurl.com/4lrqku" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/4lrqku</a> zdnet<br /> <br /> <br /> Dell SP2208WFP 22&quot; Wide HDMI/DVI 2ms 2000:1 300 cd/mē 1680x1050 WSXGA+<br /> <br /> I thought i may settle for a viewsonic optiquest<br /> $199.99 After $20 Rebate<br /> ViewSonic Optiquest<br /> 22&quot; W 5ms 1000:1<br /> 300 cd/m2 1680 x 1050 WSXGA<br /> <a class="ext" href="/action/r/http://tinyurl.com/yobphh" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/yobphh</a> $220, but for $80 more, the <a target="_blank" href="/action/r/http://www.dell.com/">Dell</a> may be worth it. I do prefer samsung,hannsg,dell and vs over the other brands.<br /> <br /> Thanks again for your help guys. I may send my monitor back to vs for more work, but i hate to put $100 into it when it has caused so much trouble and is off of warrenty. When i can get newer tech.<br />