LCD monitors and flat
screen computer monitors.
Computer monitors prices
went down a lot compared to a few years ago.
When I bought my first 14 inch VGA monitor to
use with my 286 cpu computer, I paid a fortune
for it. You have to get a good monitor to have
a decent display, it's what you will look at
when you use your PC. If the display is not
good, you will see it all the time.
Most display monitors are
flat screens now and the 17 inch is now the
smallest monitor you should buy. You can get a
used one for under 100$ now because a new one
will go for around 200$. The price went down a
lot because manufacturing a lot of them
lowered the production costs.
Most monitors are made from
the same tube because there is not 20
different tube manufacturers. I saw 3
different models of monitor tube when fixing
them. So what really changes is the shape of
the case and electronic components used to
make the display monitors.
Depending on the VGA adapter
and the monitor specifications, you will have
an excellent display if you can set a high
refresh rate for it. The refresh rate is the
speed at which the display beam will turn on a
pixel on the screen. The faster the refresh
rate, the better the display will be.
Depending on the resolution used for your
display, some refresh rates may not be
available.
Old monitors would have a
refresh rate of 60hz and could exhibit some
kind of fluctuations or flicker like most say.
The flickering comes from the low refresh rate
letting your eye see fluctuations on the
monitor and this is mostly true when the room
lights are neon.
The higher you set the
resolution of your display, the lower the
refresh rate available will be because there
is more pixels to turn on one screen refresh
pass. The Plug&Play vga cards and monitors
will usually select the highest refresh rate
available so you get the best display.
LCD monitors are getting
cheaper and will eventually replace the tube
monitors. They are now under 1000$ and will
keep going down as more are manufactured. LCD
displays are not as crisp as standard monitors
and can sometimes be a bit foggy when looking
at them on an angle.
LCD display monitors are
much lighter and take much less space on a
desk than a standard monitor. This is one of
the main reason people buy them, a bit like
flat screen TV sets they take less room. Their
quality is much better than before where a LCD
screen could have 20 dead pixels and still be
a good one.
Since you will stare at the
monitor while using your PC computer, you
should get a good quality one. Either a
standard or a LCD display monitor depending on
what you prefer and home much room you have on
your desk.
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