Computer monitor

[The Domer]

As some of you may know, my barely 1 year old computer monitor died recently. I had an ASUS VE248. I'm in the market for a new monitor now, and I'm looking to spend between 150-250 simoleons.

Do any of you have a monitor you'd personally recommend?

[OmgOhnoes]

Do you need anything specific like an HDMI input, speakers, multiple DVI, etc?

[The Domer]

Do you need anything specific like an HDMI input, speakers, multiple DVI, etc?

No, I don't need anything special. Having VGA, DVI, and HDMI options are nice, but really all I need is DVI. And I have external speakers, so having them built in does not matter. As examples of monitors I'm considering, check out this and this.

[gator]

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/prod ... u=320-2807

[OmgOhnoes]

I'd go with Dell myself. I had special requirements for this last one so i went with ASUS but Dell has never failed me, i still have a Dell 24" from 2003 going strong.

[Clay Pigeon]

As some of you may know, my barely 1 year old computer monitor died recently. I had an ASUS VE248. I'm in the market for a new monitor now, and I'm looking to spend between 150-250 simoleons.

Do any of you have a monitor you'd personally recommend?

Have you enquired into RMAing it? The warranty on my asus monitor model is three years.

[metacide]

I recommend Samsung, they make brilliant monitors.

Dell has decent monitors (note: Dell does not make monitors just rebrands them) that you can buy terrific warranties for. I only buy Dell monitors for Work due to the warranties.

[sgt stutter]

I like Samsung as well for both looks and quality.

I purchased a SyncMaster PX2370 over a year ago and have had no issues still looks and works great.

[Boss Llama]

Samsung monitors are droolerific - love 'em.

In reality, I think there are only something like 3 companies that produce the LCD panels going in to all the different monitor brands out there, so if you're getting a basic TN panel, the differences are limited to the elements of the monitor other than the screens. I've seen respectable performance from off-brands like Sceptre and Hanns-G, which can be just fine, depending on your application. I even had an Acer that was unintentionally an IPS panel (manafacturing error in my favor - woot!).

Samsung's king of the heap as far as I'm concerned, followed by pretty much everybody else.

[The Domer]

I like Samsung as well for both looks and quality.

I purchased a SyncMaster PX2370 over a year ago and have had no issues still looks and works great.

I've heard good things about that monitor from several sources now, but unfortunately it's outside my price range.