[ILUG] Re: [ILUG-Social] 17" Monitor

[Kevin Dunleavy]

Vincent Cunniffe wrote:
> > Mornin',
> >         I'm in the market for a 17" monitor. I'm looking for a bloody good one,
> > that should last me a few years, possible a CTX Futura, or a Belinea 10-30-70.
> > Does anyone have any comments on these, or other recommendations, and most
> > importantly, where would be the best place to buy them - I'm planning mail
> > order from the uk any way.
> 
> www.scan.co.uk is your man, and if you want to spend the money, Iiyama
> monitors are damn gorgeous.

Gotta second the Iiyama recommendation. I have a 3 year old Mag
Innovision (the Gateway 2000 17" that they shipped at the time) and it
looks _so_ poor next to my new Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400.

However, there is a very slight shimmer on the Iiyama, but I think it's
just because the refresh rate is too low. Must whack in the right
drivers. (I had to reinstall Win98 after a nasty partitioning accident.
I suppose that's what I get for trying to set up a triple-boot system.)

Also, the Belinia's are pretty low end (read "crap"). They're cheap, but
they're not very good quality. A monitor is the one part of the system
where you shouldn't hold back on spending cash. (A slightly slower hard
drive won't damage your health. A really crap monitor will.) 

Kevin
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Kevin Dunleavy
OrbixWeb Customer Engineering
IONA Technologies