A Guide to Choosing the Right 19" LCD Monitor - 7 Models Reviewed

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• archcommus87 - Saturday, December 4, 2004 - link

  Additionally, what are your thoughts on response time? I see that many of the monitors reviewed here are 20-25 ms monitors, however so many people claim that anything over 16 is simply unacceptable for gaming. Is this true or would 25 be plenty fine?

• archcommus87 - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  So SOME out there are actually 4:3 physicall. How do you know which ones? They do list l x w x h, but I'm assuming that includes base. So you must read a review or physically measure it yourself to know this?
  
  Kristopher: What is your opinion on the quality of the image when it is upscaled in such a way, say trying to run a game at 10x7 on a 19" 1280x1024 monitor.

• GOSHARKS - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  KristopherKubicki, that may be the case with some models - BUT you imply that ALL 17-19" LCDs that are 5:4 in resolution are in reality 4:3 physically, which is incorrect and confusing for people reading your review.
  
  "Most 19" and 17" LCDs have an aspect ratio of 5:4 (1280x1024). This is OK, but you're looking at a 5:4 signal crammed in a 4:3 box."

• KristopherKubicki - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  archcommus87: LCDs will naturally interpolate pixels if you choose a non-native resolution. Only a few monitors will scale the image down to the correct pixel size (ie the Samsung 192T). Of course, if you do that you just turned your 19" LCD into a 17" one.
  
  Kristopher

• KristopherKubicki - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  GOSHARKS: As i stated above in the comment addressed to #14, there are LCDs that are not the correct aspect ratio. A few viewsonic models come to mind. That was the only thing I was addressing in the aspect ratio portion of the guide.
  
  Kristopher

• KristopherKubicki - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  Peter: For these LCDs you are correct, they are all the correct aspect ratio. However, we have looked at 17" and 19" pannels in the past that are 4:3 (and not surprisingly they did not get good reviews).
  
  Kristopher

• archcommus87 - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  Are the options presented thus far really the only options for running games at resolutions other than native? If so how could anyone want an LCD for gaming? Unless you're positive you'll always have a beefy enough computer to run games at 1280x1024 or higher. Or unless you don't mind playing the game with black around all sides.

• vailr - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

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• Peter - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  Or does the Anandtech high-tech lab not feature such an old fashioned tool like a wooden stick with a scale on it?
  
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• Peter - Friday, December 3, 2004 - link

  ... and I had said exactly that in #14 already. No correction so far? Boo...