Looking for gaming monitor: LCD or CRT?

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Most new games support 1600x1200 and higher resolutions nowadays so I don't think it will be a problem. Others might have a different opinion so wait for theirs before coming to any conclusion.

 

[Fred G]

ok, i will wait. I'm also curious to hear from people who actually own a similar widescreen, how is it working for you? Did you have the problem i was talking to above?

 

[olefarte]

I play most of the new games, at least shooters I should say, and I haven't had many problems with this. Older ones could be a problem. However you can go to the below site, and check your games out, and if they don't do native widescreen, you might find a hack to make them work in widescreen. I have never been sorry that I got my widescreen, it's great.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

[flowerpower]

Thats the reason why i brought this up, my computer is old, i play mostly older games and i want to keep playing them but i want to play new ones too whem i get new pc. Thanks for the link i'll check it out!

 

[SNGX1275]

Oh, i intend to do more research, i never heard anyone saying anything good about BenQ, but then again, i'm no monitor expert and i rely on folks who know to provide advice.

I have 2, and I really like them. The only monitor I've ever used that I like more was my 17" Philips 107P that isn't made anymore. It was capable of doing 1920x1440.

Here are my 2 Benq 20.1s

 

[Fred G]

I have 2, and I really like them. The only monitor I've ever used that I like more was my 17" Philips 107P that isn't made anymore. It was capable of doing 1920x1440.

Here are my 2 Benq 20.1s

They look nice, are they widescreen? thats how they look anyway. Would you mind posting a link to a store or provide model#?

Have you had any of those problems, like the ones discussed above, with older games with those Benqs?

 

[SNGX1275]

Yes, they are widescreen. Here is a link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824014105 really good monitors in my opinion. I've had no real "problems" gaming. I have played Warcraft 3 and Starcraft on them and it gets stretched, so depending on how sensitive you are to that...

They are pretty big, if you take an 8.5x11" sheet of paper, you can fit exactly 2 of them side by side on one monitor (viewing size). I had no dead pixels on either. A friend of mine also bought 2, he didn't have any dead pixels on his either.

People have complained about the controls being hard to see/use on them because they are buttons on the side of the monitor and not on the front, but how often do you really use those? Plus I think it looks better having a nice clean frame, not one filled with buttons.

 

[Fred G]

Thanx for the info!

 

[GameJunkie72792]

your monitor doesnt have to have vista certification to work with vista

and i dig the 24" acer DVI is a great feature also (if you have dvi) and the crt i use refreshes at 85hz in 1600x1200 of course i have the card to back it up...

 

[Fred G]

So you would recomend getting that Acer over a CRT? The reason i ask is because i know that LCD monitors work best only in their native resolutions and quality deteriorates when switching to another resolution. It is of a particular concern to me because i play a lot of older games usually at 1600x1200, there are even some that dont support that kind of resolution, so if i get a monitor with a native resolution of 1900x1200 the image quality will deteriorate when i go to a lower one. Can anyone comment on this?