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08-19-2009, 01:21 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 247
|  Is a decent widescreen monitor for under £100 possible?
I suppose that entirely depends on what I mean by decent, doesn't it?
Well, I'll be (finally) off to Uni in about a month or so, so I'm going to need to get rid of the worlds chunkiest CRT. It will be a tearful farewell for sure.
So can anybody give me any recommendations for a nice widescreen for under £100? "Under" is the key word here as Uni's likely to drain my poor wallet enough as it is.
Is there anything I can get that will actually give a good black? That gives crisp, clean colours without burn in? That doesn't look like I'm looking through a muddy puddle? I'm really not very savvy when it comes to monitors so any help would be greatly appreciated!
I do like WoW (perhaps to my shame  ) so something that'll make it look right purdy would be grand!
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08-19-2009, 01:33 PM
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Theg Ame Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Oxfordshire, UK, waving our red white and blue. Posts: 1,981
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08-19-2009, 01:35 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,128
| Re: Is a decent widescreen monitor for under £100 possible?
It is my understanding that LCD as a technology cannot display true black. That said, I don't notice. Not sure about over there, but here what you ask for is possible if you convert the currency. Really have no idea about prices outside the US, though.
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08-19-2009, 02:16 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 247
| Re: Is a decent widescreen monitor for under £100 possible?
"It is my understanding that LCD as a technology cannot display true black"
That's also what I'd heard, but I'm only asking for good! 
That Acer though... that is a nice monitor. A shame about the price tag though. I -always- go over budget, I promised myself I wouldn't this time!
I have managed to find it for £95 on Kikatek.com Kikatek.com | (ET.EV3WE.B08) Acer V223WBb 22 inch Widescreen WSXGA+ TFT LCD 10000:1 300cd/m2 1680 x 1050@75Hz 5ms VGA/DVI (Black)
Anyone know if they're any good?
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08-19-2009, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 5,265
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Almost identical to the one Yami linked you to, so yeah, it's good.
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08-19-2009, 03:49 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 247
| Re: Is a decent widescreen monitor for under £100 possible?
Should be the exact same monitor, but I was actually wondering about the website!
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08-19-2009, 03:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 5,265
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Oh, I don't know anything about the website since I'm not a UK guy, lol. I'm sure someone will know something.
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08-19-2009, 06:41 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Somerset, England Posts: 247
| Re: Is a decent widescreen monitor for under £100 possible?
Well, perhaps I'll just take a chance!!
Cheers for your help guys.
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08-19-2009, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: England Posts: 2,201
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Never used them before but they look fairly respectable.
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08-20-2009, 04:54 PM
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When dealing with such small differences make sure you calculate shipping at both sites to make sure its still lower.
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