Computer Monitor

[Sole_Tech]

I am about to replace my monitor and would be obliged to receive advice on the following especially in respect of flight simulator

1. Normal or widescreen

2. 19" 20" or 21" screen

3. Any preferred manufacturer

All help greatly appreciated

Ray Twyford

[jetguy35]

I would say definately widescreen. I went from a 19" LCD Dell square flat panel to a 22" LCD widescreen Westinghouse flat panel and I have to say it made my gaming experience much better. It gives you a much better view of the cockpit compared to a square display. I got my Westinghouse 22" at bestbuy like 2 months ago for $179.00 which I felt was an awesome price. I would say that Westinghouse is a good brand because I have a 27" Westinghouse HDTV LCD for playing xbox 360 and watching tv and it has run nicely for 2 years now. I'm not saying that you have to run out and buy a westinghouse but they usually are affordable and have decent quality. Hope this helps.

Ben

[bostona1]

Go with the widescreen. I use a HP 21" widescreen, and will never go back to a small screen.
Paul

[inca]

Hi,
I'm about to change my IIyama 19" monitor (tube) which provides me a wonderfull picture quality for years.
I wonder if a "tft" monitor will provide me a so nice picture ?
I have some questions without answer... Please can you reply ?

1) Is a " 5 ms " really sufficient or do I need to go for a " 2 ms " TFT ?

2) Don't the "WIDE" screen distort the cockpit ?
( in FS, the cockpit use many vertical space and left very poor space for windscreen.
It looks strange to reduce the vertical space which is already missing !

3) A more wide screen mean "a more higher resolution" and perhaps a loss in fps ?

4) Why not to buy a 26" HDTV LCD for playing Flight Simulator ?

The monitor is the masterpiece of our hardware. All you do on a pc is visual (except music). Many people seems to forget it...

Thank you for your advices !

JP

[inca]

Hi,

Something sure, 19" is a minimum for a 4/3 screen.

If you want to have the same height (essential for FSim) you will have to choice a "wide screen" with 24" minimum...

JP

[RyanbATC]

1. "normal," but that's just my opinion, I might consider a widescreen

2. 19in is plenty for my eyes hehe

3. Viewsonic, Samsung, Dell,

Heres a link to a nicely-priced widescreen:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824252008

I bought my 19 in 4:3 LCD about 1.5 years ago, it cost 330 bucks. Look what you can get for 230 bucks today :)

[Thumper_KJFK]

Hello Sole_Tech:

SomeThing for you to Ponder over on your WIDE screen Issue :D
Take a good look at the photos, you Will NOTE, a Wide verity of TYPES, models, size, and Name brand pluse a mix-match of Flat screen and CRTs , new, used , and out of the Dumpsters...THEY ALL WORK GREAT:)

The Money That is Well Spent is in the System itself and Vidio Cards, and your imagenation on the Hookup of all the Moniters you can get your hands on (from out of the dumpsters) lol
Good Luck and Have Fun.

[727stretch]

I can highly recommend the 20" Dell widescreen ultrasharp 2007WFP; I've been using it for over a year with FS9 & FSX with no problems and excellent quality. No, widescreen doesn't distort anything at least in my case.

I would say go with the biggest widescreen you can afford. The trend is bigger! 24" monitors are not unusual these days. Heck, when I got this monitor in Nov. 2006, people thought a 20" was huge. Most of the time, brand does not matter - some brands you may never have heard of make amazing monitors. Look at the customer reviews on newegg.com

One last thing to consider - the bigger the monitor, the higher the native resolution is. If you want to get the full FS9/FSX experience from your monitor, you will most likely want to run at native resolution. But when you get up past 1680x1050, you will definitely need a high[er] end CPU & GPU to have it work well.

Let us know what you end up buying...I'll be in the market for a 22 or 24" prolly in the next 6 months or so. Have fun.

[Thumper_KJFK]

Great system 727stretch:

I agree
And Yes I'v see the same one at flight shows i'v been to, UN real shart crisp flight, my buget will not let me do it at this time, But I do see the Triend of price Going Down in my aera, :)