I don't want to get a widescreen LCD. Just something that will do 1280x1024. (I am currently on an ancient 15" monitor). I was thinking about the LG 1953. Does anyone know whether this is a good one? Thanks :cool:

1280x1024 isn't widescreen, it isn't even normal, it's extra narrow.

I just ordered a 22" inch Dell widescreen with a 1680x1050 res, came today, but I was at work, so I'll have to go pick it up in a few days... it only totalled to $350 CAD with taxes and shipping.

Unfortunately, I can't help with anything cheaper/smaller than that, I'm mostly into higher end stuff, partially because i can pick up 1600x1200 22" CRTs dirt cheap.

I have a Viewsonic VE710b. Its native resolution is 1280x1024, though it is 17". Not sure if you're aware but 17" LCD/TFT is the equivelant to 19" CRT. 8ms refresh rate, has always worked nicely for me.

Really have no idea about quality of monitors in general, but my friend has the same one as me and also likes it. May be outdated now tho (got it Jan 2006). No dodgey pixels yet :D

And i've no idea about the LG one.

Try a Sync Master 191T Plus by Samsung. It's good.

I second the Samsung SyncMasters too. I have a 740N (17"). Great price and function.

Try a Sync Master 191T Plus by Samsung. It's good.

I second the Samsung SyncMasters too. I have a 740N (17"). Great price and function.

Ok I have looked at the Samsungs and I can't find a 191T. Are you sure you don't mean a SyncMaster 940N? And do these Samsungs have a good enough refresh time for gaming do you think?

Hmm, you can change the refresh rate around with the monitor, but some games may experience massive screen refreshments.

Sorry, I meant the monitor's response time.... The Syncmaster 940 has a response time of 8ms. I have been told I should look for 4-5 ms for games.

My ACER has 12ms and I can play games just fine, so unless you are a Pro quake/Unreal/Counter Strike/etc. player, 8ms will do just fine.

I have a Dell 20" LCD with a native reso of 1600x1200. Love it (though the model is older now). :)

Sorry, I meant the monitor's response time.... The Syncmaster 940 has a response time of 8ms. I have been told I should look for 4-5 ms for games.IIRC, mine has a response time of 22ms (it's 4 years old). I haven't played any FPS on it, but it's been fine for both racing and strategy games. So I find it hard to imagine 8ms would be too slow for anything. After all, your eyes don't have a response time that fast :)

Thanks guys... I settled on a Samsung SyncMaster 940B (19 inch). So far very happy with it. I would have gone for a 20 inch but I don't think my graphics card would be fast enough on the higher resolutions.

I'd always heard that sub-12ms is good for gaming. I wasn't even aware there are sub-8ms monitors. I play a lot of FPSs btw. I'd say my main bottleneck is actually the IGP gfx card I have, not the monitor.