I need a new monitor (LCD that is)

Hey guys!!

I just had a monitor that totally tanked and went schizo on me.
Basically it was a 17" LCD from Norcent.
Right now, I'm looking for a decent LCD monitor under $300 and around
15-19". Which monitor company and brand would give me the best bang
for my buck?
I'm no computer junkie, but I'm a college student who will be using it
a lot to write hugely important essay papers, so I need a pretty good
resolution so I don't go blind after using it for 2 months. Also
reliability is a big issue, and not so much how many HDMI resolution
widescreen gaming pixels I can fit in a 1000:1 contrast HD infrared
blah blah blah.
Any ideas?
Short and sweet would be nice.

Really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Alex

db0255@gmail.com wrote:

>I just had a monitor that totally tanked and went schizo on me.
>Basically it was a 17" LCD from Norcent.
>Right now, I'm looking for a decent LCD monitor under $300 and around
>15-19". Which monitor company and brand would give me the best bang
>for my buck?
>I'm no computer junkie, but I'm a college student who will be using it
>a lot to write hugely important essay papers, so I need a pretty good
>resolution so I don't go blind after using it for 2 months. Also
>reliability is a big issue, and not so much how many HDMI resolution
>widescreen gaming pixels I can fit in a 1000:1 contrast HD infrared
>blah blah blah.
>Any ideas?
>Short and sweet would be nice.

Go to someplace like newegg.com and pick something out. They all
work. Sort by size and shape and pixel-count (often mistakenly
referred-to as "resolution") and price.

Be aware that there's resolution (as in pixels per inch) options, e.g.
a 19" with 1680x1050 pixels will, of course, display everything
smaller than will a 22" with the same 1680x1050 pixels. Some people
prefer the larger size so they can lean-back a bit, some people like
to sit close and will prefer the tighter pixel-pitch of the smaller
monitor.

On Apr 2, 9:29 am, chrisv <chr...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> db0...@gmail.com wrote:
> >I just had a monitor that totally tanked and went schizo on me.
> >Basically it was a 17" LCD from Norcent.
> >Right now, I'm looking for a decent LCD monitor under $300 and around
> >15-19". Which monitor company and brand would give me the best bang
> >for my buck?
> >I'm no computer junkie, but I'm a college student who will be using it
> >a lot to write hugely important essay papers, so I need a pretty good
> >resolution so I don't go blind after using it for 2 months. Also
> >reliability is a big issue, and not so much how many HDMI resolution
> >widescreen gaming pixels I can fit in a 1000:1 contrast HD infrared
> >blah blah blah.
> >Any ideas?
> >Short and sweet would be nice.
>
> Go to someplace like newegg.com and pick something out. They all
> work. Sort by size and shape and pixel-count (often mistakenly
> referred-to as "resolution") and price.
>
> Be aware that there's resolution (as in pixels per inch) options, e.g.
> a 19" with 1680x1050 pixels will, of course, display everything
> smaller than will a 22" with the same 1680x1050 pixels. Some people
> prefer the larger size so they can lean-back a bit, some people like
> to sit close and will prefer the tighter pixel-pitch of the smaller
> monitor.

I appreciate your response a lot. I checked out newegg.com and I'm
gonna get a monitor from there. Thanks for taking the time to
respond!!
All good things,
Alex