anyone able to recommend a good 21-22" LCD monitor?

[maxd]

My trusty old Iiyama 19" VisionMaster CRT bit the dust recently (cat barfed into it!) and I'm ready to enter the 21st Century, monitor-wise at least. So I'm shopping for a [strike]good[/strike] real good 21 or 22 inch LCD monitor and looking for recommendations. Anything less than $500 suits the budget.

My primary use is office work, secondary is watching movies and such. My wife does some photo work so good colour performance is fairly high on our wish list. Being able to switch to various (custom) colour pre-sets would be a boon. Height and tilt adjust are "wants" for us too but I don't want speakers or need HD or any of the other fancy stuff. Just looking for a solid monitor that's a pleasure to look at really.

So, any suggestions?

 

[Repro]

My trusty old Iiyama 19" VisionMaster CRT bit the dust recently (cat barfed into it!) and I'm ready to enter the 21st Century, monitor-wise at least. So I'm shopping for a [strike]good[/strike] real good 21 or 22 inch LCD monitor and looking for recommendations. Anything less than $500 suits the budget.

My primary use is office work, secondary is watching movies and such. My wife does some photo work so good colour performance is fairly high on our wish list. Being able to switch to various (custom) colour pre-sets would be a boon. Height and tilt adjust are "wants" for us too but I don't want speakers or need HD or any of the other fancy stuff. Just looking for a solid monitor that's a pleasure to look at really.

So, any suggestions?

You can look at the "Acer T231Hbmid". It's 23 inch and it even has touchscreen functionality (!!). It's also ergonomical which means you can tilt it the way you like. Here it is around €300,-/$430,-. I don't have this screen myself, but i've heard good things about it.

 

[swampwitch]

I'm really happy with my new HP 2310m 23" Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor. It's great for gaming, graphics...and I haven't watched TV on a TV since I got it. Netflix and Hulu and the like look gorgeous, and it makes Windows Media Player look better than it actually is. Between $300 and $350 on Amazon and local department stores.

 

[BingoT]

I love this one.
It's the best I ever had so far.
Acer G235H monitor
It goes for $164.99 but you can find it for $125 to $150.00

 

[lots0]

I bought a Acer 21in on Amazon, just before Xmas.

It works good, but it is not as sharp a picture as the Dell 21in I have hooked up to the same computer. You can really tell the difference when both monitors are hooked up to the same box.

 

[jetset]

Had an Acer, which was good but not as impressive as the Samsung 26" I switched to end of last year - it's really excellent.

 

[lots0]

The last monitor I bought was actually not a monitor, it was a TV.

I bought a Vizio 22in. TV and use it for a monitor on my personal computer. IMO it is better than any of the monitors I tried.

Not only does it get HDMI 1080i/60 but it has a TV tuner, RGB and internal speakers that sound good and the picture quality is better than any of the dozen or so monitors I currently own and to top it off the price is very good.. better than some of the dedicated monitors that don't have all the extra goodies.

 

[Perc]

I really like Samsung for both monitors and TVs. I use a SyncMaster 245BW - 24" widescreen for my main PC and it's great.

 

[maxd]

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated. Keep 'em comin' though, most of the ones recommended here are over my 22" limit.

 

[swampwitch]

Men. Always worried about that extra inch.

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Dont by LCD... go for a LED monitor.

They outperform the previous in every aspect related to image quality/contrast/viewing angle/etc...

1.LED monitors consume 40% less power than an LCD monitor. If we compare the screens of LED and LCD Television screens we see that while an LCD screen consumes 0.139 watts per square inch, an LED consumes 0.096 of the same.

2. LED Screens have a faster response time as compares to LCDs. While response time of LCDs ranges between 2 – 8 ms, an LED can respond in less than 0.01 ms.

3. LED monitors have a far better contrast ratio resulting in clearer and sharper pictures. While LCD monitors can produce 20:000 contrast ratio, an LED can produce 2.000:000 contrast ratio.

LED screens are capable of being sleeker and light weight as compared to LCD monitors.

They are more pricey though

 

[chayton]

I do graphics work so it's hard finding an LCD monitor that displays correctly - especially when you're on a tiny budget. When my CRT bit the dust, money was a bit of an issue so I bought a Samsung T220 - the first one I brought home I couldn't get calibrated - sitting in front of it was like getting an x-ray, it was SO bright. I took it back and exchanged it for another one and was able to calbrate it almost perfectly - I still lose some of slightly off-white shades so once I win the lottery this will be replaced, but for the cost I'm pretty happy with it so far.

 

[jod5413]

Men. Always worried about that extra inch.

I hear ya, Swampy Silly creatures, aren't they?

 

[maxd]

LED screens are capable of being sleeker and light weight as compared to LCD monitors.

Yeah, I'd read about LED monitors, was under the impression they hadn't quite "arrived" at the consumer level yet.

Do you have any specific recommendations in the 20-22" range, preferably within the $500 budget?

And ladies, please, I asked for LESS inches not more.

 

[chayton]

now THAT was funny!

 

[Rhyzz]

And ladies, please, I asked for LESS inches not more.

I feel your pain, it's a curse more than a blessing!

I'd go LED Max, 2 x Asus MS238H is what I'm sporting, slightly bigger than what you want but they are seriously slimline, cheap too, I paid almost 300 nicker for each of mine about 8 months ago, they've come down to about £220 now, circa $350.