Buying a new monitor and was wondering is the 50 buck diff worth the extra 1 inch between the ASUS VH236H 23" and the ASUS VW246H 24" and would i be better off spend a few extra bucks and buying a LG or Samsung instead?

ive owned all three types of monitors, i do enjoy the size. really if that extra bit of res makes a differnce to you go for it. personally samsung is my choice. better picture quality

You can't really tell until you actually go and look at them...That's one of the useful things about futureshack.

What do you plan to do with a monitor: Play computer games and/or console and/or TV and/or whatever?

I'd say buy Samsung, but all monitors I own are Samsung, so I'm a wee bit impartial.

I like 16:10 aspect ratio myself, but 16:9 is becoming the norm these days.

Depends on what your price limit is as well. 50$ is not a lot of beer...can you go cold turkey for a week?

I'm very happy with my Samsung and a fan of 16:10 as well... it does make a difference.

When I was buying last I went to see a few and ended up with a Samsung as well. Try not to get caught up in specs and just go with what looks best to you.

As for the extra size I don't know what I would do. I like the bigger screens like most people but if it's the same resolution as the smaller one, it means the pixels will be larger, and if it's a higher resolution than the smaller one, it means needing a video card that can handle that res at a playable frame rate for all your current and future games. Sometimes that means the difference between needed a new video card sooner rather than later so that could be another expense that goes along with the larger monitor.

16:10 seems more versatile in the lower resolutions that can be supported. I don't know how people can use 16:9 on a PC.

Ya Samsung Has been my choice aswell I own a Samsung 2253lw right now 21.6inch just thought I might try one of the 23-24" Asus monitors and ya the two asus have the same res both 1920x1080, and not worried about the price just dont want to spend extra for the same thing if i dont have to.

All cheap monitors displays will look like crap when views from off-centre. Then again they only cost half as much

So has anyone seen the 23" LED samsung? any feed back about it?

LED = shit ass expensive!

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Samsung FTW. I've owned a total of 8 in the last 4yrs. Now you may say.. 8! holy crap why 8? Well let me tell you! I picked up a big beefy 24inch samsung about 2yrs ago when I was in college for $550 with service plan and all that jazz. I got it home and realized the color was off, even with any corrections. Took it back, the next one I got the power button wouldn't turn the monitor off, it just turned on when I plugged it into the wall. Returned it, got another one where the color was off, but this time it was the red values, other one was the green!. Then I took that back, got my $550 back, and bought a 22inch on sale for like $220.. worked perfectly fine. I've since bought another 22inch model that's worked flawlessly. Bought 3 those prior years for my parents, myself and my girlfriend.

But If I had to pick another brand, it would have to be LG, as they look to be damn sexy as well. Not to mention LG makes a badass fridge! (We need a fridge forum.. I'd overclock a fridge).

i bout an asus 23" about 2 years ago, first purchase of a large monitor, got it for 199, have zero complaints load up time is alittle slow since it goes through all the flashy touch buttons but not really a complaint....

my 27 is a samsung and after 3 years not a single problem or dead pixel, my wife's is a LG, same thing, not a single problem. id stay away from anything that isn't major branded, as they tend to use lower end panels in them, you get what you pay for pretty much, paid $1200 for mine 3 years ago (sad they only went down $300 in that time, i want a second to run dual)




just noticed this and cant stop laughing! i think we'd all have oc'd fridges if we could lol