What is the Best Lcd Tv-PC Monitor,,, 22-24 inch and not more than $700 ,, thanks?

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1. Clout says:

   May 12, 2010 at 12:49 pm

   Gateway which just got acquired by ACER makes a really Superb 24″ LCD HD Monitor with analog component inputs, HDMI, DVI and VGA Inputs as well as Composite and S-Video Inputs. The only thing it doesn’t have is an ATSC Tuner. It’s a monitor not a HDTV but it’s the closest thing to an HDTV you can get without the Tuner being built in.
   I have a 24″ one and a 19″ one, theyre the previous models to the ones that are out now. (Mine is FPD2485W) List price is about $500, online you can get ‘em for alot less. They also make a 30″ one that can do 1600p resolution but it’s $1699.

   the 2 main specifications of an LCD display that you will see is Brightness (may be described as NITS) and contrast
   (usually expressed as a ratio).
   more recent displays will advertise a contrast ratio of “2000:1″ or “3000:1″ and big displays might even advertise “7000:1″ (Samsung) or “15000:1″ (Sharp)
   but in those cases the contrast ratio is the result of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and isn’t a true contrast meaure like you’d get on a CRT-Tube display.

   Generally speaking the higher the contrast ratio the better, the higher the brightness the better. Also, LCD’s have a narrower viewing angle, that is to say that if you’re too far off to one side or the other the picture gets crappy looking and this is common from brand to brand and sceen size is not relevant. Plasmas aren’t as bad at that but use 2X the power as LCD.

   Good Luck!