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kc7jty
12-09-2007, 11:01 PM
http://bestbuy.shoplocal.com/bestbuy/de ... 2092303703 (http://bestbuy.shoplocal.com/bestbuy/default.aspx?action=detail&storeid=2413205&rapid=0&listingid=-2092303703)
seems like a good buy if Envision is a quality brand.
Will go look tomorrow.
ad4mg
12-10-2007, 05:28 AM
It appears to be a good monitor, found one review on it:

THINKCOMPUTERS REVIEW (http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=662)

Hope that helps!
N2NH
12-10-2007, 05:31 AM
http://bestbuy.shoplocal.com/bestbuy/default.aspx?action=detail&storeid=2413205&rapid=0&listingid=-2092303703
seems like a good buy if Envision is a quality brand.
Will go look tomorrow.

Can't say, but the way I look at it is there are only a few factories in the world that turn out LCD monitors, so pretty much, they're very similar. IMHO, newer ones have better specs and you pay more, that's all.
kc2orw
12-10-2007, 09:29 AM
I am staring at a 17" LCD Envision it is about five years old and still working fine. There are monitors with better resolution but the one I have has worked well for a number of years.
kc7jty
12-10-2007, 10:15 AM
Donkey Shane (thanks in German) for the input.
kc7jty
12-10-2007, 06:28 PM
I picked up the Envision H1981 today at Best Buy. Seems to be working OK. $160 was the right price anyway.
ad4mg
12-10-2007, 07:48 PM
I picked up the Envision H1981 today at Best Buy. Seems to be working OK. $160 was the right price anyway.

Congrats! I'm looking forward to upgrading my monitors, but all my computers still have 17" or 19" CRT's that work great, so no need to replace them ... yet!
kf0rt
12-10-2007, 08:03 PM
I got a 17" Optiquest LCD last Xmas for about $150 (after rebate). Love it.

The problem with most 19" LCD's is that they don't offer more resolution. The screens are bigger, but so are the pixels, so the bigger screen doesn't help that much.
N2RJ
12-10-2007, 08:12 PM
I have a 22" Viewsonic wide screen. I think we paid less than $300 for it.

It sounds expensive, but it was the only monitor I found that generated no hash on HF...

My Dell ultrasharp 19" added 2 S units of hash. I gave it away to a friend.
kc7jty
12-10-2007, 08:27 PM
the manual for the monitor says the graphic card in the computer's maximum refresh rate shouldn't be over:
VESA 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz

according to the info on the input signal (in the monitor's menu selection) it's: H. frequency: 79.99
V. frequency: 75.03
Pixel Clock: 135.04

do I need to adjust it down? How do I do that, *Duh*.
kc7jty
12-11-2007, 01:33 AM
Never mind....I got an answer on the Zed. Is there anything lost by reducing the refresh rate down from 75 Hz to 60Hz? The monitor manual recommends 60Hz. but it looks like 75 is OK, but don't go over that.
WV6Z
12-11-2007, 02:06 AM
60Hz should be where it's set, 75Hz is close enough to where you shouldn't notice any difference, but anything beyond that and it won't be able to deal with it.
KG4CGC
12-11-2007, 02:42 AM
Now all you need is an HD video card.
12-11-2007, 06:41 AM
K1LLA got him an Envision. It worked very well for him. He was impressed.
N2NH
12-11-2007, 07:45 AM
Never mind....I got an answer on the Zed. Is there anything lost by reducing the refresh rate down from 75 Hz to 60Hz? The monitor manual recommends 60Hz. but it looks like 75 is OK, but don't go over that.

You'll see less flicker at 75Hz than at 60. Over time you are less likely to get eyestrain at 75Hz because of that.
N2RJ
12-11-2007, 10:04 AM
I've never been able to use anything below 85Hz on a computer CRT monitor.

75Hz will give me a headache.

Honestly though, on an LCD it won't matter much.
kc7jty
12-11-2007, 10:47 AM
Never mind....I got an answer on the Zed. Is there anything lost by reducing the refresh rate down from 75 Hz to 60Hz? The monitor manual recommends 60Hz. but it looks like 75 is OK, but don't go over that.

You'll see less flicker at 75Hz than at 60. Over time you are less likely to get eyestrain at 75Hz because of that.
I can set it at 60, 70, 75. Maybe the 70 setting would be best?
kc7jty
12-11-2007, 10:55 AM
The only negative thing I've found with this monitor is, if I have a colored background that fills the whole screen it appears to be slightly, but noticably darker on the upper portion of the screen. The manual says I must view the screen from straight on to preferably a below (looking upward at it) angle.

Thanks for the comments.