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Monitor options for a new g5
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Hey all:
I'm finally making the move from an iMac to a refurb dual g5, which I ordered today. I've searched the forum and not really found a good answer to my issue.
The one thing I love most about my iMac is the 17 inch widescreen. The monitors Apple makes are little too pricey for me, so I ask: can anyone recommend a sub-$1K monitor like the one I'm using on the iMac. I can find lots of nicely priced 17 inch LCDs, but I'm keen on another widescreen set up. Thanks for any help on this.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Dell 17" Widescreen: $699
Samsung 17" 172W
Phillips 170W4P: $600
(Last edited by schwaz80; Sep 3, 2004 at 03:36 PM.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Staffs, UK
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I've just bought a Samsung SM172x - not wide screen, but it's a very, very nice monitor, with DVI and VGA input. It cost me £330UKP, and runs as 1280x1024 on a 17" screen - just right, if you ask me !
I was a little worried about using a non-Apple monitor, because the ones I'd used before (even Samsung ones) didn't have the crispness that I'm used to. Well, I shouldn't have worried because the 172x is brighter, crisper, more colourful and more responsive than either my Powerbook or my iMac 15".
Recommended (I want to get another, for a dual setup).
I should mention that it's silver, so it's a good match for both Powerbooks and Powermacs, and that it comes with a wall mounting plate (and interestingly, you retain the ability to angle the monitor when wall mounted).
(Last edited by Gee4orce; Sep 23, 2004 at 05:40 AM.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Super Leeds - U.K.
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I've got an LG screen - LG L1730B.
Nice looking in silver, dv-i and vga inputs [can switch between my mac on dv and pc on vga] and pretty quick response times.
I paid £325, but seen cheaper now, recommend highly.
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Upwind from Quebec...
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I use a samsung syncmaster 760v 17" at work connected to my powerbook and although it's a great display, I cant seem to calibrate it to match my Powerbook's display.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Hey folks, thanks for the feedback. In the end, I bought a 20 inch Apple Cinema display from Small Dog for $1K. It was a closeout of the last generation of monitors, and I am very happy with it. I spent about $300 more than I planned to, but I figured I'd have this monitor for a long time, so it was worth spending the big bucks, picking up some Apple quality gear, and getting a bigger screen.
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