Hey all,

Long time no see. I was wondering if you could help me help a friend. She is looking to buy her boyfriend a new LCD for Christmas, and as some of you may have noticed .......... I have been out of the tech loop the past 6 months or so.

He is a gamer, and she (read I) would like the following specs:

Good brand with reliability and warranty
19" LCD
500:1 Contrast ratio
Decent response time
Black or silver in colour
under $600 CDN ($515 USD)

Most importantly, I want something you guys have used with good results.

I was looking at the Viewsonic VX924 It has a very strong rating out of 250 user reviews on newegg, and I can get it for $450 CDN locally. Any other thoughts?

Thanks all.

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I completely forget whether Dell Canada has the awesome coupons the US site has had. I've seen the fpw2005, and and (20" fpw, forgot the model) and I would easily reccommend these, if a discount were available.

Then again, I rarely notice any ghosting on any LCDs, only on a handful of notebooks.

Not sure what the price is in canada for it but the Samsung 940b has had a lot of good reviews. Meets or beats all of the requests you listed and is $340 on newegg. Also look at the Hyundia L90D+ its like $320 on newegg. Hope it helps.

The Philips 190B6CB (black) or 190B6CBs (silver) are SWEET monitors - have one at work and 2 x 17" ones at home - their zero dead pixel policy is the best out there - no dead pixels, no stupid rules and stuff about 8cm squares etc to deal with. 8ms response - which is sweet for the games I've tried.

Also, check out the viewsonic monitors too - they have a REALLY good 19" one that hits 4ms - the VX924 (should be getting an evaluation one in a few weeks to look at) I believe toms hardware rated it highly

BAM!!!!!
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