Computer monitor recommendations, please

[LVSteve]

Just had a 6-7 year old LCD display go TU. Anybody had recent experience with buying one?

 

[BobC357]

Mine is an LED 24 inch diagonal display about 12 high by 18 1/2 wide. It has built in speakers and is pretty light weight. I like it a lot. It has HDMI and VGA inputs. and is 1600 lines resolution and 2560 wide. It is nice as I can easily display 2 pages side by side or watch HD movies with ease. There are a lot to choose from.
The Best High-Resolution Monitors | PCMag.com

 

[Rule3]

I "recently" bought a 23"-24 HD Viewsonic on sale. Either Staples or Costco can not recall. Works for me. I think they are all made in the same plant in China anyway.
Np speakers as I have a nice Creative 5.1 with powered sub.

 

[BaldEagle1313]

Just make sure you check online reviews before you buy one that's "a great deal". I bought what I thought was a genuine HP, right down to the part number, and when it arrived it was a Chinese knock-off.

A few years ago you wanted the biggest one you could afford or fit on your desk, but now so many web-sites are being optimized for smart phone viewing that they are more vertically than horizontally oriented. Something in the low twenties is more than enough. But if you do spreadsheets regularly, get the widest one you can. I ended up with a 27" HP, and with the HDMI input from the cable box it can double as a small office TV set.

 

[LVSteve]

Thanks, guys. I'm not looking to go too high end as I've just remembered a restriction with this machine. It only has onboard video via a D-Sub, not a modern digital output. Yeah, I know, I should get a dedicated graphics card while I'm at the store.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I was going to say check your ports. The newer monitors as mentioned above have VGA and HDMI. Most of the older computer Video outputs don't have HDMi. They have VGA and DVI.
I go backwards against this logic, I got a new computer which has HDMI. My older Monitor does not does not have HDMI.
Solution? Cable with DVI one end, HDMI plug on the other.

 

[aphelion]

Costco has Samsung 24" monitors for a good price. Mine is a year old and has been excellent running on an old Dell desktop thru VGA.

 

[ChuckS1]

Thanks, guys. I'm not looking to go too high end as I've just remembered a restriction with this machine. It only has onboard video via a D-Sub, not a modern digital output. Yeah, I know, I should get a dedicated graphics card while I'm at the store.

If you're using an Intel CPU with on-board video and you're not a gamer, that might be enough. Most new monitors come with cables that'll work. I don't know many that come with HDMI cables. I just built a new computer for for wife and am using an Intel i5-4570 that has on-board video. No need for a dedicated video card to do everyday computing tasks, web browsing and movie watching. But, when I do spring for one, I'm looking an an AMD R9 270.

 

[H Richard]

I've got a 24" Samsung and it was originally on my old dell desktop that I canned, (running XP). I plugged it into my Toshiba Laptop along with the Dell speakers and wireless keyboard and mouse and it works great.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Just bought an HP 21", an Acer HD 21", and an AOC 21" within the last 4 months. No problems. Stay with a major brand and I think you will be fine.

 

[bhayles]

Thanks, guys. I'm not looking to go too high end as I've just remembered a restriction with this machine. It only has onboard video via a D-Sub, not a modern digital output. Yeah, I know, I should get a dedicated graphics card while I'm at the store.

Unless you are rushed, find what you want here and you'll save enough for the graphics card. I build 'em for folks (as well as buying here for ME...LOL) and I buy all my computer stuff here:
TigerDirect.com - Electronics, Tablets, Phones, Office Supplies & Video Games

 

[BaldEagle1313]

Steve, if you end up getting something that doesn't come with the cable you need, PM me. I have more computer cables than I know what to do with, including the female VGA to male DVI adapter.

 

[LVSteve]

If you're using an Intel CPU with on-board video and you're not a gamer, that might be enough. Most new monitors come with cables that'll work.

That's probably true. The machine is a 2.6 GHz Intel dual core. I noticed on the Best Buy site that many of the lower cost monitors still have VGA/D-Sub connectors. I'm staggered that you can get a 20-22" monitor for about $150.

BaldEagle1313, many thanks for generous offer of cables. Hopefully the trade will get me handled, but you never know.

 

[Mcwsky09]

Depending on how the old one failed you might look up the model online if you are handy with a soldering iron I have resurrected two 20"+ monitors by replacing capacitors for about $12. A year later one of them died for good and the other is still going strong.
No so lucky with a 65" DLP TV, which I got about 6 months of life out of after the bulb blew and spent far too much in parts trying and failing to bring it back to life.

 

[bhayles]

I'm staggered that you can get a 20-22" monitor for about $150.

That is high. Here is an HP 22"for $119

HP V221 22 Class LCD Monitor - LED Backlit, 1920 x 1080, DVI-D / VGA - E2T08A6#ABA at TigerDirect.com

And an AOC 20" for $89

AOC 20 Class LED Backlit Monitor - 1600 x 900, 16:9, 20000000:1 Dynamic, 5ms, VGA, DVI-D, Energy Star - E2050SWD at TigerDirect.com

 

[LVSteve]

Depending on how the old one failed you might look up the model online if you are handy with a soldering iron I have resurrected two 20"+ monitors by replacing capacitors for about $12. A year later one of them died for good and the other is still going strong.
No so lucky with a 65" DLP TV, which I got about 6 months of life out of after the bulb blew and spent far too much in parts trying and failing to bring it back to life.

I looked up the model to see if it was another victim of bad capacitors and came up empty. I'll have a look to see if it is easy to disassemble. Even if it is I may well get a new 16:9 monitor anyway.