NN wrote:

I want to buy a LCD monitor for non-game usage. I have a hdtv card and
watch dvd,s and do graphics but no color calibration or print stuff.
19'' inches is fine but the market is flooded with them even in the
lower prices. The specs are either not complete or not standardized or
to much. Either way I don,t understand half of the stuff and the other
half could be the stuff that might matter. I am not able to decide and
that means no LCD. But I think LCD fall into the rare category of " If
it looks good, get it". I will be using it for something to "look at"
only. So If find one at a retail store that has a picture I like, base
on that alone (and a reasonable warranty that I can look at it for at
least a year) I can decide what LCD to buy and skip all the specs about
resolution and dead pixels................ and so on? Or I have
simplified things to much and will feel (or be) like a idiot later.

I think the key specs are size, resolution, contrast ratio, brightness,
speed, and price, not necessarily in that order. The current battles
seem to be waged based on speed. That might be a factor in watching
DVDs; the slow-moving or static displays at the store won't give you
much idea of how much ghosting you'll get because the display is slow.

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