Monitor question

[bmxfreakrider]

well, im looking into a new monitor, i just dont know what to get.

currently, i have two 17 crt's side by side, and id like to replace them with a flat panel, but seeing as my dads 19" wide is shorter than one of my 17's im a little edgy on getting one. im looking at an acer 22" 5ms on newegg

Newegg.com - Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP support 300 cd/m2 700:1 - Retail

but first im just wondering if anybody out there has a pic of a 22" next to a 17" just to see what im getting myself into.

also, i want to make sure that it will fit and look ok in this setup

 

[undefined]

I have a 22" Samsung - it is fantastic.

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 225BW Black 22" 5 ms (GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with Height Adjustments 280 cd/m2 700:1 - Retail

You can adjust the height up and down, which most LCDs cannot do - that alone makes it awesome. And for $300 you can't go wrong.

Check out the imagse: SAMSUNG 225BW - Google Image Search

 

[bmxfreakrider]

oh yeah, i forgot to say, i kinda gotta keep it as low as i can because im gonna have my dad get me this for an xmas gift becasue he was gonna get me a laptop, but money is low, so i might still try and squeeze a laptop out of him for my bday

 

[Harper]

Believe it or not, the bigger TFTs are not as huge as people things they are going to be. I think we are just all out there still remembering the good old 21" CRT which used to take a good deal of desktop real-estate.

I am currently kicking a 24" TFT. I was expecting that it would of been huge, but it not.

However in current set up, if you are going to have 22" with one your your existing 17", then you might want to turn your desktop PC 90 degrees so you can fit every thing on the one desk.

 

[veedubfreak]

Dont forget, a 19" widescreen is actually 19" corner to corner while a 17" crt is only 15.x". LCD screens are measured by viewable size while crts were measured by corner to corner.

I loves me 24" lcd.

 

[Luke]

if you can afford it a 22 samsung would be the best way to go(preferably 2ms and around 2000:1 contrast)