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Hey there, just wondering if anyone could recommend me a decent TFT monitor for around £300-350, it must have a low response time of 16ms, just wondering if anyone has one that they could recommend? I've heard that the LG and Hitachi ones are the best, has anyone got either of these? It must also be 17", ta!

Yeah, I had that on after installing XP. I think it's to do with my monitor's response time more than anything - it's quite an old one, and I hear there have been some advances in this field since.

It's really no problem though, just causes a bit of dizziness when staring at the scrolling text.

Uncle Albert wrote:
> Where about's is that then matey? I don't have much trouble with
> ghosting on mine, but every little helps. :)

Right click the desktop, properties, appearance tab, effects, make sure there is a tick in "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" and make sure it says "Clear Type". Whilst not explicitly mentioned as benefitting TFT monitors a Windows XP book I had from the local library stated it as being primarily for them. On my installation I had to turn it on, but others may have had it on by default, so no one whine at me if this is the case okay ?

There's an option in Windows
> XP to change the font display to suit TFT monitors, you have that
> turned on ?

Where about's is that then matey? I don't have much trouble with ghosting on mine, but every little helps. :)

Mine's Dell as well, 17 inch one thanks to a PC Format reader offer ! I heard on another site Dell used rebranded Samsung monitors ? Don't know if it's true, but this one is well excellent.

yep, my Dell one, scrolls text no shadows etc etc, it's as good as any other monitor I've ever used except it's only 15"

Icarus wrote:
> No ghosting in games, but if you scroll down text like you normally
> when reading, it's clearly visible there.

Might be for you, but no problems here ! There's an option in Windows XP to change the font display to suit TFT monitors, you have that turned on ?

Lipe wrote:
> Monitors are very expensive now, I mean the latest model is nearly as
> much as the latest computer, pfft.

But the older plasma ones are coming down nice and cheap, so that's a vewwy good thing.

No ghosting in games, but if you scroll down text like you normally when reading, it's clearly visible there.

I've got 25ms response time on mine, and there's definitely no ghosting, but I guess it depends on the make. May be worth finding out about before you buy as you could end up spending extra cash on something you don't need.

I'm very picky about how games display when I play them, so I'd know if I was getting ghosting or anything. Certainly Raven Shield plays at 1280x1024 with none, as does Vice City and all my other games (9).

Monitors are very expensive now, I mean the latest model is nearly as much as the latest computer, pfft.