Page 1 of 17" LCD Monitor £139.99 at Aldi Starting today!!!!

http://uk.aldi.com/

checked it out yesterday.. a noname make.. but has an 8ms response time..
though its only 60hz.. the standard 17inch are normally 60-75hz..

Got a 15" 8ms response time monitor from aldi`s a while back. Turns out the 8ms was if you used windows in its lowest possible setting.... or DOS

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Got a 15" 8ms response time monitor from aldi`s a while back. Turns out the 8ms was if you used windows in its lowest possible setting.... or DOS

Is that a good or a bad thing? :/

why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive

The response times quoted by manufacturers are misleading and different manufacturers use different methods to quote this time. They usually quote the response time of the pixel going from white to black, grey to grey, etc. Some will give white to black, others grey to grey. Also some manufacturers measure response times by the "rising and falling" times (ie the time for one pixel to change from one state to another). However, other manufacturers use the grey to grey response time which is the best measure to determine how good it is for gaming. Unfortunately few manufacturers give these details on sales specifications.

Also, the refresh time doesn`t matter. On a CRT, the phosphor dots fade and have to be refreshed so a higher refresh rate will disguise the fading. On both types, the whole screen is redrawn. it`s just that on LCD, the pixels don`t fade out between redraws. Hence, the refresh time does not matter on TFT displays.

This item was edited on Friday, 25th November 2005, 22:11

Mike as usual a very helpful post - Thanks :)

I got one of these on thursday and it is the dogs bo**ocks.
plus a 3 year warranty, made by medion which is just a re-branding badge.
i got a dvd recorder from them turned out to be a pioneer with a medion bage on it.
also bought a hard drive from them, best prices around and all with 3 year warranty.
recommend aldi gear to anyone.

Gordy

have a look on play.com got a similar one same price

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=ELEC&title=843001&p=298&g=383&pa=genec

A WISE MAN ONCE SAID

This item was edited on Saturday, 26th November 2005, 23:14

Yeah, this is my first Aldi item.....Most impressed

hi
very basic question,
can this be used as tv ,if yes what will i need along with it