I just got a new PC with monitor, but the old one has plenty of life left in it. Right now I have an old NEC LCD that is great, but is only a 15" - plus I want to use it elsewhere in my grand plan.

I'm looking for a reasonably priced 19" monitor with integral speakers. Space is at a premium, so small bezel and integrated speakers are a must.

My only experience thus far has been with NEC - which I'm happy with.

I came across these on buy.com I'd prefer to be under $500 if possible (but still want something that will last with good performance and quality)

Help me choose and telll me why...

 

princeton makes one awesome lcd screen! Just be sure that you spend the little extra to get the model with dual inputs, DVI(digital input) , VGA(anolog). The crisp and clear images you'll get willl just blow your mind hope this helps.

btw the model i would recommend is the 1716 which runs at 1280x1024 resolution. it is a 17" lcd, but the area viewable is comparable to that of a 19" crt. the refresh rate is 75hz xp, limits most video adapters to 60hz. 15-16ms response time.... you cant go wrong

here are some reviews
http://reviews.cnet.com/4852-3174_7-30794424.html

and it looks like newegg has it for $349.00

 

That Princeton only got a "fair" rating from CNet. I also want one with integral speakers. There aren't many out there with integral speakers, so it is a tough search.

Keep the suggestions coming!!

 

Don't have a monitor suggestion, but wanted to ask why integral speakers? There's lots of good 5.1 or even 7.1 speaker setups out there...

 

cebby, please look at the user reviews vs cnet rating..... and the 1716 comes with integrated speakers...sorry the cnet review i posted if for the 19inch model. btw i own 2 of these and have a mission control setup

 

I don't have the room for a 5.1 or 7.1 setup. I'm not even going for a sub with this one.

I'm modifying an old fashioned dressing/makeup table to be used as a place for my wife to do her limited computer stuff she does. I've modified the drawers to acccept Pendeflex folders and I will mount an LCD to the part that lifts up and have the keyboard pull out on a tray.

I'll post up some pics later.

 

i always liked viewsonic...oh and by the way if you check out www.pricegrabber.com you can save about 100 bucks compared to buy.com....HTH

Viewsonic on pricegrabber

 

I got a monitor 'free' with my new Dell PC. Works fine. I had a Viewsonic before that. Worked great too.

 

Samsung, hands down.

 

I found the on monitor speakers to be worthless but to each his own. though I hook my computer to the home theater so there is no comparison. I've have a cheap, "500 dollars two years ago for a 21'','' AOC and it works flawlessly. The only draw back to this monitor is if the aspect ratio is not set right on the video card it will give an unusable signal error but once you stay away from that it's the best monitor I've ever owned, though my first LCD.