This is the monitor I have.
Previously, I owned a Samsung 17" which I really liked, but that was 4.5 years ago, and now the prices are ridiculously low, and the quality is amazing.
I originally was looking for the version with HDMI, but as this is a monitor, there's only HDMI-video only, so I thought forget it. It does have both D-sub and DVI.
This monitor also has one of the most important features.. it uses a regular 3 prong computer power supply cable.
Those with the transformer on the OUTSIDE of the monitor are not as good.
With a maximum ratio of 5000:1 this monitor is beautiful.
One of the biggest questions that most ask is, with the availability of 24" monitors, why not buy a 24"?
Let me explain..
First, since 24" monitors are out, that's the most expensive. Since 22" are a step below, the only way to sell them is to drop the price, and so automatically 22" monitors are cheaper.
Also, do you have the desk space for a 24" monitor?
But the most CRITICAL of reason is this, when you sit down and look straight forward, assuming your monitor is reasonably place far away enough, you will find that 22" is the MAXIMUM your peripheral view can see without moving your head.
It sounds trivial, I know, but it's absolutely critical.
The fact that I can stare at the center and still see everything on the screen without panning my head like I'm watching a tennis match from center row, makes it absolutely the most important thing when selecting a monitor.
These are the little decisions that come back to haunt us later.
One hint, if you are using windows, the way to do it is to place the task bar on TOP for large monitors. Because looking so far down is difficult, top is where you want to place your task bar.
So how does this monitor do??
The reaction time is fast, and the video is smooth. One of the biggest problems I had with the old Samsung monitors was the power button, which is the one most often used. On the LG, it's a bug button on the bottom right side, below the LED blue triangle. It should last for years. The Samsung one was a small button that was only hinged on one side, making it prone to breakage.
The controls for monitor settings are shit, but like I keep telling people, when you've got it all set, how often do you really change your monitor settings??
I liken it to manual seat movement on a car. Buy the manual one if you don't share a car, it's probably 500lbs lighter than the electronic seat adjustment, so you can save gas, easy to fix if it ever breaks at all, and once you've set it, you don't really reset it, so carrying around 500 extra pounds is stupid.
A lot of people ask me what they should buy as far as computer products. I tell people that most of them are too stupid to think for themselves so they should just buy what I buy; when you do that, at least you get the benefit of someone doing some analysis vs blindly trusting the stupid guy behind the counter.
