How to choose the PC monitor
After so many years of enviable job in the end did it: the monitor of your dear PC has shut down forever and does not want to return to working.
But how to choose a good monitor among the thousands on the market, if you do not even know the main aspects? Most users are reading this guide, including TE, bought their first monitor with the computer and all other accessories, perhaps taking one of those mega-pack all-inclusive and are so fashionable in the malls. Without lingering still we discover more about the world of the monitor, because knowledge is the basis for a good buy.
1.) The first distinction to be made about the monitors is their ” type ” or method of operation. There are two main types of monitors: The CRT monitor, overcome long since become obsolete and in the last decade – LCD monitors, the type most present in the market and allows maximum performance assuming that the choice falls on LCD monitor, because those CRTs are no longer for sale (if not used), we try to study them in depth LCD is an acronym which stands for Liquid Crystal Display, or Liquid Crystal Display, because these small elements are used, with color filters, to recreate images. An LCD monitor compared to a traditional CRT will have multiple benefits: offer a sharper picture with no distortion consuming a smaller amount of energy, it will occupy much less space and emits less radiation of its competitor.
2.) But what are the factors that distinguish a good from a Monitor? Here they are in brief. Size : The size of the monitor, such as for televisions, is measured in inches, inches in English: one inch is equivalent to about 2.54 cm, and contrary to what most people think, the size of a monitor is not obtained measuring the side of the base or height, but rather the diagonal: a 17-inch monitor will then have a diagonal of about 43 cm. A large size will not mean a great image quality, because the latter is indicated by the resolution.
3.) Resolution : is the number of pixels that make up the monitor: the higher their number, the greater the amount of detail that the monitor fail to create. A monitor with a resolution of 1,280 x 1,024 will be composed of a grid with 1280 columns by 1024 pixels each for a total of one million and three hundred thousand pixels. Currently, the standard of applications and games are based on resolutions such as 1,280 x 1,024, 1,024 x 768. Response time is the time that each pixel takes to return to its natural state and then be ready to change color. A response time of high adversely affect the fluidity of the images, which will be jerky or will be seen superimposed. Currently, the response time should not be greater than 10-15 milliseconds.
4.) Contrast Ratio : is the difference of brightness that passes from the brightest pixel (white) to dark (black). A big difference will mean a great variation in brightness and color gradations, for this a monitor should have a lower contrast ratio of 300-400: 1, or the brightest pixel must be 400 times brighter than the darkest.
5.) Pixel Pitch : Another aspect not to be overlooked is the size of each pixel: the more these will be smaller the higher the quality.
6.) External Inputs : all monitors have the basic classical VGA output for connection to a computer, but if we want to project ourselves forward or have a computer of high performance, it would be a good idea to buy a monitor that also has the DVI or HDMI, because these are the standards that we will have in a few years.
7.) Price : Last thing to consider is the price. The price is very individual, but I can tell you personally for a monitor that has all aspects mentioned good (good resolution, good size, low power consumption …) would not spend more than ever the $200 – $250.
