which monitor should i buy? :)?
i would like to buy a monitor to plug into my laptop to make it a desktop computer :) I have been looking through the flyers and narrowed it down to two monitors that are on sale this weekend. The first one is 21.5 inch BENQ for 169.99, the other is is a 20 inch LG for 149.99. They also have a 23 inch samsung for 249.99 but i am not paying an extra 100 dollars just for a few inches. The problem is i am not familiar with the brand name BENQ, but i recognize the LG brand name so i am hesitant on getting the BENQ even though for an extra 20 dollars i get 1.5 more inches.
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I'd go for a good 1080p flat panel TV (they do these down to 32", maybe smaller) with VGA input, and do double duty.
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When hooking up an external monitor to a laptop, the single most important spec to look for is, whether or not the monitor has the same type of video connection that the laptop has. In other words, there are five main types of external monitor video ports that come on laptops, and you need to make sure the monitor you choose has the same one as your laptop. The five types are: Composite video / S-video 15 pin D-Sub VGA DVI HDMI Display Port If your laptop has one type of port, and the monitor doesn't have that specific one, it might never work without an adapter, or another expensive work-around. The next major thing to determine is, what is your laptop's maximum "native" resolution? Laptop video chipsets have a maximum resolution they can display, and that maximum resolution is often the same for an external monitor hooked to the laptop. So, if your laptop has a relatively low maximum native resolution, then buying a high resolution monitor is a waste of money. Find out what your laptop's maximum native resolution on the external video port is before deciding on a particular monitor. Also, a major concern is, "wide screen" versus "full screen". Your external display should have the same aspect ratio as your built in screen, since the video chipset in the laptop is optimized to output in that aspect ratio. In other words, don't buy a super duper high resolution full 1080p HDMI 16:9 ratio monitor when your laptop doesn't have a HDMI port, can't display resolutions higher than 1280 x 768, and doesn't support wide screen aspect ratios (the specs given above are just pure guesses on my part). You could help your question get answered a LOT quicker and easier if you had included what type and model number of laptop you have. As far as brand names, I prefer LG over BenQ, and Samsung would be an even better choice, but they are expensive. Samsung's use a slightly better LCD technology than the other lower-tiered brands you mentioned.
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