[ZListersMustDie]

Hi - my teenage son wants a combined monitor for his PC and PS3 for his bedroom.
He has told me he wants a screen that is at least 20"
His budget is the £200 he has saved from his job and birthday money.

Does anyone have any recommendations ?

[sancheeez]

Does he actually want to watch TV on it as well?

ie. Do you want one with a built in freeview tuner?

If it's ONLY for the PC and PS3, you could try the Samsung Pebble monitors.

Microdirect prices for them are pretty good.

20" version - £147

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...ource=googleps

22" version - £183

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...ource=googleps

I use the 22" version with my PC and it's a very good monitor.

But .... no use for TV. It has VGA (for the PC) and DVI (for the PS3) but nothing else for using it as a TV. I suppose you could get a TV tuner card for the PC as well as use that as the TV?

(Oh .... I did find both versions quite a bit cheaper, but I've never used the website they're listed on .... http://www.techhouseuk.com/computers...ng-2032bw.html)

[Skinto McGinto]

Quote:

Originally Posted by sancheeez

Does he actually want to watch TV on it as well?

ie. Do you want one with a built in freeview tuner?

If it's ONLY for the PC and PS3, you could try the Samsung Pebble monitors.

Microdirect prices for them are pretty good.

20" version - £147

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...ource=googleps

22" version - £183

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...ource=googleps

I use the 22" version with my PC and it's a very good monitor.

But .... no use for TV. It has VGA (for the PC) and DVI (for the PS3) but nothing else for using it as a TV. I suppose you could get a TV tuner card for the PC as well as use that as the TV?

(Oh .... I did find both versions quite a bit cheaper, but I've never used the website they're listed on .... http://www.techhouseuk.com/computers...ng-2032bw.html)

Yup, but there is the new add-on for the PS3 coming out which acts as a Freeview box and PVR:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a...ytv-price.html

Another £70, but that means he can buy the monitor and the add-on for the PS3 for just a wee bit more than the £200 budget...thus covering all bases...

[ZListersMustDie]

I posted this on another part of the forum - looks like I will go with this LG model

Quote:

Originally Posted by alanwarwic

Can't recommed but ebuyer have a £200 22" LG.
Has Freeview, 170 degree viewing angle, HDMI and HDCP.

Importantly it has a monitor standard warranty - 3 YEARS.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139180

[sancheeez]

For £200 that LG looks pretty good.

Built in freeview, decent PC resolution (which is what lets a lot of smaller sets down) and plenty inputs. Although, I dunno about the PC Audio in being via SCART? That doesn't make a lot of sense but I suspect the spec on the ebuyer page may be a bit wide of the mark there ....