Yes, I certainly have the time to help u. I'm sorry to say there isn't any good LCD that's 17" that you can get for 700$. You see, there are a few things one must take into consideration when buying a flat panel. Firstly, the brightness, but that isn't too much of an issue for LCD's anyway. 200nits and above is good. Then, for contrast, most LCD's have issues with that, as in order to display true black, they woulod have to block all light, which is impossible. However, with a contrast ratio of 300:1, that won't be a problem at all. Next comes the issue of response time, which may or may not be a problem, however, in your case it will be. Hence, you need a monitor with an good response time- basically anything with a response time of 40ms or less is good for your purposes. Watch out for LCD's that use MVA technology, such as the VP150m from Viewsonic, as they have a response time between 20 and 30ms, but can't display color ramps correctly. That brings me to my next point that although most LCD's sold today are 16.7m colors, you still may get ones with 256K colors. You will want 16.7m. Finally, you can get LCD's that have an analog connection, or a digital conection. Digital is better, because LCD's are digital, and if teh connection is analog, then it gets converted from analog to digital, which diminishes image quality. Hence, you want a digital LCD. Ok, now that I gave my speech, I can reccomend some good LCD's that are 15"- remember, a 15" LCD is teh equivalent of a 17" CRT (does your vid card have a DVI port btw?) Currently, the best LCD which is 640$ and 15" is tehCompaq TFT5030. Although I know many people don't like this company, that LCD is simply the best of the best. It's response time is 20ms, does not use MVA technology, rather ASV, which is great, has 16.7m colors, 400:1 contrast ratio, and 300nits brightness. All these have been previously unheard of before thus LCD, there is nothing better simply put. This LCD, and another which is 1000$, but slilghtly worse are the ONLY ones which I reccomend for gaming, and visual acitivities. I really think u should consider 15" LCD. I will be getting the TFT5030 soon as well (was going to get it 2 weeks ago, but after the WTC thing, that stock market has been very shaky, want to make sure everything's ok before I have extra expenses). Ask if you have any further questions- I check the LCD section of THG every hour.
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