I have received on this forum some of the greatest advice as what to purchase, thank you.  I am know getting ready to pull the trigger on purchasing a new Dell XPS 600 that offers duel dvi out.  I will be running duel monitors and this is where the question comes, do I opt for digital LCD's or CRT's.

Thanks and look forward to seeing what the delayed santa will bring.

Pixel

Hmmm I would think that you might consider a p4 with Hyper Threading and well what ever its called .. a cpu that has a 800 mhz front side bus and HT

2 reasons.  It will make it compatible with 3rd quarter 06 release of MS Vista O/s.  You might also take a look at your graphic card compatibility with Vista /Os.  When you visit Microsoft.. search on Vista compatibility requirements.

Also here in the US.. there has become an awareness of E-Cycling.  Or better put.. what do you do with our old computer and recycling.

Some options:

Dell and Gateway will recyle your hardware for free if you buy a new computer from them.

Your CRT tube contains almost 2 lbs of lead.. which is hazardeous to the environment.. which makes a pair of LCD look very favorable.

Sources say that Americans families dispose of 85 electronic elements per year on the average.

The organization called 'Goodwill Industries' will accept individual personal computers with no disposal fee.

Other companies will accept and dispose of your old computer for a small fee.

The City of Fort Worth will accept televisions for disposal for a fee based on weight.

Another enterprise called http://www.1800gotjunk.com will pick up all electronics for free and deliver them to companies that will recycle or organizations that will reuse them.

Just a thought about the matter

Dave

CRT for me all the way. I dumped my LCD's. Picture viewing is like Coca Cola it's just better with glass. I use LG Flatron's pure flat glass monitors. Pantone Color Vision Spider 2 and a Gamma of 2.2

I only wish I could control what the viewers looking were using!

Regards, Smooth 

Again this forum rises to the top   Thanks guys for all the input.
Dave, Dell is offering a duel processor these days, Pentium D with duel core tech (3.0 GHz 800 FSB) the graphic card is the 256 nvidia 7800 GTX.  I will do more research on compatibility with the 3rd quarter release of vista.  As far as recycle a friend of mine wants to purchase my old unit.  I will be running system restore disk and cleaning off the hard drive once I migrate.

John, excellent info on what to look for in a LCD.  The 19" Dell I have been looking at can be found here. 

Smooth,  Well mate it is like drinking a cold beer out of a frosty mug here in North Carolina on a hot summer day   I will be looking at the LG monitor techs and specs that you described.  I too wish for more control over what the viewers looking were using.

Thanks again for all the input and wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR

Pixel

  Pixel, If you have been looking at Dell, check out the Planar line of monitors. I have two of there 19 inch models and they are great. Planar started out providing LCD moitors to the Medical profession for their Radiology equipment and the like.

    Planar has a three year delivered to your door in two day warranty policy. If you buy at Dell at the right time you can get free shipping. Here is the link for specs from Planar http://www.planar.com/Products/flatpanel_monitors/pl_flatpanel/PL1910M.cfm

pixel,

while the 1905fp is an awsome looking lcd (i really really like the design...probably my favorite design outthere) the response time is 16ms or 20 ms. that means there are some ghosting effects while looking at video or dvds movies. you need something 8ms or better.

the 1905fp is very tempting cuz it would look nice on any desk for me, but the 16ms just kills it.

so dell got a new 19 inch that is 8ms and runs for about 260 dollars.

i 've not seen any reviews on dells 19 inch 8ms so far.

but there's a 3ms Viewsonic..thats right 3ms - world fastest as they claim as of this writing. the viewsonic is about 50 dollars more and you're getting the very very best as of now. the viewsonic has a nice design too.

the The Planar 19 PL1910M is 20ms...too slow for me.

http://www.planar.com/Products/flatpanel_monitors/pl_flatpanel/PL1910M.cfm

dave check out

the xps 600 is a good buy! that thing is a monster of a pc...many use it for gaming.

dual core is kicking azzz. i like the xps 400 and the 200 as well.

sonoran and vt360 checked out the planar and viewsonic, I now have a new dilemma dell 30" widescreen do it all on one monitor.  However, I am reasearching response time and unable to find right now.  Thought I would share my update on monitor shopping, 600xps is in the shopping cart ready to go though.

Regards, Pixel

I would think that you push the on button.. and before you can sit down at the key board it would be working quite well.

I know our 26" HDTV/ monitor Sony has a 19ms start up time.  Is this the "response time" you are referring to?