Before starting the choice of the good monitor, once itself asks a question: for what purposes will the device be used? If you assemble the computer for games, professional work with graphic applications or just entertainments and navigation on the Internet, options of the monitor should be selected under each of the listed tasks separately. In this material we will consider a question of that as well as in what parameters to choose / to the monitor. Already also you should not mention a question of the CRT monitors as huge a box, supplied with an electron beam tube today it is possible to find, perhaps, only in announcements of sale of the commission computer equipment.
It is worth noticing that if earlier among other options of the monitor it was worth paying attention to such point, as safety (low level of radiation), then today it can be excluded from the list safely. Even the cheapest monitors satisfy to the restrictions introduced on radiations of the classes MPR-II and TCO '92/95/99.
How it is correct to pick up the monitor?
- Diagonal size. Today it is possible to find monitors with a diagonal from 15 to 40 inches. Deciding what size to choose the monitor, decide on tasks which you will carry out on it. For work in office applications, navigation in social networks, etc. can buy the monitor with average diagonal. These are about 17-24 inches. Larger screens are intended for the professionals working with graphic programs, fans of games and watching movies. Are of similar monitors significantly more expensive. There is also a class of large-format monitors. On them it is convenient to watch movies and to play games, to work with texts, photos and graphics. However, it is worth remembering, this format support not all programs today. Resolving an issue of what diagonal of the monitor to choose, do not forget to learn also the maximum display resolution. The bigger number of pixels means the best quality of the picture. Permission happens 800:600, 1024:768, 1600:1200, 1920:1080, etc.
- Viewing angle. Probably, you noticed that best of all it is visible the picture if to look on/to the monitor, being directly before it. If you depart to the right or to the left, then the quality the image worsens or the picture disappears absolutely. If you want that on the computer it was convenient to watch movies, it is better to stop the choice on the monitor with a big viewing angle.
- Time of a response of pixels, that is those milliseconds for which each cell of the screen will change the color. At high time of a response of pixels the image on the screen is allocated with a color loop. If you face a question how to choose the monitor for games, then it is worth paying attention to this parameter and to prefer that screen where response time minimum.
- Contrast or range of dark and light shades. It is important that black was black, but not dark gray, and white — white. Pay attention that the contrast on the monitor could be regulated.
- Brightness. On monitors with a good brightness the image does not disappear even at hit on the screen of a direct beam of the sun or light of a bulb.
- Matrix. It is impossible to answer the question how it is correct to choose / to the monitor?, without having lit this point. Today there are several types of matrixes:
- TN (TN+film). They are rather cheap, have small time of a response of pixels and a low power consumption. However, the contrast is not on the ball here. Solving, with what matrix to choose the monitor, stop the choice on TN (TN+film) if you are going to work in office programs or to play on the personal computer dynamic games;
- IPS are expensive matrixes, with a good contrast and a color rendition. Are intended for the professionals working in graphic editors. Their shortcoming — big time of a response of pixels and high energy consumption;
- MVA, PVA is intermediate option between matrixes of two other types. The good color rendition and contrast, low energy consumption do this detail ideal for amateur processing of photos, watching movies, etc.
As you understood to choose the optimum monitor, it is necessary to decide on problems which you will solve with its help, and only after that to start the choice of characteristics.