Advice needed on new monitor

[Wormbo]

So yesterday my monitor officially quit work and signaled that intention with smoke signs.

I'm not up to date on hardware, so I need some advice on good 19-20" TFT monitors that aren't too expensive.

 

[IronMonkey]

This article is a good overview of what you should be looking for in a LCD monitor:

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3584

The table on page 2 gives a summary of trade-offs in response time, colour/contrast and the like.

 

[Wormbo]

19-20" is only small if it's widescreen. The 19" 5:4 TFT that died on me was quite nice, even though its native resolution was only 1280x1024. In fact, its vertical screen size appeared to be larger than my new 22" Full HD's.

 

[SkaarjMaster]

Then I would definitely find one with the fastest response time and lowest input lag and you should be fine. If you were happy with your old one, then get specs the same or better than that and it should work for you. That's all I know.