Is this a good LCD Monitor

[northy014]

Hi - am looking for a monitor for my macbook, am looking at this one because it is quite cheap, looks good, and is quite big. I don't know anything about quality though - are these details good?

Screen size: 19" Wide
Brightness: 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: DC 20000:1 (1000:1) (Typ.)
Resolution: 1440 x 900 (WXGA+)
Response Time: 2ms (GTG)
Viewing Angle (H/V): 170°/160° (CR>10)
Color Supported: 16.7 M


It is on the amazon site at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-T190-19-inch-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/tech-data/B0017H98FI/ref=de_a_smtd


Thanks for any help provided.

 

[calebmedia]

What do you do on your macbook? If you are not doing graphic design or anything that involves pixel modifying then you should be happy with it.

 

[northy014]

Will only be watching movies etc.

 

[fk51785]

If you plan on watching just movies, that ones fine.

 

[calebmedia]

Yep. Go for it!

 

[vorkorsigan]

Had the 24" (T240) for a few months, great picture.

 

[northy014]

Cool, pity I have to pay for one of these mini displayport adapters. Oh well. If anyone of you helpful fellows has a reccomendation on a keyboard mouse set for the mac (preferably bluetooth, but not necessarily) could you let me know.

 

[vorkorsigan]

I use the Apple wireless mouse (bluetooth) and the keyboard on my MBP. I have it set up with the T240 monitor as the primary display when connected and the MBP secondary. I keep mail SKYPE and iChat open there and use the T240 for working. Most of what I do is mouse based so it works for me using the keyboard in the MBP.

The Apple wireless keyboard looks very cool but not the cheapest option out there but I have to say after more than 10 years in the wilderness with windows coming back to Apple hardware and software has kept me mostly with their stuff. The only reason I didn't go with the Apple monitors was it was twice the price of the Samsung and I didn't need the extra quality of the S-IPS.

Stay with Bluetooth though the range is much better that anything else I have tried.