I am currently undergoing the process of searching for a new 20" monitor (or perhaps larger if under budget) but I do not want to sacrifice on quality.I almost went ahead and secured a Dell 2005FPW widescreen display yesterday but then read one or two bad reports relating to backlight issues.http://reviews.cnet.com/Dell_2005FPW/4852-...7-31232082.htmlWhat I would like to know is, just exactly how common a fault is this and have Dell addressed the problem since it first came to light? Also, would it be covered under Dell's warranty to the point of a refund if further replacements showed up the very same problem.In UK I can acquire one of these, refurbished by Dell, with full 3 year warranty for around

Hi Scratch,Good to hear from you again. I've heard some good things about using widescreens for FS9 (if you search, I think there was a post on this forum a while back) but not having seen it myself, I have my hesitations.Anyhow, if you are willing to consider a non-widescreen display, I use the Viewsonic VP201b at home, which I very much enjoy. It's been with me for 1.5 years now. I love the thin bezel and the quality is excellent (to my eyes anyway). I do play the occasional first person shooter and watch quite a lot of movies on the screen - no ghosting/streaking visible whatsoever. I have read that Viewsonic has an even newer VP203b now.I had also contemplated the Dell 2001FP. It's almost the gold standard in 20" displays since the quality is good and the price is fantastic (as with all Dell displays).I just wanted to give you a few more options to make your decision more difficult.. haha.. just kidding... :)Hope this helps.Edwin

Just bought a Samsung 204T (20.1", 16ms, 700:1 contrast, 300:1 brightness) LCD and I'm happier than a kid on Christmas morning. As long as you use the native 1600x1200 resolution, it's razor sharp with no perceptible ghosting in any flightsim or FPS game. I had been skeptical and stuck with CRTs, primarily because any fast LCDs were usually smaller than 19" and had that awful 5x4 aspect ratio with 1280x1024. The 204T is 4x3, just like all standard def TV and most games, and I'd recommend it.

There our two low priced with great qualitily 20/21" LCD Monitors...Samsung 204T (Available in Black or Silver)...Black: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824001194Silver: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16824001193Or the new Gateway 21" Widescreen...Also available from Best Buy, Office Depot, EtcLink: http://gateway.com/programs/lcd/?cmpid=ind...cd/index~~shtmlGood Luck...Darryl

Gentlemen, thank you for your help with this. It is so valuable to have non comercial recommendations from real unbiased people.Firstly, Edwin - thank you as always, your advice is held in high regard. I applaud the way in which you analyse the details relating to much of your hardware. With regards to Viewsonic, everywhere I turn folks seem to be going crazy for their displays. I did get a chance to look at both the VX924 & VX912 19" monitors. In fact these were on sale next to a (highly regarded) Phillips 200W6 20" widescreen display. I can honestly say that the clarity, sharpness and brightness appeared to me, to be far superior to that of the Phillips, but that is just my opinion. Later that evening I read a 'Tom's Hardware' review on the VX924 which spoke highly of the Viewsonic all apart from the way in which the manufacturer measures or rather promotes its response times. It was suggested that the way in which an image is refreshed resulted in certain display problems only when viewing movies but not that of games at all. The physics behind it all is perhaps a little too technical for me at this stage. The model that you have on the other hand was said to be superior to the VX924 in this respect. (sighs.....) Oh, I just cannot decide. It looked fantastic on a windows screensaver, but then I didn't get to see it with any rendered 3D graphics nor movies etc.I think if the monitor was to be used only for flight simming then I would not hesitate and go for the VX924, but I intend to use this monitor as an HDTV TV set too, hence my looking at widescreen displays. Perhaps I have read too much into the Tom's hardware review. Pleasure to talk to you again.Scratch1964

Neil...thank you for your very sound advice. Once again it is so very helpful to hear first hand from an unbiased source such as yourself. There is no question that Samsung do make some quality gadgets. I have a couple of Samsung optical drives that have been absolutely rock solid for almost 4 years now with heavy useage.You make some very valuable points with regards to aspect ratios in relation to gaming. I will certainly check out the 204T for quality and cost, and who knows....Thanks again,Scratch1964

Darryl....thank you for taking the time to post the links to the two monitors. Once again the Samsung appears! I will have to seriously check this out over the next week or so.Also looking at the Gateway model, there is an impressive array of inputs including a 1080i for HDTV! Both monitors are at such good prices in the US. A 21" HDTV for under $600 WOW! I don't think they will be quite so cheap in UK, but things are getting cheaper here. Certainly you have picked out a couple of great displays here, both of which will potentially fulfil my needs.Many thanks for the advice all!Scratch1964