After a few nights searching/comparing/posting/printing tonight I got it down to just 2 monitors.

LG W2261V-PF best price £158.61 delivered
Samsung B2230H best price £129.99 delivered

Now being an LG fan I was set on getting that one however its let down by the fact it doesn't have VESA fixings and although I don't need to wall mount at the moment I might need to in the future.

So there you have it ones I've saved enough money the Samsung it will be.

Well as you know my monitor has died so while I decide on what one to get I thought id get a cheap one off fleabay to get me by.

Now as I'm in a hurry for it I purposly searched by distance and looked for sellers who offered pick up. I found one less than 5 miles away so I bid and won it on sat evening. I messaged the seller 5 minutes of doing so asking if I could pick up same night, no reply. Later on I messaged again asking if I could pick up on Sunday. Well got a reply at 3pm today saying he's away until wed and that location that was on the auction was wrong as that's their old address and the new place is bloody miles away in Hampstead. He said he could get it to the old address next week so looks like ill have to go without until then, sigh….

Over the past few days I have been researching different monitors and here's the ones I like so far….

Samsung B2230H
Samsung B2230W
LG W2261V-PF
Dell P2210H

Once I have a full list I will compare them against each other to wittle them down.

I've been secretly wanting a new PC monitor for a while and a couple of weeks ago our old crt tv in the bedroom started playing up. I thought I might be able to blag/sell to the misses the idea of getting a tv with a dvi input meaning id get my new monitor and killing 2 birds with one stone and saving money, sneaky it may be but practical none the less.

Ironically last Friday my monitor started playing up and went 'dim' for a couple of minutes before returning to 'normal' again, over the weekend the screen would randomly go black but the light would stay green and not turn amber indicating loss of signal, I had to turn off then on again to get it working again. Alas now it only stays on for 2 seconds I tried it on the laptop just to be sure and the same thing happens so its basically trashed.

The tv seems to have righted itself so its now my quest to find a replacement monitor and I'm thinking a max of 22".

Glad I didn't tell the wife about me wanting a new monitor as it breaking down a few days ago would have looked a bit sus ha.

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