I believe ViewSonic is the best monitor you can buy. I have an old ViewSonic CRT that I've had for over 6 years and it has better color than any of my other monitors. Because I like the monitor so well, I just bought a ViewSonic HDTV which I believe can also be used with my computer. It was $279 at TigerDirect. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5010203&CatId=3648 Wanted a smaller one so I can turn it EZ-ily to face my drum set and practice with the drumming videos I bought. No such thing as a drum instructor in my little rural town. BTW, ViewSonic consistently gets 5 stars from the people who buy the monitors. Judith Video Course For Authors! http://www.agoodread.com It is not a great monitor. It is a Benq bit small (17") and it has a ding in the screen. So maybe I should consider replacing it. Are there any brands that are better than others? Today it needed about three tries to get it to turn on. Cindy In a message dated 10/14/2009 2:32:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx writes: > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------