Monitor recommendations.

I'm looking at upgrading my monitor, which is a Compaq 7500. I'd like something which isn't widescreen, which means 4:3, supports DVI and has a very, very low response time.

The reason for this is that some of the games I play (well okay, touhou) look horrible if they're stretched on a widescreen monitor (or so I've been told by a bunch of friends), but "I can get used to it within a week". I don't know whether I will or not, because there's a bunch of lag when I play games like Pop'n Music and IIDX, or fighters, on my HDTV, so much so that I ended up resorting to using my older 29" CRT for those games.

It could be different for monitors, but the input lag I experienced was pretty horrible. I've been recommended this monitor, which I kinda have my heart set on. The only problem with this is that it's widescreen. It looks great, although I'll have to get it off eBay or something considering Amazon and Newegg don't ship internationally.

I'm not interested in some insanely high-end expensive monitor, but just something which I can get good use out of. The Compaq 7500 has served me well, and I don't really need to upgrade, but it would be nice. Please recommend me some monitors.

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A friend told me his monitor had both a VGA and DVI input, so I was wondering, can you use them like AV1 and AV2?

I might hook a console up to it too if possible.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Dell 22 inch monitors do have component and composite cables in the back.

I meant using VGA (vga is obviously superior over component) for say, a Wii, while using DVI to connect to a PC. How would you switch between the two (assuming you have both plugged in at once)? I figured since the PS2 doesn't upscale, it's going to look like crap on a monitor unless I buy an upscaler too, so I'll just use my Wii if I can.

Also, how do consoles like the Wii know you're using a monitor? I remember the menus of the Wii only showing a few options, none of them which allowed you to tell the console you were using a monitor.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

VGA is better? Are there VGA cables for the Wii and every system? Does VGA do 480p, 720p, or 1080p or whatever? I don't know the limits of VGA. All I know is that DVI is superior to VGA and since HDMI pretty much is DVI and component usually gets close to those I wonder where it stands against VGA.

Er, this doesn't exactly answer my question.. but I'll try to help. VGA is, obviously, for a monitor. Monitors that are capable of resolutions of 1280x720 and 1920x1080 are capable of displaying 720p and 1080p, although it isn't true high definition because you're going to be playing on a 16:10 monitor, not 16:9.

VGA cables are pretty much a great thing if you can't afford a HDTV. Even on a CRT, you can get these results. Although it isn't "true", it still works well.

I have a HDTV which I bought myself, but I rarely use it, and personally I'd prefer to have a console easily accessible near my PC. My desk is big enough, so if I can't find a solution to using a console with a newer monitor without hassle, I'll just use the monitor I'm currently using beside my newer one for a console.

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