Posted October 21, 2015
I need your opinion concerning this screen : ProLite E2480HS (see more info about it here).
Someone proposed us this screen in occasion, at 100 euro. It has 1 year old, has only be used several month, and should be in great condition (and we get a free HDMI cable). It seems to be usually sold new at 160 euros on the web.
Me and my girlfriend want to buy a screen but we don't know anything about hardware. We have two 6 years old laptops (who do their best but one of them is dying) and no tv. The screen will be mainly used during several months to watch movies and sometimes play videogames. We have very low budget, and we think we will try to buy a computer after christmas (we hope to find good deals with sales) : if we find one, the screen will at this moment certainly be mainly used with it by my girlfriend, who is mainly drawing/coloring with photoshop in "semi-professionnal" way and so who needs neat image and not ugly colors.
We are not looking for a perfect screen, we know that "not bright" screen have usually less "pretty" colors and that's not really a problem, as long as the screen is correct (and isn't bright : we're looking for a mat screen to avoid light reflects) and last enough years.
So the question is : at this price, is it worth to buy ? Or should we better buy a new screen ? (we can have a budget of around 160euros, may be a little more).
Sorry for the long post for such a short question ^^"
Edit : term "bright" wasn't the good one, I meant "glossy".
Someone proposed us this screen in occasion, at 100 euro. It has 1 year old, has only be used several month, and should be in great condition (and we get a free HDMI cable). It seems to be usually sold new at 160 euros on the web.
Me and my girlfriend want to buy a screen but we don't know anything about hardware. We have two 6 years old laptops (who do their best but one of them is dying) and no tv. The screen will be mainly used during several months to watch movies and sometimes play videogames. We have very low budget, and we think we will try to buy a computer after christmas (we hope to find good deals with sales) : if we find one, the screen will at this moment certainly be mainly used with it by my girlfriend, who is mainly drawing/coloring with photoshop in "semi-professionnal" way and so who needs neat image and not ugly colors.
We are not looking for a perfect screen, we know that "not bright" screen have usually less "pretty" colors and that's not really a problem, as long as the screen is correct (and isn't bright : we're looking for a mat screen to avoid light reflects) and last enough years.
So the question is : at this price, is it worth to buy ? Or should we better buy a new screen ? (we can have a budget of around 160euros, may be a little more).
Sorry for the long post for such a short question ^^"
Edit : term "bright" wasn't the good one, I meant "glossy".
Post edited October 21, 2015 by Splatsch