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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #40 on: April 05, 2009, 12:01:33 PM »
Well, I was just being a flippant asshole. Because, you know, it's me.

Also: That is pretty goddamn weird, Niku. Every monitor I've seen anyone purchase in the past three years has come with only a digital cable, or both.
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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #41 on: April 05, 2009, 04:34:16 PM »
I still have my huge ass Viewsonic CRT.

I ENJOY BEING BOMBARDED BY CHARGED PARTICLES  :goggles:
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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #42 on: April 05, 2009, 04:46:30 PM »
Quote from: Niku on April 05, 2009, 11:05:14 AM
Yeah, but I was kind of flabbergasted when I ordered my last monitor and it only came with a VGA cable.  It's not much of a thing to toss a DVI cable onto the order along with it, but I had kind of just assumed that the standard had changed at some point.

I bought a new SATA hard drive last month that didn't come with a SATA cable.  :whoops:

Had to wait several more days for the ~$3 cable to arrive, because stores like Best Buy charge upwards of $20 for them. Not unlike how they charge upwards of a hundred bucks for a ten dollar HDMI cable.
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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #43 on: April 05, 2009, 05:19:00 PM »
My LCD monitor doesn't even have a DVI input. :loser:
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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #44 on: April 07, 2009, 11:37:15 PM »
An important aspect of a monitor that a lot of people ignore is the panel type. You have IPS, MVA, PVA, and TN monitors with various subtypes as well. TN is the common type that sells the most because of the price and it's response time can't be beat but it is also really bad at color reproduction. Sadly most companies don't advertise what panel type a monitor is, so you have to go by specs or just google the model number.

Dell often has a deal on the 2209WA which is probably the best 22inch LCD on the market right now for the price. I managed to pick one up for about $200 and I couldn't be happier with it. It's an E-IPS panel so you get great color reproduction but still have a good response time.

Another good tip for anyone in the market for a new monitor is to watch out for bad monitor return policies. Newegg for example, requires more than 8 dead pixels before you can return it.
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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #45 on: May 12, 2009, 08:20:11 PM »
...Got paycheck from freelance job (ASS) yesterday; will probably finally pick that monitor up soon.

NewEgg's dropped the free shipping offer, which makes it $10 cheaper overall at Amazon than NewEgg now (but $10 more expensive than it was at NewEgg with free shipping).  I'm also betting Amazon's got a better return policy in case I get dead pixels.
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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #46 on: May 13, 2009, 06:40:40 AM »
Instead of dealing with Kazz's monitor issues, I GOT A LAPTOPPPPPPPPPP.
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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #47 on: May 13, 2009, 06:45:14 AM »
So what's up with these new LED monitors?


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Re: New Monitor
« Reply #48 on: May 13, 2009, 06:56:29 AM »


They're fun for the whole family!
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