25.5" Asus 1920x1200 monitor for $217 - yes or no

[tviceman]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16824236047R

I'm running a Hanns-G 1680x1050 right now (relatively generic brand). The video card I have can power 1920x1200 just fine but it is open-boxed on newegg. Unless I'm otherwise convinced within the next hour NOT to buy it, I am jumping on this.....

 

[tweakboy]

You said the monitor is open box or the video card you have was open box ?

Well lets take in the goods and bads of this monitor.

Goods
25.5 inches instead of typical 24"
1920x1200 instead of only 1920x1080
2ms response time. Your FPS gaming will be great on it.

Bads
cheap built in speakers which your never gonne use
Brightness and Contrast are not high. Don't expect it to be the nicest looking LCD but it will do.
not LED which is very affordable btw.
60hz refresh
Open Box possibly

Weigh those and you decide wheter to get it or not. I would jump on it if its closed box new, But if its open box or something dont do it. Youll regret it,, it will die on you in 2 months.. monitor you must buy brand new not refurbished etc. I dont trust newegg too much I hope they give you a nice clean new one.

I say pull the trigger because the 60hz thing with LCD's on PC will not change for another 3 years probabbly.. booo hoooo. TV's have 480hz refresh and typical 240Hz. There is one PC monitor with 120hz and thats only 23 inches and lower resolution.

You make the call but open box I wouldnt touch it with a ten foot pole ,, u will suffer and it will die guaranteed. Or a busted pixel and what not.

 

[happy medium]

Tweakboy FTW! I must say I agree.

 

[tweakboy]

Thanks Happy Medium my brother. gg and gb

 

[tviceman]

Tweakboy FTW! I must say I agree.

Oh good old tweakboy. LOL. He said pull the trigger and then in the next not to touch it with a ten foot pole. I ordered it anyways.

 

[happy medium]

Oh good old tweakboy. LOL. He said pull the trigger and then in the next not to touch it with a ten foot pole. I ordered it anyways.

hmmm good luck with the open box thing, if you grab a good one it wll be a great buy. How is the open box warrenty?

 

[tviceman]

hmmm good luck with the open box thing, if you grab a good one it wll be a great buy. How is the open box warrenty?

Thanks. The return policy is 30 days and it says the manufacturer's warranty still applies.

 

[AnandThenMan]

I have not seen that monitor in person, but I suspect it will be very similar to their other models, which I have experience with. So it will be a decent unit, good colour, acceptable contrast, poor viewing angle (inherent) and will look pretty brutal at factory settings. But once you fine tune the settings it will be a pleasing monitor to use.

edit - here is a review, they liked it quite a lot.

 

[tviceman]

I have not seen that monitor in person, but I suspect it will be very similar to their other models, which I have experience with. So it will be a decent unit, good colour, acceptable contrast, poor viewing angle (inherent) and will look pretty brutal at factory settings. But once you fine tune the settings it will be a pleasing monitor to use.

edit - here is a review, they liked it quite a lot.

Thank you very much. I've never had a "great" monitor - I always tend to buy the one that is cheapest in it's size range so I'm blissfully ignorant to what the visual difference between high end and cheaper model monitors are.

 

[nOOky]

The shipping on the open box is twice as much, but you'll still save money. I've ordered many things from newegg open box. In my experience you just need to plan to not have the cables you need etc., but the unit itself is usually fine.

 

[AnandThenMan]

The one problem with buying a monitor online is someone may have returned it because of dead pixels. Newegg has a poor dead pixel policy (basically you have no hope of returning it because of the dead pixels unless you pay restocking fee). But someone might have returned it anyway because of several dead pixels, so you are taking a chance there.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

I was not expecting to find the most useful post in this thread to be by tweakboy... gl and gb

 

[Shmee]

thats the monitor I have i think, I like it quite a bit. I don't think it has speakers though, though I have never checked thoroughly. They might be hiding.

 

[Obsoleet]

It has speakers. I use this monitor and that's an OK deal.. you can get it new for not much more most of the time. It's my favorite gaming LCD on the market, lowest input lag 1.65ms + 2ms response time for a total of 3.65ms lag..
it can't be beat in that regard, it blows almost everything else out of the water. The color is amazing, it sits next to my S-IPS screen (best color you can get on an LCD) and they look good together.
120hz is too expensive and you get stuck with a ~20" at 1680, it's not worth it and 3D gaming is a joke IMO. I've used NV's 3d vision stuff and it's pretty lame.. (you need 120hz to use 3d). Go to Fry's and checkout a display for it if you haven't seen it in action.

I'd buy this LCD again today hand's down.

 

[nOOky]

The one problem with buying a monitor online is someone may have returned it because of dead pixels. Newegg has a poor dead pixel policy (basically you have no hope of returning it because of the dead pixels unless you pay restocking fee). But someone might have returned it anyway because of several dead pixels, so you are taking a chance there.

Yea, you can always send an open box back and claim it doesn't work or something, but it's your time and money wasted.
By the way I have this Asus monitor, I think you'll like it once you get it properly adjusted. For the price you can't beat the size for gaming. It looks positively huge, I only wish the resolution were a bit higher.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I have a Westinghouse with those same specs that is 25.5". I am guessing it is the same panel. I like the size, I like having 1200 horizontal lines of resolution.

 

[Obsoleet]

Yea, you can always send an open box back and claim it doesn't work or something, but it's your time and money wasted.
By the way I have this Asus monitor, I think you'll like it once you get it properly adjusted. For the price you can't beat the size for gaming. It looks positively huge, I only wish the resolution were a bit higher.

Not I. 1920x1200 is enough to push with a video card. Keeping a singlecore GPU with that kind of power in all the latest games gets annoying, don't want any higher res personally.

 

[tviceman]

The monitor came in and it's absolutely great. Besides the resolution and size upgrade, the visual quality itself is an upgrade over the previous Hanns-g monitor I owned. The picture is much brighter (I'm still getting used to it) and the colors are much richer - especially black. If anyone is considering upgrading their 22" or smaller screen, I highly recommend this particular model. It's budget priced for it's size and resolution, but insofar as visual quality I am blown away.

Here is the product page: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236047 Through November 3rd, it is $290 - $25 instant rebate - $30 MIR + free shipping, so it's $265 out of pocket with another $30 back in the mail. $235 when it's all said and done for a 25.5" monitor with higher than 1080p resolution is retarded good.

 

[MagickMan]

I missed this post earlier, but IMO you made a great choice. I've had this monitor for 9 months and it's been exceptional (after I did a good calibration). People complain about brightness and contrast but I don't think they actually own one, I think it's fantastic for a TN.

 

[Arkaign]

I have this screen in the Samsung clothing, and it's nice. Even came with a remote, tuner, etc. Only real complaint is viewing angles aren't that great, but who's really looking at monitors from way off center anyway?

 

[tweakboy]

Also check for dead pixels. I really hope this monitor lasts you years and years.

Newegg is horrible as it is selling used stuff when advertised as new. Open Box means its refurbished monitor something was wrong with it. or a user returned it. Im happy for you pull the trigger, but again I wouldnt have pulled the trigger on open box !

 

[CrystalBay]

I've had this monitor for a about a year now (not open box ) . I've been very satisfied with it, as mentioned speakers are weak, good color, decent brightness...