Dell LCD Deal: $50 off and 10% off is Back!!! 20% Off Dell Branded Monitors!!!

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dK9

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Lil off topic (don't hurt me!)
Finding a good LCD ain't easy, especially since companies often put unnecessary statistics and leave out important ones..
For example, Horizontal and Vertical Scan Frequencies mean just about nothing on an LCD, whereas Pixel Response Time means the WORLD.. Response time determines the "blur" you see when things move across LCDs quickly. Logically, one might think a response time of, say, 40 ms (or .0040 seconds) would yield 25 frames per second (1 second / .0040 seconds = 25 fps)...
However, as Mani mentioned earlier, current LCDs are just not cutting it. The reason is, Response Time generally measures the time to go from completely black to completely white and back to black again. This would SEEM to be a "worst case scenario" -- after all, it's going through the greatest amount of change possible. However, this is not the case.

Therein lies the hopes for new LCDs. Companies like Mitsubishi have been working on various technologies (ie, Mitsubishi's 'Feed Forward' technology) to improve the "mid-range" speed of pixel change. As it stands, the slowest pixel change occurs going from some shade of gray to a certain other shade of gray. This happens because the pixel "accelerates" to the new shade more slowly than a pixel does in going from black to white, where the pixel can go full speed ahead until it reaches "the end", and becomes completely black. Mitsubishi and others are trying to accelerate the pixel shade change by making the pixel change accelerate quickly and slow down JUST BEFORE it reaches the new shade.

Blah..I've been going on too long...... Suffice to say, the new technology looks promising

dK9
 

KiltedFool

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Hmm, that makes sense. Oh well, how does $223 shipped look for this puppy? Accessible through the System Upgrades section. Should I believe that max resolution>




DELL
Monitor; 19" (18" Viewable Image Size) M991 Gray
19 IN, 18 IN, 0.26 mm, 1600 x 1200 pixels, 96 KHz

$279.00
In stock


Screen Size: 19 IN
Viewable Size: 18 IN
Pitch Size: 0.26 mm
Maximum Resolution: 1600 x 1200 PIXELS
Maximum Horizontal Scan Rate: 96 KHZ
Maximum Vertical Scan Rate: 160 HZ
Minimum Horizontal Scan Rate: 30 KHZ
Minimum Vertical Scan Rate: 50 HZ
Monitor Connectors: 15- pin D-sub
Shipping Weight (pounds): 50.7 LBS
PNP: Standard Feature
Weight (pounds): 44 LBS
Depth in " centimeters": 17.2 IN
Height in (inches): 17.6 IN
Width in Inches: 17.3 IN




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Mani

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Forgot to mention: the Dell LCD I use at work (and I assume this is the same one unless I have test build or something) has the ability to switch between the digital and analog inputs to the screen. So theoretically, you may be able to have two computers hooked up to the same monitor, one with an analog input and another with a digital input with the ability to switch the display between them at will. So it's like a KVM switch, just without the K and the M. :p
 

LoneRangerUSA

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Mani,

That's a awesome feature! Thanks for bringing it up. Now i can set it up with other PCs. Is this KVM feature easy to use, is there instructions to it?
 

straubs

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Of course most nicer monitors that are at least 19" usually come with 2 video inputs anway. I mean 2 VGA inputs that are MEANT to control 2 computers with the single monitor. Very nice indeed.
 

LoneRangerUSA

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a bit off the topic, I have this micronpc 2100ex CRT monitor, aka samsung 1100p model.

It has a regular video monitor and BNC video connector. It would be SUPER if I can connect 2 pcs to this monitor, anyone know?
 

GCS

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Anyone getting the 20% off to work anymore???

It seems to only work on the Larger LCDs. I am pretty bummed as I was all set to order the Dell 1702 and all get is 5% now.

Anyone??

Greg
 

Mani

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Lone Ranger, I have never actually hooked up two computers to it to test it for myself, but it's very simple. There's a button that switched between the first and second input.
 

VRoOMdesigns

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got my 17.4 planar today! it's definitely not as sharp as a CRT monitor, but it's SO NICE to have desk space again!
 

Eviscerate

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<< got my 17.4 planar today! it's definitely not as sharp as a CRT monitor, but it's SO NICE to have desk space again! >>



Not as sharp as a CRT? What ever do you mean? LCDs have perfect focus and convergence from corner to corner. Perhaps you mean something else by sharp? In my experience, CRTs are still a bit better for games and graphic design but they can't hold a candle to LCDs in terms of focus and convergence corner to corner (geometry too). I have never seen a CRT with text as thick/dark/sharp as that on a decent LCD. Correct me if I am wrong, but that has been my experience.