I want your opinions on Daytek monitors.

[powerMarkymark]

I am seriously thinking of buying this 19" Daytek monitor today.

I allready have two Daytek monitors and I think they are pretty good. This will be my first truly flat monitor and I think I found a real deal #$335.00 Canadian or $215.00 US.

Have you ever had a Daytek monitor?

Check out the specs and let me know what you think.

Thanks.

 

[powerMarkymark]

Bump.

Any more thoughts, will be picking it up this morning.

 

[Doh!]

It's made by Daewoo, one of the bankrupt companies in Korea & currently going through a sale process of its companies. Personally, I would not touch any of Daytek's produts with a 10 ft. pole as its product quality and customer service is one of the worst amongst Korean mfgs. (I have been involved with the sale of the company as a financial consultant). Your mileage may vary but for a few more dollars, I am sure you can find a much more dependable and higher quality product.

 

[jaeger66]

I have a simple rule. If I haven't heard of the company, they probably suck. "Daytek"(aren't they a stock trading site?) is on that list.

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

I had a Daetek monitor on one of my first PC's. It worked fine for about 2 years. Then one day, it started smelling funny, and smoke started coming out of the back and my picture started shifting off the screen...

edit: For a decent budget monitor, try looking into KDS. I've been using a 17 inch Trinitron one for a while now, and it works just fine and it's color is nicer than the majority of standard CRT's out there from what I've seen.

 

[jaeger66]

I'd be wary of KDS's Avitron line. Basically they buy up the tubes that Sony rejected as unfit for their own units. I tried a 19" KDS Avitron and it was nowhere near as good as a genuine Sony.

 

[ADxS]

I happen to be using one of those right now - paid CN$395 for it 3 months ago. It has been a very decent performer, with good ergonomics and very good picture quality.

At a max 96kHz it is a bit limited in terms of horizontal scan frequency, but I've run it occassionally at 160Hz w/o problems. One quirk: the screen will blank periodically, as if it were entering a power saving state - but it always snaps back on.

 

[powerMarkymark]

Well I got the monitor yesterday. My personnal experience with Daytek has been very good so for the price I thought, what the hell!

I'm totally satisfied with it, beautiful colors and no more distorted lines.

Will give you updates if the thing explodes or something.