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IBM 22.2-inch T221 (flat panel) slashed in price 53%! Lava hot?

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MaxDepth

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Only if you buy Porsches on a daily basis...

Was: $17,999

Now: $8,399


From CNET news.


Sorry if the title got you some wood...
 
If you know an employee, a stockholder or are one of those, you can probably save an additional bit of $$$. Maybe 10-15% 😀, that'd be like $800+ if it qualifies.
 
Thanks, I picked up a couple for the kids to use in the rumpus room. These will work on an eMachine, right?
 
Don't waste your time with SXGA, go for the UXGA , which is capable of 1600 X 1200 res. Also, does anyone know why LCD monitors have clipping, when you watch or play games, and videos. It only clips at one point on the screen, not just everywhere else.
 
I'd rather have a HDTV and output signal from PC to it. At least it can watch TV too. But who can give me the money?
 
This monitor was well over $22,000 when it came out last fall. This has almost 8x the resolution of an 18" TFT (1280*1024) - and is priced about the same as 8 TFT's. IBM is selling enough of them to cut their costs on these monitors.

In regards to the question as to why 15" and 18" TFTs have not fallen in price is because demand has gone up. Consider the iMAC uses TFT's, and third tier clone makers like Dell and Gateway include 15" TFTs on lower-end systems. As a result, demand on 15" panels has gone up - manufacturers can't make enough. Costs have gone up on the actual panel by about $100 since Christmas as people bid for them.

For the folks that want big screen TVs or Plasma Monitors - the resolution is about 800*600 - you'd need 20 of them to match the resolution of the IBM T221.

When you laugh at a price point like this, ask yourself who has added the most innovation in the computer industry, and that you are paying for some of that research in these products. Then consider how much Dell has added to the process - the more support Dell gets, the more gets driven out of the product - no more innovation, no more new products, no more new anything. I look at the level of support I got from Dell 15 years ago, and what I get today, and it is a lot less today - Dell is squeezing every nickle out that they can. Granted you get lower prices, but remember that "you get what you pay for".
 
to anyone who was suggesting getting a plasma or 20-24" lcd instead, i call your attention to the specs of the ibm screen

it has a pixel pitch of .11 or something crazy like that. over twice the quality of high end monitors these days
look further and you'll see why this lcd is so pricey.
 
nice specs on the IBM. wonder what the response time on the pixels are. resolution and pitch are great, though.

that apple cinema display is sweet. saw one (maybe slightly smaller) at fry's and it is beautiful.
 
this is like one of those "hot deal if you're rich" kind of posts... no thanks

i guess you think its funny, but i personally think it is misleading. there's no link and its not B&M.. .just an article... grreeeaaatt...
 
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