KDS VS-190 19" monitor for $199 at Office Depot

[86plymouthcolt]

The monitor is $299-$30 instant rebate. Then KDS gives a mail in rebate for $70 off for a total price of $199.

 

[DiverDown]

Link to Monitor

 

[ryudo]

Does anyone have this monitor? If so, what do you think of it?

 

[jatwell]

I have two VS-195's... I would say they're pretty good. Definitely better than the ProView crap but not up to Sony's or their Avitron model...

 

[JSFord]

I got one from Buy.com deal of the day in Sept, 190 shipped after coupon. The
Monitors are crap, Ive had 4 RMAs since then. One died, one would blink on and
off, One was blurry for 5 mins till it warmed up. And one was blurry on the bottom
all the time.

The good thing is the warranty, they ship you a new one for 3 years, and schedule
fedex to come pick bad one up at no cost to you, whenever you want. After the last one
i told um i wanted a refund or a better Monitor and they sent me a 195TF, a true flat
trinitron, freaking $400+ Monitor, so needless to say im happy NOW, lol.

Those Montitors suck, but KDS customer service ROCKS!

I also forgot, ALL had geometry problems, impossible to get even picture.

 

[DugnDog]

Looking at Office Depot site - I don't see either rebate here.

Is this a deal for this coming week?

 

[zman6911]

Well, it is a fairly sweet deal. Since I have just registered about 5 minutes ago, lemme introduce myself, I am Z-Man, probably one of many on these boards. Anyway, although $200 is great, I have found in my short, 16 year life, that there is usually one catch with sweet monitor deals, and its in something most people don't even take a look at, and that is dot-pitch. Dot-pitch is the distance between same color dots, in any direction. In other words, the smaller the number, the more dots a pixel holds. The dot pitch on this particular monitor is .27. That is one of the higher ones, however that does not mean that this is a bad monitor. This just means that your images will not be as crisp, which consequently, for some people will be a bad monitor. If you are doing anything that requires serious accuracy, or if you are paranoid about going blind (I've actually heard that one before) get a monitor with a lower dot pitch.

 

[BadMuleS]

ill stick with my viewsonic very dependable and above par performance

 

[Achilles81]

Gonna go look at this bad boy tomorrow... but what's this $30 instant rebate you speak of? And where can the $70 MIR be found? Thanks!

 

[UNKNOWNDUDE]

Can anyone find a link or scan rebate form for $70, THANKS

 

[Achilles81]

Found the MIR, but it's for $50, not $70...

Rebate is here

 

[Achilles81]

Wait, crap, that rebate is for Microcenter... they don't have a downloadable one for Office Depot...

 

[kmmatney]

We have two of these monitors at my work, on computers for general purpose work. They are not bad, in fact better than I thought they'd be for the price. However I probably wouldn't get it for home. The monitor is your main interface to the computer - it is worth it to get a nice one.

 

[lagvoid]

that looks like a pretty good deal. thanks
gonna go see how it looks and if they have a rebate at the store.

 

[AnMig]

Check these refurbished monitors. Company sound credible.
21 inches for $250-300. I believe they have or sell warranty. Good dots too.

 

[AnMig]

Check these refurbished monitors. Company sound credible.
21 inches for $250-300. I believe they have or sell warranty. Good dots too.

http://www.secondwindpc.com/default...=&mscsid=AU22WVV1V1S92GC100AKH0JXR2P09CR2

 

[Herman]

The $70 rebate form is on the Office Depot Website. Here is a link to the gif ... Office Depot $70 off Rebate Form

Don't forget any available coupons ... like say $15.00 dollars.

Thanks to everyone for all the great deals !!!!!!

 

[HoopDogg]

Yikes!! .27 dot pitch!!
You could almost poke your pinky finger through that!!

I'm looking for a new monitor size => 19&quot; and dot pitch < .25

Any one??

 

[rootaxs]

gotta agree with Zman, after using a monitor (Cybermax OEM w/ NEC Tube) with a 0.24 dot pitch you do notice the 0.03 difference on another monitor.

if you don't mind the *minor* difference then by all means grab one!

 

[Herman]

I just returned a Magview 19 .25 Dot Pitch to get the KDS. I hope I didn't make a mistake but the warranty with the Magview was 1 year part and labor but you paid the shipping. I really like the KDS's wattanty and service.

Someone mentioned that the Magview was really old Proview monitors although this one VM900 had the same logo as the Magvision. It was 209.00 at Best Buy a few weeks ago plus a 30.00 rebate. I never plugged it in to compare to the KDS but in the store the Magview seemed darker.

 

[86plymouthcolt]

The sale starts today (14th). The $30 is taken off at the register. Get the $70 rebate coupon at the customer service desk.

I know this monitor is not going to compare to a Sony, but if you've never had a 19 inch, then this monitor is really nice.

I currently use a four year old Midwest Micro 15&quot;, so going to this VS-190 is like going from a Yugo to a Honda Civic.

People who are using $500+ monitors won't like it, they are going from a Mercedes to a Honda.

The warrenty rocks so you really can't go wrong.

 

[todd_r]

We have about 20 of these monitors at work and all have been fine--no problems with them and decent quality. There definitely are better monitors out there, but for $199, this is a good monitor. Just my .02

 

[Achilles81]

Well, I picked up one of these today and I must say that I'm kinda dissapointed... granted it'll only be like $185 in the end after my $15 coupon and $70 mail in rebate, but I'm used to the 17&quot; Sony Flat Screen monitor that my old computer has... I'm VERY tempted to take this back and save up the money to either get a Flat 17&quot; or 19&quot; even though they're a lot more expensive. I guess I've just been spoiled, but as I'm typing this I can see the curving of the edges of the screen and it's buggin the hell out of me. :disgust:

 

[86plymouthcolt]

I am considering returning this. My only complaint is that the text is not so crisp. I guess i really do notice the difference in the .27 pitch.

 

[unclebud]

i must say that i got the 17&quot; vs-7i from od for $157 and i'm in heaven. it beats the pants off of my 17&quot; dell and 21&quot; hp trinitrons @ work. but then i like my honda civic just fine also (smaller car paymts &amp; ins paymts)
if i didn't like it so much, i'd go for this deal