Originally posted by: Fuel Injected
860 for a 1200 monitor(and considering the reviews, is worth more) isn't a good deal?
While a 37" screen for 2,000 may be great, 2,000 is a little too rich for my blood.
Sorry for the early probs you faced on your previous builds
Its not a bad deal. What I was trying ot say was, that I see changes happening on the LCD market.
I think while $860 sounds superb today. Its no more superb than the stacked-coupon-bonanza was for a $600 2005FPW at Christmas was.
Now, people are like "oh" as the 2005 is easy to get for $500 or less.. yet so many of us rushed to get it.
Just like hte 2005 is not really a $800 panel, the 2405 is not a 1200 panel.
They've revealed how much markup is in the screen through the $860 price, same as they did at Christmas with the 2005.
So no, I dont think its a 1200 panel, but a $860 or less panel.
They set the price, as $860 is obviously still profitable for them.. and $500 still is for them on the 2005.
The $800 2005/ $1200 2405 is just what they think they can pull out of it to Joe Consumer.. not what is really should go for.
I think $500/$860 (respectively) is about right for a minimum price.
But those prices dont blow me away.
No way does a 24" panel cost $900 to get to my door... thats a lot of beans really, for a screen.
I dropped $530 on my 2005, and lo and behold. It wasnt the deal of the century I thought I was getting.. not a ripoff. And still cannot beat it.. but my point is prices are being driven down.. and they arent going back up..
so I wasnt too bummed to miss out on the 24".. considering all things, it will prob be down to $750 soon, just as the 2005 is down to $450 or so today.
Bah, dont listen to me.. I'm a twisted fvck.
ps. what i'm trying to say is.. while i thought $530 for the 2005 was a super great opportunity.. it was more like a sign of what was to become of the 20" WS LCD market..
it wasnt a fluke that I had to jump on immediately.
But more a surprising swing in LCD size and price.
I think its safe to say CRT is officially dead with the 2005/2405 and panels like that BenQ 37".
People are finally goign to get over 20" viewable on their desktop PCs.. for years in the CRT world 20" viewable was the best it got.
I'm picking up the 2405 for my personal use, the 2005 is going on my second machine.. and that BenQ 37" will be my TV.
Even if they come out with a 27" lcd that outdoes the 24".. I wont care. 24" is just right.
I dont want to have to power a gaming rig every year that can push that kind of resolution that 27"/30" LCDs will bring.
Nor do I want to worry about having a dual link DVI card (2405 just about maxes out current single link DVI bandwidth).
I play older games too, like Diablo2 and Starcraft, and they look great on the 2005.. as I'm sure they do on the 2405.. but 27" and 30" just sounds a tad big to stretch out old 640x480 games!