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New and equally tantalizing deal, courtesy of bassoprofundo:
The GEEKBERT code gets 10% off, which would bring the price down to about $167 shipped for me. Again, it has no base, so see KingFatty's suggested VESA stand from Monolink below.
Old deal, now sold out:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...BASE-R&cat=MON
Note that it doesn’t come with a base. If you want a wall mount, Geeks.com has a cheap basic one for $8: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WLB243&cat=MON
Use the code GEEKBERT for 10% off, which covered shipping for me. $201 delivered.
These are really expensive monitors new. Google Shopping shows them around $1400-$1700. It appears to be a customized Samsung Syncmaster. I picked one up to use at work, not primarily because it's a touchscreen but just because it's a pretty good buy for 1920 x 1200.
The screen surface is an intermediate gloss finish, so it does show reflections. It's got more types of inputs and outputs than you can shake a stick at, and has PIP if you find that useful. Elo has drivers readily available, and you can calibrate the touchscreen alignment (the first system I tried it on was flipped left-to-right). Windows 7/8 regard the touchscreen as a second mouse.
There is an MPA button on the bezel. MPA stands for “make my monitor flicker like mad,” apparently. So turn MPA off.
Anyway, I liked it enough to order a second one, along with a couple of styluses from this outfit: http://www.barcodegiant.com/search.htm?search=D82064-000 I’ll still be mainly a mouse user, but the touchscreen will occasionally come in handy (haha) and I don’t want to touch it with my fingers since I’m a mechanic with perpetually-greasy hands.
The GEEKBERT code gets 10% off, which would bring the price down to about $167 shipped for me. Again, it has no base, so see KingFatty's suggested VESA stand from Monolink below.
Old deal, now sold out:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...BASE-R&cat=MON
Note that it doesn’t come with a base. If you want a wall mount, Geeks.com has a cheap basic one for $8: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=WLB243&cat=MON
Use the code GEEKBERT for 10% off, which covered shipping for me. $201 delivered.
These are really expensive monitors new. Google Shopping shows them around $1400-$1700. It appears to be a customized Samsung Syncmaster. I picked one up to use at work, not primarily because it's a touchscreen but just because it's a pretty good buy for 1920 x 1200.
The screen surface is an intermediate gloss finish, so it does show reflections. It's got more types of inputs and outputs than you can shake a stick at, and has PIP if you find that useful. Elo has drivers readily available, and you can calibrate the touchscreen alignment (the first system I tried it on was flipped left-to-right). Windows 7/8 regard the touchscreen as a second mouse.
There is an MPA button on the bezel. MPA stands for “make my monitor flicker like mad,” apparently. So turn MPA off.
Anyway, I liked it enough to order a second one, along with a couple of styluses from this outfit: http://www.barcodegiant.com/search.htm?search=D82064-000 I’ll still be mainly a mouse user, but the touchscreen will occasionally come in handy (haha) and I don’t want to touch it with my fingers since I’m a mechanic with perpetually-greasy hands.
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