Warm / Hot on 18.1" LCD $399.99

[grunge09]

Outpost.com is having a sale on the Gem 18.1" LCD Linked HERE

Model is GL-180TUA

Here is Link on LCD Spec's

Cheapest Pricewatch is $460.00 for an 18" LCD

 

[AJPatel]

Nice post! I was actually in the market for an LCD a week ago. I ended up buying the Albatron from NewEgg for $440.

Definitely warm because of the few things listed in the original post.

I think I'd spend the extra $40 for TV Tuner, RCA in, and DVI and even lose an inch of viewing size for the response time alone. My suitemate has a monitor that ghosts pretty badly and so I think response time is a biggy after having seen that.

 

[0roo0roo]

50ms pixel response is slow, then again its a freakin huge screen!

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
50ms pixel response is slow, then again its a freakin huge screen!

quite odd, seems outpost thinks this monitor does 40ms instead

 

[dpham00]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
50ms pixel response is slow, then again its a freakin huge screen!

not as hot as the old deal for the Dell1800fp for $426, IMO.

 

[drgeoffrey]

Hot enough. Thanks!

 

[LED]

I liked it until I read the viewing angle Viewing Angle: 80 degree (U), 45 degree (D), 80 degree (L), 80 degree (R)

 

[LiLxJohnny]

Specs from the Gem website:
Viewing Angle 45° (U), 45º (D), 45º (L), 45º (R)
Response Time 20mS (Rising), 30mS (Falling)

Specs from the Outpost website:
Viewing Angle: 80 degree (U), 45 degree (D), 80 degree (L), 80 degree (R)
Response Time: Tr: 15ms Tf: 25ms


Can someone explain the discrepancies? Looks like Outpost is trying to sell you a LCD with "false" specs.

If the GEM website has the right specs, the viewing angle on this LCD isn't great and 50 ms is probably only good for everyday "office" type work (word processing, email, web browsing, etc) but horrible for gaming, movie editing, digital imaging etc, or anything that requires the image on the screen to refresh rapidly .. am I wrong or right about this?

 

[huesmann]

No DVI = No thanks.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

not as hot as the old deal for the Dell1800fp for $426, IMO.

I hear that... I got that 1800fp during the last day of that coupon fiasco last week.