Should I buy that monitor*?

[sam113101]

http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4938558&SRCCODE=NEXCC&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCWw0fzTCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=22-85633449-2
It's the cheapest 1920x1200 monitor I've found, and I really need that resolution. Anybody ever heard of that brand*?

I'd need two of them. I'll buy only if they're not crappy monitors.

[D-EJ915]

It's probably not better or worse than any other low-end monitor to be honest, all the products in that price range use the same electronics.

[Arc'xer]

If your willing to wait for a U2410 to pop around with a good bargain coupon then it would be a much better buy. I'm pretty sure the I-inc is a TN panel and if your wanting 1200P, I'm guessing you also want a monitor that provides better quality with the U2410 being IPS.

For some reasons the U2410s really spiked in price. Saw a few weeks back some of them going for nearly 250 dollars with coupons and savings.

There's a few other 1200P monitors most of them have the premium attached to them but once in a while they pop up with coupons so you never know.

[Fwiffo]

Seems weird that it's a 27.5". 1920x1200 is a resolution I associate with 24" monitors. So I'd consider the extra desk space consumed and coarse pixel pitch to be pretty big negatives. For that much desk space you could have a 2560x1440 Dell U2711 (though that's obviously a radically different price class).

[Hak Foo]

160 degree viewing angle = TN panel.

Look for a secondhand 24 with a known better panel, maybe, or if you can swing the lower res, get the Dell 22 with the good panel for the same money.

I want one of those for work, but the boss is sure to get me $129 TNs.

[WhiteRice]

For ~$250 get yourself a Samsung 22"

[chongyixiong]

Why not 2 U2311Hs?

1920x1080 and if you're doing portrait for both of them.. the 1080 is pretty adequate

[instantkamera]

Why not 2 U2311Hs?

1920x1080 and if you're doing portrait for both of them.. the 1080 is pretty adequate

indeed.

[chongyixiong]

indeed.

And it's pretty cheap and colours are MUCH better than TN panels.. I don't know why people are buying them and complaining of tinting issues when the general case is that no one seems to know what it is about.

Instead, most users who jump onto the IPS bandwagon begin to VISUALIZE and FEAR of the tinting problem before even getting the monitor and enjoying it.

PS: U2311Hs are about RM659 here in Malaysia so I think the US can do better in terms of pricing.

Definitely fits your budget btw.

[Ekaros]

I prefer 16:10 over 16:9, but if you want to get cheap...

Good monitors are like mechanical keyboards and bad ones like membranes... Monitor is most important output device you have, no sense getting bad one...

[zefrer]

16:9 on a PC monitor is one of my pet peeves. More screen real estate = good no?

[Fwiffo]

It's irritating that 16:10 tends to be so much more expensive than 16:9. For example, compare these otherwise very similar Dell monitors:
Dell UltraSharp U3011, 2560x1600 - $1499
Dell UltraSharp U2711, 2560x1440 - $999
Dell UltraSharp U2410, 1920x1200 - $599
Dell UltraSharp U2211H, 1920x1080 - $249

That's at extra 50% or 140% more for an extra 11% of screen real-estate!

[zefrer]

Yup. Don't get me started on 16:10, 120hz LCDs (there aren't any..)

[Will]

Yup. Don't get me started on 16:10, 120hz LCDs (there aren't any..)

Yes there are, Viewsonic and Samsung both have 1680x1050 120hz LCDs. I kind of regret selling mine last March and really want to buy another.

[zefrer]

You're right, I meant 1920x1200 ones. @OP, you'll get what you pay for - not much.

[keyb_gr]

@OP, you'll get what you pay for - not much.

That equally applies to the areas that one doesn't see immediately, like long-term reliability or EMI suppression. Low-quality electrolytics in the power supply or badly designed CCFL inverter = trouble. All been seen in cheap LCDs.

[zefrer]

Exactly. I used to buy a different brand (than OP) of low cost LCDs and both that I had stopped working properly within 2 years. One got dimmer and dimmer, the other stopped working entirely.

[Arc'xer]

OP, there's also have the dell SP2309W while it's a TN panel it does have a resolution of 2048x1152, while a strange resolution it's the 16:9 of 2048x1536 if your wanting more vertical space it's a more acceptable compromise of vertical space if you can't find a 1200P monitor and not wanting 1080P. But you do lose the divisional resolution(of 1200P)if your working on lower resolutions or gaming on lower resolutions depending on what your doing like say 1600x1200 or 800x600.

Even a coupon code for it till the Nov 7th going for 200 rather than it's usual I think 250-300+.

[a_fluffy_kitten]

http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4938558&SRCCODE=NEXCC&cm_mmc_o=2mHCjCWw0fzTCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=22-85633449-2
It's the cheapest 1920x1200 monitor I've found, and I really need that resolution. Anybody ever heard of that brand*?

I'd need two of them. I'll buy only if they're not crappy monitors.

Well, the fact that it is not only a brand no one has ever heard of but is also extremely cheap is a very good sign.

The rational conclusion would be that this is an extremely good monitor.

[sam113101]

What about that*?
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/218560/Samsung/LS24MYKRBQA_ZC/

[microsoft windows]

Well, if you got a big, sturdy, table with lots of room you could always go with CRT's. You could get a 21" CRT monitor capable of displaying 1600x1200 at 100Hz for pretty cheap (a Trinitron from the mid 2000's). They get great color, and have very even black. But the problem with nice, big CRT's is that, well, they're big. They're heavy too. So make sure you have a lot of room if you want to go that way.

But, if you're not into big, heavy monitors, I would recommend looking into used LCD's, or holiday sales at stores. A relative of mine picked up a new 24" Samsung LCD that displayed 1900x1200 that was on sale at Wal-Mart for a little over $120 when it was on sale.

[Ekaros]

What about that*?
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/218560/Samsung/LS24MYKRBQA_ZC/

Cheap, but limited, TN-panel nothing fancy...

[microsoft windows]

Here's an LCD that oughta do it. $150

[Brodie337]

In my experience, about 26 inches is the biggest I'd want to go at 1920x1200. Anything bigger than that looks like ass to me.

For the record, I've got the Asus VK266H, a 26 incher. Not a bad monitor for a TN, but there is a little light leakage.

[zefrer]

What about that*?
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/218560/Samsung/LS24MYKRBQA_ZC/

Decent quality for a TN based LCD. I have the 26" version of it. Good value for money I think.

[imagine7xy]

I would recommend (1080p good quality, cheap price, with 100x100 VESA mounts):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009266

If you get 2x then get:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002R9HQLI/ref=oss_product

1080p is a very standardized resolution, 23" is a great DPI for it as well.

[chongyixiong]

I prefer 16:10 over 16:9, but if you want to get cheap...

Good monitors are like mechanical keyboards and bad ones like membranes... Monitor is most important output device you have, no sense getting bad one...

Ditto, I also prefered 16:10 over 16:9.. that was the exact reason why I sold 2 of the U2311Hs and bought a U2410 instead. (And I plan to buy another U2410 when the price really drops)

TS, you never did mention whether you would like this both to be used in the horizontal or vertical position.. if for horizontal, I guess you could do better with a 16:10 resolution, or maybe a 4:3 - but the last available of such commercially available IPS monitor is the Dell 2007FP.

Else, the U2311H works extremely well in portrait mode and due to its much-better vertical viewing angles, you don't have to worry about not seeing the monitor properly (when placed at an angle). Normal TN monitors can't beat those IPS for vertical viewing angles!

[imagine7xy]

I wouldn't buy WUXGA right now because of the cost even though I actually prefer it over 1920x1080 for actual computing. I am not exactly sure why but the 1920x1200 average nearly twice the cost, and 1080p monitors are 5-6x more popular, definitely the bestselling by a long shot right now.

[chongyixiong]

I wouldn't buy WUXGA right now because of the cost even though I actually prefer it over 1920x1080 for actual computing. I am not exactly sure why but the 1920x1200 average nearly twice the cost, and 1080p monitors are 5-6x more popular, definitely the bestselling by a long shot right now.

No idea why either.. I got the U2410 with some change after I sold off my 2 U2311Hs.. it's ridiculously expensive to maintain the 16:10 format man!

[Ekaros]

It's mainly due market, 16:9 are smaller, cheaper to make, and they can be used on normal TVs too I think. And customers don't know difference between fullHD and more than fullHD and can't ask for it. Mainly problem is that people don't ask more, it's pretty small group which reguest something like 16:10, I think those are more for entreprice-sector than consumer.

Going to get 30" onces I get that 1-1,5k to spare...