 |
 |
Another Monitors thread
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2007
Status:
Offline
|
|
I have no idea what monitor brands are good and not. So far, the best I've seen in terms of specs and price are Dells.
I'm hoping that Apple updates and severely drops the price of their displays, but in case they don't, what are some good displays upwards of 22 inches with resolutions of 1920x1200 or higher? No other real requirements other than that about $500 is my ideal price.
|
Unibody MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz, 24" LED Cinema Display, 8 GB iPod Touch 2G
adamfishercox.com
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Washington DC
Status:
Offline
|
|
The Dells not only have good specs and good price but they are also generally very high quality. I had a Dell 24" for several years before I sold it (as a package with my PowerMac G5 that I replaced with a 24" iMac), and it was a fantastic monitor. I've heard nothing but good things about them from others as well.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Korea
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
Status:
Offline
|
|
Samsung also makes some nice displays, but they're pricey (don't buy the cheap Samsungs!). I'd go with the Dell 2407WPF-HC.
edit: Not like Apple pricey, but like more-than-Dell pricey.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Rock
Status:
Offline
|
|
Wow, I was just checking out Dell's new Ultrasharp 30". 3000:1 contract ratio, 8ms response, 370cm/m2 brightness, and HDMI/DisplayPort/sweet port options, for $1750 right now? Dayum. By the time I'm ready to buy a monitor for my laptop, there's gonna be some bitchin' options.... 
greg
|
|
Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Washington DC
Status:
Offline
|
|
Also, check Dell's small business store. They often have good deals there.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Rock
Status:
Offline
|
|
How does one validate their "small business?" I ask of course merely out of curiousity.... 
greg
|
|
Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton 
How does one validate their "small business?"
Is that what she said?
I like my Dell 2007 WFP a lot. It wakes from black a little slower than an Apple display, but not $400.00 slower.
|
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: 888500128
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
Status:
Offline
|
|
|
|
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: 888500128
Status:
Offline
|
|
Don't be knockin' my speakers, yo!
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by analogika
Don't be knockin' my speakers, yo!
Say that with a plastic bag on your head, and we might start gettin' somewhere.
I like my Alesis M1 Actives about as well as I like my Dell display. Theyt sound pretty good.
|
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Rock
Status:
Offline
|
|
Hmmmm. I looked in the "Small Business" section of dell.ca, and the prices seemed to be the same as in their "Home" section. Is there any other benefit to being a small business that I missed?
I do know some friends who own businesses, so if my oft-absent morals do get the best of me I could just purchase through them... 
greg
|
|
Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton
Wow, I was just checking out Dell's new Ultrasharp 30". 3000:1 contract ratio, 8ms response, 370cm/m2 brightness, and HDMI/DisplayPort/sweet port options, for $1750 right now? Dayum. By the time I'm ready to buy a monitor for my laptop, there's gonna be some bitchin' options....
You can't buy a display on specs alone. What is the spec for color shift? (Hint: viewing angle is not it)
That said, some of Dell's higher priced displays are ok, but Apple's displays are well worth their price too.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Rock
Status:
Offline
|
|
"Ok?" I've never heard of anyone who didn't think Dell's LCDs are among the best out there. In fact, I've also never heard of anyone who didn't think Apple's displays were overpriced; they're just willing to pay the premium for the name and the look.
You mind finding the "spec for colour shift?" I don't see that criteria listed anywhere. How does it differ between the two?
greg
|
|
Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Washington DC
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton
Hmmmm. I looked in the "Small Business" section of dell.ca, and the prices seemed to be the same as in their "Home" section. Is there any other benefit to being a small business that I missed?
I do know some friends who own businesses, so if my oft-absent morals do get the best of me I could just purchase through them...
greg
You don't need to be a small business at all. You just order from the small business store and they send it to you. The normal prices are they same, but they often have very good sales that are specifically in the small business store.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Washington DC
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by hayesk
You can't buy a display on specs alone. What is the spec for color shift? (Hint: viewing angle is not it)
That said, some of Dell's higher priced displays are ok, but Apple's displays are well worth their price too.
Apple's displays (at least used to) use the exact same components as the Dell displays...
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Rock
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by nonhuman
Apple's displays (at least used to) use the exact same components as the Dell displays...
...and cost significantly more.
For me, matching that nice shade of aluminum isn't "well worth the price"...
greg
|
|
Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2007
Status:
Offline
|
|
I would gladly pay $100 just for the Apple aesthetic. Unfortunately, they are way more than $100 pricier than the competition.
|
Unibody MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz, 24" LED Cinema Display, 8 GB iPod Touch 2G
adamfishercox.com
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: New York, NY, USA
Status:
Offline
|
|
Viewsonic makes some great, cheap displays.
|
|
The era of anthropomorphizing hardware is over.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderator  Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Copenhagen
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by mduell
Samsung also makes some nice displays, but they're pricey (don't buy the cheap Samsungs!). I'd go with the Dell 2407WPF-HC.
edit: Not like Apple pricey, but like more-than-Dell pricey.
I have a cheap Samsung ($500), and I love it. Not the best screen if you’re a photography studio or some other kind of pro who needs perfect gamut and all—but a pretty damn good monitor for regular home use, if you ask me. And no more expensive than a Dell monitor, either (but a lot easier on the eyes, design-wise). 
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by Oisín
I have a cheap Samsung ($500), and I love it. Not the best screen if you’re a photography studio or some other kind of pro who needs perfect gamut and all—but a pretty damn good monitor for regular home use, if you ask me. And no more expensive than a Dell monitor, either (but a lot easier on the eyes, design-wise).
The OP wanted 1920x1200, not 1680x1050... the comparable Dells to that Samsung are under $300 every day and under $250 with a coupon.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Copenhagen
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by mduell
The OP wanted 1920x1200, not 1680x1050... the comparable Dells to that Samsung are under $300 every day and under $250 with a coupon.
I’d missed the 1920x1200 part.
And not over here, they’re not. The cheapest 22” Dell I can find (also 1680x1050) is about $35 cheaper than the Samsung was.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
