is this for real?

[Yuanji]

i dont know much about the company but looking at these specs, is this for real? a 17 inch LCD for 275 16ms response time decent contrast Ratio... guys what do you think?
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...198-001&depa=1

[Panama Red]

Got one sitting right next to me. It's the second one I've bought. First was sold with a complete system a couple weeks ago and I bought this one on sale to go with another build I have going. Picture quality is good and my customer that has it uses it for business. She really likes it and is the envy of the office cuz everyone else is using crt's. Don't know about it's gaming capability but it looked fine when running 3DMark on my OC machine. Speakers are tinny sounding but that's to be expected in a package this small. Well worth the money in my opinion.

[Yuanji]

i'm not really looking for the speakers but rather image quality. i know my NEC multisync 77f i have right now is pretty dark when i play some games and i really have to turn gamma high and even then sometimes things are dark. is this monitor decently bright?

[Panama Red]

Yes, too bright in fact. I've turned the brightness down to 70 from the default 100 setting.

[kram 2.0]

I'm just looking at its reponse time and it's also very impressive...16ns response time. That should give minimal or no ghosting. I'd say you're pretty safe for gaming there.

kram

[Yuanji]

now i just gotta save up for it i figure at 30 bucks a week i get for allowence i'll be able to get it around christmas time. probably will get it unless any other monitor that good comes into my price range.

[kram 2.0]

By that time, I'd say that the 17 inch monitors in general will go down in price...take a look at the Samsung 17" 712N - it's 420 USD but 330 USD now



kram

[Yuanji]

can't seem to find the samsung 712 for 330. i was looking at it at circuitcity.com but the one i found on newegg seems to be the much better buy

[kram 2.0]

Does NY have CompUSAs? Take a look there...it's on a very nice rebate with 12ns response time - it's really nice. I have one myself.

kram

[Yuanji]

yes it does. i'll look on the website. not too sure about rebates tho.
edit-if it drops to around 280 i might buy it.

[kram 2.0]

Originally Posted by Yuanji yes it does. i'll look on the website. not too sure about rebates tho. edit-if it drops to around 280 i might buy it.

I doubt it. It's been down at that price for a while and unlikely that it will be 120+ USD off as to make it 280 USD. I would go ahead an purchase the one on Newegg if that's the case.

kram

[Yuanji]

again, i'll probably be buying in 2 months or so. i can use my old crt just fine. kinda sad that only like 21 inch screens can get higher then 1280x1024 resolution.