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New LCD!
Entered On: Apr 21, 2006 11:12 AM
Last Edited On: May 12 2006, 3:52 PM
Last Edited On: May 12 2006, 3:52 PM
Dell Home & Home Office is having a sale right now on their UltraSharp 19" Flat Panels. Only $219 with this coupon code: P56JCWM80XVWCD
I just ordered me one. Might order me another if'n I get the itchin' to. I hear tell they're being manufactured with new Samsung 5ms panels rather than the old crappy 16ms panels Dell used to use.
I would've rather had a widescreen 20 or 21", but for $219, I can't complain.
Edit: This monitor rocks. I ended up getting one with the Samsung panel, and it's loverly. Ridiculously bright (I had to drop the brightness to 0 and fiddle with the gamma a bit), but there's no color-degradation around the outside edges like with most LCDs. No gradient banding, no ghosting, no overly-pixellated fonts, no annoying scanlines.
I actually have the non-Ultrasharp version of this monitor at work, and the difference is instantly noticeable. I'll be buying another soon, I think.
Edit: This monitor sucks. After a week of constant use, I began to notice horrible banding issues when dealing with gradients. Apparently those "sweet" Samsung panels are only 6-bit instead of 8-bit. And the brightness is ridiculous. I borrowed a colorimeter from my neighbor, who happens to be a professional photog, and attempted to calibrate the color, maybe tone down the glaring white levels. Once the calibration finished and I clicked "Apply," the monitor began to scream as every pixel was bombarded with pure, unyielding white.
I'm sending it back and getting something that doesn't suck. I guess I got what I paid for.
I just ordered me one. Might order me another if'n I get the itchin' to. I hear tell they're being manufactured with new Samsung 5ms panels rather than the old crappy 16ms panels Dell used to use.
I would've rather had a widescreen 20 or 21", but for $219, I can't complain.
Edit: This monitor rocks. I ended up getting one with the Samsung panel, and it's loverly. Ridiculously bright (I had to drop the brightness to 0 and fiddle with the gamma a bit), but there's no color-degradation around the outside edges like with most LCDs. No gradient banding, no ghosting, no overly-pixellated fonts, no annoying scanlines.
I actually have the non-Ultrasharp version of this monitor at work, and the difference is instantly noticeable. I'll be buying another soon, I think.
Edit: This monitor sucks. After a week of constant use, I began to notice horrible banding issues when dealing with gradients. Apparently those "sweet" Samsung panels are only 6-bit instead of 8-bit. And the brightness is ridiculous. I borrowed a colorimeter from my neighbor, who happens to be a professional photog, and attempted to calibrate the color, maybe tone down the glaring white levels. Once the calibration finished and I clicked "Apply," the monitor began to scream as every pixel was bombarded with pure, unyielding white.
I'm sending it back and getting something that doesn't suck. I guess I got what I paid for.
