[geeks] tis the season for hardware to fail...

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Mon Apr 11 22:31:22 CDT 2011


On 04/11/11 22:11, Shannon wrote:
> On Apr 11, 2011, at 21:06 , J. Alexander Jacocks wrote:
> 
>> Why not get another quality panel, used?  I can think of a couple, off
>> of the top of my head; Dell's UltraSharp 24xx series.
> 
> Those are TN displays but good idea if I can find a used source I'd trust.
> 
> One interesting find is the Doublesight monitors. Their 245W and V models are
> IPS displays at around $500.
> 
> Some stores even have them as low as $380 shipped.

Yeah....    if I didn't need the larger pixels of the 28", I'd be really
tempted by the Doublesight monitors.  But a 24" is a tad uncomfortably
small these days, and a 30" is outside my budget.


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