Just last night had to go looking for a new monitor for one of the boy's. His old Dell (2003) popped the CCFL tube. Got if free a few year back, surprised it went as long as it had.
Low price was a big factor and would rather it have speakers, even if they're always on headsets. It useful to be able to "say listen to this", while don't want speaker's on an already crowded desk. Would've liked buying 23", but with other on a still on a Gateway FPD1975W 19" (1440x900) there might be hurt feelings, while honestly neither has the room for much over a 21.5". Might pick-up one for the other soon, and C_list the Gateway for $30.
I looked at this Acer but it's not LED backlighting, it's still CCFL, while TN panel. So fairly mundane spec's and horrible reviews considering just 25 Eggview and 12 Eggheads give it 5*, with seven 1-Stars!
I went for the Asus VE228H it was $135 –AR$10 w/FS. Has little better TFT LED panel, an HDMI, matte screen, VESA Mount, speakers. What really sold me with 404 Eggviews, 74% - 5*, 14% - 4* 6% - 1*... very nice.
Just last night had to go looking for a new monitor for one of the boy's. His old Dell (2003) popped the CCFL tube. Got if free a few year back, surprised it went as long as it had.
Low price was a big factor and would rather it have speakers, even if they're always on headsets. It useful to be able to "say listen to this", while don't want speaker's on an already crowded desk. Would've liked buying 23", but with other on a still on a Gateway FPD1975W 19" (1440x900) there might be hurt feelings, while honestly neither has the room for much over a 21.5". Might pick-up one for the other soon, and C_list the Gateway for $30.
I looked at this Acer but it's not LED backlighting, it's still CCFL, while TN panel. So fairly mundane spec's and horrible reviews considering just 25 Eggview and 12 Eggheads give it 5*, with seven 1-Stars!
I went for the Asus VE228H it was $135 –AR$10 w/FS. Has little better TFT LED panel, an HDMI, matte screen, VESA Mount, speakers. What really sold me with 404 Eggviews, 74% - 5*, 14% - 4* 6% - 1*... very nice.
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