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Posted at 4:06 PM on Friday 05/15/09 by
Ben
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CompUSA.com has the Hannspree HT09 28" 1080p LCD Monitor for $400 with free shipping. Features built-in ATSC/NTSC/QAM tuners and a 1920 x 1200 resolution. If you're wondering how it supports both 1080p and 1920 x 1200, just know that two thin black bars are added to the top and bottom of the screen when displaying 1080p content. [Compare]
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    radix33 - Posted 4:58 pm PDT 05/15/09 (298 Posts)  Report Spam

    Look Ma, no Hanns!

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    nerds - Posted 5:11 pm PDT 05/15/09 (127 Posts)  Report Spam

    this is a Heeiiii qwarrity product

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    bmada - Posted 5:25 pm PDT 05/15/09 (32 Posts)  Report Spam

    The price is tempting, but apparently picture quality is poor and there are overscan headaches:

    http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/review/2009/01/16/Hannspree-HT09-28in-Full-HD-TV/p1

    I work near a Hannspree store and may swing by there after work to see if they have one of these in store.

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    bmada - Posted 10:30 pm PDT 05/15/09 (32 Posts)  Report Spam

    Checked one of these out in person. No black bars; 1920x1080 gets stretched vertically to 1920x1200.

    Overscan CAN be adjusted or disabled (per input), but it requires going into an undocumented maintenance menu. Upcoming models will feature a user-accessible menu where you can switch from "video" (overscan) to "PC" (no overscan) mode.

    Picture quality with 1080p input (Blu-Ray) looked better than I expected (aside from the vertical stretching). Horizontal viewing angles are OK, vertical are poor, but mostly when viewing from below, which is unlikely to be an issue in real-world situations.

    This price isn't that great; In-store price was $430 (including a 7" digital picture frame). It looks like they're trying to clear out this model before the new one comes out. The newer 25" model will be 1920x1080 -- no answer on whether the new 28" will be also.

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