The monitor has arrived and I'm now typing this message while using it.
It has a gloriously large amount of real estate compared to what I'm
used to (17" 4:3). Color looks great out of the box although I had to
reduce brightness to minimum and contrast near max. I haven't had a
chance to calibrate it yet so that may change things considerably (or
not). I tried viewing some of my recent panos from Scotland and Bryce
Canyon and they look phenomenal. There's detail there I haven't seen
before without blowing up just parts of them. I haven't quite figured
out how to get two monitors running properly with different native
resolutions (gotta read the NVIDIA manual) but that doesn't matter for
the moment. I'm going to take the old CRT to Florida with me and leave
it there.
A couple of surprises. It came with VGA and DVI cables which I had not
expected. But I'll still need the 3 meter cable I ordered from Amazon
which is yet to arrive. The included DVI cable is only 6 feet and,
while it reaches between monitor and computer is stretched so tautly
that I can't move the monitor or use the rotating feature because the
cord length won't allow it to rise up. But the rotation feature is very
well designed. I assumed that it would have a height adjustment lock
knob but it doesn't. The height adjustment is a very well balanced
spring arrangement. One can simply (and easily) slide the monitor up or
down and it stays in place. Slide it up to max height and rotate the
monitor to its 90 degree click stop. Works great... with a longer cord :-)
I'm very happy with both performance and price. Thanks, CH, for the
recommendation. And the luck in hitting a one day sale price was great.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/28/2011 3:29 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> The display card is NVIDIA GEForce 7900 GS with two DVI ports. Right
> now it runs the old Samsung CRT with DVI/VGA adapter so I also ordered a
> DVI cable.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 11/28/2011 2:34 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>> $230 !? - go for it asap. Just read the TFT Review.
>> This model is not available here, wish it was.
>>
>> One tip you may already know: when in doubt whether to clean the
>> screen surface or not, I found a linear polarizer useful to identify
>> what kind of dirt is annoying me. Don't know about circular
>> polarizers.
>>
>> Will you connect it to a VGA, HDMI, or which video card?
>>
>> Fernando.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Chuck Norcutt
>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> And Dell is selling it for only $230.
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