LCD Monitors – 24″ is the New 22″

scotty — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:15:06 +0000

LCD monitors — they just get bigger and cheaper all the time. A while ago Chimei’s 22 inch LCD led the revolution that made 22″ the “best bang for the buck”, and now you can buy those for as little as $250 a pop. One problem for 22″ though is its resolution. At 1680×1050 it is just not good enough for true high definition content at 1080p. You need the next step up, the 24 inches at 1920×1200, to fully present the HD in its true glory. And now days it’s amazingly affordable.

The Dell 24″ Entry E248WFP was priced at $499 earlier this year, and thanks to neosin who posted this deal on OzBargain, you can now get one for as low as $304 delivered. Although there are a few steps involved, including using a motor club (NRMA, RACQ, etc) discount (10% off) + 3% moneyback via MoneyBackCo. It’s not an UltraSharp, but it’s still a great display if all you want is screen real estate.

On another note, Ozstock is selling a ViewSonic VX2835WM monitor for $448 + shipping today (posted on OzBargain by SimBer). It’s a refurb unit with maximum 3 dead pixels. However it’s probably cheaper than many 26″ LCD TVs on the market doing much lower resolution. Only less than 3 hours to go — so head down there if you are looking for something that’s big and cheap.

Dell’s 24 Inch LCD Monitor – Now Only $499!

scotty — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:07:23 +0000

Here is one great offer posted by Jeffreylin today at OzBargain — Dell 24″ LCD monitor $499 delivered. The specific model is Entry E248WFP, which is Dell’s entry level monitor using TN panel. The much-praised UltraSharp 2407WFP is also on sale for $799 with a free 2GB memory key. Deal on E248WFP expires tomorrow (19/02/2008).

Specification on E248WFP:

5ms response time
160 degree viewing angle
400cd/m² brightness
1000:1 contrast
1920×1200 at 60Hz
DSub, DVI-D with HDCP

Nice big monitor if you need to have a big desktop space but does not need to work on colour-intensive tasks (photoshopping for example). It should be great for gaming because of its fast response time (and you probably don’t have time to think about whether the 8bit colours are dithered when you are fragging/getting fragged). See the reviews on Dell’s site for pro’s and con’s from actual customers.

There are also discussions at OzBargain on how to bring down the price even further. So far you can use

EPP — if your work or school can organise it, and you can usually get 10% discount on monitors.
MoneyBackCo — 3% moneyback on Dell products.

Should we expect 27″ or 30″ at this price point in 12 month time?

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LCD Monitors – 24″ is the New 22″

Dell’s 24 Inch LCD Monitor – Now Only $499!