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The world may not be flat, but...

Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
in Zocalo v2.0
...at least I finally got one! \o/ Might be hype over nothing, but damn I'm glad I got rid of my old tube. :D

[img]http://koti.mbnet.fi/cijk/Penkku.jpg[/img]

I bought a 17" BenQ FP71G with a 12ms response time. You can still see some very slight residual images in sharp image movements and 'spin-blurs' but more than adequate speed for gaming. Painkiller & jDoom run fine, and they're about as fast ast FPS' come. And damn, the picture is [i]sharp[/i] when compared to the basic tube. :) I've used quite a lot of TFT's in the past but the difference never hit me so well before I saw my own wallpaper with this thing. :p

Anyhoo, I thought it was finally time to grab one of these. Got it at what I think is a fair price too: 281 USD. Brand new, out of the box and no dead pixels or flaws to be seen.

I have my slight distaste for BenQ as a brand, mostly due to what I've heard about the quality of the components they use, but I'm giving it a fair shot. 3-year on-site replacement warranty and all so I don't think there's much to lose.

With my luck, I'm probably here tomorrow, griping about how it fried after two days of use. :D

Comments

  • Lord RefaLord Refa Creepy, but in a good way
    I've been using my Benq for nearly 6 months now.. It's a beaute.

    I got the black one cuz it is better for the rest of my furniture.. black on black type of thing.

    It's got two speakers as well, but havent had use for those yet..

    Anyway.. It works a charm. Never noticed any bad things from it. Tried Max Payne 2 and Painkiller and all that, but never had any crap in the image quality.

    I dont know where my old screen is.. I think I'll check it out tomorrow, and then I'll crash it hard! I'll kill it! I'll effin' pulverise that damn piece of s**** machine.. :)

    Oh yea.. another good thing from these flat screens.. Leaves a lot of room for all kinds of junk on your desk.
  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    Yeah, ditto. I'm still re-arranging my desk thanks to the sudden burst of room. Currently I'm keeping my MS FF2 -stick behind the monitor but trying to find a better use for the additional space. :)
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    cost?
  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    Re: The world may not be flat, but...

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Data Crystal [/i]
    [B]Got it at what I think is a fair price too: 281 USD.[/B][/QUOTE]

    Damn, you get these things a lot cheaper in the US than we do here in Europe, at least according to activeshopper.com. :p

    In [URL=http://www.mbnet.fi/hintaseuranta/tuote.aspx/24074]Finland[/URL], the lowest price for this model is 285 USD + postage.
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Ahh helps if i read eh ;)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    When I finish my PhD, I'm going to buy myself a nice big widescreen LCD (or OLED if they're around at that time and I can afford one) monitor.
  • Talon MistsongTalon Mistsong Ranger
    Re: The world may not be flat, but...

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Data Crystal [/i]
    [B] Got it at what I think is a fair price too: 281 USD. [/B][/QUOTE]

    Wow how far prices can drop in a year. I bought the exact same model you've got with a black casing, for about $700 CAN last year. Price is $400 CAN now.. least I know I didn't get ripped off. Gratz on the new monitor :cool:
  • PSI-KILLERPSI-KILLER Needs help
    Nice looks sleek
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Got [URL=http://www.bigbangelectronics.com/product.asp?dept_id=5&pf_id=23pf8946-lcdtv/philips]this one[/URL] recently for ~$600 USD at Walmart.

    Quite happy with it! ;)
  • AkrovahAkrovah Ranger
    Nice looking, and good responce (if the manufacturer can be trusted) but is it a 6 bit or 8 bit color display?

    and is the response TrTf or average grey to grey?
  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    Say what? O_o Sorry, I'm not so familiar with the more techie terms of TFT -technology yet and I don't feel like digging out the manual. ;)
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    Now if they would only make those with reasonable resolutions instead of antique resolutions.
  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    :D This one has an optimum/max resolution of 1280x1024 and it's more than what I'm used to. :p

    So far, at least in games, I haven't found any need whatsoever to use a bigger res than that. I can understand 1600x1200 when you have a 24" wide-flatscreen, but not before that. ;)
  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Data Crystal [/i]
    [B]I can understand 1600x1200 when you have a 24" wide-flatscreen, but not before that. ;) [/B][/QUOTE]24" widescreen panels have a 1920x1200 native resolution (like this Dell US 2405FPW of mine), not 1600x1200.
  • Data CrystalData Crystal Pencil Artist
    Bah, my insane-proportions-and-WAY-out-of-my-price-range -joke went haywire. Simply thanks to the fact that someone actually [i]has[/i] that sort of display. :p

    Just out of curiosity, how much did it cost when you bought it? O_o
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Mine is 1280x768 max, but I never go above 1024x768 most of the time, and my video card can't drive higher than that anyway.

    Quite happy with it...

    :)
  • EclecticonautEclecticonaut Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Data Crystal [/i]
    [B]Just out of curiosity, how much did it cost when you bought it? O_o [/B][/QUOTE]It took three orderers to bargain the price from 1298e down to exactly 1100 euros per unit in April (in the States at the time about $800 with coupons!). The current price in Finland for a single customer is 1182e, which is still much too high... Dell tends to overcharge on everything.

    And yes, I love this monitor, despite the fact you can't play most of the fast fps games.
  • TyvarTyvar Next best thing to a St. Bernard
    Ive got a [URL=http://www.sharpsystems.com/products/lcd_monitors/18-20_inch/ll-t191A/]Sharp LL-191A[/URL] its a little slow with a 16 ms response time, but I found it to be more then adequate to play Half Life 2 on

    However I switched back to my high end mitsubishi CRT when the replacement to the one that went kablewie showed up.

    The big trinitrons are very crispy :D
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