Looking for best widescreen monitor

[SawTooTH]

Okay, Ive come into a little money from a bonus and I want to buy a good widesceen monitor for gaming DVDs etc. I have about £800.00 so Im thinking of the Dell 24 inch. Does anyone know of a better monitor than this of this size. I know BenQ do something similar but I dont have a feel for it.

 

[Ch3tan]

Dell are soon to replace their current lineup with monitors that support HDCP. Wait till then. If you are getting the 24" Dell, then ebay have some good prices. Although a lot of e-tailers seem to have it now as well.

It is the daddy of monitors though.

 

[Clown]

800 quid on a widescreen monitor, and then 800 quid on graphics cards to game at that resolution. Yeah.

 

[SawTooTH]

Actually I already have the SLi , but my monitors naff.
I think it acepts input by component cable so it supports HD but I guess you're talking about the next big thing.
How long until its out?

I think I can get the Dell at just a shade over £700 but the money wont be availiable till month end so I
'll see whats around then

 

[Ch3tan]

£700? Rip Off.

I paid £650 over 6 months ago. Aim for £590ish now.

It supports un-encrypted HD over the component,

 

[SawTooTH]

Its funny I looked at the Dell site and on one page it was over £700 and on a different link it was £599.

Unencrypted HD, so it should be okay for my XBOX360.

I know the new Vista OS supports that new encryption so maybe I should hang back a bit

 

[Yaka]

its great for 360. according to rumours dell shall be clearing the 2407 at a lower price when the 2407 come out. but atm ebay seems the best place to get em price wise. so if you want one now get it from a dude called ericbunny he offers no deadpixel and backlight probs garentee.


some shots of pgr3 over component

 

[Ch3tan]

Yup, I bought mine from ericbunny too. Full UK 3 year warrenty from Dell, he tests for and gaurentees no dead pixels and charges a very competitive price. Like Yaks said though, the current model will crash in price once the hdcp capable one comes out. 360 over compnent on this monitor is amazing though.

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Be a bit careful though as ericbunny does charge VAT separately, (I thought that wasn't allowed on eBay), so his 'Buy it Now' price is actually the best part of £100 less than you'll actually pay.

Still cheaper than Dell or Aria, but not as big a difference as it may look.

RB

 

[Ch3tan]

Hmm... When I bought it he included VAT in the price, not seperetly.

 

[Yaka]

yeah i never paid vat on anything i got off him before. but yes it seems like he charges vat now.

 

[Whipped]

I guess the tax man caught up with him

 

[Yaka]

for all my shit i got off him, he did provide vat recipts for em all so who knows

 

[Tom]

Its illegal for a VAT registered business to issue invoices without net, vat, gross figures, and a vat-reg number.

I would imagine this includes Ebay invoices as well. So any business that sells you an item cannot then charge you extra for the VAT IMO.

 

[SawTooTH]

Thanks for the help. Im still a bit concerned about buying at the point where it'll be less use when Vista turns up. I think I may upgrade my cpu with that money instead (FX60) and hold on the monitor.

 

[Yaka]

wise choice id say

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Im still a bit concerned about buying at the point where it'll be less use when Vista turns up.

Maybe a stupid question, but is there some aspect of Vista that will make some monitors obsolete? Or am I reading this wrong?

RB

 

[Yaka]

vista requires a monitor with either HDCP encyption over dvi or hdmi ports. atm only 3 tope end monitors support that.

dell 2407 should be out on the 24th apprently

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Is that to run certain features or to run at all?

Surely no one would upgrade to an OS that requires an expensive monitor upgrade as well.

RB

 

[Ormorof]

hehe so loike 90% of the world are screwed?

(would like to see them trying to sell that line to colleges/schools/businesses around the world tbh )

 

[SawTooTH]

Its only relevant if you want to watch HD DVD. Normal monitors are fine.