[jephree]

Just out of curiosity:

90% of 24" monitors listed at Newegg run between $300 < $500

Why is this one $2,000?

Newegg.com - HP DreamColor LP2480zx Black 24&#34; 12ms, 6ms&#40;GTG&#41; HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd&#47;m2 1000&#58;1 - LCD Monitors

[Kaistar]

Just out of curiosity:

90% of 24" monitors listed at Newegg run between $300 < $500

Why is this one $2,000?

Newegg.com - HP DreamColor LP2480zx Black 24" 12ms, 6ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 1000:1 - LCD Monitors

Did a little checking and it uses S-IPS technology. Some... high-tech and expensive LCD type of panel. Way more expensive than MVA (and the commonly found TN panels) and it's usually used only by photo/color critical people.

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[jephree]

Cool. Thanks.

[Kaistar]

Maaannn... The original price of that beast was $3500...

[jephree]

This is my 23" on my gaming rig. It cost @ $1,200 2 years ago.

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You might find their testing methods useful.

[dobhar]

Hi kaistar...

I'm with DJNafey...In most cases, a 24" screen is hard to justify as you don't get that much extra benefit for the extra money (the equivalent of buying a second 17" or 19" monitor).

That's why I bought 2 - 22" LCD's. Running 2-22" LCD's is great...love all the deskspace. At work I run 2 - 19" LCD's. The boss would let me have larger...LOLOLOL. If you buy a 22" LCD then you can have dual LCD with the 22" plus your Laptop LCD.

My next monitor will be a 30" but not until at least next year. I'll buy it when I get a new PC or Laptop that way I can get a price break.
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG SyncMaster 305T Black 30" 6ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor 400 cd/m2 1000:1 - LCD Monitors

[jephree]

Here's a Newegg sale on a 20" @ $110 off with promo code:

Newegg.com - LG W2052TQ Black 20&#34; 2ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd&#47;m2 10000&#58;1 w&#47; HDCP Support - LCD Monitors

Original Price: $259.99
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$199.99
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[Kaistar]

Question, why is that LG 20" so costly? Compared to other 20"

[jephree]

Following your previous post on my question I see the price is variable mostly on the Panel and or Display type.

Newegg lists 20" from $129 all the way up to $859

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Monitors,LCD Monitors,20",

Perhaps one of our more engineering members will have more specific details.

[Kaistar]

W00t w00t! Update update!

I've found a deal on Dell's site for a 22" monitor. Apparently they offer deals to my University (St Cloud State) and there's a coupon floating around online as well that I can use.

The Dell 2209wa monitor is the one I'm looking at. Best of all is that it's not a TN Panel monitor, it's an e-IPS. I'm just still not sure if I should get it...

And I found a page to do Panel comparison and monitor comparisons. Does a decent job I'd say.

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