Give me all of your opinions about the Planar 17.4" PV174 monitor

[zippy]

Okay, thanks for the info. Do you know when the 171p will hit stores? It's at Samsung's site as a "New Product" so I'm assuming it is out...where...I do not know (not at buy.com or amazon).

 

[Dug]

It should be hitting retailers sometime next week.
You could probably call Samsung to find out for sure though.

 

[zippy]

Any other recommendations? $900 is too much...I'll see what kind of deals I can get when it comes out, but I'd like to have some other options.

Thanks.

 

[azkiwi]

<< I can't give you any help on what lcd to buy, but I do recomend staying away from Viewsonic. We use them at my school and their colors are completely off and much blurrier than other lcd's I've seen. >>

I have a VG191 that is superior in most respects to my G790. Since I have never had the slightest problem with either I have not had the opportunity to try Viewsonic's service desk. The lcd was a bit blue on the default settings. I haven't played any FPS games at native resolution to comment on ghosting, though RCTW looked fine at low res.. It is way sharper than the crt however, even in analog.

 

[Eviscerate]

<< What good B&M stores have good return policies? The following B&M places are here: Best Buy, CompUSA, Staples, Office Max, Sam's Club, BJs (another wholesale place...Envision 7100 for only $500), Sears (do they even have LCDs?). That's all I can think of. >>



I'll tell you what, I ended up keeping the Envision 7100. I got it new for an insane price and it looks great. The vertical viewing angles are not perfect. I can see a slight difference in brightness from the top to the bottom. Other than that, it looks very nice. The colors look awesome and the display is very sharp. It has a stated 50ms response time but it blurs/ghosts/afterglows MUCH less than the pv150 which is rated at 25ms. I find that fast action games play very well on the 7100 while I really was dissatisfied with how they looked on the pv150. If you can live with imperfect viewing angles, I would recommend it without reservation. Personally, I think it is sort of silly to pay for a top of the line LCD right now. The technology is still developing and much better advancements are on the way.

 

[zippy]

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<< What good B&M stores have good return policies? The following B&M places are here: Best Buy, CompUSA, Staples, Office Max, Sam's Club, BJs (another wholesale place...Envision 7100 for only $500), Sears (do they even have LCDs?). That's all I can think of. >>



I'll tell you what, I ended up keeping the Envision 7100. I got it new for an insane price and it looks great. The vertical viewing angles are not perfect. I can see a slight difference in brightness from the top to the bottom. Other than that, it looks very nice. The colors look awesome and the display is very sharp. It has a stated 50ms response time but it blurs/ghosts/afterglows MUCH less than the pv150 which is rated at 25ms. I find that fast action games play very well on the 7100 while I really was dissatisfied with how they looked on the pv150. If you can live with imperfect viewing angles, I would recommend it without reservation. Personally, I think it is sort of silly to pay for a top of the line LCD right now. The technology is still developing and much better advancements are on the way. >>

The Envision is a nice monitor indeed, I saw it at CompUSA (unfortunately NOT at it's native reso ). However, if I am going to have to keep this monitor for 3 years, I just don't think that the 7100 will cut it.

 

[zippy]

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[zippy]

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[zippy]

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[zippy]

:Q

Holy jeebus! The 171p is listed at some stores now...lowest price is $980! :Q

I'll give it a week or two to see if dell gets them in stock...then I can use a 10% off coupon...it may still be too expensive though! :Q :Q