HannsG 28" WUXGA 1080p LCD @ CostCo.com $525 shipped

[RossMAN]

http://www.costco.com/Browse/P...t.aspx?Prodid=11236988

Limited Online Offer:
$50 Coupon is reflected in the price.

Valid for orders placed November 21, 2007 through December 10, 2007, while supplies last.

Online price
$549.99
-$50.00 Less Coupon
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$499.99 YOUR COST

Display:
Screen Size: 28" WUXGA TFT LCD (27.5" viewable)
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Response time: 3ms
Brightness: 500 cd/m²
Contrast Ratio: 800:1
Viewing Angle: 160° H/160° V
Pixel Pitch: 0.309mm

Input Connection:
HDMI (with HDCP)
VGA 15-pin mini D-Sub
DVI and component via cable (cables included)
Audio Input
Earphone Jack

Additional Features:
Integrated 2.5 Watt Stereo Speakers
Energy Star Qualified
VESA Wall Mount Capable
Full HD 1080p
Tilt Stand: 0º - 20º
Swivel Stand: Right 30º/Left 30º
Windows Vista Premium Certified

General:
Dimensions: W 26.4" x H 19.2" x D 8.4"
Weight: 24 lbs.
Warranty: 3 Year Limited

Shipping & Terms

Standard shipping is via UPS Ground is included in the quoted price.

This item usually leaves our distribution center the next business day. Click here to view the estimated ground transit time to your location.

[Model HG-281DPB/236036]

HannsG specs: http://www.hannsg.com/US/Image...cs_simplified_v3.0.pdf

Review: http://www.extremetech.com/art.../0,1697,2205460,00.asp

Review: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1231705

Pics: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1230065

Customer Reviews: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824254026

Customer Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000TJV9KW/

 

[swtethan]

you save $50..... ughhhhh i would say... warm

 

[RossMAN]

$589 http://www.mwave.com/mwave/vie...a=AA71774&RSKU=AA71774

$619.98 http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=205114923

$619.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?Item=N82E16824254026

$629.12 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TJV9KW/

 

[Corporate Thug]

nice deal, gotta see if I can muster up enough energy to go hunting for these in store.

 

[iseestars]

Directly under the price it says $24.64 shipping and handling. SO total is actually $524.63 shipped

Just for the point of accuracy.

 

[hans007]

ugh TN panel on an even bigger screen.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: iseestars
Directly under the price it says $24.64 shipping and handling. SO total is actually $524.63 shipped

Just for the point of accuracy.

Thanks, I thought it read "shipping and handling included". Thread title has been updated

 

[spinejam]

I picked one of these up ~ 2 weeks ago @ BB using a 10% off $599.00 sticker. $538.00 + tax for me and i have been extremely pleased w/ it. I was using a 24" Soyo (OM monitor) prior to this purchase and this Hanns-G dwarfs it. No issues w/ gaming: Quake 4, UT3 demo, Crysis demo all look great! Remember it's big, so you'd better have some room!

 

[n7]

Not bad if you can tolerate the lack of viewing angles of a TN.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: spinejam
I picked one of these up ~ 2 weeks ago @ BB using a 10% off $599.00 sticker. $538.00 + tax for me and i have been extremely pleased w/ it. I was using a 24" Soyo (OM monitor) prior to this purchase and this Hanns-G dwarfs it. No issues w/ gaming: Quake 4, UT3 demo, Crysis demo all look great! Remember it's big, so you'd better have some room!

Which OS?

How is text on that beast?

What's it like surfing forums on it? How far do you have to sit back?

 

[spinejam]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: spinejam
I picked one of these up ~ 2 weeks ago @ BB using a 10% off $599.00 sticker. $538.00 + tax for me and i have been extremely pleased w/ it. I was using a 24" Soyo (OM monitor) prior to this purchase and this Hanns-G dwarfs it. No issues w/ gaming: Quake 4, UT3 demo, Crysis demo all look great! Remember it's big, so you'd better have some room!

Which OS?

How is text on that beast?

What's it like surfing forums on it? How far do you have to sit back?

No problems re: viewing angles for me because I'm usually sitting in front of my monitor when I'm using it!

Windows XP Pro SP2 connected via DVI-HDMI cable
Text is very sharp and easy on the eyes. Colors are vibrant.
Internet surfing is great -- I sit ~ 4 feet away (big desk)

 

[kmmatney]

I have this monitor at work and love it. Viewing angles have never been an issue. We also use this monitor as a display at our tradeshow booth and no problems with viewing angles for that purpose as well. In fact, I didn't think it was a TN display until I looked up the specs. Text is extremely easy on the eyes, and colors look nice, a perfect monitor for someone with bad eyes like me. If you want a cheap large monitor, its a great buy.

If you want to speed a little less, then the Soyo 24" (my home monitor) is a great deal.

 

[KPACOTKA]

I'm looking for this monitor also. The spec is similar to Viewsonic one, however former one about $80 more expensive. Difference on paper is a pitch size, it is smaller for Viewsonic. Can somebody compare these two ones?

 

[R Nilla]

Awesome deal! :thumbsup:
I was thinking about jumping on this to hook up my gaming consoles but no 1:1 pixel mapping is a deal breaker. I don't want to have a stretched out display.

 

[onza]

I think to be even more accurate, its 525 + tax, for MN residence at least.

So.. tack on another 34.xx or so bucks, I could never figure out how costco taxes

 

[cboath]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: spinejam
I picked one of these up ~ 2 weeks ago @ BB using a 10% off $599.00 sticker. $538.00 + tax for me and i have been extremely pleased w/ it. I was using a 24" Soyo (OM monitor) prior to this purchase and this Hanns-G dwarfs it. No issues w/ gaming: Quake 4, UT3 demo, Crysis demo all look great! Remember it's big, so you'd better have some room!

Which OS?

How is text on that beast?

What's it like surfing forums on it? How far do you have to sit back?

I was looking at one of these a couple weeks ago and tracked one down in my local BB.

I didn't have any viewing angle issues. It was on a shelf a tad lower than waist high, so me being nearly 6' tall, it was clearly below my eyeline. I tilted it up as much as I could an crouched just a tad for a perpendicular view and it wasn't much different than below my eyeline. The improvement I saw wasn't in colors it was the difference really in looking down at most any monitor vs looking squarely at it.

The issues I did have were with larger text. They had a slideshow running and one slide had what i'd guess was 48point type on it. Anything angled or especially curved - I could see pixelization in those letters easily. I realize it's because it's 1920x1200 stretched out to 28". If it went up to 2560, i'm guessing it'd have been a non issue. The other issue i saw, was noticeable ghosting on the same text. It existed elsewhere, but was much harder to see. On the larger text it was blatantly obvious. I'd never seen ghosting before, and from all the talk on it, i figure i'd know it if/when I saw it. I did

The slideshow showed a mountain scene, lake scene, desert scene, close up of a field, close up of a flower, and a couple best buy screens. That's all i have to base the above on.

Aside from that, i thought it looked great. The thing that kept me wanting to buy it is that it was huge. What kept me from deciding to get it was the fact that with the design work i do, the pixelization and ghosting would drive me nuts. I think if i was purely in it for gaming, i'd have gotten them to let me hook one up to a machine with a game on it to test out.

 

[sleefer]

I have a question for any of you that own this unit. I have a 19' ws HannsG and I am curious if the larger units have the base attached the same way. Most panels attach using the 4 screws on the back of the panel itself and can be completely removed. However my HannsG is different and you cannot remove it without taking the panel apart voiding the warranty. I even called their tech support and was told not to attempt to remove it. I'm curious if they still make the new one's that way because it would certainly not look good wall mounted either if that's the case.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: KPACOTKA
I'm looking for this monitor also. The spec is similar to Viewsonic one, however former one about $80 more expensive. Difference on paper is a pitch size, it is smaller for Viewsonic. Can somebody compare these two ones?

Two LCD monitors of the same size, with the same resolution will have exactly the same pitch size. Any difference will be due to one of two reasons:

1. Incorrect specs
2. Rounding differences

 

[kenji4life]

Technically, this monitor is 27.5 inches. I guess that would fall under the "rounding" category.



Dealbreaker (or maker) for me: Does this monitor have audio through HDMI? Meaning will the speakers work if an HDMI with audio output is connected to it? Has anyone tried this and can confirm it?

This would make this a viable option for a TV monitor, as it has a sound output which you could output to a stereo reciever.

 

[kenji4life]

I just went to Bestbuy, and the sales guy who is probably as clueless as anyone said that the HDMI will accept anything, from DVD players to XBox 360/ PS3 / etc...

I'm still skeptical.

The monitor was very bright and colorful, though uncalibrated and the image that they send through it is a 800x600 or smaller image slideshow through a repeater box. That would explain why the text looks horrible in the above post. When you stretch a 800x600 image to 1920x1200, it's gonna look like crap. Also, it's hooked up via regular D-sub, which is supposedly inferior to dvi/hdmi anyhow.

He wouldn't say if they could match Costco, and sent me to customer service, which I didn't feel like standing in line for. I'd rather utilize Costco's superior return policy anyways.

If this accepts HDMI from say a HD DVR, HD-DVD player, Xbox 360 etc, you could utilize the sound output (to a receiver) in order to make a pretty nice bedroom TV/Computer monitor combo.

This is certainly the best price anywhere on a monitor this size and resolution (when you compare to most TV's which are at ~720p in this price range).

I might see if Costco has this in stock locally.

 

[hypernight]

28" s of sweet goodness =)

 

[kenji4life]

I called in, item number was deleted from the local store, and no stores in the Portland area carry this.

 

[R Nilla]

Best Buy will be selling this starting next week for $549 ($50 off current price) according to the weekly ad posted elsewhere in this forum. Not as good as the Costco price, but still decent for those who don't have one nearby and would prefer to pick one up from a B&M store.

 

[kenji4life]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
Best Buy will be selling this starting next week for $549 ($50 off current price) according to the weekly ad posted elsewhere in this forum. Not as good as the Costco price, but still decent for those who don't have one nearby and would prefer to pick one up from a B&M store.

Or who don't have a membership to Costco.. which is ~50 dollars a year depending on the plan.

 

[Fayd]

does an executive costco membership save me money on their online store?