kenji4life
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Afaik, the memberships aren't any different from one another, aside from the fact that the business and executive ones will get you in the door earlier than a regular one.
Originally posted by: 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
Originally posted by: kenji4life
Afaik, the memberships aren't any different from one another, aside from the fact that the business and executive ones will get you in the door earlier than a regular one.
Originally posted by: 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.
Originally posted by: kenji4life
Afaik, the memberships aren't any different from one another, aside from the fact that the business and executive ones will get you in the door earlier than a regular one.
no, executive gets you a 5% discount on anything you buy there.... to my knowledge. that's what i remember reading last time i was on their site..
Having purchased both the Hanns-G HG281 and the Viewsonic VX2835vm from Costco at the start of January (excercising the 3mo return policy to its extent), and running both on 8800gt's (currently as 2 monitors, with the intention of going SLI w/ a single montor), I feel "qualified" to give some feedback on both:Originally posted by: KPACOTKA
Costco gives 2 years no questions exchange warranty. Since somebody reported about dead monitors, it is risky to buy anywhere else.
Originally posted by: Zap
......been going up in size about once a year and the madness must stop! Had a 19" two years ago, then 22" a year ago, then 24" last Fall. :Q