I've been waiting for the Doublesight 265W for a few months now.
I bought a Samsung 226CW for home last fall, and it's been good, but not great. The viewing angles are kinda poor and the color calibration is lacking for photo editing or artwork (its a TN panel). I've enjoyed it, but I'm looking to upgrade to an IPS panel for better color. My Dell 2007WFP at work is awesome in terms of color, and viewing angle, but I don't know what type of panel it is and they are impossible to find anymore, plus I'd prefer to stay at 24" or go up to 26".
So I've been looking at the Doublesight 263N(265W), Planar PX2611, NEC 2690WUXi and I've been holding off on an actual buying decision until I saw the specs on the Doublesight 265W. Now I've looked at it on Newegg and the Doublesight site, and compared specs with the other two and there are a couple factors that are making me think over my decision:
I use a self-standing monitor shelf, so the new monitor stand on the DS265W was never a factor. What does bug me is the Doublesight 265W has a big bezel. Fine if you are running this on its own, but I may include a square Dell LCD to the side for extra desktop real estate, and the wider bezel would make for a big dead space between the monitors. Plus, the 265W appears to have built in speakers (perhaps why the bezel is so wide now). I have a pair of nicely sounding Swans D1080 MKII and don't need any speakers on my LCD monitor.
Additionally, the Planar PX2611 and Doublesight 265W both have a 3yr warranty compared to the 4yr warranty on the NEC 2690Wuxi. And the Planar and Doublesight models both run at 135Watts while the NEC is specified to run at 111Watts. The 24 Watt difference is enough to make me think about it. I haven't done the math to see what 24 Watts fewer would actually save me in energy cost but I do spend hours in front of my computer. It's kinda like a decision to buy a good chair - you're rewarded over time for the initial cost. And while we're on the NEC praise - it comes with the antiglow polarizer that the PX and DS lack, and the NEC is supposed to have better interface controls, back-light management, and better color calibration than the other two. But is all that worth the extra $400? It might be.
I am still pondering... finding a Doublesight 263N (no speakers and small bezel) is still possible, though they wont be around long. And the NEC 30" is a friggin wet dream come true for color calibration (if the specifications are correct), though the cost in dollars and energy is too much for my budget.
So I may end up getting the NEC 2690WUXi. Don't you have the NEC 2690 xtknight? If you had to make this choice TODAY, would you go with the NEC?