[UPDATED]Dell Home: Dell 1900FP LCD $725 free shipping!

[Staples]

I got mine today. I live in San Antonio so shipping was fast since I am 100 or less miles away. The monitor is great but I have one complaint about it, I can't figure out how to tilt it. Are you not able to do it on this monitor? I am not talking about turning the screen, just tilting it so it doesn't point at an 80 degree angle. Even if you can't it doesn't make a huge difference in the appearance of the screen because the viewing angles are so good however it would be nice to have. My sister has an LCD and you can't tilt it and the viewing angles are so bad (100 degrees) that the screen looks like a projection TV even from two feet away.

 

[DoobieOnline]

I can't decide if I wanna go with Dell or get the actual Samsung in silver at Amazon for $799. It's only a few bucks more (after you add tax on the Dell). Hmmm... if I just had a decent Amazon coupon it would make this decision a lot easier! So how is the ghosting with games? I want this puppy, but I'd freak if the image quality wasn't there while fraggin' away in UT2003.

 

[wuhoo]

Originally posted by: DoobieOnline
I can't decide if I wanna go with Dell or get the actual Samsung in silver at Amazon for $799. It's only a few bucks more (after you add tax on the Dell). Hmmm... if I just had a decent Amazon coupon it would make this decision a lot easier! So how is the ghosting with games? I want this puppy, but I'd freak if the image quality wasn't there while fraggin' away in UT2003.

i saw the amazon too, but if you notice the seller is not amazon, it is office depot. and when you try to check out, you cant use any amazon gc/coupons. the monitor is not available on officedepot.com at all either. so the best deal is still dell

 

[wuhoo]

if you buy a system (theres another thread around detailing the specials for today and tomorrow) you can get an even bigger discount on the lcd. its like an extra $100-$200 savings

 

[SSSS]

If you live in state where sale tax rate is higher than 5%, you may as well go to Dell Home. There is no coupon available, but there is 15% discount. The shipped price is $764.

 

[LongCoolMother]

:Q!!!!! i dont think i would ever be rich enough to shell out $700+ on a monitor!!!

my monitor is a 17" CRT FLatscreen thats $120

 

[Staples]

There isn't anything I'd call ghosting. You will notice that the pixel response rate isn't as good as a CRT but it is nothing that bothers me very much. Most of the time I am looking at code or a web page and with no movement at all, there is no way it can affect the picture. Non-flicker 75Hz is fine enough for me.

 

[woodie1]

Originally posted by: SSSS
If you live in state where sale tax rate is higher than 5%, you may as well go to Dell Home. There is no coupon available, but there is 15% discount. The shipped price is $764.

Sigh..in Florida we pay sales tax on any Dell purchase.

 

[wuhoo]

Originally posted by: SSSS
If you live in state where sale tax rate is higher than 5%, you may as well go to Dell Home. There is no coupon available, but there is 15% discount. The shipped price is $764.

tn and tx also get nailed by dell home tax

 

[Staples]

Dell charges everyone taxes for everything. Since I live in state, I payed more (like 7% or so) when everybody else paid 5%.

 

[Fant]

I live in NJ and no tax charged here. Damn I didnt know Amazon was selling it for $799. I would definiltey jump on that instead of the dell if only dell hadnt shipped mine yet....for 3 reasons:

1) Samsung version is rotatable
2) Samsung comes with 3 year warranty vs who knows with Dell
3) Cooler to say you have the samsung than dell...

Whats the total at amazon after shipping and tax?

 

[linster]

Can someone who's received this monitor confirm what the warranty is?

 

[Staples]

There is nothing that comes with it that says anything about a warranty. Why do so many people worry about a warranty? Very few things I have had ever break.

 

[Fant]

With a flat panel pixels can go bad...and that would suck for such a huge investment...I think I am switching over to the samsung for this reason.

 

[jasonja]

Originally posted by: Staples
There is nothing that comes with it that says anything about a warranty. Why do so many people worry about a warranty? Very few things I have had ever break.

Because when they do break and you find out you're warranty sucked... then you're pissed. And we aren't exactly talking chump change for a price on these suckers either.

 

[roncarter]

so has anyone ordered from amazon?

 

[Staples]

That one at Amazon comes out to $820 total for me. They did not charge tax. No, I didn't order either because I have a Dell 1900FP. The interesting thing is that the black model cost $940 I think and it may be that only that one is the one with the swivel base and not the silver one they are selling for $800.

 

[linster]

The Amazon one is essentially the same one at techdepot.com. Isn't there a $10 coupon at techdepot? Not a lot, but maybe a little cheaper assuming tax (or no tax) and shipping are similar.

 

[bit]

i believe if you buy from amazon you will be charged tax since the one at amazon was offered through tech depot. instead, you can buy from tech depot directly and use a $10 off coupon to get the monitor for $804 shipped.

 

[Necrocool]

OH NOOOOO....

Amazon ..... noooooo.... just ordered that Dell.... does Dell charge shipping for return? (j/k)

... need to pay tax and shipping.. hmmm


BTW... I want that pivol.. any where selling that base for samsung?

 

[T2T III]

I live in NJ and no tax charged here. Damn I didnt know Amazon was selling it for $799. I would definiltey jump on that instead of the dell if only dell hadnt shipped mine yet....for 3 reasons:

1) Samsung version is rotatable
2) Samsung comes with 3 year warranty vs who knows with Dell
3) Cooler to say you have the samsung than dell...

But, if you had the capability of getting the Dell for $644, you'd still go for the Samsung? Here's one scenario: $899 - 15% discount - $100 (coupon foor previous PC purchase) - $20 Ebates = $644.00. Granted, not everyone would qualify for this rebate. Even if the Dell only has a 1-year warranty, Saving $160 more is definately cool. Plus, the $160 could be put towards a new Radeon 9700.

[Rant mode on

I was a Best Buy yesterday and they had their Samsung 191T monitor connected to one of their Alienware systems. I wanted so, so bad to play with the Samsung monitor using standard Windows software (Word, Excel, etc.) - however, the Alienware system was running their proprietary demo software on top of Windows XP. The proprietary software needed a password to exit from that application. Rebooting the PC didn't work as the software layer would re-appear. The BB sales staff didn't have a clue of what the password was so I could check out this fine monitor in more detail. Ugh! Well, at least the Alienware software layer did have a few decent games and videos to pick from so I could see the performance of the 191T from that angle. The 191T + ATI 9700 (as was present on the Alienware system) = maximum sweetness. I was just bummed that I couldn't test the combination out with a few applications.

[Rant mode off

 

[Staples]

Why is the black model so expensive at Amazon whereas the silver one is $140 cheaper? I suspect that it is the black one that swivels and the silver one has the same base as the Dell one. Anybody know if this is true?

 

[Fant]

I just figured black was in demand more thats why it was more expensive. But in my opinion the silver looks cool as hell. I never heard of a company giving a different product based on color. Can anyone confirm or deny the existance of a swivel base on the silver 191T?

 

[linster]

Sometimes the answer is closer to home than we think. Here's the review from Anandtech of the silver model with the pivot head.

 

[linster]

Both models of the 191t are available at the same price now. They are both $799 + $17.80 shipping at Computer4Sure and Techdepot. Both places are office depot companies (who knows why they would have 2 websites selling the same things). Computer4Sure has a $15 coupon and techdepot has a $10 coupon.

Edit: Black ones are out of stock at both places