Westinghouse 26-inch Widescreen 1080P LCD Monitor-Black $259

[Vogel515]

http://www.buy.com/prod/westin...loc/101/207540840.html

 

[ashishmishra]

Oh yeah its quite hot, if it only had a DVI as well along with the VGA & HDMI I would have jumped on it, but for this price you really cannot complain.

 

[Vogel515]

Yea I just noticed the no DVI thing... can't use that with my mobo

 

[Vogel515]

Oh yea, its $249 if you do a quick google for buy.com coupon codes, first time buyers get $10 purchase of $200 or more...

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Vogel515
Yea I just noticed the no DVI thing... can't use that with my mobo

Just get a $5 HDMI-to-DVI adapter from Monoprice.

Pretty hot OP :thumbsup:

 

[Vogel515]

Anyone know much about the 1900x1200 resolution issue this monitor has? I've seen it in a bunch of reviews and not sure how much of a pain in the ass it'd be.

Right now I've got 2 19" Dell ultrasharps and im thinking of going to this... think its worth it?

 

[sflahavin]

Originally posted by: Vogel515
Anyone know much about the 1900x1200 resolution issue this monitor has? I've seen it in a bunch of reviews and not sure how much of a pain in the ass it'd be.

Right now I've got 2 19" Dell ultrasharps and im thinking of going to this... think its worth it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...ords=(keywords)&Page=3

Here are some reviews on NewEgg, seems like the HDMI hook up is nothing but problems to a PC.

I have a Dell Inspiron 530s with the HDMI port on the ATI Radeon HD 3400. Does anyone have any success stories with this monitor and video card( or a similar one) using the HDMI port?



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[spinejam]

fwiw, i purchased one of these from BB several months ago and can confirm the hdmi connection does have signal issues @1920x1200. i had to resort to using the dsub connector to correctly display @1920x1200. visuals still looked nice and clear but it would have been nice to utilize the hdmi connection. oh well, mama's still happy w/ it!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: spinejam
fwiw, i purchased one of these from BB several months ago and can confirm the hdmi connection does have signal issues @1920x1200. i had to resort to using the dsub connector to correctly display @1920x1200. visuals still looked nice and clear but it would have been nice to utilize the hdmi connection. oh well, mama's still happy w/ it!

That's not good. I would much prefer a digital connection at that resolution. Sure it wasn't just a shoddy HDMI cable?

 

[JerYnkFan]

I ordered this monitor got an additional 30 bucks off buy opening up a Buy.Com Visa Card.

 

[spinejam]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: spinejam
fwiw, i purchased one of these from BB several months ago and can confirm the hdmi connection does have signal issues @1920x1200. i had to resort to using the dsub connector to correctly display @1920x1200. visuals still looked nice and clear but it would have been nice to utilize the hdmi connection. oh well, mama's still happy w/ it!

That's not good. I would much prefer a digital connection at that resolution. Sure it wasn't just a shoddy HDMI cable?

could have been considering it came w/ the monitor, but unfortunately i didn't have another cable to try at the time.

even w/ the dsub connection the monitor displayed nicely.

 

[kmmatney]

From one of the reviews:

"Monitor comes with DVI to HDMI cable"


So the No DVI thing should be no big deal (and you can get these adapters cheap from monoprice).

 

[erwos]

8-bit or 6-bit panel?

 

[jlee]

This would double nicely as a TV, since I don't need a tuner/etc (just HDMI)- how does it display 1080P content- black bars top/bottom?

 

[ViviTheMage]

uhohhhh, I want one...

 

[JerYnkFan]

I got mine today. It will not do 1900x1200 only 1900x1080 with the DVI. Using the VGA it does go the full resolution. I tried a different DVI-HDMI cable with no luck, but the VGA looks fine. Playing WOW was awesome. I also hooked my DVD player into it and that is where it shined.

 

[soccerballtux]

Yeah that's hot.

 

[Vanditz]

thanks man. Ordered one for the wife. This is a hot deal. This panel is $450-500 everywhere else

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: Vogel515
Yea I just noticed the no DVI thing... can't use that with my mobo

Just get a $5 HDMI-to-DVI adapter from Monoprice.

Pretty hot OP :thumbsup:

Or like me, get a DVI to HDMI cable. DVI and HDMI are pretty much the same anyways.

 

[Bobartig]

Great price. DVI-HDMI cables can sometimes let you use DVI output w/ HDMI input, but I've run into issues with it before with a macmini and a different display. I have a 1366x768 display that would only be driven at proper 720p, so either I would have black bars on all 4 sides, or I could just use the VGA input.

A coworker told me that a gfx updater fixes this issue, but I haven't bothered testing it again.

 

[sflahavin]

If you are lucky enough to have a video card with an HDMI interface built in, I found a way to get 1900 x 1080 with an HDMI cable with the ATI Catalyst Control Center.

Set Your Display to 1920x1080 in the options there, make sure the Refresh Rate is @ 60Htz. Apply the Setting, then you'll have the black space around the monitor(don't worry, we'll fix this next)

Under the DTV(DHMI) 3 Tree (or something similar depending on your Video Card's abilities, There is an option called "Scaling Options" I moved the bar all the way to the Right Towards Overscan, and I have 1920x1080 with HDMI in Full Screen.

Hopefully this helps the ATI'ers and might give an idea of where a setting might be available for those with NVIDIA cards.

 

[saveontech]

26 inch is kinda small no?

 

[mageslayer]

Originally posted by: saveontech
26 inch is kinda small no?

not for a monitor

 

[Vanditz]

Originally posted by: saveontech
26 inch is kinda small no?

the biggest monitor you can buy is 30 inches. This isn't a tv