Regarding my new LCD monitor, did I make a good overall purchase?
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You didn't do too bad...You might try some price comparison sites like www.pricegrabber.com or www.pricewatch.com if you are ever unsure.  That will give you a good idea of where your price falls.  When I looked out there just now, you got a good deal.  Search around for rebates as well from the manufacturer.  They don't always tell you about them when you buy it.
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u want a flatscreen or an lcd? ... anyway, newegg.com has some good deals .. ive seen 19" on sale for around 200 sometimes ..\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116014\n\n.
494999
i m using flat panel monitor in my house and office and my all colleagues also use it.\nit is terrific
757544
EHH?\n\nYou bought it, you should know what you have just spent your money on!
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It's not bad deal, Good contrast ratio 700:1 good response time 8ms.  The viewing angle isn't the best @ 150º horizontal 135º vertical; but if your just sitting infront of the monitor you'll never see the difference.  Good price for a 19" too Check out http://www.pricewatch.com/brands/monitors/sceptre_technologies-2.htm\nCostco has it for cheaper.
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I bought one and the mouse cursor sometimes goes mad, only way to make it stop is to slightly bend the laptop. I only bought it as I repair full size PCs but never touched a laptop so I had to have one to play with. It was fairly cheap for what it is but was advertised as faultless (and with XP but instead it had NT,luckily I hate both and never intended to run either) so I guess someone else might see it as a rip-off, buying S/H is always a gamble but in the end it could have been much worse. Buying from eBay is MOST ALWAYS hit and miss so if you are not into taking things apart the best bet is to pay 3 times the money and buy new from a shop with a guarantee, then you have a place to go back to. \n\n I have found that even when buying new it often works out that the people in shops are mostly incompetent time wasters so is always best to learn a bit of DIY, computers are modular and if you are blessed with a little common sense they are very easy to fix with the individual bits being very cheap to buy.
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Hundreds of people buy refurbished laptops every week.  I can't tell whether you made a wise purchase without knowing what u bought and for how much, and what it included.  However, it is safe to say that if you dealt with a reputable company, such as one of the mainstream manufacturers or one of the major refurb sellers, you are probably all right.  I bought one direct from Dell by auction about a year and a half ago, and I was pleased with the deal I got.  My only gripe is that the battery needed replacing after about 9 mos.  \nThe most important thing is to understand what you are getting and what you are not getting.  Read all the info available, and plan on buying software to load if necessary, etc.
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What about it? Highly regarded system:\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16836116120
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'good' and 'affordable' are both relative terms, but you might give Edmuns Scientific a try, they are having holiday sales, are reputable, and i never got any duds from them. Once you look there, you may totally luck out and find one you get the specs for on ebay.
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Try Shopping http://www.newegg.com  their you will also get good pricing and customer reviews from people that own them\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com also has good pricing but watch out for their customer service it is not verry good if you have a problem.
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Either 1280x1024 or 1440x900 are good resolutions. Your  monitor will display almost any resolution but it's recommended resolution is the only one that matters. Either will look good as long as you pick the one recommended for your monitor. \n\n1280x1024 is a much more common recommended resolution.\n\nWhat is more important is that you use a DVI connection (white) vs VGA (blue). This gives you the clearest, uncompressed digital video currently availible. VGA is analog so it is not as clear. If you have it on the back of your computer (usually the case if you have a grahpics card), you'll be good to go. Otherwise, VGA should do the trick.\n\nA good cheapie under $300? Sure, I recommend this one:\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116355\nYou can go cheaper but not much better. This one has value, a response time of 5ms (great for movies and gaming- no ghosting. I notice some at 8ms but none at 5ms, which is why I didn't recommend the one at buy.com), good brightness and is well reviewed. Reputable brand and rebate seal the deal.\n\nHope this helps!
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Honestly no. Scratches on an lcd monitor are permanent. If you hear about anybody selling products that will magically make the scratches disappear, I guarantee you that it is a scam. If the scratch is serious, then the pixels around the scratched area are also destroyed, meaning the individual light particles can no longer be correctly be displayed in that area.
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sony.com\ni just got a computer monitor from them and their site was very helpful
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It is a relatively "normal" problem for all LCD screens to have minor defects. I would suggest that you take it back while you still can, because it will drive you crazy otherwise. I had a stuck pixel on my LCD television, and we had to talk the guy at the store into exchanging it, because their policy (which BestBuy also told me was the policy of most computer manufacturers) is that there have to be something like 6 seperate bad pixels for them to take it back. It's considered a "normal" thing for one or two of them to be bad. Pffft I say!
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is it still in warranty? if you still have your receipt you might be able to fix it under warranty; otherwise you'll find that it's much more expensive to replace a cracked monitor than it is to buy a new one!!!
608854
It sounds like you just got ripped off. Maybe the monitor is broken (it should come on when you press the power button to the laptop!)
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The problem with most current LCD technology is that the chrominance isn't as good as with traditional CRT-based monitors. There are some LCD ones just coming out that have full-color backlight which should make them actually _better_ than CRTs (according to some Wired article I read, anyhow.)\n\nPersonally, I've been pretty happy with the Dell 24xx monitors - they're under $1k, they have a multitude of inputs, and I think I've only got one stuck pixel (and no dead ones.) You're still going to have to color-correct anyway, but you'd have to do that on _any_ monitor you get. (A good gamma correction curve will solve a multitude of ills.)