[Pc_Support] Dell 20.1" Widescreen LCD (1680x1050, 12ms, A/V) for $397 shipped ...

[Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org>]

Ran across this on Dealnews:  
http://dealnews.com/articles/87605.html  

My wife has this exact display and we love it.

Some pros:  
- The 1680x1050 is really nice for both desktop and movies.
(for those that like to put their menus on the side, you'll love it!)
- Many games like UT2004 support 1680x1050 (in both Windows and Linux)
- Otherwise 1280x1024 comes in 4:3 pretty good on it
- It has NTSC A/V in so we hooked up one of our DirectTV boxes right to it
(no tuner issues, we put it in the lower right corner goes on/off with 1 button)
- And if you do a lot of DTP/typeset, the vertical mode is nice
(and it even works with nVidia's drivers for Linux)

The cons are:
- Heavy as crap, don't even bother porting it
- Doesn't go back into its packaging without disassembly
- The PS is external, so that's more things to worry about

Definitely _not_ good for porting -- probably the absolute worst!

But if you want a stationary monitor/TV that you can watch HDTV on (only NTSC A/V in, but via DVI), and lots of horizontal space (damn I love UT2004 at 16:9 aspect!), this is a great LCD.


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Bryan J. Smith   mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org