Just bought $751.99 Dell 2001FP LCD. Gonna puke.
 

*moans*

$751.99..... there goes my cash. Wallet........ funeral. So........ expensive. On Ebay too............ so.......scared.

*goes out into middle of street and pukes*
*falls over unconscious*

Not to make it worse but just last week....

Dell LCD Sale 23-Aug-04
Some nice pricing for one day only!
Dell 2001FP 20in LCD Flat Panel, 1600x1200, 400:1 contrast ratio, 16ms response, DVI/SVideo/Composite $899 - 20% Code: 7KQRRQJDWN974M (exp 8/26) - $30 coupon: RNNGH2X7W40V3V = $689.20 shipped free, no tax in many areas.

Hope you enjoy it ;) I love my 17" Sony 16ms LCD

WHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*goes berserk, picks up Organic Chemistry textbook and smashes hapless librarian over the face with it, sending her through the nearest concrete wall.*
*moves onto next victim with a very sharp newegg pen and stabs him eighty-four times in two seconds.*
*Takes frisbee from swiss cheese dude, folds it in half, inserts into mouth, down throat, and waits.*
*dies*

www.techbargains.com most of the major retail technology companies have daily, weekly, or end of week promotions and rebate or instant savings codes. That site has saved me a little cash in the past.

Dont worry, I got mine for $690 shipped on ebay, but you wont remember how much you paid after you get it and fall in love with it.

If it makes you feel any better, my wife want to replace all ours with that same monitor.
that's six monitors.

^teh sex

I would want at least 3 in front of me, just 2 more to go :D

So I take it the screen door effect thingy isn't that big of a deal? I'm just worried it'll come DOA or with lots of dead pixels and then sh1t's gonna hit the fan.

y371, thanks for the linky :)

It is only noticable when you are <2 inches away from the screen... especially at 1600x1200. I got no dead pixels and no frozen ones, so I'm lucky I guess.

I just got my VP201S (Same as the Dell) and I love it! I got lucky too... no dead/stuck pixels! I can't believe I lived with a shit CRT for so long! No more flickering! Woohoo!

Yay, just got my 2001FP. Everything went well :).

Wow. I mean, wow. I looked at a few photos with it and I couldn't believe the clarity increase from my old 19" Phillips flat screen CRT (not that the Phillips is unclear, which says even more about this monitor.)

I can notice slight ghosting though in games, but it's definitely livable. This is coming from a guy who can't work at 75Hz refresh rate because he sees too much flickering.

I recently picked up an
NEC Multisync FE1250 on Ebay for $220.00 shipped. Fat and happy at 85Hz, with wallet still intact. :D

http://www.necmitsubishi.com/product...hi/DP2060U.pdf

I got a new tube, factory refurb off ebay from a seller directly for $168 + shipping. I think I paid $209 total (at the time the sellers listings were closing for ~$330). Awesome monitor! Best value of anything in my system.

Hey BabyBunny,
What kind of games are you playing that youo see ghosting? I was considering that monitor too (or maybe the 19-inch version).

Yup I also have a 22" Multisync CRT. People break into the house from time to time so I prefer heavy ass TVs and monitors :)

I play UT2004 and basically a lot of FPS games. Haven't tried racing games yet. I definitely see ghosting in Unreal, and it is enough to cause me to lose track of a head during an intense deathmatch. If the guy is yellow, he'll be a yellow blur with a bit of definition. He won't leave a yellow trail or anything like that; it's just not as crisp as I'm used to. It's definitely a lot better than basically every other LCD that I've seen though. Eh, ghosting is hard to quantify in words.

I'm heavy into digital photos, and the first time I saw a photo on this monitor I couldn't believe how real and crisp it looked.