Anybody Have BenQ 20.1 Widescreen?

[n0aH]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824014105

Anyone have this and/or can make commenta bout it beacause im thinkin about buying it...thanx

[squads]

I bought this as a combo deal ($70 off) along with the $235 AR connect3D x1900xt. It's an awesome screen. I was using a 19" trinitron flatscreen CRT monitor for the past 5 years and games are much more engrosing on the huge widescreen.

It has no bad pixels and just a tiny bit of backlight bleed on the bottom left, which can only be seen when it is displaying black. I find it to be perfect for watching movies as well. I'm not sure it would be such a big difference for you though, since you are coming from a 19" widescreen LCD.

Just a note about the looks. It has a simple, no frills look which I like alot, crappy speakers or silver color are not my thing.

EDIT: just got my 6th star :D

[n0aH]

Congratz on your 6th star :) I know its not going to be a huge difference in size, but i want the 20.1 inch size so that i can get 1680 x 1050 (or w/e resolotion those run at lol)

[Adragontattoo]

I have it and love it. No problems or concerns with it. I will probably pick up another one at some point and I am trying to get my boss to buy me one for work.

[Elif Tymes]

Very nice screens, one of my friends just bought one. I was drooling.

[Serraph]

I've had one for about 2 months now. I have no complaints so far.

A friend of mine ordered this one a few days ago.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001081

[n0aH]

I've had one for about 2 months now. I have no complaints so far.

A friend of mine ordered this one a few days ago.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001081

ugh, now i dont know if i should get the benq or that one...

[n0aH]

ok woot i when ahead and bought the BenQ. Great deal on it. 289.99, 259.99 after rebate! When i return the monitor in my sig to costco i will be getting 262.78..so im getting a better monitor and making money. awsome lol

[cr4zym0nk3y]

Wow, thats cheap. I can't wait till i save enough money to buy a decent monitor:)

[Will Eatforfood]

...sighs..I still don't know.. The Samsung name and height adjustment vs. the BenQ pricing..... I was originally not for the Benq because I read from several places, the color isn't as vibrant or w/e as say the samsung so if 30 bucks can get better color and height adjustment... Why not right?

[sicloan]

I bit the bullet and ordered one. At $259 after MIR its a steal for this size of a monitor. The samsung looks nice as well, but i Dont really need the height adjustment and I also have a 17" BenQ which i've been using for 2 years now which is great. My dad bought the 20.1" benQ a few months back and he loves it, so i figured why not at this price.

[darkcow]

yea, its a great screen. i was considering that agaisnt a sceptre equivilent (it was cheaper at the time) and the sceptre has a higher contrast ratio.

i like it so much that i bought 2.

http://xs204.xs.to/xs204/06313/Conroe_system_004.jpg (http://xs.to)

[Will Eatforfood]

hmmm...sorry must be me but the angle makes ur system looks crooked. Also, I see you are running a 6600gt. Isn't this a HUGE problem when trying to play games?

Edit. Screw it. I got money. Samsung has been bought.hahaha... Maybe I could have spared an extra 150 for the 2007wfp...nah

[darkcow]

yes, my table is probably the least flat peice of poo ever. not even my keyboard sits on it without rocking back and foward. thats what i have it resting on my mousepad.

and the right screen is a few mm lower than the other.


and yes, the 6600 GT is a bit of a bummer when playing games. but theres not much of a performance decrease while dual-screening.

and if im running the correct drivers (x64 84. something) i can get ~60 fps on source with 1680x1050 which i think is amazing. (but thats only with these drivers, if im running any other drivers i get like... 30 less fps, its weird.)


i bought it when it first came out for like 200 bucks, and im going to keep it handy untill i buy a dx10 card.

[n0aH]

well this screen will be here today when i get home from school hopefully ill give a small review on it

[Panja]

Its an awesome screen!
I'm using it for a few months now and everytime I look on a screen thats smaller than the BenQ I think, damn! I needed to buy the screen a lot earlier :)

Go for it!
You wont regret it!

[n0aH]

Dam it wont be here till tommorow :( If i really like it i might get another :)

[Will Eatforfood]

My Samsung will be in tomorrow. :P I'll tell you if it pwns.

Btw. off topic but jeez...I ordered early and missed a 1gb free sd card deal with the same camera...Oh well, the card is only 20 bucks. But freebies are so much fun.. : /

[legionaire45]

I have this monitor. awesome little(well....BIG) screen. gamimg is really nice on it, then again I came off of gaming on a viewsonic LCD with a 30 ms response...ouch! I got mine when it was $299 with the powercolor X800 GTO for $20 combo deal. the X800 GTO died and was replaced by a 7600 GT, which actually outperforms it signifigantly. Gaming at 1680 x 1050 is awesome:beer: .

[Will Eatforfood]

Gaming at that resolution?

I just got the monitor today btw. W00T!!! It's soooooo beautiful. omfg.

But anyways, I feel scammed. What a kick in the nuts, because I'm pulling barely decent framerates on my x850xt. Where I used to have 50 frames, I've dropped to 30. sighs.... Buying new monitors coerces one to pair it with a new video card. But aside from that, it's so big and colorful and ..wide. and.. wow. My adjectives sure get limited around pretty things.

[n0aH]

Just a little update to this thread... Ive had this screen for two months now, and i love it! Colors look great, gaming is great, ect

Only disappointment is that i could have gotten it for 80 bucks cheaper now :(

Its priced at $199.99 at the egg now

[nobluo]

Just a little update to this thread... Ive had this screen for two months now, and i love it! Colors look great, gaming is great, ect

Only disappointment is that i could have gotten it for 80 bucks cheaper now :(

Its priced at $199.99 at the egg now

i see it for 259. im always late