Honestly, I like them both. Neither one had any dead pixels. I don't use either one for trading. I already had a pair of Planar PX 191s for that. If I had to pick, I would probably say the GEM. However, if I recall properly, I did have a problem getting the rebate. I had to send an e-mail asking where my rebate was. I did get a response apologizing, and promising to get me a check in 2 weeks. The rebate check came less than a week later. Hcour apparently had the same problem. As far as the Hanns-G, its too early for the rebate to hit yet. Hopefully, I won't have a problem.
Ten times better? That would have to be some damn fine LCDs. Apparently, CNET doesn't share your enthusiasm. http://reviews.search.com/search?q=envision&tag=srch&submit=Go!
Yes I know, I read that reviews But comparing them side by side, Envision and AOC stood out as the best picture, clearest, best colors, etc. Among these were SamSung, ViewSonic, NEC etc, which were slightly better ... and Sony which were clearly better. But these no name brand Envision and AOC, particularly AOC, impressed me quite a bit . I judge these with my eyes, not by reading reviews.
Found a ViewSonic 19" for $190 net. Nice... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116011
It is nice. But be careful, one of the reviews said it is Optiquest by Viewsonic. No DVI. Here is a nice BenQ: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824014111&CMP=BAC-tbcpc Buy 2 of them for -$70 the total price.
Help me out here please. DVI - What is it and what is it used for? I need the monitor for basic charting and Windows documents. Thanks.
DVI didn't seem to matter much when I switched back and forth for charting, simply digital vs. analog, that's it. I couldn't really tell, maybe 5 minutes of viewing wasn't enough?
Sorry, I may have been too much of a perfectionist. DVI might not be important to you if you don't care much about the fine details that a demanding photographer of a videographer wants . No DVI is perfectly OK for trading environment. http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3174_7-5136369-1.html
Thanks Adobian, I appreciate your taking the time to look that up for me. I try to be skeptical of the lowest price in anything, but from what I've read Viewsonic has a good line of monitors. I just wanted to be sure that the least expensive of their products will still do the job for me. Thanks again.
A good discussion here. Thanks everyone for the input. I'm just looking for good quality LCDs and not necessarily the cheapest as I would use them eventually for digital graphics work too. I might buy 2 - 19" ones and maybe one bigger one to put between them. Is there somewhere where they talk about the different characteristics of these? Thx.