[ale] 30" LCD monitor locally

[Richard Bronosky]

I'd rather get Dell to apologize to the entire planet Earth for still
failing to make monitors that go into low power mode when a laptop is
disconnected. Instead they go black just long enough to let you leave
the room. Then they start cycling a test pattern all weekend long.
They need to be fined by the EPA and have all of their Energy Star
certifications removed for a year.

On 11/23/10, arxaaron <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2010/11/21, at 23:36 , Richard Bronosky wrote:
>
>> I would like to remind everyone that most 30" monitors require Dual
>> Link DVI to function properly. My company just bought about 28 of the
>> Dell 30" monitors and if you hook a regular DVI device to it, it runs
>> at 1/4 resolution. (That is a square of 4 native pixels make up 1
>> software pixel.) As you can imagine it looks TERRIBLE. We could have
>> spent less than 50% of the money on 27" monitors and they would have
>> looked a lot better. The only people that could use the monitors are
>> the Mac users. (Even the new $900 MacBook Air can drive a Dual Link
>> DVI!) The people in the office with Dells were out of luck.
>
> Upon reviewing the details of exactly what dual-link is designed to
> provide, this sounds like either design incompetence or a corrupt
> forced migration scam on the part of the Dell corporation.
>
> All that dual-link  does is provide additional data channels and
> connector lines to support 48bits per pixel.  There is absolutely NO
> practical design reason for reducing a display's resolution when
> it only receives 24bits per pixel.  REQUIRING dual-link DVI on
> any digital monitor is absurd.
>
> Your company should not only send the monitors back and
> demand a full refund, they should demand a public apology
> from Dell for the design failure, whether intentional or not.
>
> peace
> aaron
>
>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com>
>> wrote:
>>> The 28 is cheaper because it is only 1080p.  30 inch monitors are
>>> usually 2560x1600.  You aren't paying for the two inches, you're
>>> paying
>>> for the pixels.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:23:30 -0500
>>> Michael Potter <michael at potter.name> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have this 27.5" for $280 from costco (not 30", but way cheaper
>>>> than
>>>> 30"):
>>>>
>>>> http://reviews.costco.com/2070/11540194/reviews.htm
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Trey Sizemore <trey at fastmail.fm>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Can anyone point me to a local source to get a 30" LCD monitor.  I
>>>>> know Apple stores have them, but looking for something cheaper.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Trey
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>>>>> eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.
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