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This suck serious balls.
Now the dilemna..

Should I try an fix the 21" Dell P1110 or should I get a 19" tft

warranty?

19" LCD!

if only :(

The one that blew up was an Acer 211c that
I bought 2nd hand about 18 months ago for $650. I picked up the Dell for nothing (which I'm using at present) cept it has serious green issues along with quite noticeable ghosting of text.

The Dell is the one that I would be fixing. $85 just for them to even take a look at it, but apparently comes of the total cost of the repairs.

Man, this sux. I'm was about to have a week off as well and had planned on bumming around playing games. I wonder if I should cancel my holidays...

that sux hermi :(
i'd go an 8ms lcd :) (8ms for gaming)

repairs on ALL TECHNOLOGY is pricey. just toss it and buy a new one if its reliable life has finished.

I'm really considering it..

Just that I had planned on spending cash on new box instead of this

Dammit, I knew I was up for extra cash on something when the petrol bowser wouldn't fill up tank (had a feeling that I was going need cash bad elsewhere) ....

Yeah mine just shatitself tonight as well!! Boo. New one time. LCD for sure.

How can you see our responses?

Your mum goes over and tells him.

hahaha

i upgraded from dual 21 p1100's to an apple cinema display, havent regretted it for a second. lcd's were dodgy when they were the 'in' thing but now that they have matured a bit, they are just awesome. + totally light for any lannage (compared to the chiropracter ordeal associated with 21 crts). just make sure you get a decent one! (the dell lcd's i use at uni when im there are pretty average). oh and if you watch hdtv on ur comp, make sure u get a widescreen, absolutely georgous and you get full screen realestate :D

BenQ 19" FP937S 12ms LCD - $470 from Umart

It's f***ing amazing. I notice no ghosting whatsoever. Nice vibrant colours, and cheap as hell with a 7 day no dead pixel warranty.

I got a 21" HP monitor you might be interested in....email plakic@hotmail.com its in perfect working condition.

Cheers

Buy one LCD now, and the other 2 when you get the new box.

I've just been informed that a BenQ 19" FP937S+ 8ms LCD appears to be trying to make it's way to my desk as I speak type.

FireFrog so kindly demo'd the 8ms next to a 12ms one and there was SUBSTANTIAL difference and better quality to be seen. Both in colour and speed.
I never thought that 12ms Response Time, Brightness of 250 cd/m2, Contrast Ratio 500:1 would be so visually different to 8ms, Brighness of 300 cd/m2, 700:1 Contrast Ratio would make that much of a diff.

Now to see what the lifespan of this one is =)

depends what's wrong with the 21" what exactly happened to it? If it's just a small transistor blown get a mate who can solder to unsolder it & put a new one in. Have you checked the fuse that's in there? :)

depends what's wrong with the 21" what exactly happened to it? If it's just a small transistor blown get a mate who can solder to unsolder it & put a new one in. Have you checked the fuse that's in there? :)

I agree.. this is worth having looked at.



mostly becuase I intend coming over and using it instead of my bitzus***za at your next lan :P

^^ duno where my other post went?

There were many *snap*, *crackle* and *pop* sounds coming from it I thought someone had dumped rice bubbles into it. It also used to randomly resize an had a bit of a ghost thingy happening with fine text. I turned it off, an turned it back on only to hear more *pop* & *crackle*.
Doesn't turn on anymore at all

Also, it smelled real purty NOT..

see if you can find a tech that does free or cheap quotes. Even if he's cheap/free because he charges the earth it doesn't really matter just ask him to take a look & see if he can tell what's wrong with it. If it's something small it may be worth going & getting it fixed. You could always take it appart yourself & have a look to see if you can see any burned stuff. Just don't touch the screen or anything for that matter, a great deal of electrical charge can remain in there for ages even after you unplug it.

$85 isn't what I call a cheap quote

Plus, I have this (semi) working Dell 21" that I would rather spend the cash on.

I hear what your saying tho, mebe down the track I will get it looked at.

Glad to be of assistance mate :p To be honest I was pretty surprised just how much nicer the 8ms screen looked, I might have to look into getting one myself :p

Ive got a FP937s 12ms one....what are the 8ms ones worth,cause i still want to get another 2.

$749 from us Tanaka