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Small update: I did buy the Alienware AW2310. The backlighting was quite OK, compared to the Catleap, but I couldn't get a proper backlighting without being perfectly still: if I moved just an inch up or down, I would get very dark horizontal areas, be it at top or bottom. Very unpleasant. It...

There is quite a few widescreen CRTs, including the famous Sony GDM-FW900: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUXGA

I'm not familiar with that concept. I suppose you have to find a wonky monitor, turn it in and then they offer a new one with a rebate ? Is that kind of service available in Europe ? Yes, but as I suspected, you're most likely in (or around) the US, so it's probably not worth the hassle of...

Hmmm well, there's 25% off the AW2310 (and free shipping) on Dell's website, up to late november. I might try that and see (pun intended) how it goes.

Can you provide some links where you found those ?

Names are not to be trusted ! While I am from Europe, it's not UK :rolleyes: A quick glance at a few retailers confirmed that going for that route is not possible. I might check on eBay if there's some stock.

Thanks for that list, that's quite useful, though... the real trick is to find places where it might still be on sale :(

I actually don't need any more attention, as I was only posting my [negative] experience :D Regarding LCDs making "the eyes feel raw", as I mentioned in a subsequent post in the link I gave, I'm using LCDs both at home and at the office, and they are not "aggressive" like the Catleap.

I've tried a bunch of settings, with high and low brightness, and it didn't change anything. For more details: http://120hz.net/showthread.php?802-My-monitor-is-killing-my-eyes

Since it hasn't been answered so far, I'll provide my very own experience: it hurts. I tested the monitor for two days and then I couldn't take it anymore... Looks like I'm one of the unfortunate few that are sensitive to PWM :(

I can't seem to find any review of this card... is it so new that *nobody* had a go at it yet ?!

Thanks for the explanation on TLER, sub.mesa, that was quite interesting. BTW, I found the article about TLER that I've had read a while back: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-features/31202-should-you-use-tler-drives-in-your-raid-nas Here the bottom-line: A little anecdote, for...

Thanks for the input guys. The reason I'm thinking about Enterprise-grade drives is because they are supposed to be much more reliable than desktop models (even notwithstanding TLER): better MTBF and whatnot. I'm not 100% sure of what TLER means, english not being my mother tongue (ah !). This...

Hello, I'm going to buy a NAS quite soon (Synology DS1010+), but I still don't know what to put inside. It will run 24/7, and I'd like to use 2TB Enterprise HDDs for (hopefully) increased reliability. By doing some research, I found only WD Caviar RE4 and Seagate Constellation ES that are...