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    Noob speed question

    Thanks for your help. Based on your response I went for the Netgear nighthawk R7000 AC1900 and saved the money I might otherwise have spent for the more expensive AC2400 or AC3200 models.
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    Noob speed question

    So I'm getting a new laptop, and need to get a router too because right now my desktop is connected straight to the cable modem. The laptop comes with a Killer N1525 AC NIC. Everything I've read about this NIC says it's overpriced, overhyped, under-supported and generally not very good, but...
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    Help me pick a 30" monitor

    I do appreciate all the attention this thread is getting, and hearing different points of view.
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    Help me pick a 30" monitor

    Sorry, which one was that? The 32" Benq VA? I wouldn't like the bezel in the middle, what I do now with two monitors is put the smaller one to the size and the bigger one in the middle. When gaming I don't extend the game onto the smaller monitor, I use it for maps or spreadsheets or guides...
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    Help me pick a 30" monitor

    If I understand this: http://www.web-cyb.org/images/lcds/4k_vs_27in_vs_30in_2560_same-ppi.jpg the idea that the 160 pixels difference is subjectively about 3/4" top and bottom depends on comparing the 1440 and 1600 monitors from different distances. The trouble with that is I am going to put the...
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    Help me pick a 30" monitor

    Thanks, I wasn't aware there was a 3rd option. I have an HP ZR30w at work, it's supposed to have an anti-glare coating -- is that considered matte or glossy but anti-reflective? I like the ZR30 just fine.
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    Help me pick a 30" monitor

    Any other responses?
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    Help me pick a 30" monitor

    Really? Well, the number isn't important, I was just trying to say an average-speed IPS was fast enough. I don't like TN panels. I'm not interested in a 2560x1440. I've tried them at work and I love the extra vertical a 16:10. Not as much for gaming as for everything else I do on the computer...
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    Help me pick a 30" monitor

    I'm set on WQXGA (2560x1600) at about 30". I have an old Dell 2001FP (1600x1200) I plan to put in portrait and may try to find another somewhere (that 2100fp was a great buy for $700 in 2001!). I hate glossy/reflective coatings. I like IPS panels. I'm a gamer, but not fast enough to care...
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    DoubleSight DS-263N - 26"

    As I posted earlier I think mine has the polarizer, because I couldn't note any white bloom, but I'm still uncertain. Viewing in a dark room with the brightness at either 0 or 100, when I put up the blue marble full screen and slowly move my position I see the starfield get slightly brighter...
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    DoubleSight DS-263N - 26"

    Mine came today, I ordered from buy.com on 5/16 and they shipped it on 6/17 from City of Industry CA. (I'm in seattle area). I think I must have the polarizer, I can detect no color tint looking from the sides. I've found one pixel flaw in about 3 inches in from the upper right corner. It...
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    DoubleSight DS-263N - 26"

    I got a note with the text below yesterday from buy.com. This is the 2nd I've gotten, the first was on 6/3. Since I ordered on 5/16 this is presumably to mark the one-month-old milestone for my order: Thank you for shopping at Buy.com. Just a note to let you know that the backordered or...
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    DoubleSight DS-263N - 26"

    I see buy.com has raised their price to $708, but they're still out of stock.
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    DoubleSight DS-263N - 26"

    If you go to the product page for the monitor at newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824185007&Tpk=ds-263n) and look at the title of the item, it says: DoubleSight DS-263N Black 26" 5ms(GTG) Widescreen LCD Monitor with 4 USB ports and Polarization Filter 500 cd/m2...
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    DoubleSight DS-263N - 26"

    I think the return policy is more important than the polarizer lottery. Which would you rather have, a polarizer and 5 dead pixels in the middle of the screen, or a panel with no dead pixels but no polarizer? I'm queued for one at buy.com.
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