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2001fp today...or later?

rayman2k2

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Its either tonight or later...tonight is the end of the 20% off, but I will have to deal with the hassle of bad LCD, etc. However, later, I might get better quality (less dead pixels and what not) for the same price. Also, right now my vid card only supports VGA, and would I notice a change if quality from DVI to VGA?
 
Do it! DVI is crispier, but VGA is close. Get while price is right, its hell of a savings over any other 20 incher so dealing with pixel return "if you have to" is worth it. Remember, mostly people with complaints post here, imagine how many of those monitors are sold that are good. I guess 200 complainers of defect here, you know they gotta sell thousands of these puppies. If you hate it you lose nothing in return.

Hurry Hurry!
 
I'd do it, but then I did when the price was $899 (10% discount). Dell has a consumer friendly return/exchange policy. Like Ramfart said if you hate it, you lose nothing.
 
Good question. They did a 20% discount December, 10% early January (Home & Home Office), and now 20% again (Small Business). I figure they're trying to reach a critical mass, then stop the discounts. Once this display gets enough praise it'll sell at $999. There's no other 20" 16ms display out that offers DVI, DSub, S-Video, composite....
 
Originally posted by kmeson
Good question. They did a 20% discount December, 10% early January (Home & Home Office), and now 20% again (Small Business). I figure they're trying to reach a critical mass, then stop the discounts. Once this display gets enough praise it'll sell at $999. There's no other 20" 16ms display out that offers DVI, DSub, S-Video, composite....

Yep, 3 month's ago it was the 1901FP, and those prices have been stable or with minor discounts. Or they may do it each time a large shipment arrives ?
 
well...the sales over...dammit. didnt buy the LCD, hopefully they will sell it at 20% off again in february...
 
Originally posted by rayman2k2
well...the sales over...dammit. didnt buy the LCD, hopefully they will sell it at 20% off again in february...

I'm looking at the page right now (2001fp in SB) and it's 20% off ... ? And no, it's not a cached page or anything.
 
Originally posted by rolo
I'm looking at the page right now (2001fp in SB) and it's 20% off ... ? And no, it's not a cached page or anything.


yeah i just saw that too...hmmm...maybe they are lowering the price?
 
When you add it to your cart it goes up to $1000. Atleast it does for me. If you call dell you can probabaly get it for $799 though
 
guys no one is reading too well
go to dell.com
choose SMALL BUSINESS not HOME/Office
be ready to provide the name of a random company that u have no clue what it is.


One question for people who have allready gotten theirs...does this come with a warranty of any kind? their website doesn't say a word on it.
 
Originally posted by battleangel3222
guys no one is reading too well

Wow, way to make baseless assumptions. As it turns out, Dell only auotmatically switches between sections if you already have items in a cart from one section :rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by rayman2k2
actually, now the question is, 2001fp or wait for OLED...

When do you think a 20"+ OLED display will be out at a similar price point? Some estimates place volume shipment of OLED displays 3-5 yrs out. Toward the end of that estimate (4-6 yrs) will be when I buy new displays; just got two 2001FPs.

2004 is the perfect year to purchase LCD technology. While I don't believe the technology has reached its highest point of evolution, I do believe it is nearing the point of diminishing returns as far as benefit per R&D dollar is concerned.

The real problem with OLED right now is lifetime. From what I've read blue OLEDs age/fail much faster than red and green. One article even stated that DuPont recently (back in '02-03 time frame) achieved 2500hrs blue OLED.
 
Originally posted by kmeson
When do you think a 20"+ OLED display will be out at a similar price point? Some estimates place volume shipment of OLED displays 3-5 yrs out. Toward the end of that estimate (4-6 yrs) will be when I buy new displays; just got two 2001FPs.

2004 is the perfect year to purchase LCD technology. While I don't believe the technology has reached its highest point of evolution, I do believe it is nearing the point of diminishing returns as far as benefit per R&D dollar is concerned.

The real problem with OLED right now is lifetime. From what I've read blue OLEDs age/fail much faster than red and green. One article even stated that DuPont recently (back in '02-03 time frame) achieved 2500hrs blue OLED.


hmmm...thanks for the help!
 
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