DoubleSight DS-245W playability review

I have been greatly interested in this monitor. Quick question:

How easy is it to switch between inputs? (from vga>dvi and back)

I plan on hooking my 360 up to this (via vga) and I tend to surf the net in between games.
 
phrozt! thanks so much, you hit on the primary games and topics i was after.

i would like maybe one additional test (i'll have to find it, you may already know about it), there is a dark to light gradient image that people have been using to test ghosting (inverse and regular), banding, and lag by opening the image smaller than your full res, and grabbing the window the iamge is in and moving it around very fast will show the lag/ghosting as well, but i'm also more concerned with the banding and ability to show white as white and black as true black.

if i can find where i saw about that test, i'll post back. eithe rway, if you have a way to test color gradients to see if there is any banding ,that'd be swell.

thanks! btw, where did you end up ordering it and for how much in USD?
 
I ordered from provantage and it ended up being $460 (without the rebate) shipped and all.

Someone else pointed out, however, that you can get the monitor for $375 if you use all sorts of coupons and things and order out of overstock.com

Stereodude said:
Oh what the heck... I couldn't help myself and bought one from Overstock.com. :eek: You can get $45 off with coupon code 73989 which makes it $453.99 with free shipping and no tax. If you pay with paypal you can get $50 back through the current 20% promotion, and there's a $30 rebate also. That makes it $373.99 plus the cost of a stamp. :eek:
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EDIT: and I'd be happy to do the tests if you can get me the resources to do it and the testing methodology

Rodney: I'll have to try to piece together enough stuff for my old computer. It's the only one I have that has analogue.
 
What I did was order from overstock using coupon code 95871 for 10% off ($50) and am going to use the rebate from newegg (which doesnt specify where you buy it from) to take off an additional $30 dollars:

http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/DoubleSight24-185-005Oct08Dec3107tl24.pdf

Also, I used a sight called ebates to take off an additional 4% (in rebate form)

When everything is said and done it should cost me only $404

edit: unfortunately the paypal promotion for overstock.com isn't running anymore :( (could have had it for $354)
 
rodneycubed said:
Also, I used a sight called ebates to take off an additional 4% (in rebate form)

When everything is said and done it should cost me only $404

edit: unfortunately the paypal promotion for overstock.com isn't running anymore :( (could have had it for $354)
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Usually using a coupon at overstock voids the 4% rebate from Fatwallet (fatcash) or whoever. I didn't bother trying to use fatcash with my order.
 
Thanks for taking the time to write how you feel about this monitor. How do you feel about it now that you have been using it for a month? This monitor fits my budget, so if you have anymore input about it, that would be great.
 
I have updated my original thread.

While my overall opinion of it remains the same, I've noticed backlight issues and power-up issues. Hopefully these will not continue to get worse. If they don't, then I still love this monitor just as much as I did before.

One thing I didn't mention much about was the ergonomics of the monitor. It's incredibly easy to adjust, has a wide range of motion in all directions and feels very stable for a 24".
 
Phrozt said:
I have updated my original thread.

While my overall opinion of it remains the same, I've noticed backlight issues and power-up issues. Hopefully these will not continue to get worse. If they don't, then I still love this monitor just as much as I did before.

One thing I didn't mention much about was the ergonomics of the monitor. It's incredibly easy to adjust, has a wide range of motion in all directions and feels very stable for a 24".
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This monitor seems to be an interesting option. What are the scaling modes -- 1:1 and so on?

It's disappointing to hear about the progressive BLB; my terrible FHD2400 does the same .
 
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