--- On Mon, 8/2/10, Kevin Barth <godai....@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Kevin Barth <godai....@gmail.com>
The monitors of interest is Hannspree 225DPB available at the local Staples
office supply that I could not find the "p" rating. The advantage is I can pick
this one up tomorrow and no lost time.
First off, Hannspree is a common, if low-end, brand of hd televisions and video
monitors. They aren't unique to Staples. Second, the 225DPB is capable of
higher resolution than 1280x720 (the ad on Staples' site says it can do
1920x1080) which means it is either a 1080i or a 1080p. Probably the former,
as they would be trumpeting it up in their ads if it were 1080p. Which doesn't
make it a bad deal, necessarily. The difference between 1080i and 1080p is
likely to be insignificant at that size of monitor, unless you are watching
Blu-Ray discs on it. And even then I'm not sure you would notice a difference.
The other finalist is a ViewSonic 2260wm from ComputerGeeks. This has the 1080p
spec and I know as a long time commercial printer and as a much less qualified
graphics artist that ViewSonic has a good track record, I still use one of
their old CRT's for personal use that I got from FreeCycle. I have never heard
of Hannspree and assume it is some Staples' house brand.
I like Viewsonic. I have a 22" viewsonic CRT that I'm still using, more than
10 years after it's date of manufacture. It has never shown a single problem,
has beautiful images, and I use it for television viewing as well as hooking up
several CPUs. I also have a Hanspree 17" LCD HD display that I use primarily
when composing on my electronic keyboard. It's OK. Nothing special, no
problems either. It gets the job done, and was cheap. but I don't know that I
would necessarily recommend it for commercial work.
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My reply:
Thanks Kevin, I went with the Hannspree 22" mostly because it was an easy,
cheap and fast replacement.
Like most new monitors the screen images are crisp and clear. No real
complaints it will suit my purpose. The only thing difficult was
adjusting/calibrating the monitor.
Hannspress hides the adjustment button UNDER the monitor frame. The button
symbols are pressed on the black plastic and are invisible in my lighting. It
really took me too long to get the monitor calibrated for my work. But I did
and all is well.
Really miss the adjustment buttons on the frame of the old 20" Dell 2005
UltraSharp that died. --glen
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