17" Tft from the States - Opinions Please

Smithers

found one on ebay for about 285 including shipping , plus the bloke will make is gift ect,

anyone have any thoughts on the specs ect? know nothing about it , would it work over here fine?


Megavision 17-Inch Flat Panel Monitor w/500:1 Contrast Ratio

General Features:
Silver bezel
17-inch TFT LCD
0.264 mm pixel pitch
16.7 million colors
R, G, B vertical stripe color filter
Anti-glare coating
30 kHz ~ 80 kHz horizontal scanning frequency
56 Hz ~ 75 Hz vertical scanning frequency
65/65-degree left/right viewing angles
45/65-degree up/down viewing angles
500:1 contrast ratio
250 CD/m2 luminance
1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz maximum resolution (60 Hz optimal)
15-pin standard VGA connector
Energy Star compliant
Onscreen display controls

Supported Resolutions:
720 x 400 @ 70 Hz
640 x 480 @ 60 Hz
640 x 480 @ 75 Hz
800 x 600 @ 60 Hz
800 x 600 @ 75 Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75 Hz
1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz
1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz

Power Requirements:
12V ~ 4.1A

Regulatory Approvals:
FCC
CE
VCCI

Retail Package Includes:
Megavision 17-inch TFT LCD
Driver diskette
User's Manual
Standard VGA cable
AC adapter (100-240V ~ 50/60 Hz, 1.5A; 12V 4.16A 50W)

Notes:
UPC: 8 27332 01732 8

Smithers

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pics and full specs

Gerry

2 things:

- I have heard of people getting slapped with customs duty recently, even when its second hand or a gift. Theres a private company handling packages from america now, not An Post. So you need to check this out.

- You need to trust that the screen is in perfect nick... but thats the chance you take.

The specs sound fine, but you will need to do further digging if you want to know if it will be any good for games. ( you need to find out the pixel refresh time, afaik if its at or under 20ms its ok )

Dizz

Yea, just as Gerry said, apart from customs, you'd really wanna find out the pixel refresh rate - that makes or breaks a flatscreen imho <edit> - oooo - and what the guarantee on dead pixels?</edit>

Dizz

Smithers

refresh i dont really care about as i am not really a gamer,

As for GLS ,have dealt with then before , but if its marked as a gift worth $30 they they cant do squat , i have dont this loads of times recently on other imports ,

as for dead pixels i suppose its the chance i take , but for 285 squid it might be worth the risk,

if everything worked out do you think price wise its a good investment?

Cheers
D

Dizz

refresh i dont really care about as i am not really a gamer,

You might if you intend to watch dvd's etc but otherwise, nah, it won't matter
Look at tom's hardware guide for good info on the olde bauld LCD's