Wednesday, June 27th 2007
Dell Introduces New 19-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Dell this week announced a brand new 19-inch SE 198WFP widescreen LCD monitor to its product lineup. The 19-inch SE 198WFP monitor features new stylish design which reminds of the 27-inch DELL 2707WFP UltraSharp. The model is available immediately in the US with pricing starting at USD $189. Additional features include a 5ms response time, 160°/160° typical viewing angle, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 300cd/m2 brightness and 1440x900 widescreen resolution. The monitor is also designed with DVI-HDCP ready connectivity, tilt capability as well as optional attached AS501 multimedia soundbar. Also announced was the updated Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC 24-inch monitor, we told you about here.
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20 Comments on Dell Introduces New 19-inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Great monitor and pretty cheap. Ive seen some of their bigger LCDs on display and its not too bad.
Anyway, there are 2 main reasons for the low (or lower) price tags.
1. The market has more competition now from LCD monitors sizes 17" - 30" with other manufacturers pricing them much lower than Dell was/is.
2. Dell now has a panel lottery and does not post the LCD info on the back like they used to. So now you don't know what type of panel you have. Plus Dell has been using the less expensive panels as of late. From what I have seen they dont really use SIPS panels anymore, they use MVA panels.
Plus I forgot the price hike starts above 19".
A 19" generally costs a little below $200 US.
A 20/20.1" can be had for around $220-300 US Dollar (most are around $250US).
www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3069655&Sku=N61-1900
Does not look to bad IMO.
They dont use quality parts.
If you want a crisper and clearer picutre (and better quality), you should spend more on a 19" LCD.
Take a look here and learn more about LCDs under the LCD section (near the bottom of the 1st post) forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=30822
AKA tv's are wider than computer monitors.
Hate
Widescreens.
The panels have a vertical res of 900, so the 1024 height (of 1280x1024) isnt possible - if it was natively possible, the screens would use a higher res to begin with.
<3 my 22" :)
Congrats to all those whos monitors can however, lucky break for you.
I haven't encountered a 19" wide that isn't capable of running 3dMark06 @ 1280x1024. Everyone that I know that has one, is able to run 1280x1024, if they use the PnP Monitor Driver, instead of the manufacturer driver.