24" monitor for under $400

[Indybird]

DCLCD DCL24A Black 24" 2ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 4000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio Built in Speakers - Retail

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/24-211-009-03.jpg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824211009)
(The picture is the link)

Except for the brightness, it has great specs:
1920x1200 res
4000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
2ms response time

If I was looking for a new monitor I'd jump on that!

-Indybird

[Greco101]

Is that a new brand?? I wonder if those specs are accurate? NICE FIND! +rep

[Indybird]

As far as I can tell, DCLCDs are just rebranded Sceptres. Though those specs are a little too high for spectres...

-Indybird

[Scotty]

Thats one bitching price shame it's in the US.

[Outlaw]

Could explain the contrast ratio being so high.

Taken from here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast_ratio) at Wikipedia

Dynamic contrast ratio
A notable recent development in the LCD technology is the so called "dynamic contrast" (DC). When there is a need to display a dark image, the display would underpower the backlight lamp (or decrease the aperture of the projector's lens using a shutter), but will proportionately amplify the transmission through the LCD panel. This gives the benefit of realizing the potential static contrast ratio of the LCD panel in dark scenes, when the image is watched in a dark room. The drawback is that if a dark scene does contain small areas of superbright light, they may be sacrificed and blown out.

The trick for the display is to determine how much of the highlights may be unnoticeably blown out in a given image under the given ambient lighting conditions.

Brightness, as it is most often used in marketing literature, refers to the emitted luminous intensity on screen measured in candela per square metre (cd/m^2). The higher the number, the brighter the screen.

It is also common to market only the dynamic contrast ratio capability of a display (when it is better than its static contrast ratio), which should not be directly compared to the static contrast ratio. A plasma display with a static 5000:1 contrast ratio will show superior contrast to an LCD display with 5000:1 dynamic and 1000:1 static contrast ratio when the input signal contains full range of brightnesses from 0 to 100% simultaneously. However they will be on par when input signal ranges only from 0 to 20% brightness.

[simon275]

I bet the panel in it sucks but a 24" monitor for $369 US or $446.42 AUS is insane as all 24" monitors here are $1000+ AUS. It would still be worth buying one at that price and paying the $200 shipping to get it sent down under.