Time for an upgrade!

[billygoat333]

yes it works. You can even plug those ipod fm transmitter things into the headphone jack of your laptop for stereo movie sound in your car! (or anything that receives fm band radio)

[Zephik]

Holy mother of god.

If anyone ever asks me if its a noticeable difference going from a 17 inch monitor to a 22 inch widescreen monitor, I'll have to tell them IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE and shake them violently for some odd reason. lol

This. Monitor. Is. BEAUTIFUL!

Worth every penny, if only for the awesome aesthetics.

But thats not the only reason(s). I don't think I have ever seen such vibrant colors! Everything is so much more... idk? The black is BLACK, that was the first thing I noticed. The colors are just so much better looking now, I don't know how else to describe it?

As for the speakers: Better than stock, but not as good as a decent set of logitech's. For the most part? It was an upgrade for me, from using stock laptop speakers (it is a media laptop btw, so they aren't that bad).

Anyways, I'll try to write up a review sometime for you guys. But until then, i'm just going to sit back and be awe-struck.

[d_stilgar]

How is the sub on the back? Does it make a real difference?

[Zephik]

How is the sub on the back? Does it make a real difference?

It makes a small difference from what I can tell so far. Its better than nothing, but its not as good as say a logitech sub. (I've only ever used logitech, which is why I keep making comparisons to them). But it is definitely better than no sub at all. I'm also in an open space, there is no wall behind my monitor like in most desktop setups, so it might make more of a difference then. But as it stands right now, the sound waves have to travel about 12 feet before they start coming back to me, where-as in most cases it will probably be less than 12 inches, which would probably make a difference.

On another note: The webcam is pretty slick. Its on a swivel so you can move it up and down. The picture is better than any other webcam I have used before, pretty clear picture really.

Another note: The light bar on the bottom of the screen is not noticeable at regular desk length (arms length?) and is kind of cool because it will light up your desk a good bit, but from say 5 feet back you can see it and it is a bit irritating. It can be turned off however, thankfully. Because its distracting when watching movies. It also changes color either by user preference or by what mode you select (music, theater, gaming, etc etc).

Another note again: The touch panel works flawlessly in my hands. I heard people complaining, but they must not be very intelligent or something because I've had no problems with it. You just tap at it lightly and it works great. Took me about 2.3 seconds to learn how hard to tap to work it right. :p

One more note: The back panel is not aluminum. Its silver plastic. Kind of annoying, but what-ever, no biggie I guess. Just would of been nice for the price and just because. The rest is aluminum though and the base is brushed aluminum. (its also on a swivel which is kind of cool)

[nevermind1534]

That's good to hear. I think I will get that one next month, maybe.

[Zephik]

That's good to hear. I think I will get that one next month, maybe.

I would recommend it mainly to people who need either great aesthetics matched with great build quality or to people who need a good deal of connectivity options. or for people like me, who wanted the whole package.

By the way, it does come with a DVI to HDMI adapter. It doesn't list it, but you can see it in the picture section on newegg. So if you were wondering what that particular cord was or if it did come with one or not, thats what it is and yes it does.

Also, I just learned today because I decided to read some of the manual, that you can connect all or any number of video cables at the same time without having any problems. All you do is hit the switch video input mode button on the touch panel and it switches over to DVI, S-Video, Component, etc etc.. I thought that was pretty cool anyway.

I also turned off the light bar today because of how far I sit back it gets irritating to see out of the corner of my eye. But if you have an actual desk, you won't see it except the light from it that lights up your desk a bit.

I'm also considering turning off the sounds the monitor makes. I like the turning off and on sounds, but late at night its too loud and I worry I'll wake my room mate or something. But the sound it makes every time you touch a button isn't that pleasant of a sound after the 5th time you've heard it in a row from scrolling through the menu options.