OT: Soyo 24" 1920x1200 LCD $289.99, great review

Coursedesign wrote on 8/22/2007, 7:11 PM

Office Max sells a Soyo 24" LCD monitor for $289.99 in their stores with no rebates ($299.99 on their web site).

It has only DVI and VGA inputs, otherwise no frills mentioned (such as HDCP).

Specs include 1000:1 Contrast, 6 ms response, 500 nits, 170 x160 deg viewing angle.

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?prodBlockOID=1611616418&cm_ven=Performics&cm_cat=www.techbargains.com&cm_pla=Primary&cm_ite=Primary&BV_UseBVCookie=no&affCode=PRF&siteID=k3736&mid=&MID=98736-n-1

REVIEW

"Excellent color, brightness, contrast and sharp text quality, per the review by 3D Game Man:
http://www.3dgameman.com/content/view/9867/103/

Comments

Chanimal wrote on 8/22/2007, 9:02 PM

I've built several PC's with the Soyo Motherboards and their quality was always great. Their Dragon series won numerous editor's choice.

Based on their previous brand quality, I would consider other Soyo products.

I run with two 20" Samsung SynMaster 204B that are not widescreen. This 1920 x 1200 gives me the same height (so I don't loose out like many widescreen 20") but brings my 1600 horizontal up over 300 pixels.

Sounds like a nice monitor (don't use the HDCP so it is not a big deal).

riredale wrote on 8/22/2007, 9:57 PM

The local store here in Portland has exactly one available--the floor model.

Still, I'd jump at it except for the fact that I just bought a very nice 22" less than a month ago.

riredale wrote on 8/24/2007, 3:21 PM

Okay, in a moment of weakness I drove by an OfficeMax store and bought one.

Thing is awesome. Fantastic color, no dead pixels, no color shift as you move around, and $289! Only has an analog and DVI input, but that's fine with me.

Now I'm selling my brand-new 22" display (3 weeks old!) on CraigsList.

DGates wrote on 8/24/2007, 7:49 PM

I've seen that at Office Max before, but lost a bit of interest because I'd never heard of the brand before. What seems like a great purchase now might come back and haunt you later.

I like a little more buzz & track record on a product, even at a low price. Just like you're starting to see with Westinghouse. Never would've considered one before, but now I just might.

=]

Coursedesign wrote on 8/24/2007, 8:39 PM

DGates,

I agree, WOM is really important and so much easier to find nowadays.

The only reason I even considered Westinghouse was that I had seen two years straight of good word of mouth for Westinghouse LCD monitors.

Good to see that Soyo had a good rep. on motherboards at least.

And the $289 price makes me want to rip out my 19-22" monitors and replace them with this, except where used for production video monitoring. :O)

Especially if Office Max sends me another $30 off $150, like they do on a regular basis...

$259.00 for a 24" 1920x1200 LCD, mmm.... :O)

JoeMess wrote on 8/24/2007, 8:49 PM

OfficeMax website currently lists product as "Currently unavailable", which I guess means I procrastinated too long. I am, however, looking at a 19" widescreen Westinghouse I bought for my wife a month ago for 179.95. I am really pleased with it. I have not tried to calibrate it yet.

Joe