[ale] 30" LCD monitor locally

[arxaaron]

On 2010/11/21, at 23:36 , Richard Bronosky wrote:

> I would like to remind everyone that most 30" monitors require Dual
> Link DVI to function properly. My company just bought about 28 of the
> Dell 30" monitors and if you hook a regular DVI device to it, it runs
> at 1/4 resolution. (That is a square of 4 native pixels make up 1
> software pixel.) As you can imagine it looks TERRIBLE. We could have
> spent less than 50% of the money on 27" monitors and they would have
> looked a lot better. The only people that could use the monitors are
> the Mac users. (Even the new $900 MacBook Air can drive a Dual Link
> DVI!) The people in the office with Dells were out of luck.

Upon reviewing the details of exactly what dual-link is designed to
provide, this sounds like either design incompetence or a corrupt
forced migration scam on the part of the Dell corporation.

All that dual-link  does is provide additional data channels and
connector lines to support 48bits per pixel.  There is absolutely NO
practical design reason for reducing a display's resolution when
it only receives 24bits per pixel.  REQUIRING dual-link DVI on
any digital monitor is absurd.

Your company should not only send the monitors back and
demand a full refund, they should demand a public apology
from Dell for the design failure, whether intentional or not.

peace
aaron


> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com>  
> wrote:
>> The 28 is cheaper because it is only 1080p.  30 inch monitors are
>> usually 2560x1600.  You aren't paying for the two inches, you're  
>> paying
>> for the pixels.
>>
>> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:23:30 -0500
>> Michael Potter <michael at potter.name> wrote:
>>
>>> I have this 27.5" for $280 from costco (not 30", but way cheaper  
>>> than
>>> 30"):
>>>
>>> http://reviews.costco.com/2070/11540194/reviews.htm
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Trey Sizemore <trey at fastmail.fm>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Can anyone point me to a local source to get a 30" LCD monitor.  I
>>>> know Apple stores have them, but looking for something cheaper.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Trey
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