20.1" HP LCD Monitor (£50 CashBack)...

bbasra

I finally have my Cash Sales Invoice :-).

Will print it and send it off Recorded Del on Monday.

Sui_Generis

philsu wrote:

We bought one of the monitors , it arrived yesterday. Find that text looks very faded eg. text in these posts look very grey, anyone else have this problem. Is it because we aren't using a DVI cable.We use a mac. Wondered if we had a faulty one. Any help appreciated.
Thanks philsu

Just a thought, and I'm not an expert on this on the Mac but, do you have a specific colour profile loaded for this monitor? Have a Look at Sys Pref> Displays>Color. Perhaps theres one available for this monitor?

Do let me know if it makes any difference as I am thinking of buying one to replace my current iMac extended desktop.

FWIW I've only once used DVI vs. VGA on a HannsG TFT and it made no difference.

GoofyGAT

philsu wrote:

We bought one of the monitors , it arrived yesterday. Find that text looks very faded eg. text in these posts look very grey, anyone else have this problem. Is it because we aren't using a DVI cable.We use a mac. Wondered if we had a faulty one. Any help appreciated. Thanks philsu

In addition to Sui_Generis' suggestion, try turning on Mac's "equivalent" of Windows' ClearType - from click here.....(also see this related article). G

Subpixel rendering

Apple has started using subpixel rendering in recent versions of Mac OS X. Version 10.2 introduced subpixel rendering of type and Quartz vector graphics. This feature is enabled using the System Preferences panel "General" (10.2) or "Appearance" (10.3), by setting the font smoothing style to "Medium — best for Flat Panel". Mac OS X 10.4 introduced an "Automatic" setting which transparently chooses either "Medium" or "Standard," depending on the type of main display. The quality of the rendering compared to Microsoft's ClearType and FreeType is contested, and is largely a matter of reader preference. However, Apple's approach differs from that of ClearType and FreeType in that TrueType hinting instructions are discarded for all but the smallest type sizes. This results in more consistency of rendering on Mac OS at the expense of allowing type designers a level of fine tuning through hints.

philsu

Sui_Generis wrote:

Just a thought, and I'm not an expert on this on the Mac but, do you have a specific colour profile loaded for this monitor? Have a Look at Sys Pref> Displays>Color. Perhaps theres one available for this monitor?

Do let me know if it makes any difference as I am thinking of buying one to replace my current iMac extended desktop.

FWIW I've only once used DVI vs. VGA on a HannsG TFT and it made no difference.

thanks for advice, have tried this & it is a lot better, think there is still room for improvement, but haven't had time to tweak as yet.

jamalfatty

Just ordered one, £198 including delivery & VAT, cracking price that even before the cashback.

What has everyone been using as the proof of purchase to claim the £50 back?

ought

I am sorely tempted by this deal. Is it good for graphics work? And how about watching films?

And does anybody know how it compares to the Dell 20 inch monitors? Cheers!

madkid88

is there any more left,really want one of these.

Tharweb

madkid88 wrote:

is there any more left,really want one of these.

Yep, it says 61 on the site http://www.it247.com/

dc

Tharweb wrote:

Yep, it says 61 on the site http://www.it247.com/

When I ordered today it originally said 1071 available, when it accepted order it then said 61, phew.

jamalfatty

Just picked mine up now and wow! What a bargain!

Amazing for this price, think i'm going to order 2 more for around the house. I'd definately order one if you were thinking about it but havent yet.