19" tft £182+p&p

londonman81

oranabana wrote:

(that Aria, really looks bad, even its a bit on the cheap side...)

Yup - I've been tempted to go for this screen several times but the styling puts me off everytime!

If only they had stuck with a very simple thin frame design alogn the lines of dabsvalue screens - then I'd go for it.

The Aria looks so agricultural and unrefined.

dvoodoo

I bought the aria 19" with DVI over a month ago. Its a nice screen, stand doesnt have much tilt and turn but what you expect for under 200 notes. All these people looking at amazon and currys and the likes should be careful. AS the screens are low spec and crap refresh rates. Aria also offer a dead pixel check for just over a tenner. This will confirm that you have no dead pixels as under the tft rules, upto 7 dead pixels are allowed on shipping.

grasmere

"The Aria looks so agricultural and unrefined."

what toss !

That reminds me of eg, people who spend more money on the outside of their head than on the inside, or on polishing their car instead of servicing it, or many other 'appearance' issues instead of what really matters.

How often have we been advised to spend the money on a decent monitor because that is what you spend you day looking at ie the screen not the buttons and frame???

Any way, I bought the Aria monitor this week too and it is superb, very impressed, oh, and 'the back is nice' too! (from cool runnings)

grasmere

regarding Arias 'dead pixel check' I had one done too - for peace of mind I guess - but having got the monitor up and running whats the liklihood of pixels 'dying' during normal use - any ideas anyone?

londonman81

grasmere wrote:

"The Aria looks so agricultural and unrefined."

what toss !

That reminds me of eg, people who spend more money on the outside of their head than on the inside, or on polishing their car instead of servicing it, or many other 'appearance' issues instead of what really matters.

How often have we been advised to spend the money on a decent monitor because that is what you spend you day looking at ie the screen not the buttons and frame???

Any way, I bought the Aria monitor this week too and it is superb, very impressed, oh, and 'the back is nice' too! (from cool runnings)

The reason I find design important enough to not buy a monitor is because the styling is PART of what you see when you are using the screen!

A thick frame which varies in width because it takes attention away from the main screen!

I have noticed this on several screens at work - the ones with very thin, uniform width frames are much nicer to work with as they make the actual image much more prominent.

The thing I don't understand is that it would have been easier for Aria to put a simple thin black frame on the machine to give it a neutral look, and instead they've gone for something that is more complicated and actually ends up looking very 1980's.

I couldn't care less what something looks like if it is not part of the performance of the product - but in this case the design of a montor is part and parcel of how well it will project an image.


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quoia

Sava_Stuey wrote:

I bought the aria monitor this week (I'm using it now!), ..............................

Aria were great - I placed the order last Monday just before lunch, and the monitor was delivered at 1030 on Tuesday - fantastic.

Monitor was £167 (+vat) ................................

Are you sure it's this one?

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=16907

Only this is £158.50 excluding VAT (£186.24 inc.)

If it is looks like they overcharged you by a tenner !

quoia

Not the most brilliant spec 19" TFT in the world but if you live near Scan computers (Bolton) you can walk out the door with one under your arm for just £149.99 + VAT

Total £176.24

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=177065

quoia

quoia wrote:

Not the most brilliant spec 19" TFT in the world but if you live near Scan computers (Bolton) you can walk out the door with one under your arm for just £149.99 + VAT

Total £176.24

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=177065

NOW ONLY £144 + vat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST £169.20 !!!!

Sava_Stuey

quoia wrote:

Are you sure it's this one?

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=16907

Only this is £158.50 excluding VAT (£186.24 inc.)

If it is looks like they overcharged you by a tenner !

Must've been on special, or some other kind of reduction, when you looked quoia, cos it's now on at £179 (exc VAT), even more than what I paid!

CovMan_2

greigc wrote:

After much searching I have found this deal on Amazon!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006OQZKO/ref=ord_cart_shr/026-1226608-4225259?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

which I believe works out at £189.99, I think this will be extremely hard to be beaten as I have done a thorough search of all the sites I can think of, you can get cheaper monitors, but its the delivery that's the killer.

I just looked at the price and it says £179.99 with free delivery but 21ms response time.

Better for an extra tenner

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000788W50/qid=1117739796/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/202-1885852-6987828

12ms response time, and an ACER, which I believe is a good brand. I think it is worth the little bit extra.

What I would like to know is what is the refresh rate in old money, ie I know my current monitor runs at 85hz which is good, but does that matter with TFT monitors.