Looking for a pivotable monitor

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I have a ATI All-in-Wonder 8500DV video card and I'm looking to buy an LCD
monitor that will pivot.

Can you make any suggestions for a suiatble monitor?

Thanks.
 
Austin Powers said:
I have a ATI All-in-Wonder 8500DV video card and I'm looking to buy an LCD
monitor that will pivot.

Can you make any suggestions for a suiatble monitor?

Thanks.
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If you're viewing mostly static images (like web pages, email, photos, etc),
then I highly recommend the Dell 1905FP which uses the same panel as the
Samsung 193P but at a lower cost. The image quality is excellent with good
contrast, black level, and a wide viewing angle. The stand is also highly
adjustable and pivot-able.

For 3D gaming however, especially first person shooters, look elsewhere as
the ghosting can be pretty bad with certain titles. Unfortunately it seems
that any monitor, with suitably fast response times for 3D games, lacks
almost every advantage of the 1905FP - they usually have narrow viewing
angles, low contrast, etc.
 
AP said:
I have a ATI All-in-Wonder 8500DV video card and I'm
looking to buy an LCD monitor that will pivot.
Can you make any suggestions for a suiatble monitor?
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If the budget can handle it, you might look at the hp L2335
(sku P9615A) "business" monitor. It's a wide-aspect
(1920x1200) 23-in LCD with pivot. The "consumer" version
of this, the f2304 (P9612A) does NOT pivot, by the way.

LCD prices are collapsing. When I was looking for a monitor
last July, the L2235 was at least $500 higher than it is now,
with an MSRP today of $1400 and a high street of $1200.
I ended up getting something else, so the info on hp's web
is about all I know about the L2235. The panel it uses is
reported to be the LG-Philips LM230W02.

Using a DVI connection, 1920x1200 is the maximum you can
get in a single-link hookup, and I suspect both the 8500DV
and the L2335 are single-link devices.
 
rjn said:
If the budget can handle it, you might look at the hp L2335
(sku P9615A) "business" monitor. It's a wide-aspect
(1920x1200) 23-in LCD with pivot. The "consumer" version
of this, the f2304 (P9612A) does NOT pivot, by the way.

LCD prices are collapsing. When I was looking for a monitor
last July, the L2235 was at least $500 higher than it is now,
with an MSRP today of $1400 and a high street of $1200.
I ended up getting something else, so the info on hp's web
is about all I know about the L2235. The panel it uses is
reported to be the LG-Philips LM230W02.

Using a DVI connection, 1920x1200 is the maximum you can
get in a single-link hookup, and I suspect both the 8500DV
and the L2335 are single-link devices.
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But in spite of "better prices", that monitor and it's "consumer sister"
are incredibly hard to find "in stock". Most everyone has it "back ordered".
It's not clear to me why the original poster wants to pivot with a TV
card...
Many other HP units, like the L1955 and L1755, pivot. But none of them
have built-in image rotators - must use S/W such as "Pivot".
 
Not said:
But in spite of "better prices", that monitor [the hp L2335]
and it's "consumer sister" [the f2304] are incredibly hard
to find "in stock". Most everyone has it "back ordered".
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I wonder why that is. Is volume so thin that stocking is
unstable? Or has actual market demand dramatically exceeded
the build plan?

Anyone who "has to have" one can, of course, order direct
from hp, but that's usually only attractive if they have a
generous rebate deal running (and I have no info on that).
But none of them have built-in image rotators - must use
S/W such as "Pivot".
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Excellent point. Generally, I'd think twice about getting
a pivot mon unless the graphics card vendor supplied the
rotate bits. It's not terribly surprising that monitor
vendors don't, given the bewildering variety of operating
systems, release and graphics card/drivers they need to
support.
 
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