The one monitor I was interested in, the 22 inch Envision, was only available at the store level.

Stopped at two Staples on the way home. Both only had display pieces available and they wouldn't knock any more off the price.

Compared to my 19 inch Dell, which is built like a tank, the Envision seemed somewhat flimsy and the damn thing had this metal "Works with Vista" badge plastered on it anyway!

So, any good deals on 22 inch monitors out there? The Envision was $189....

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Bryan
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MacBook Pro (Early 2008 model) 2.4 GHz, 4 GB ram, 200 GB hard drive/ Mac OS 10.9.1 and XP SP3
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Location: Cincinnati

its the old refrain...check out Dell.

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I have been satisfied with most of the Dell monitors I've purchased in the past 5 years. The input software does not always work properly, but I've managed to find a way to work with every Apple I've tried to connect them to.

And they include monitor cables with the purchase - cables absent from competitors.

Dell's design team for monitors seems to be able to design and execute well.

Best Dell you can afford. I have a 24" and a 17" TV(made by Philips).TV suffered from a bad power supply board problem solved by replacing capicators and resistors. I have extra parts if anyone on the forum needs them for a dead Dell 17"TV, free. Get the Ultra Sharp if it fits your wallet.

I was really surprised by how flimsy some of the lesser names were....

Okay, so right now, I have a 2 year old Dell 19 inch--not the widescreen one, but I guess you would just call it a square LCD 19 inch. Anyway, I love the monitor. The stand itself is just awesome--height and swivel adjustable....

So which monitor would you buy to go along with it?

--another non-widescreen 19 inch?
--a widescreen 19 inch
-a widescreen 22 inch

--can't afford any bigger. : )

Comments would be welcome.

Maybe Dell will have their coupons on their monitors tomorrow.... : )

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Bryan
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MacBook Pro (Early 2008 model) 2.4 GHz, 4 GB ram, 200 GB hard drive/ Mac OS 10.9.1 and XP SP3
iPhone 7 iOS 11
Location: Cincinnati

What are you using it for?

The low-end Dells are TN panels - so only thousands of colors. Same with most bargain LCDs. I recently bought a LCD with a TN panel but returned it as the colors just didn't work for me.

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. . . the Envision seemed somewhat flimsy and the damn thing had this metal "Works with Vista" badge plastered on it anyway!

The fact that there must be doubt on that point should bother Microsoft.

I have been very happy with the Soyo 24" which has been discounted to well under $300 (look around). I would not argue that the image and build quality is up to Dell's standards (and certainly not Apple's), but for what I paid for it, and what I need, it's been great.

I do FileMaker development, so real estate and clarity are important, but exact color depth and color fidelity are not.

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