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To: UpNDown who wrote (195257)	4/27/2006 9:42:54 AM
From: Not a Short	Respond to of 275872

Not sure if you mean me or eetnoyer. The LCD I was mentioning is a Viewsonic part. It is almost identical to a slightly cheaper Acer model AL1916W but the Acer says 55w typical instead of 30w typical and seems to lack DVI input. I figure the power savings and other features make it worth the small price increase to get the Viewsonic. Newegg and Chiefvalue both have it within a few cents of $270 according to PW but when you get to the site Newegg is charging an extra $5. castle.pricewatch.com chiefvalue.com newegg.com

To: UpNDown who wrote (195257)	4/27/2006 10:44:45 PM
From: eetnoyer	Respond to of 275872

OT It is an AG Neovo F-419 currently at newegg for $261. If I were in the market today, I would probably stick to 1280 x 1024 since the currently available wide screens lose a bit of real-estate and the most reasonably priced models only have analog connectors. There is a pretty cheap Sceptre 19" widescreen with DVI, but I've heard too many bad things of the brand. Among the regular aspect ratio 19" LCDs, right now I'd have to give serious consideration to the Tyris model at newegg for $189 (not a familiar brand, but 5 stars with a pretty good number of ratings) or the Rosewill R912E for $212 (again 5 star with a lot of ratings. All prices are after rebate plus shipping. By the way, I know that neweggs ratings are biased high due to culling the most negative reviews, but that's why for certain things (especially monitors) I will only consider models with 5 stars and plenty of ratings. Though I am pleased with my purchase of the monitor, I am by no means loyal to the brand. The primary driver for the purchase was best value for high performance. The first hour or so of use, to be quite honest, sucked until I found the settings that made everything (don't even remember what I changed anymore). But, I knew that was going to happen from reading the reviews. My apologies to the board for the off-topic discussion, but I don't have the ability to PM. Eric P.S. If it helps, I still have all of my shares, which I intend to keep at least until I hear clarification on 65nm progress and K8L in June. If it starts to sound a little too much like Athlon XP, I'll bail out of that, otherwise I'll continue to hold. I'm currently out of all options positions, but had made a very nice return up until march, and have a goodly bit of cash in reserve. I don't have the time to do a lot of investment research, so I tend to stay focused on a very few things and trade what I know. If things look decent going forward, I'll probably pick up some January calls around July/August for the fall runup. It worked very well last year....just ask the taxman.