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19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!

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Old 01-09-2006, 7:13 PM   #1
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19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Hanns-G 19" widescreen TFT monitor with VGA & DVI for £105 including delivery from Amazon.

Having bought one from Dabs last week for what then seemed like a bargain £137, I'm not best pleased.

Fill your boots!
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Old 01-09-2006, 11:40 PM   #2
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Great price - good reviews as well??
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Old 02-09-2006, 8:23 AM   #3
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
WOW....has anyone got one of these and is it any good ...no dead pix or anything dodgy ....seems sssooooo cheap
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Old 02-09-2006, 9:41 AM   #4
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
No complaints with mine.
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Old 02-09-2006, 10:37 AM   #5
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Not sure a 900 pixel vertical resolution would be ideal for computer apps.
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Old 02-09-2006, 10:40 AM   #6
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
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Not sure a 900 pixel vertical resolution would be ideal for computer apps.
Why? What is the "ideal" resolution for all computer apps?
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Old 02-09-2006, 10:53 AM   #7
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
In my experience I cannot work with anything less than 1024 vertical pixels. Perhaps its a personal thing!
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Old 02-09-2006, 11:08 AM   #8
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
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In my experience I cannot work with anything less than 1024 vertical pixels. Perhaps its a personal thing!
AFAIK, 900 is the max vertical resolution for a 19" WS panel. Certainly at the budget end.

I think as long as the graphics card supports the 1440 x 900 native res of the monitor, it will be fine. I haven't noticed any issues in the 10 days or so I've had mine.
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Old 02-09-2006, 11:20 AM   #9
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
It appears that the same unit is offered by Overclockers UK (more expensive) but the spec states:

OcUK Value Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver (MO-017-OK)
The OcUK Value HW191D has an industry leading ultra-fast 5ms response time making it perfect for blur-free video and gaming. With it's 700:1 contrast ratio and excellent viewing angle there is no other TFT/LCD that can match the quality, value or performance.

- 1440 x 900 (WXGA) Optimum Resolution
- 16.2 Million Colours
- 700:1 Contrast Ratio
- 5ms Response Time
- 300 cd/m2 Brightness
- One DVI-D Input
- One Analogue Input
- 3 Years Manufacturer On-Site Warranty (Call Manufacturer direct on )

Looks a very fine specc'd unit with a response time of 5ms and contrast 700:1
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Old 02-09-2006, 11:26 AM   #10
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Only thing the bear in mind is the inbuilt speakers. If you're expecting them to be so poor as to make their inclusion pointless, you won't be disappointed!
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Out of interest, can the unit be rotated through 90 degrees? I think you an get software that rotates the image for panels of such a persuasion!
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
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Out of interest, can the unit be rotated through 90 degrees? I think you an get software that rotates the image for panels of such a persuasion!
A lot of current graphics cards/chipsets support different screen orientations natively. As I discovered when I got a call from a friend whose Dell I had recently installed asking why the image was upside down! There were hotkeys enabled & her two year old managed to key the exact combination.

Anyway, back to your question, the mount doesn't swivel but there is a 100mm VESA mounting point if you wanted to do it permanently or search for a 3rd party stand (if such things exist?).
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Hi. If the screen was to be mounted on the wall via a VESA mount, can the stand be completely removed? The manual isn't very clear. I would hope that the circular base AND the connecting arm would be removable. Is this the case?

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Old 03-09-2006, 8:24 AM   #14
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Thanks Croc, good spot.
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Do you think this screen could be used as a TV without a PC ?

If so, what kind of box or unit would need ot be attached to it to receive tv ?
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
A Pro V would do the trick

there's one for sale in the classifieds

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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
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Hi. If the screen was to be mounted on the wall via a VESA mount, can the stand be completely removed? The manual isn't very clear. I would hope that the circular base AND the connecting arm would be removable. Is this the case?

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Yes.

There are a pair of screws either side of the pivot. Removing these allows the stand to be slid out of the housing.
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
the price has gone up to £144 odd now ....just missed out
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Old 04-09-2006, 9:05 PM   #19
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....just missed out
I'd have thought a Rams fan would be used to that?

Just keep Googling. This all started with Play offering them & prices have been up & down all over the place. Their current price is £129.99 delivered but it's been common for prices to change 3/4 times a day!
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I'd have thought a Rams fan would be used to that?

none taken
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Old 06-09-2006, 9:38 AM   #21
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Mine arrived yesterday.

First impressions are pretty good, although the stand is made from plastic and looks flimsy (I nearly broke it). I probably will be using a VESA mount so that shouldn't bother me. No dead pixels, and I demoed it with with HD feed and it looked pretty impressive, although there I did notice some ghosting and some colours seemed a little off. I've seen much better, but I've seen worse for more than this price.

One word of caution, buy a DVI cable. I tested it with a VGA and DVI, and there was a noticable difference.

But all in all a pretty decent monitor. I compared it to my £270 20" Samsung 205BW, and although the samsung was much better, the difference was much less than £160...

Thanks OP!
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
Got mine this morning. Only connected it to my laptop to test and I'm impressed. As mentioned the base is pretty flimsy but the picture seems as good as any other budget LCD.
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Old 07-09-2006, 2:37 PM   #23
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Damn, missed it, its now not available!
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
£130 at Savastore. Man I'm tempted for the 360.....
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Re: 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor - £105 Delivered!
why not just go to pc world and get the HP 19" widescreen monitor for £150.00, was watching hi-def film trailers this aft on mine, awesome.

There is sometimes too much emphasis on the lowest price, how do duracell sell any batteries if this was the case!!
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