Thanks mate. That's very helpful. Btw, were you at home when the guys from Dell sent your LCD? Is it ok if someone else receive it? I won't be at home at daytime. I seldom order stuffs online so I'm not quite sure of how this sort of thing goes.

Wanna tahu ya.....

Is 1280 x 800 sufficient for a 15.4" Laptop lcd or better with 1440 x 900?

If 1440x900 is too small....have squint eh?


Thanx

Ya, I'm at home cause having holiday now. And according to akachester bro, seem like other may receive for you.

I see. Is there any chance that Dell will call us 1-2 days to confirm the time/date of delivery? Wish that I'll be at home so I can scrutinize everything on the spot if there's any DP, defects etc.

The dispatch will call you one day in advance. But it is not possible to scrutinize on the spot, the dispatch people is not going to stand there waiting for you to check, they deliver, you receive, they go, end of story. If you are not satisfy with the unit, call DELL again and they will arrange for a replacement.

I see. TQ kianwee.

is waiting for PC fair to buy monitor or buy now? especially the 22" wide which is 849 now? please advice.

You're most welcome.

I think there will not be a significant drop during the fair, considering it is already so cheap now. The fair is still 3 weeks ++ away, if I were you, I would get it now.

even 24" dell has come to historically low at rm1899....

i would rather wait for merdeka month n hope there will another round of price slash!

Yes, you get the point right there. If you are not at home, you can always ask other people to receive it on behalf of you. All he need to do is sign an agreement letter and they will give you the LCD.

Another customer satisfied by the Dell's after sales service. They also receive very high marks from me for their customer service. Almost instant reaction to any problem, mannerful, and very friendly in the first place. Very good warranty policy as well.. Might not be the best LCD around but the service really make up for everything..

Well, mine for one, they allow me to check but its a matter of checking the external of the hardwares. In term of the function itself, you will need to do that on your own and they will not wait for you to do so. If you found out any problem, just email Dell and they will solve the problem for you asap. Their customer service gets a thumbs up from me..

For me, i say go for it now.RM849 is even cheaper than during the promotion time. I rather save RM50 than get a webcam as freebie. Good deal indeed.

This post has been edited by akachester: Jul 12 2007, 06:15 PM

E228WFP RM849 is really worth the price since it is so cheap...
but i wonder if dell has enough stock to supply...
i just scare i need to wait long time for the monitor...

Got rumuor saying that the type of panel for samung LCD monitor is no longer printed at the tag of the monitor. Can anyone verify this?
If it is true,how is the quality of the unknown panel of LCD monitor?I am going to get a 206BW soon, i just afraid i get the bad panel... pls help thanks in advance

eh.. we really can cheat to Dell by exaggerating the no of dead pixels to claim RMA?

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Added on July 12, 2007, 6:46 pmmostly they are using taiwan chimei panel now
u ll not see any difference without take in 2 different models and compare side by side.
anyway, all TN panels have almost the same specs, its good enough for normal use.

This post has been edited by dattebayo: Jul 12 2007, 06:46 PM

Well, on my 228WFP, it does not state the panel of the monitor. And i heard people stating that Dell is going panel lottery as well. Not sure though..

Yes, i am kinda sure you can do that even though i did not try that before. The main reason is because i got an exchange for my LCD when i made a report without them ever checking the LCD itself..

panel lottery has been a trends for major LCD makers, because most panel makers will only mass produce on a particular size of panels. Samsung has to minimize cost by buying TN panels from others, while they can focus on making more expensive S-PVA in bigger sizes.

Dell do not make panel themselves, thus they have even more flexibilities to choose from wide range of panels. And they never state that which panel is used in which model, nor do they guarantee buyers will get which panel. Which makes many LCD makers can freely choose any panels and we all can't sue them.

Yeah, i know that. Actually, i don't mind that if i get the Chimei panel because it is good enough for me. I just afraid that i get the A panel which is dominant in blue.... Is A panel still available in the market?

This post has been edited by weikai_ng: Jul 12 2007, 07:58 PM

guys...i done hunting for 226BW, Viewnet offered RM1199, but they dont have stocks, and they also have no idea when is the new stock will arrive..
and i dun think the price for 226BW will drop below RM1100 during a PC Fair..
so any advice? since Dell got a tempting promotion, should i go for Dell instead?

try thundermatch, they said its rm1150

really? thats a good price indeed
i cant find the latest pricelist since they havent upload it yet at hardwarezone..
so they got stock?

i m using 1280*800 for my 15 widescreen and i found it it is enough for me. And dun put it too high if u dun have an high end graphic card for ur system. U may cause some application to crash