** I'LL MAKE YOUR XMAS MONITOR DREAMS COME TRUE!!! **
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We need more entries for me to judge.
A solid effort
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how do you know if it still works? it's 13 years old. i couldn't even use it for cctv purposes. it's literally junk.
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One man's junk is another mans treasure!
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LOL 
You say that, but I see people fighting over CRT monitors because they've jumped onto the "retro gaming" craze. If only I'd saved that old kit, I'd be a millionaire..
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You say that, but I see people fighting over CRT monitors because they've jumped onto the "retro gaming" craze. If only I'd saved that old kit, I'd be a millionaire..
That's because they are using old equipment when there are new options available.
You can play all those games off a raspberry pi which supports dual 4k monitors.
So you have some people who refuse to move with the times.
All you need to do is check gumtree people are giving them away
Not the classic one's the retro fans want - like certain original Commodore units or the better Microvitec units. They can command £100-£200+. Insane, but there you go.
With respect, I just can't see anyone buying a B grade monitor like some of the ones you have listed where the prices are more than a couple of hundred pounds, let alone ones over £2000 !
The state of the panel market today with poor QC generally, is a huge risk with only 3 months warranty. The prices would have to be much more aggressive for most people to take the risk surely?
The state of the panel market today with poor QC generally, is a huge risk with only 3 months warranty. The prices would have to be much more aggressive for most people to take the risk surely?
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Yeah I looked at one of them and new it was only £30 more. So do I buy used with 3 months warranty or pay £30 for 2 year warranty?
No brainer
@NikTheSHNIK - What can you do me on this one buddy?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...tum-dot-widescreen-led-monitor-bg-21i-sa.html
I don't even want a new monitor but I'm liking the look of that
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...tum-dot-widescreen-led-monitor-bg-21i-sa.html
I don't even want a new monitor but I'm liking the look of that
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you should check out HUKD - practically the same monitor for half the price is available new
I can see the exact one new for £499 not seeing much else unless im blind. Got a model for the one your talking about?
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60hz crap though, but a good deal.
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You aren't going to be doing competitive gaming on such a screen. It's more for single player and work
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Yup, still v good value.
You see I was thinking that I would just prefer the one in here but then I had a proper look around before spending 550 on a whim and found this exact monitor at £449.98 at a yorkshire based ocuk competitor. I'm now thinking I might just buy that or not buy a new monitor at all yet. I currently have a 4k 28" panel coming from 3x 1080p panels so was thinking I would run both this screen and my 4k panel as I miss the flexibility of more than one screen. Id have to keep the flat 28" panel as I can't imagine a curved screen being any good at all for any image work, so this would in fact be a more gaming focused screen than what I currently have. For this to be even attractive though it needs to be 10% cheaper than the one at £449 so basically £400 or there abouts. Something tells me ocuk wouldn't want to go there given what their likely buy price was.