Acer X243HQ 24" LCD Widescreen High Definition Monitor(23.6" viewable area) , 1920x1080 Resolution, 5ms, 40000:1, 300cd/m2, D-Sub, DVI, Black (ET.UX3WA.001)
Can pick up free of charge from AusTechnology, Georges Hall, NSW 2198.
Advertised for $279 on website.
If you can get a pricematch from Officeworks, it is 5% less at $265.
Additionally, you can also claim a $39 cashback from ACER (see: http://www.shopacer.com.au/ecprod/ACA/Projects/CashBack/Load…).
Final price of only $226.
price matching at the store is too much of a hassle.
call the phone order number - they have free same day delivery and the phone operator won't give too hoots about whether the competitor has stock or not.
Officeworks don't sell the X243HQ, but they sell the P244W. So price matching is a moot point if they dont sell it.
I'm pretty sure i saw the X243HQ at Officeworks Chadstone last week
I can vouch for this. Just checked at Five Dock UNSW for X243HQ and they didn't have it.. but they had the P244W. So maybe they don't have it in NSW Officeworks? =S
I also can't find any reviews about this monitor. All I can find is "X243WBD". Is that the same thing but a different name? Regional thing?
A good price either way :D
yeah thats cheap, but does anyone have any reviews on this?
It's a fairly low-end 24" incher. Realistic response time is 5-8ms, quite slow for larger LCD's, no built-in tuner unlike a lot of similar models.
I've had an Acer LCD before, never got used to it's drowned-out and muted colour schemes. I always prefer the Samsungs, they're the most vivid.
Funny you should say that because my mate has a Spider 3 colour calibration kit which we ran on my Acer P244W (24" 1080p). With the monitor set to all default settings, the calibration said not to change a thing. Pretty amazing actually.
And?
It all comes down to personal preference mate, not auto-optimisation. The Spyder Elite is a gimmicky toy, every decent LCD and Plasma these days comes with it's own auto-calibration and self-adjusting picture enhancement properties which perform exactly the same function that $300 thing does.
Nor do I need to spend $300 to find out if my head is at the right viewing height. I mean honestly…
Haha, 'mate', you think a colour calibration kit is a gimmick? And does the same as "auto" mode? Hmmm okay….
You do realise photo/graphic editing people use those colour calibration kits for colour accuracy? Oh yeah they fell for it too I see. Best stick to your Vivid mode.
All that thing does is measure ambient light levels and then display a series of test screens to which it adjusts your saturation/RGB/tint levels accordingly.
Virtually ever low-end flat panel these days comes with either it's own software calibration kit on a CD or firmware embedded test screens that perform virtually the same function.
If it was less than it's overinflated price I might not take such a harsh stance against it but you can't justify a $300 dollar cost for something as mundane as colour optimization.
If your screen out of the box displays colours wrongly/not enough saturation/limited depth, etc. than that says a lot about the quality of it.
AusTechnology don't seem to have this anymore?
I went in to Officeworks on Parramatta Road opposite University of Sydney on Wednesday. They had an Acer V243HQ.. this may seem like a stupid question, but it's not the same monitor as this one is it? I asked them if they could pricematch to AusTechnology, and prior to me asking, last I remembered was that the X243HQ from AusTechnology was still up on the site. He comes back and tells me AusTechnology only has one monitor up on their site, which was the Acer 19" one and adds "maybe they updated" - and there I was thinking.. as if they would take it off so quickly.. but I guess they really have eh?
Officeworks would likely reject that price match since there's no contact phone number to confirm stock (and if there was, they'd only honour it if you were in the same city).
But if you can pick it's a good price.