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Came across this offer again this morning. On sale again until 22/11/2012.
Dell™ 30" UltraSharp™ Full HD Monitor (U3011) 30% off, $1189 Was $1699 - on Sale to 22/11/2012
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yea, I could buy a return trip to London for this price…, totally Bonkers !
Ye I know it's a common deal, but this goes for quite a while, better than the last 48 hour sale.
As other posters have said, probably a good deal 12 months ago, but now with the U3013 around the corner, probably not so much.
They seem to have this deal every couple of weeks. Looks like they are getting rid of old stock before the U3013 comes out next March.
They've had this deal forever, don't think it's a sign of a new model. I have high hopes for a new one without the disgusting coating
What disgusting coating?
Personally, I think (or rather hope), that we are on the verge of a display revolution. The pc world has been stuck in a 1920x1200 resolution (and in the case of the Dell 30" - the 2560x1600 resolution) - for what, more than a decade?.
However, two forces are bucking this trend. One from the tablet/phone direction - as small devices with increasingly unbelievable resolutions are coming out.
The other from the ultra-large direction - as 80+ inch 4K TVs are now on the market.Therefore, the likelihood of being able to obtain a display with quadruple this full hd resolution (basically, a 4K display), is getting increasingly high. But my guess is, it's still 3+ years away :-( After all, the TV industry just got through flogging the full hd display as the next best thing. It might be a while before they can gather enough ammo to get a mass-scale 4K display past consumer defences).
Since, in my case, the lifetime for my monitors is 5+ years, I'm going to wait for the 4Ks.
Ok, that's enough of being Nostradamus for the day ;-)
That was heaps informative, raziel.
Would love to get one for myself, but still too pricey :(
3 things in life are certain:
- Death
- Taxes
- A fornightly deal on Dell 30" monitors
I have a Dell 24' Ultrasharp. Nice monitor but now it has a think pink vertical line down the screen that really annoys me. Wish I could justify paying over a grand for this baby…
It it out of warranty? When my U2408 got a blue line down the screen, Dell sent me a brand new U2410 to replace it a few days later. Love it and still going strong years later.
If it was on special for $999 or below I'd jump at it. But it's just not worth it when I know I'd want to buy two of them to upgrade from my dual U2711's ;)
If it was LED I'd probably also jump on it.
I'm not considering the U2713HM at present, waiting for it to go back on sale.
A trampoline would be cheaper?
Oh man, I just logged in to vote your comment up.
How's does an Apple Cinema Display or Apple Thunderbolt Display compare to this?
The discontinued 30" Cinema Display was about equivalent (to the very similar 3008), both using LG Panels
The Thunderbolt display is smaller, 16:9 (less desirable for workflow imo) and glossy VS a very harsh antiglare (neither are perfect). Less ports, but makes a good dock for a macbook I guess. At this price I'd take the dell
thanks for the info!
Is there a good chance monitors will be part of clickfrenzy?
I'd say there's a good chance of the servers melting, beyond that who knows?
In before the typical "Oh my gawd, why would I buy this when I can get a 50inch tv for the same price!" herp derp comment
Good deal I guess but same as dells previous deals as usual:
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/83481
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/80108