$139 Delivered, Normal price $189
I was looking for a new monitor and saw this from Dell online store.
Compare to Samsung 22A300 21.5 inch , I think this one is better.
It will be $129 after MBC or $132 with Buckscoop cashback
what is MBC ?
moneybackco
I got mine about 5 months ago for $149 delivered and thought it was good value for a 23" with HDMI input. Handy when I want to play my Xbox 360 in 1080p resolution and the TV in the lounge is occupied. Picture quality is not ideal for movies/games (via HDMI) but I think it's fine for an everyday monitor (via VGA/DVI). Other negatives would be the glossy frame, no VESA mount and no speakers (has a 3.5 audio jack output though).
Good price. Have my PS3 hooked up to this via HDMI, so I just switch inputs DVI > HDMI to watch Blu-Rays. That said, a pet peeve is that these monitors use touch-sensitive buttons, and are almost invisible in the black frame, so you'll be fumbling around a lot to change settings, inputs etc.
Good price, but this screen is rubbish. I bought 2 last time they were on sale, and have sold them both already and got 24" IPS Ultrasharps instead.
Bad points:
*Image quality is rubbish, colours are very inaccurate (even after lots of calibration you can't get anywhere near accurate colours out of it)
*Viewing angles are terrible and make the inaccurate colours even worse
*Backlight isn't very even
*Glossy bezel is very reflective and distracting
*Touch-sensitive buttons are annoying and sometimes stop responding (have to pull out the power plug to reset them). Also, the buttons aren't backlit/tactile so it's pretty hard to find the right button in anything but bright ambient light.
*No VESA mount and no height adjustable stand.
Good points:
*Price
It's okay if you're just looking for a cheap monitor to do office work on, not much good for anything else, especially multimedia related. IMO it's better to spend a bit more and get the Dell U2311HM IPS monitor when it goes on sale again.
What do you mean by bad colour quality? Is it still better than other monitors in this price range? ie Asus/Acer 23/24" LED Monitors.
Can't comment on other monitors in the price range as I haven't used them before, but with this Dell the colours are really badly washed out/bleached looking.
See this: http://www.pcmonitors.org/monitor-reviews/dell-st2320l for a good, detailed review of the monitor. For people too lazy to click and read through, here's some lines from the conclusion section:
The ST2320L has a huge problem with excessively high gamma. This creates a ‘bleached’ image that leads to overpowering whites and lacklustre colours that are particularly ominous in the game titles we tested.
Whilst it is possible to reduce the gamma using in-game settings and on the desktop using custom ICC profiles (i.e. calibration) this actually leads to a dull looking image with unacceptably low luminance (indistinct colours), poor contrast and still elements of bleaching.
…based on what we have tested we cannot recommend the ST2320L.
Like I said, better to spend a bit more and get a quality Dell Ultrasharp when they're on sale - it's a much better value investment considering people don't change monitors very frequently.
These are good monitors for the price and for office use, I have 14 of these in my business and they do a good job, but you will notice the difference next to a high end monitor. Wish I'd gotten them for this price!
I have the Acer 23 inch monitor at work and if this Dell is anything like that (and sounds like it is) then avoid it. The viewing angle is so bad i have to dip my head to see some things at the bottom of the monitor. In the app I use there are some parts where the highlighting is gray and you can't see the difference between white unless you dip your head. And I'm not a fussy customer when it comes to monitors, I just use business apps
Have couple of this monitors in office, not very good image quality.