Where To Buy High Resolution Monitor (2560 X 1600)

[idiot farang]

Hoping someone can help me out here....

I'm in BKK and trying to find a high resolution 22" monitor (2560 x 1600) as per the title. I have been seemingly everywhere and cannot find better than 1920 x 1200. In fact, sales guys look at me like I'm crazy and tell me they don't think i'll find one in Thailand. I cannot imagine this to be true, though, after all my searching, it's starting to sound accurate. crazy, since 1920 is kinda low end stuff in the US and 2560 not hard to find. My monitors in the US are 2560, 2 years old Viewsonics and cost $220.

anyway, anyone know where I can buy one, please let me know.

thanks.

[negreanu]

27" Apple cinema display.

[phaethon]

When ANYONE in Panthip says "not available in Thailand" what they mean is "No one in Thailand is making fake versions yet"

See this thread

[idiot farang]

When ANYONE in Panthip says "not available in Thailand" what they mean is "No one in Thailand is making fake versions yet"

See this thread

Comments about 40,000 or 50,000 being 'good prices'.... I guess I need to start a business importing moderate to high quality monitors!! A 22" 2560x1600 is not exactly high end- in fact, in the US it is mid end. Only the cheap Ben-Q and the like are 1920. Like I said, $220 2 years ago and a quality brand name- Viewsonic. Brought one with in 2010, didn't have room this time- BIG MISTAKE!

So, I guess plan b is to price a matrox dual or triple head to go. If reasonable (unlikely!), I'd just get 2 of the 1920's. I planned to travel with the monitor (reason why only 22"- larger doesn't fit in suitcase)- but will have to get by with the lousy resolution. I need the resolution for charting for work, but will have to make do. Just cannot bring myself to pay 7x the price because i'm in Thailand.

[bkksw]

When ANYONE in Panthip says "not available in Thailand" what they mean is "No one in Thailand is making fake versions yet"

See this thread

Comments about 40,000 or 50,000 being 'good prices'.... I guess I need to start a business importing moderate to high quality monitors!! A 22" 2560x1600 is not exactly high end- in fact, in the US it is mid end. Only the cheap Ben-Q and the like are 1920. Like I said, $220 2 years ago and a quality brand name- Viewsonic. Brought one with in 2010, didn't have room this time- BIG MISTAKE!

So, I guess plan b is to price a matrox dual or triple head to go. If reasonable (unlikely!), I'd just get 2 of the 1920's. I planned to travel with the monitor (reason why only 22"- larger doesn't fit in suitcase)- but will have to get by with the lousy resolution. I need the resolution for charting for work, but will have to make do. Just cannot bring myself to pay 7x the price because i'm in Thailand.

Where have you seen a 22 inch 2560x1600 monitor anywhere? There are some specialty medical imaging monitors, but their price is usually way past that of PC monitors.

PC monitors until last year, has 2560x1600 starting at 30 inches and in the last year 2560x1440 is available in 27 inches. Almost all the $200 price range monitors are now that irritating 1920x1080 versions.

And no.. 1920x1200 monitors are 'not only' cheap Ben-Q.. in fact, now that the 1920x1080 monitors have taken the lower end market, only the better to high end monitors are 1920x1200.. like the Lacie, NEC, HP, and Eizo high end imaging monitors.. and these I believe start 1920x1200 at 24 inches. These brands carry this definition in the very high end, and HP and NEC have cheaper/consumer series as well. At 27 inches you can start to get the 2560x1440's in the NEC PA271a, Dell U2710, and just recently in the Eizo and LAcie.

17" laptop monitors have come in 1920x1200 for years.. Viewsonic's professional series 26.5 inch VP2655wb is 1920x1200, their VP2365wb is 1900x1080, and they only make 22 inch models in their lower graphic series with 1920x1080 (4 models)..

There are some medical instrument monitors out there with really high resolution, but they usually take special matching video cards and are often not color..

Are you maybe measuring the 22 inches as the vertical side of a monitor and not the more common diagonal measurement? Even that sounds strange as most 30 inch 2560x1600 monitors are 17.5-19 inches (without stand) on the vertical measurement.

A search on a panel databasereveals they've never listed a 2560x1600 22 inch model ever, though a few old models were made in 22 inch and 1920x1200's.. but are no longer available.

And 2560x1600 monitors require a dual-link capable card.. which most are these days, but weren't as common 3-4 years ago.

[devdrinker]

When ANYONE in Panthip says "not available in Thailand" what they mean is "No one in Thailand is making fake versions yet"

Maybe for latest beatbo headphones (or whatever they are called), USB sticks, and other accessories, but monitors???

[whybother]

Any sign of them in other Asian countries? It might be cheaper to fly to Hong Kong or Singapore and buy one.

[shriah]

I can't find any cheap new Montiors at 2560 x 1600 in Newegg which has the cheapest PC parts in US. Here is a link to all monitors with 2560 x 1600 , the cheapest monitor is $1,149.99 Newegg .

1920 x 1080 is the max resolution you get for a consumer PC and its price is cheap in Thailand link