Chimei 221D
Friday August 11, 2006
Price at time of review.
Looks cheap but performs very well. At this price it’s a steal.
| Price |
599 |
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| Viewable screen size |
22in |
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| Native resolution |
1680 x 1050 |
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| Refresh Rate/Response Time |
5ms |
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| DVI-D HDCP |
Yes |
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| VGA |
Yes |
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| Brightness |
350cd/m2 |
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| Contrast ratio |
700:1 |
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| Warranty |
3yrs RTB |
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| Pixel fault tolerance |
30-day pixel defect free guarantee, 3 bright, 3 dark or 5 combined thereafter |
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| Weight |
4.5kg |
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| Manufacturer |
http://www.chimei.com.tw/ |
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| Supplier |
Protac |
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chimei22
Aug 13, 2008 12:16 PM
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Using it as desktop monitor connected to Lenovo laptop. Good for standard office work, however, I cannot figure out how to get it to display video from DVDs.
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Chimei 221D?
Looks cheap but performs very well. At this price it’s a steal.
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warrawee
Nov 28, 2008 11:07 AM
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Well i just purchased one last week for the princely sum of $275. They have really come down in price and it still came with a 3 year guarantee.
my previous monitor was only 15" so going to 22" was a huge jump. It really makes it easy to surf the web and no need for my reading glasses. The brightness i have turned down to 7/100 and at that setting it is very adequate for me. I can sit in front of it for a couple of hours at a time without eye strain.
have tried videos and games with no screen problems.
will recommend this monitor to anyone 10/10
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SirSquidness
Nov 30, 2008 6:07 PM
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chimei22 wrote:Using it as desktop monitor connected to Lenovo laptop. Good for standard office work, however, I cannot figure out how to get it to display video from DVDs.
Changing it the screen to output only on the external monitor (Generally hold down the Fn key and F5 at the same time. have a look at the symbols on the F* keys, one will have a picture of a PC screen and an external one. Press Fn and that one to switch around).
I find this monitor to look quite cheap and crappy. The image quality also looks rather cheap when compared to similarly priced screens. I don't have one in front of my at teh moment (I use two ViewSonic vx2235wm-5's), but I have compared them in the past at LANs where there's a wide variety of screens on display, and they did particularly stand out as on the low end.
Perfect for office work and casual games, etc. But if you care about image quality, not the choice to go for.
Also worth mentioning that article is 2 years old. |