[GTALUG] [TLUG]: monitor, dell

Digimer lists at alteeve.ca
Wed Nov 19 21:40:59 UTC 2014


On 19/11/14 04:22 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 03:51:26PM -0500, Kevin Cozens wrote:
>> The description on the website does indicate it is 24". If it said
>> 27" before they have corrected the listing.
>
> It clearly said 2560x1440 Dell U2713HM.
>
> And looking at the URL:
> http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/dell-27-2560-x-1440-led-ips-monitor/6000189477880
>
> Seems pretty clear that it is a Dell, 27", 2560x1440, LED backlight,
> IPS panel, monitor.  Not sure how else one could read that.
>
> And the current description says:
>
>    2560x1440 WQHD resolution: Over 3.6 million pixels provide amazing
>    clarity on a spacious 27" LED-backlit display.
>    Accurate color right out of the box: Carefully color calibrated at
>    the factory, the U2713HM monitor features more than 99-percent sRGB
>    color space for impressive color from the moment you set it up.
>
> And then the right side says 24", which contradicts the main description.
>
> So the resolution does not exist in a 24" that is listed, the model
> listed is a 27", they just changed 27 to 24 in a few places, but it is
> still all wrong.
>
>> If you ordered one, kept it, and have put it in to use, what are
>> your impressions of it?
>

It is now listing 24", but it wasn't earlier. In any case, it's _still_ 
listing 1560 x 1440, but the one they're shipping is 1920 x 1080. It's 
not even close to the one originally advertised.

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