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Thank you to all the early adopters which will make this $500 in a few years so I can buy one.



I bought a Dell 30" for $2.6k NZD in 2006. In 2013 the same Dell 30" costs $2,239 NZD right now on their store.

The monitor still works, and still looks great. It must be the best tech purchase I ever made. I actually bought a second one earlier this year.


Yeah I am on a $600 27 inch U2713HM I got when it came out a year ago.

Took me a long time to accept the steep price but it has been worth it for my eyes.

$2600 nzd = $2200 usd, now that much I couldn't afford/justify.

I think the old Dell 30 inch has a harsh anti-glare coat that makes it sparkle? They finally solved that with the U2713HM which has a much lighter coat.


The exchange rate between nz and us dollars shifted dramatically in the 2006/2008 timeframe, I suspect in US dollar terms he spent rather less than that, probably closer to $1800 USD.


I've a Dell 2000FP that's still getting 8+ hours of serious use a day, even as it's coming up on its 11th birthday in a few more months. (And still looking pretty great compared to a current gen budget monitor.)

There has been so little movement in mid-quality LCD systems, it's nice to see some change. (Even if the 24" is ... profoundly uninteresting to me at 1080p)

Edit: Not that this changes the original point, just that, as an early adopter, I've been burned a lot less by monitors than by ... everything else.


Hehe, Norwegian here - I bought the same monitor you did, and have made the same thoughts about it.




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