Is this monitor too good to be true? (Ebay decision time)

[ed12]

pbj my poke at u was to extract that exact answer
but I will add we do pay tax and we do have a shipping handler we pay a yearly fee to . to do the importing crap.
again as I run my own company I do from time to time get a sample product to test.
by no means is it illegal

ed

[BadMouth]

I find Amazon's deliveries on Sunday to be a little annoying.
I'm always like "Awe geeze, this wasn't important enough to run you out here on a Sunday" to the postman.
The last one was a 2017 calendar I'd pre-ordered a month ago.
Really, it could have waited.

[lilshawn]

One of the "freedoms" i'm enjoying living here in the US now: Fast and cheap shipping, plus deliveries on Saturdays.
No more sitting-on-the-fence with an item due to shipping charges and time it would take to ship to me in Canada. Now my disposable income can be truly FREEEEEEEE!

Other than that, cheap booze and gas is amazing. But the little snippets of racism I catch in conversations here and there sucks. It's sometimes like I've traveled back in time.

being able to walk into a walmart and buy liquor at 3am is awesome too.

canada post has been threatening to strike for months now...but my mail delivery (as well as delivery at work) is sporadic at best. might as well be on strike... seems like they deliver junk mail on one day...deliver lettermail on the next...maybe parcel deliveries if not...the next day... then take a day or two off. repeat. I'm tempted to mail myself something every day and see how it "piles" up and all gets delivered on 2 separate days.

the postal service at this point is not even worth using. and they have the nerve to ask for MORE money for services?

[pbj]

Yeah, not much racism in homogenous countries that have wiped out the natives.

[Le Chuck]

Mine arrived today.  Pretty nice, I'll hook it up this weekend and see how she looks. 

[Malenko]

Mine arrived today.  Pretty nice, I'll hook it up this weekend and see how she looks.

can you give me exact measurements?

[opt2not]

Yeah, not much racism in homogenous countries that have wiped out the natives.

Fortunately for First-Nations people, Canada gives them more than just gambling licenses.

[lilshawn]

Yeah, not much racism in homogenous countries that have wiped out the natives.

First-Nations people

we are calling them "indigenous" today. Calling them something else every time I turn around FFS.

[lilshawn]

Mine arrived today.  Pretty nice, I'll hook it up this weekend and see how she looks.

can you give me exact measurements?

http://www.planar.com/media/273473/mn-planar-lb2650w-020-0973-00b.pdf

couplea pagers in there bud with the millimeters. if'n you need inches just put the number in the old gargler...it'll tell ya.

[ed12]

ya that's them
they will look great in pga's and gt's

ed

[SlammedNiss]

you have anything to declare? yes, i picked up an ebay shipment from the store. okay, bring it in and we will have a look. easy as that. If the officer deems what you have will be resold (50 iphone cases all the same) you will likely get charged full duty... if it's obviously for personal use (2 iphone cases, keyboard, and monitor) , he will likely let you away without paying anything or just charging sales tax.

What happens if you just tell them 'no' when they ask if you have something to declare? Do they physically search your vehicles or just take you at your word.

[opt2not]

Yeah, not much racism in homogenous countries that have wiped out the natives.

First-Nations people

we are calling them "indigenous" today. Calling them something else every time I turn around FFS.

Not sure what area you're from, but out in BC the "indigenous" people I know even call themselves First-Nations. My cousin's girlfriend and mother of his child is of the Semiahmoo People, and they even call their political party Semiahmoo First Nations.

I have a couple buddies from the Squamish Nation (from the area around Whistler BC), and Haida Gwaii from Vancouver Island. Haida Gwaii's are awesome, they're the ones with the incredibly large beautiful totem poles they craft by hand. If you ever go to Vancouver BC, check out Granville Island (touristy, artsy area). You'll most likely get to see a group of Haida Gwaii people carving large peices of wood art for the tourists.

[ed12]

when asked at the border "what do u have to declare" if u say no ,  and they "think" u are not telling the truth
u get a full search..... simple sweet... if they find anything that u should have declared ? the fines start right there and then
and go up in price.  about that simple
>What happens if you just tell them 'no' when they ask if you have something to declare? Do they physically search your vehicles or just take you at your word. <

Mohawk here thank-you very much.
up here the proper term is "FIRST NATION PEOPLE"

ed

[Malenko]

http://www.planar.com/media/273473/mn-planar-lb2650w-020-0973-00b.pdf

couplea pagers in there bud with the millimeters. if'n you need inches just put the number in the old gargler...it'll tell ya.

Awesome, thanks. Now how easy are the brackets to remove?

[Le Chuck]

Mine only came with 3 brackets, rather than the five shown in lilshawn's link but it's right on the money.  Brackets looked bolt on to me, I'll confirm tonight. 

[Le Chuck]

I'll go ahead and fire it up and get some pics from different angles as well this evening

[pbj]

I'll go ahead and fire it up and get some pics from different angles as well this evening

Finally.  Damn.

[Guywiththegun]

Mine's still MIA despite still showing an estimated delivery of yesterday. Hopefully it shows up today.

[lilshawn]

up here the proper term is "FIRST NATION PEOPLE"

there was recently a big schmolze about missing/murdered first nations women in the media here and an inquiry was to be raised by the government regarding this investigation as to what happened to them and/or why they seemed to have given up on investigating their disappearance or murder...

the word of choice for these people by the media was "indigenous women." and/or "Aboriginal women" which I felt was kind of odd since we have basically settled on calling them "First Nations" for quite some time now.

Can't really call them "Indians" because they aren't from India...
Can't really call them "Native" because they may not be from around here...
Can't really call them "Metis" because they are not all from that band...
I personally think we can't really call them "First Nations" because maybe they weren't first...

Perhaps "Pre-european-settlers-people" I feel is more accurate.

What happens if you just tell them 'no' when they ask if you have something to declare? Do they physically search your vehicles or just take you at your word.

absolutely. If you left for a few minutes, came back and you have nothing to declare and didn't go down for anything...you'll get the fine tooth comb. they'll spend as much time as they feel necessary (hours) to pull the seats out of your car, pull up your carpet, look under your hood, dump out your glove box, pull speakers out of your speaker boxes, stick a borescope in your gas tank...literally leave the pile of your stuff and parts beside your car for you to put back together for wasting their time. Lord help you if you ever repaired a rusty door with a piece of sheet metal or replaced a fender and the panel's inside color doesn't match...if a borescope camera can't go in there, it's coming off.

they can be super ---Deutsche Frankfurters--- if they want to. Best bet is to just be honest and upfront with them all the time. Besides, if you go down all the time (they absolutely keep track of who you are and what you do when you go down...it's all in their computer there) anything out of the norm is cause for concern to them.

[vwalbridge]

This is a bazaar thread.

[opt2not]

up here the proper term is "FIRST NATION PEOPLE"

there was recently a big schmolze about missing/murdered first nations women in the media here and an inquiry was to be raised by the government regarding this investigation as to what happened to them and/or why they seemed to have given up on investigating their disappearance or murder...

the word of choice for these people by the media was "indigenous women." and/or "Aboriginal women" which I felt was kind of odd since we have basically settled on calling them "First Nations" for quite some time now.

Can't really call them "Indians" because they aren't from India...
Can't really call them "Native" because they may not be from around here...
Can't really call them "Metis" because they are not all from that band...
I personally think we can't really call them "First Nations" because maybe they weren't first...

I take it you don't know any First Nation people, or much about the history? The media is written by the white man, don't believe the hype.
Ask any First Nation person what term they'd prefer. bet you they say First Nation.
Until there is proof they weren't the First civilized Nation to occupy this land, i think its safe to call them that.

[ed12]

yes first nation (people) as a group
the reason for this is easy >for white people to understand<
there is simply to many tribes. so white man as they call us grouped the people into a single
category
ˈkadəˌɡôrē/
noun
noun: category; plural noun: categories

    1.
    a class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.

ed

[8BitMonk]

Ok, this has gone way OT. Kind of annoying when you have an alert setup to come back to the thread to see a post about the actual topic.

[lilshawn]

Ok, this has gone way OT. Kind of annoying when you have an alert setup to come back to the thread to see a post about the actual topic.

okay one more then i'm done. 

I take it you don't know any First Nation people, or much about the history? The media is written by the white man, don't believe the hype.
Ask any First Nation person what term they'd prefer. bet you they say First Nation.
Until there is proof they weren't the First civilized Nation to occupy this land, i think its safe to call them that.

Actually quite a few. Lots of them prefer to be called just straight "Indian" saying that the name "first nation" feels derogatory to them. (being that it is assigned to them by the government) While others prefer to be called "First Nation" or as far as "First Nation Indian" while still others prefer to be called by their band heritage (Blood Tribe, Metis, Enoch, Chipewyan, Atikameg, Cree) Indian.

It's hard to please everyone so we go with the most politically correct. (which happens to constantly change.)

[opt2not]

Ok, this has gone way OT. Kind of annoying when you have an alert setup to come back to the thread to see a post about the actual topic.

Ok sorry, I'll stop. This conversation has gone full retard anyways.  Carry on.

[Le Chuck]

I'll go ahead and fire it up and get some pics from different angles as well this evening

Finally.  Damn.

Worse than my wife you are.

Pics are attached.  Viewing angles are solid.  Turns out I did get all five brackets - which are attached by threaded post and nuts.  Posts are integrated into the frame so either chop them or leave them.  Mine does have some minor scratches, only one small line shows when on and only then on a static image.  Looked great displaying videos.  Colors are okay, there are menu settings but I didn't mess with them yet so might be able to make it a bit richer.  All in all, a solid purchase.  I'm happy, it's a damn good size, and it'll look great in a cocktail once I get around to building the cocktail for it. 

[yotsuya]

Wait, is it 4:3 or widescreen?

[lilshawn]

1920x1200 would be 16:10.

[Slippyblade]

Awesome choice of demo video.

[Le Chuck]

Wait, is it 4:3 or widescreen?

1920x1200 would be 16:10.

What he said.  I like 16:10, you can get away with fullscreen on 95% of stuff without it being noticeably stretched.  Its a nice bit of real-estate that I look forward to shmuping on. 

Awesome choice of demo video.

Just won an Emmy!

[ed12]

nice unit

ed

[Guywiththegun]

I couldn't be happier. Can't see any scratches (knock on wood) or dead pixels (double knock on wood) or anything like that. I did have a slight panic attack when I noticed icons and text was kind of skittish and blurry. It was almost nauseating to read anything. Then I went to display settings and saw that I was still in 1920x1080 

Changing it to 1920x1200 made everything crystal clear. Colors seem very bright. Games look amazing! The 22" was just ok with 19" 4:3 area, but a 23" 4:3 area and now I'm playing arcade games! Super psyched that I bit on this. If anyone's on the fence, I highly recommend.

Now to shut it down and take it all apart so I can finish the cab ::sigh::

[yotsuya]

1920x1200 would be 16:10.

In metric or Imperial measurements?

I don't know why I thought this was for a 4:3 monitor. But it's wide, so I'm out. Lates!

[yotsuya]

I couldn't be happier. Can't see any scratches (knock on wood) or dead pixels (double knock on wood) or anything like that. I did have a slight panic attack when I noticed icons and text was kind of skittish and blurry. It was almost nauseating to read anything. Then I went to display settings and saw that I was still in 1920x1080 

Changing it to 1920x1200 made everything crystal clear. Colors seem very bright. Games look amazing! The 22" was just ok with 19" 4:3 area, but a 23" 4:3 area and now I'm playing arcade games! Super psyched that I bit on this. If anyone's on the fence, I highly recommend.

Now to shut it down and take it all apart so I can finish the cab ::sigh::

See,  now THAT'S a review!

[Le Chuck]

1920x1200 would be 16:10.

In metric or Imperial measurements?

I don't know why I thought this was for a 4:3 monitor. But it's wide, so I'm out. Lates!

It's only "wide" if you stretch.  If you maintain original aspect its a 23" instead of a 26".  Not shabby at all, and given the form factor it's too easy to mask off the unused portion with your bezel.  Toss a SLG on and you've got yourself a pretty tasty little flatscreen option. 

[yotsuya]

1920x1200 would be 16:10.

In metric or Imperial measurements?

I don't know why I thought this was for a 4:3 monitor. But it's wide, so I'm out. Lates!

It's only "wide" if you stretch.  If you maintain original aspect its a 23" instead of a 26".  Not shabby at all, and given the form factor it's too easy to mask off the unused portion with your bezel.  Toss a SLG on and you've got yourself a pretty tasty little flatscreen option.

Yeah, sounds good.  Keep us updated.

[yotsuya]

Eek, double post. Buy a KADE!

[JDFan]

Eek, double post. Buy a KADE!

Are they still selling them ?? Been trying to get to the store for several days and nothing comes up - figured they might be having a hard time getting any stock since everywhere seems to be about out of the minimus'

Just checked the north america site again and get

" NOTICE: This domain name expired on 9/2/2016 and is pending renewal or deletion. "

[yotsuya]

Eek, double post. Buy a KADE!

Are they still selling them ?? Been trying to get to the store for several days and nothing comes up - figured they might be having a hard time getting any stock since everywhere seems to be about out of the minimus'

Just checked the north america site again and get

" NOTICE: This domain name expired on 9/2/2016 and is pending renewal or deletion. "

[yotsuya]

In all seriousness, what gives,  Scott?