I was really proud of that big old Samsung 305T. All I wanted was 3 years payback. Unfortunately, all I got was 18 months.
Good news is I’m not doing much drafting anymore. Bad news is, I’m not doing much anymore. :)
It’s taking way too long to get a refund, which is necessitated by the fact that Samsung has no inventory to exchange, and the system failed to notify me in time. Now, I’m waiting to ship mine back, and hoping to see a refund check sometime in the next 30 days.
Long and short of it? 30″ monitors are not very common, so maybe your money is better spent on dual 24″ monitors. I notice Dell doesn’t have any 30″ monitors in the outlet (although I keep watching – you never know…).
Obviously, it’s easier to replace a 24″ monitor that dies. Besides that, there were a few other drawbacks:
(I never checked any competitive monitors)
- there’s only one input
- the dual-link DVI connection is almost impossible to KVM
- a single link DVI will only display at 1280×800, so there’s no point in trying to use it with your portable.
Still, I’m going to miss that monster.
Moving on…