Ok well, I posted a topic yesterday or so asking for opinions about the 20' Acer Ferrari LCD monitor:
http://stores.tomshardware.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=15621794
and Also asked about the x1900xtx. Well I ended up ordering both, the xtx from new egg, which went through well. But I started off ordering the Monitor through "Securemart.com" which was listed in Tomshardware as the lowest costing one out there. For some reason, the site would not take my credit card saying it was invalid (which I figured out later was a precaution of the credit card company, which I guess was being cautious with big internet purchases or something..).
So I went to the next cheapest site "Provantage.com" and ordered it there. It went through there, so I thought everything was all good.
So today I am looking at more information about this monitor, and I read something someone mentions on a review that they only sell the monitor with the TV input in Europe, and they sell the other version without it in the U.S. I am like CRAP, I want that T.V. Input, so I went to the site and read through the stats of the place that I had ordered it.
Now keep in mind, I learned all my information about this monitor from a few reviews, mainly the one from tomshardware and another one on the net. Both had talked about the TV input as being part of the monitor.
So I went back to Provantage.com and read through the stuff. NO TV INPUT IS MENTIONED. Crap. So I go searching through a few of the other sites that were provided by tomshardware.. and I came across Buy.com, which listed it as having the TV input! This monitor was 50 dollars more, which I only thought was just because of different companies selling it. A lot of the sites didn't list it as having a TV input, and Buy.com is the only one I have found listing it as part of it. (Now I'm confused, becuase I heard that this monitor only comes with TV input in Europe..?)
So NOW I want to cancel my order, which seems to be impossible at this stage. I emailed them, but haven't gotten any notice. But get this, when I log into my email I see that I have 3 confirmation emails telling me..
1. Thanks for Ordering from Newegg! (cool!)
2. Thanks for Ordering from Provantage (crap why did I do that)
3. Thanks for Ordering from Secure Mart (WTF?)
My mom called the credit card company yesterday, they told us that the order had not worked I guess, so we shrugged it off. Now suddenly I have two orders coming.
I dont want either order, and I want to order from Buy.com.
All this drama with the monitor has made me think about ordering a different monitor, because for some reason all you guys keep telling me that the monitor "isn't good". I honestly don't know WHY you keep telling me this, all the specs seem to be good.
So I am looking for a monitor in the price range of about 400-500. LCD, maybe widescreen, hoping for a native resolution of 1600x1200 (or the widescreen 1680 x 1080).
Also if any of you guys have any suggestions to get me out of this pickle, please, by all means, tell me.
Lastly, I want to know, does the monitor I was trying to buy support HD? Like could I plug in my xbox 360 into it and play it in HD? If it didnt, I would realize I am making even more of a mistake. Maybe you guys could point me into the direction of a monitor that did support HD.
PHEW. Could somone please help out, I am so confused!
http://stores.tomshardware.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=15621794
and Also asked about the x1900xtx. Well I ended up ordering both, the xtx from new egg, which went through well. But I started off ordering the Monitor through "Securemart.com" which was listed in Tomshardware as the lowest costing one out there. For some reason, the site would not take my credit card saying it was invalid (which I figured out later was a precaution of the credit card company, which I guess was being cautious with big internet purchases or something..).
So I went to the next cheapest site "Provantage.com" and ordered it there. It went through there, so I thought everything was all good.
So today I am looking at more information about this monitor, and I read something someone mentions on a review that they only sell the monitor with the TV input in Europe, and they sell the other version without it in the U.S. I am like CRAP, I want that T.V. Input, so I went to the site and read through the stats of the place that I had ordered it.
Now keep in mind, I learned all my information about this monitor from a few reviews, mainly the one from tomshardware and another one on the net. Both had talked about the TV input as being part of the monitor.
So I went back to Provantage.com and read through the stuff. NO TV INPUT IS MENTIONED. Crap. So I go searching through a few of the other sites that were provided by tomshardware.. and I came across Buy.com, which listed it as having the TV input! This monitor was 50 dollars more, which I only thought was just because of different companies selling it. A lot of the sites didn't list it as having a TV input, and Buy.com is the only one I have found listing it as part of it. (Now I'm confused, becuase I heard that this monitor only comes with TV input in Europe..?)
So NOW I want to cancel my order, which seems to be impossible at this stage. I emailed them, but haven't gotten any notice. But get this, when I log into my email I see that I have 3 confirmation emails telling me..
1. Thanks for Ordering from Newegg! (cool!)
2. Thanks for Ordering from Provantage (crap why did I do that)
3. Thanks for Ordering from Secure Mart (WTF?)
My mom called the credit card company yesterday, they told us that the order had not worked I guess, so we shrugged it off. Now suddenly I have two orders coming.
I dont want either order, and I want to order from Buy.com.
All this drama with the monitor has made me think about ordering a different monitor, because for some reason all you guys keep telling me that the monitor "isn't good". I honestly don't know WHY you keep telling me this, all the specs seem to be good.
So I am looking for a monitor in the price range of about 400-500. LCD, maybe widescreen, hoping for a native resolution of 1600x1200 (or the widescreen 1680 x 1080).
Also if any of you guys have any suggestions to get me out of this pickle, please, by all means, tell me.
Lastly, I want to know, does the monitor I was trying to buy support HD? Like could I plug in my xbox 360 into it and play it in HD? If it didnt, I would realize I am making even more of a mistake. Maybe you guys could point me into the direction of a monitor that did support HD.
PHEW. Could somone please help out, I am so confused!