Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone buy?

Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by sehr on Thursday March 27, 2014 @12:42AM (#7478651)

Any recommendations monitor-wise?

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by WiseWeasel on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:13AM (#7478740)

Just bought this HP 27" 2560x1440 IPS LED one for $450, and it's changed my life! It has much higher contrast than my last monitor, as well as every other monitor I've seen. Note they also have it used for $350.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/828572-REG/HP_Hewlett_...

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by borplk on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:29AM (#7478786)

With that resolution have you had any problems with text being too small and with adjusting DPI settings?

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by WiseWeasel on Thursday March 27, 2014 @09:44AM (#7480292)

Yes, I hooked it up to my Win7 gaming rig, and had to turn interface scaling to 125% and zoom in on most web pages. It works well, and font rendering is drastically improved.

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 27, 2014 @12:46AM (#7478659)

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&c...

Yes, I know, not $100. Sorry for breaking the rules. I don't know any "good" $100 monitors.

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by erikig on Thursday March 27, 2014 @12:51AM (#7478673)

I know it is a break from the $100 budget but a 4k (3840x2160) monitor is almost a necessity for me right now. I have two Seiki 39" each of which has replaced four 21" monitors.

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:03AM (#7478710)

Thoughts on the 50 inch version as a monitor?

http://www.amazon.com/Seiki-Digital-SE39UY04-39-Inch-Ultra/d...

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by cookrn on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:16AM (#7478751)

http://tiamat.tsotech.com/4k-is-for-programmers

That author has some interesting thoughts on 4k in general as well as the Seiki brand.

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by erikig on Thursday March 27, 2014 @10:04AM (#7480431)

If you like larger copy on your workstations 50" may work really well it equates to roughly four 25" monitors in a two by two setup.

I found the 50" version a little too large for my purposes I have my monitor wall mounted about 3ft in front of my face and 50" would create the Wimbledon effect.

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by phinnaeus on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:03AM (#7478709)

I just bought Dell's UP2414Q, a 24" UHD display. Never going back.

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Re:Ask HN: What under $100 item would you recommend everyone... by markbot on Thursday March 27, 2014 @11:33AM (#7480991)

This is the one (or two, if you have the desk space).

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