Get a 22-inch LCD monitor for $119.95 shipped

A 22-inch LCD for $119.95? With no rebates? Sign me up.

(Credit: Vison)

The monitor deals are coming fast and furious these days. Witness PC Connection's latest: a 21.6-inch Vison V221WD LCD for $119.95 shipped. (You may have to pony up sales tax.) These are new units, not refurbs, and you don't have to mess around with rebates. Woo!

Granted, that's 10 bucks higher than the 21.6-incher from a couple months ago, but that sucker required two rebates. Here you're getting out the door on the cheap.

I'm not familiar with the Vison brand, but, hey, most of these LCDs come from the same handful of factories. Like other models in this category (read: budget), the V221WD features a native resolution of 1,680x1,050, a 5ms response time, and DVI and VGA inputs. The warranty covers parts and labor for one year.

In other words, it's a pretty basic wide-screen LCD that's perfect for anyone looking to expand his or her screen estate. Pair it with your existing monitor or use it as an external display for your notebook/Netbook.

Now for the question of the day: How long will it be until we see a 22-inch LCD dip below $100? Probably a while yet, but I'm fairly confident it'll happen. Agree? Disagree? I'm all ears.

[ducttape36]

Nice, i'm in the market for a new monitor, but im holdig out for a 1920x1080 resolution so i can clone my desktop with my hdtv without it looking funky. I mssed out on the deal you had from dell, kicking myself for that one. keep up the good work though!

[xZero2007x]

The Dell you're kicking yourself over is $20 more than what it was listed for here. If you ask me, it's still a good deal and should be considered. If anything, you could go wandering around for some electronics discount coupons for Dell to make up for it... percentage discounts make more sense on a bigger base price, so... go for it!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10230296-58.html

[ducttape36]

i tried finding coupons, but its already discounted so using a different coupon actually removed the original discount, making it more expensive. I'll just be patient, these things are coming down in price everyday.

[macbooklover]

Everyday visitor, frequent purchaser, occasional poster...

This looks like a good deal, but the BEST monitor deal you posted was back in Dec for a refurbished, rotating LCD from Buy.com, that had to be purchased on blind faith, because the brand was not identified, Turns out it was an HP and definitely not refurbished. The monitor has been absolutely perfect!

Keep up the great work - we need you more than ever given the state of the economy!

[j_a_s_p_e_r]

I got that one too, best monitor deal ever. HOWEVER, what sucks is that its a wide gamut. First off the color profile from HP is wrong so I used a colorimeter to fix it. Secondly, there is a problem with windows that color management is app specific so everything outside of color managed apps are over saturated. Thank heavens that Live Photo Gallery and HD recordings in Media Center are color managed. This is the ONLY place where I wish I had OSX, which is color managed on an OS level. Funny thing is some DVDs look fine while others seem to lack color management. And for those wondering the sRGB setting does not really help. By now I'm used to oversaturated color in IE and use the color management plug-in for Firefox.

[mlipshaw]

yeah, I use OSX so I have not experienced any of the color problems you described. another plus for Mac!!

[j_a_s_p_e_r]

@milpshaw. You WILL have color problems on OSX as well UNLESS you can get a good monitor color profile. HP does not provide a good factory profile- its WAY off (the real profile is much stronger in green). Borrow a colorimeter and you will be much happier with the monitor.

BTW OsX is not *better*, it does system wide color management, which also has its downsides over application level color management (application level allows for more control, affords you the opportunity to more tightly control the color workflow). For a monitor standpoint Osx is worse in other aspects such as using gamma 1.8 (ha!) instead of the more pervasive standard of 2.2.

[choctawfootball]

nice find.
I have been amazed at all the LCD deals lately.

cant wait for Thanksgiving sales this year...maybe we will see your 22 inch monitor for less than 100 sooner than you think.

however I personally wouldnt buy any 1,680x1,050 resolution lcd.
I prefer the 1920 x 1080 resolution.

[rickbroida]

Actually, I think Fry's had a 22-incher for $99 on the last Black Friday. This model, too.

[bruce9698]

I have had a 19 inch Vison flat screen monitor for about 3 years and it's been great.

[pmacsf]

I just received this yesterday and it came with a burned out pixel. Watching a video on this your eye is constantly attracted to the white spot of the burned out pixel. The odd resolution is unachievable with most graphics drivers. A little disappointed by this cheap monitor.

[pmacsf]

Late update ... Turns out that using the DVI input generates a much more stable picture at higher resolutions closer to the native 1680x1050. I'm using 1600x1024 and it looks fine. Still kinda bummed about the burnt out pixel but at $125 (latest every day price?) delivered it's a nice upgrade monitor.