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Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: We're Monitoring You

482 points posted to Environment, Monitors and Displays by googideas 02/17/07

Mr Dell, uour website states this about flat screen monitors:

1.) Performance and Value: Dell is the leading flat panel monitor supplier in the world, which gives us enormous economies of scale. That, combined with our direct business model, allows us to offer the latest display technology at competitive prices.

2.) Low power consumption and heat emissions - low electricity and cooling costs. Durable - predicted to have up to a 6-year lifespan. Disposal - expected to have low disposal costs. Lightweight and minimal plastic - easy to recycle. Few environmentally-sensitive materials.

If both are true, then why not take the initiative and completely discontinue regular monitors? I would venture that the additional per unit cost would drop more, and the resulting price would then be close to the current regular monitor's price.

You can brand this as an environmental contribution, and no one is going to object to "being forced" to own a flat screen.

The best companies take risks and set the pace. You can offset any loss of margin with optional add-ons like choice of plastic colour, chromed screen adjustment buttons, etc. Do we want a flat-only environment? It's coming anyway, so why not be the first? adam

jervis961 03/07/07	Good Idea. I'll pardon the pun too.
simplex 03/13/07	Quality CRTs still provide far superior display quality and a much cheaper price. I am not interested in flat panel displays in the least. Take a look at a Matox video card using Nokia or Phillips CRT displays (@>80Hz) and I'm sure you'll agree that they put the standard Nvidia/ATI flat panel connected displays to shame. No flat panels for me thanks. I like my CRTs just fine and the display quality is undeniably far superior.
stuck_at_work 05/15/07	The number of CRTs that Dell sells is just a few drops in a bucket compared the the number of Flat Panels they sell. In fact, Dell tried to do away with CRTs all together but a few niche customers demanded CRTs.
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Idea originally posted 07/21/07 Make Only Flat Panels Availible Now Enough CRT only sell Flat Panels.
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 wow i didnt know that we still were selling them but the funny thing is that they cost the same as a flat panel :D
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 I Know eh..
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Sprice82: Why would you want CRT still?
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 that is a really good question dave
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 @Chris: I Think School Deserve Better Than CRT. But also if they want CRT that is their option also.
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Kontithegreek: Do you know if the 1520 w/ 2.00 Ghz 800 FSB , Nvidia 8600M GT is upgradeable in the future or is it hardwired to the mother board?
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 last i check its a hardwired mother board but it might have changed since the release
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Yah that what i thought also cause some one asked cause they thought i worked at dell (I Wish)
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 yea its a fun job :D
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 yea but hey at least you know and thats what matters :D
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 CRT's are maybe 5 or 10 dollars cheaper than the comparable LCD monitors they can get the analog monitors they dont need the ultrasharp lcd's
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 i'm true but as i said before "it can be a option to schools" just i want them to come standard with dell's now instead of CRT and as Kontithegreek said before they cost the same as LCD's anyways. Look Up First Comment On this post!
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 here is a CRT: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=13&s... here is an LCD: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=13&s...< i said Same Price
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 but if they cost the same price why not go with the more efficient and enviro friendly LCD monitors?
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 hey they are like 11$ DIfference....
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 ones a 17 and ones a 19 inch though i couldnt find a 19 inch CRT
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Right Do 19" CRT's Exist...I don't think so...Right?
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=13&s... here the 19inch CRT runs for 199 and up same price as the LCD
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Oh, Ok sorry i didn't mean for you to look. It's the weekend Sorry..
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 its ok man i am off of work but i remembered where to find it!
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Ah ha Victory is mine....
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 dave victory is ours HA!!
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 yes, i am for sure CRT No offense anyone that uses them are Outdated.. and on top of that same price and they save Room!!!!
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 and look alot nicer and cost less in the long run do to energy costs!
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Yah.
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 yea i think so either way .chris i think we have agreed bye bye to the CRTS on dell.com hello to all the LCDS
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Yay, we have agreed but not "DELL_ADMINS1-10"
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 yea thats step 2!
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Wow, we write so much on Ideastorm it makes it looks like Msn, Yahoo Chat!
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 yea thats what i think sometimes when i am at work the guys look at me and say why dont you create an ideastorm chatroom i just say its better just putting our comments up so everyone can see and what we dont want seen we just edit and erase
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 ah ha New idea you can put up...
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Not Me :( I can tell you lots of people from dell come on here Mostly Employees without the dell logo before there name...if you look through some comments you will find them.
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 i work for dell
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Haha , I think everyone knows...
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 o ok well yea i do work for dell just for an fyi i am not an official representative by any means i am just a regular employee on idea storm just expressing my thoughts
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 dave i posted that idea!
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Good I am promoting!!!!
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 halerous.
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 dave i couldnt post this under zune so ill post it here: yea it is and i mean the iphone is not ugly it is just expensive and has to many bugs and problems i expect for 500 my device is perfect and i mean it also doesnt send multimedia text messages and has a slow internet connection i much rather have the helio ocean which i just purchased and it is awesome i mean seriously i paid 150 and 60 a month and i get 3G internet unlimited unlimited texting and so much more stuff that the iphone cant compete with
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Cool. Sounds better than Iphone anyday!
kontithegreek 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 yea thats what i mostly use but hey if u have a question forward it to my email i got to be at work tomorrow so im going to crash for the night thanks
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/21/07 Me too Thanks Bye
jorge 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/22/07 And you want a Chat section, what do you call this! No need for a chat section. Back to the idea, CRT's are still needed, I know people who are buying them up like hot cakes! Good ones though, LCD's can't compete with regards to refresh rates, they're getting closer but still no dice, CRT's are still number one for high refresh rates 180Hz and above! Then again if all you're doing is browsing it doesn't matter. Then there's the whole color trueness factor, you guys should invest in a color calibrator or borrow one, you'll be blown away!
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/22/07 ok Sorry about our long convo i guess i want the CRT still be avalible but not as an the standard monitor anymore.
davmcn 07/30/07	Merged Comment originally posted 07/22/07 Yeah. I Understand that.
jervis961 07/30/07	good.
paperpilot Feb 8	I am waiting for the thin CRT: the SED CRT from Canon.

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