21.5″ Acer G226HQL Monitor for $90 [VGA, DVI, no HDMI]

If you are looking for a utilitarian 21.5-inch computer monitor that takes VGA and DVI (but no HDMI) and still stay under triple figures, and still get a new condition model, we have good news for you! The 21.5″ Acer G226HQL is currently on sale for $90 with free shipping with a limit of four units per customer at Amazon by Amazon actual.

There are multiple models on the same page, so the review total is not necessarily indicative of a particular model. For that, you have to go look at the reviews of that particular model. To save you the extra work, here’s the pre-filtered list of its 1000+ customer reviews. Unfortunately Amazon does not offer a star average on filtered by sub-model reviews, and I obviously can’t calculate the average of 1000+ reviews and stay sane 🙂

It has 1920 x 1080 resolution, no touchscreen, power-saving features, and more.

August 4, 2016 Filed Under: tech Tagged With: ,

21.5″ Dell SE2216H Monitor (HDMI, VGA) for $90

With the increasing volume of tablets, phones, laptops, and 2-in-1s in the market, having a computer monitor with HDMI input is almost a must have if you don’t need for a very specific device or task. And with many computers having VGA outputs, that’s still a useful input to have, again, unless you have a specific setup.

So what I’m trying to say is, if you are going to buy a monitor, it’s a good idea to have both HDMI and VGA. This is one factor to consider when shopping around, and an advantage versus VGA-only or DVI-only or HDMI-only monitors.

Which brings us to Staples, they are offering the 21.5″ Dell SE2216H Monitor with HDMI and VGA inputs for $90. This is featured in their circular ad, so the offer is good until the end of day on Saturday 3/12/16, unless they sell out before that.

This is a 1920 x 1080 monitor, with built-in basic speakers (3W each), and a one year warranty. The last picture over there in the vertical gallery shows where the connectors go. It averages 4.9 out of 5 based on 19 customer reviews over there at Staples. Note that the reviews at Amazon are pooled together from a number of different screen sizes. Here are the reviews for this particular model, a total of 22 of them.

CAUTION: note that the Amazon reviews say it doesn’t have speakers, but they are listed in the Staples product specs. I don’t have the monitor, so I can’t verify either way!

March 5, 2016 Filed Under: tech Tagged With: ,

21.5″ HP 22cwa 1080p IPS monitor for $100 (coming soon)

Computer monitors on the smaller size are getting more and more affordable. Coming soon, there’s a brand new 21.5-inch HP Pavilion 22cwa going for $100 at Amazon by Amazon actual.

This is a 1920 x 1080 (1080p) monitor and has HDMI and VGA ports. This IPS monitor has a wedge-type of a design, and the ports on the back are easier to access than typical monitors. It has an average 7ms response rate and 8M:1 dynamic contrast ratio, with 250 nits in brightness.

Multiple models are listed on the same page. Of the near-300 customer reviews, only six of them are about this particular brand new model. This is the list of those six.

October 22, 2015 Filed Under: shopping Tagged With: ,