formac monitors?

[wizzackr]

Posted this in the monitor section as well, but then thought it might actually be cleverer to post it here... DOH!

Ok, here is my question: A friend of mine needs a new monitor, as her Laptop crapped out the other day and she got herself a mac mini. I told her she should have a look at Dell's offerings, but being a Macuser she - of course - went for something to go with the candy-looks (all in good fun, right?)
what she came up with is this fella: http://www.formac.us/files/pdf_sheets/gallery2010.pdf and now she is asking me for advice. Frankly I have not heard anything of that brand AT ALL, yet, so I pass it on to you guys. Does any of you know if that brand is any good, and more importantly if the image quality is good?
Price-wise the Dell 2001FP is in the same league, but the specs on that (hidious) monitor are way better including a 3 year 24hour replacement warranty that comes with it.

Any advice is greatly appreciated,
cheers,
J

 

[bahula03]

a) never heard of them, but it looks like they've been around a while if you google it

b)that monitor looks goofy as shiat

c)it comes with a one year warranty, 3 year is available for an additional $99...my thought is that your friend can add apple care to both her computer and apple display for $149

d)if she's gonna spend $700 for a goofy looking 20" display, why not spend another $100 and get the apple one that actually looks good? or save money and get the dell?

 

[wizzackr]

a) never heard of them, but it looks like they've been around a while if you google it

b)that monitor looks goofy as shiat

c)it comes with a one year warranty, 3 year is available for an additional $99...my thought is that your friend can add apple care to both her computer and apple display for $149

d)if she's gonna spend $700 for a goofy looking 20" display, why not spend another $100 and get the apple one that actually looks good? or save money and get the dell?

rofl - I told you it looked shit, buddy

Pricewise it looks different here in Europe, though: You can buy it for € 589,56 and the 20" apple display costs around € 770 - plus the 590€ includes the 3 year warranty as far as I know, but I'll tell her to double-check.

So, saying the price-limit is 600 bucks that leaves the dell 2001FP as an alternative, which looks worse spec-wise... Man, granted, that thing should be banned by the geneva convention due to retinal rape, but she likes it - so I guess we'll have to stick to the specifications (as difficult as that may be with that piece of sh...ardware)

 

[Nasty_Savage]

I've heard of them before, almost bought one myself back in the day. They seem to be more of a niche market toward digital output shops, but I think the newer Mac monitors kinda trump it in quality now. Personally, i don't see why she wouldn't have just got an iMac for what she spent on both. Kinda silly IMO.