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>or
\n> If you search ebay, 4 DG5's went on sale last month and were sold
\n> for 4.5K each more or less. I believe they were new with the
\n> converter boxes. It is a useless exercise to guess what you think
\n
> we think the value should be. The price used or new is what the<spadnos@>
\n> market will bear; ebay is useful as a secondary price indicator.
\n> There are a few onlin retailers that still sell refurb T221, not
\n> sure if they have new ones, but it's at least 3K if I remember
\n> right, do your search and find out yourself.
\n>
\n> There isn't a DG4, but as the other poster pointed out, the VP2290b
\n> is a DG3 with that special anti relective coating.
\n>
\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "blueyedhusky"
\n> <blueyedhusky@> wrote:
\n> >
\n> >
\n> > I think those prices are a couple of years old. Nevertheless, is
\n> having
\n> > that extra 7Hz worth that much more? It guess the box that makes
\n> one
\n> > composite signal out of a dual DVI is what drives the cost up. No?
\n> >
\n> > --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Wille Padnos
\n
> > wrote:screen
\n> > >
\n> > > Actually, I think it is a "DG4".
\n> > >
\n> > > From what I understand, the DG4 is electronically identical (or
\n> nearly
\n> > > so) to the DG3, but there is an anti-glare coating on the
\n
> thatthe
\n> > > isn't there with the DG3. The DG5 adds dual-link capability
\n> (with an
\n> > > external converter box), and can do 48 Hz maximum instead of
\n
> 41Hzand
\n> > > max of the DG3/DG4.
\n> > >
\n> > > Of course, some details may not be quite right, btu that's what
\n> I've
\n> > > gleaned from this list.
\n> > >
\n> > > A new T221-DG5 should be in the $7000+ range. At least that's
\n> what
\n> > they
\n> > > were when they were still in production. (They started out
\n> closer to
\n> > > $17000)
\n> > >
\n> > > - Steve
\n> > >
\n> > > Sandon Van Ness wrote:
\n> > >
\n> > > >a VP2290b is equivelent to the DG-3, and i would not pay more
\n> than
\n> > $1000
\n> > > >USD for one since i have gotten two off ebay in prestine
\n> condition
\n> > for that.
\n> > > >
\n> > > >blueyedhusky wrote:
\n> > > >
\n> > > >
\n> > > >>Howdy!
\n> > > >>
\n> > > >>Someone on eBay is selling a VP2290b, and says it is
\n> equivalent to a
\n> > > >>DG4. IBM has no info on such a beast (only on DG0, DG1, DG3
\n
> > DG5). I
\n> > > >>think I understand the diference between a DG3 and a DG5. But
\n> what
\n> > does
\n> > > >>the DG5 have over the DG4?
\n> > > >>
\n> > > >>That VP2290b is going for $1,500, used. How much would the
\n> going
\n> > price
\n> > > >>for a brand new T221 DG5 be then? All I can see, recently, on
\n> eBay
\n> > are
\n> > > >>Viewsonics.
\n> > > >>
\n> > > >>Thank you for your time.
\n> > > >>
\n> > > >>
\n> > >
\n> >
\n>