The Smorgasbord

I was looking back through some stuff today from some years back and came accross a “Mad Libs” book that I had from years ago. You know, sometimes with all the technical advances and gadgets we forgot how much fun we had with some of the simplest stuff for hours on end! I can remember getting Mad Libs books as a kid and we would sit around filling in the blanks for hours and just roll around on the floor for hours over the crazy stories we made up! It forced you to use your imagination and writing skills - and just made you laugh and laugh and laugh! I did a quick lookup and eBay, and sure enough - there are tons of them for sale either single or in lots!

Worst-Case Scenario 2 Mad Libs, Leonard Stern, Good Boo

US $1.00 End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 15:17:06 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $1.00 Buy it now | Add to watch list

3 Mad Libs Books and 1 Scholastic Stories Book

US $1.04 (3 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 16:07:33 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list

Excalibur Mad Libs electronic pocket sized edition

US $24.29 End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 16:08:46 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $24.29 Buy it now | Add to watch list

NEW BOOK iCarly Mad Libs Price, Roger/ Stern, Leonard

US $5.84 End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 17:34:29 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $5.84 Buy it now | Add to watch list

50 YEARS OF MAD LIBS PAD PLUS MAD LIBS NOTE CARDS MIB

US $8.95 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 18:40:11 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list

This “LCD Monitor Review” shows how much more affordable flat screen displays for your computer have become this year. The big old bulky CRT screens are gone forever it seems, and now the bigger flat display is better. I took my son to college last month, and we walked by the computer lab - and each and every screen was a 22″ dell monitor. I’ve read a few blog posts this week from bloggers about their new 22″ screens arriving in the mail, and I know one person at work that has dual 19″ monitors.

So I started looking around - and LCD screens are much cheaper now for the bigger sizes than I thought they were. What does that mean? You can get a 22″ flat display for your home computer under $200. Much like digital cameras, you get what you pay for. You can get a completely functional 22″ LCD that would work just fine for most people under $200 - like these ones made by Hanns G -

New Hanns G 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor Hanns.G Hanns-G

US $155.99 End Date: Friday May-29-2009 7:49:50 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $155.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list

Hannspree Hanns-G 22" Widescreen LCD Computer Monitor

US $159.99 End Date: Sunday May-31-2009 17:30:06 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $159.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list

New HANNS-G Hi221DPB 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor Compute

US $154.99 End Date: Wednesday Jun-24-2009 14:09:42 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $154.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list

Like I said - those are great monitors, but here’s the difference between those and a more name brand that’s a little more expensive. The Hanns G monitor has the same resolution (1680 x 1050), but the ‘dynamic contrast ratio’ is only 1000 to 1, and it has a 5ms response time.

Now I’ll show you a very popular LCD monitor - the Samsung T220 22″ LCD display.

Lot of 2 Samsung T220 22" LCD Monitors widescreen 2ms

US $349.99 End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 12:30:00 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $349.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list

Samsung 226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Warranty!

US $169.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 14:02:39 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $199.99 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

Samsung 2253LW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Warranty!

US $159.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 14:02:42 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $199.99 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

Samsung Syncmaster 2253BW 22" LCD Monitor Black NEW

US $219.00 End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 14:32:08 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $219.00 Buy it now | Add to watch list

Samsung T220 22" LCD Monitor DC 20000:1 2ms widescreen

US $175.99 End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 15:00:00 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $175.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list

Samsung 2220WM 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor

US $235.00 End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 16:34:29 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $235.00 Buy it now | Add to watch list

Tilt Swing Arm HDTV LCD Wall Mount Samsung 19" 22" 26"

US $23.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 17:02:33 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $24.99 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list

NICE! Samsung 22" 2253LW Wide 1440x900 1000:1 5ms LCD

US $77.00 (13 Bids) End Date: Thursday May-28-2009 17:14:38 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list

The Samsung has the same 1680 x 1050 resolution, but the dynamic contrast ratio is 20000 to 1, or 20 TIMES MORE than the Hanns G. It also has a 2ms response time, more than twice as fast as the Hanns G. So, when your shopping for a new LCD - don’t pay attention to just the price, if you want a sharper picture - pay attention to the quality specs as well!