Again, I didn't just purchase the monitor and play a few games and say "good enough" I have extensively tested the monitor. Your unwillingness to try offbrands just means you will always pay too much, people buying a PC from me get the same quality for a lot less. And until you try it out for yourself you are just speculating, where as I have actually purchased and used these high end parts and compared them against the parts I use now.
Alright. Lets take a -very- informal survey... you mentioned sceptre 22" 2ms, and the price is about right... so I'm guessing its maybe this unit:
Sceptre X22WG-1080P 22" 2ms GTG ??
180 reviews on newegg, 50% rated 5, 19% , 31% rated it 1, 2, or 3.
Compare that to a Viewsonic VG2230wm 22" 5ms
370 reviews on newegg, 82% rated it 5, 14% rated it 4, and 4% rated it 1, 2 or 3.
Now I take online reviews with a -big- grain of salt, especially end user reviews that can be written by anyone. I specifically chose a Viewsonic that had 370 reviews so the idiots would fade into the background.
The viewsonic is rated 4 or 5 by 96% of the reviewers. You can't seriously tell me with a straight face that you think the Sceptre is at the same level as that Viewsonic. You might be extremely happy with the Sceptre... 50% of users apparently are. And its a -decent- monitor. But its not an -excellent- monitor, and if you shell out the extra $60 for the Viewsonic, you do get an excellent monitor.
Its not just "brand snobbery". I have plenty of exposure with off-brands and generics. And I agree some brandname stuff is just overpriced like certain logitech mice, sony branded dvdrws, sony lcds, etc...
And I don't think the sceptre is crap. Its quite good value for what you get. But in this case if you pay a little more you -can- actually get a little more.
