2560x1440 Display for $399? SWEET!

[BD231]

60hz eww

 

[Anubis]

60hz eww

not counting the overclocked and no longer available ones from SK does a faster monitor at this size even exist?

 

[felang]

not counting the overclocked and no longer available ones from SK does a faster monitor at this size even exist?

http://120hz.net/

They are sourcing Catleaps that overclock to 100 hz - 120 hz. You pay a slight price premium but still seems like a great deal.

They are also looking into sourcing just the PCB´s that enable overclocking, but they haven´t found a supplier that´ll reverse engineer the PCB´s yet.

It would be awesome to source an overclockable PCB, some of these Korean monitors have hit less than $300 on ebay.

 

[Anubis]

those were the ones from SK i was talking about, didnt relize they were goig to make them again, figured they were done as per one of the other threads

 

[alexruiz]

While calibration helps, some monitors like the new up 27 inch does not have any osd controls and you are stuck with not much control over colors. What sod controls are possible?

The Korean ones in the other thread don't have OSD, this one has OSD

 

[felang]

The Korean ones in the other thread don't have OSD, this one has OSD

Couldn´t you calibrate using the graphics card control panel?

 

[nvsravank]

Couldn´t you calibrate using the graphics card control panel?[/QU

I don't know how to do that. Any specifics on how to do it.

 

[Joseph F]

Philly has 4. Might have to go see it on friday

The one in St. David's? That's where I got my 2500k and MSI mobo last fall.
It's in a really nice area, and my mom tells me that the nearby Devon Horse Show is world-famous.

 

[kmmatney]

Reminds me of the old 24" Soyo Topaz deal with an MVA display for $299. My Soyo is still working after 5 years, so that gamble paid off big time.

 

[Sheninat0r]

Get a colorimeter. Few monitors comes with perfect color accuracy out of the box. X-Rite i1Display 2's can be bought for $75 or less on ebay.

What's the best calibration software to use? I have an X-Rite colorimeter from a NEC SpectraView kit and want to use it to calibrate other monitors.

 

[SHAQ]

http://120hz.net/

They are sourcing Catleaps that overclock to 100 hz - 120 hz. You pay a slight price premium but still seems like a great deal.

They are also looking into sourcing just the PCB´s that enable overclocking, but they haven´t found a supplier that´ll reverse engineer the PCB´s yet.

It would be awesome to source an overclockable PCB, some of these Korean monitors have hit less than $300 on ebay.

$460 and they don't guarantee perfect pixels?

 

[KingFatty]

Today I went to the Microcenter in northern Virginia to check out this 2560x1440 monitor.

Although it was on display, it was set to a resolution of 1680x1050, so it was not running at its native display. The computer was connected by a single-link DVI cable I think. The computer it was connected to was not allowing any larger resolution, so maybe it was a problem with the software as I think it should have at least allowed 1920x1080, but the computer was not allowing that.

I asked 2 people if we could fix that by grabbing a dual-link DVI cable and setting it to native resolution, as it's not helping to sell the monitors by showing a non-native resolution.

I mean it was running at a lower resolution than 1080p!

The first guy I spoke to understood it was something to be fixed, but said he couldn't do it and it would take a long time to fix that. The second guy I spoke to said I had to wait and see if some other guy could do it.

Ah well, even though I couldn't see the full resolution, I though it looked really nice for colors and brightness etc. But I give Microcenter a fail for not trying to sell their products.

On a more cheerful note there was a *HUGE PILE* of these monitors stacked on the floor, so I guess there is plenty of supply. I would guess that waiting would be a good move as perhaps the prices will go down. The customers I overheard in the monitor department were clueless and just seemed to base their decision on appearance/brand and size, perhaps even some of the employees didn't appreciate what a huge value the 2560x1440 display was?

Anyway, I think the supply is very big on these and demand is very small/niche, so they will remain under-appreciated and prices must go down. That's my prediction as of now, maybe I'll pick one up in September? Everyone who was excited as a niche buyer will probably have purchased before the end of August, and demand will fall off and force prices down.

 

[MontyAC]

Nice to see that they have restocked these monitors. Too bad they did not run them at 2560x1440 resolution. That would have been great advertising.

 

[tweakboy]

Just FYI this monitor is going to have 5 to 8ms .,,Im guessing if not worse the best monitor in the world is still 5ms latency.... DPC issues for the HTCPers no ?

I wouldn't trust it. For all we know its being built in a underground Russian station. plant. lol

 

[2is]

Just FYI this monitor is going to have 5 to 8ms .,,Im guessing if not worse the best monitor in the world is still 5ms latency.... DPC issues for the HTCPers no ?

I wouldn't trust it. For all we know its being built in a underground Russian station. plant. lol

That's quite good for an IPS monitor actually.

 

[KingFatty]

I wouldn't trust it. For all we know its being built in a underground Russian station. plant. lol

One benefit for this $400 monitor compared to the $280 ebay versions (Catleap, Shimian, etc.), is that you can easily return the monitor to Microcenter for a refund or exchange (I believe their return policy allows this, but I haven't read the fine print). So you could perhaps feel safer trying this one and going for pixel-perfect with no backlight issues.

So if you buy one of these at Microcenter and it smells like Vodka, caviar, and AK-47s, then maybe it was from Russia and you can exchange it for one that smells like Korea.

 

[Destiny]

Also the Ebay versions are not certified by the FCC = not allowed to be sold and distributed in the USA. They are getting pass customs inpsection by marking the packages as "gift." If the ebay sellers mark the monitor packages correctly = required to fill out FCC Form 740.

 

[3DVagabond]

Also the Ebay versions are not certified by the FCC = not allowed to be sold and distributed in the USA. They are getting pass customs inpsection by marking the packages as "gift." If the ebay sellers mark the monitor packages correctly = required to fill out FCC Form 740.

Hmmm? Your home insurance provider might not be too keen on that.

 

[digitaldurandal]

Woah 6.5ms lag, It will not be smooth like CRT,,,,,,,, mouse will be laggy with vsync on, ....

nothing special about this cheap company. All LED mons are 5ms to 8ms ,, thats no good for FPS gaming...

I do not understand why you are still here on this website spreading misinformation in every post. Monitor transition time has nothing to do with vsync, LED is back lighting and has nothing to do with the actual pixel changes.

Stop the madness.

 

[PBat51]

Mine says made in China

 

[SHAQ]

Also the Ebay versions are not certified by the FCC = not allowed to be sold and distributed in the USA. They are getting pass customs inpsection by marking the packages as "gift." If the ebay sellers mark the monitor packages correctly = required to fill out FCC Form 740.

ruh roh. Could this be why my whole neighborhood is complaining of awful TV rand radio reception. And also why the neighborhood dogs howl all throughout the day and night?

 

[fleshconsumed]

I just saw this in one of the microcenter reviews:
"3. When the monitor is turned on, it comes up with an all-white image with "Auria" in the middle at full brightness for about 5 seconds. This has blinded me on several occasions when I get on my computer at night. It would be nice if it used the current brightness setting instead."

Does anyone know if that is actually true? I set my monitors to turn off after 3 minutes of inactivity to save on electricity costs and heat. Having to sit through 5 seconds of white screen, especially at full brightness, every time I have to "wake up" my monitors would be annoying as hell.

 

[Homer Simpson]

I just saw this in one of the microcenter reviews:
"3. When the monitor is turned on, it comes up with an all-white image with "Auria" in the middle at full brightness for about 5 seconds. This has blinded me on several occasions when I get on my computer at night. It would be nice if it used the current brightness setting instead."

Does anyone know if that is actually true? I set my monitors to turn off after 3 minutes of inactivity to save on electricity costs and heat. Having to sit through 5 seconds of white screen, especially at full brightness, every time I have to "wake up" my monitors would be annoying as hell.

i just bought one of these sunday. its freaking sweet. i did manage to find 1 dead pixel but its in the top left and frankly i have to hunt for it cuz the pixel is so damn small. im not gonna bother with an exchange. backlight bleed virtually non-existent and overall backlighting is pretty even. im happy. as for the Auria splash, that only shows up when powering on the monitor. if you just wake it up from sleep it doesnt pop up and blind you. and its not 5 seconds. maybe 3, not that it really matters. still uber bright in the dark.

oh and i posted this in the catleap thread, but may as well mention it here too... im using dvi and the monitor would not show the bios screen. neither would hdmi. i had to get a vga cable to get the bios screen and presumably any other low-res stuff, to show up. im not in the bios enough for it to be annoying but just in case others have trouble. someone on [H] said display port works for the bios but i dont have DP on my 570's to check.

 

[mashumk]

I know nothing about this new(?) USA based company, but they are going to be offering 27" 120hz S-IPS 1440p in October I believe. September for the 60hz models. Apparently they're supposed to be higher grade panels than the Korean casinos offer. Literally "Pixel Perfect" A grade LG.

http://www.overlordcomputer.com/

Don't know if/how they're connected to any those Korean ebay ones. But at least they're in the US so all communication and problem solving would be much easier.

However, no price announced but pics are there. Input options are much better than the Korean models. I think those Catleaps and such have limited connectivity options, such as no consoles, media players, etc. Just general PC GPUs if I'm not mistaken. I see a lot of posts about models not working on anything besides certain PC settings.

Some people at overclock.net have them on watch so I've got them bookmarked and waiting for reviews on the October 120hz releases. Hopefully competitive pricing.

I'm hoping the major manufacturers are noticing how much demand there is for these cheaper monitors and the gambling people are willing to do in order to save money on hi-res IPS monitors. Maybe this ebay craze will turn out to have been the trigger for a steady price war that involves the major brands that we know will have better bezels, stands, and truly be "pixel perfect." No gambling required.
Would be nice to see offerings within a year in the $500 range or even less by Dell, Samsung, HP, Asus, whichever you prefer. I'd love super thin models finally arrive like we see everywhere except 1440p and up. Apple does it. Not impossible. Leave out the speakers. Don't know why those are still crammed into monitors. Who uses them? If absolutely necessary, make thin optional stick on speakers that plug into a jack on the back of the monitor.

Anyway, overall it does look like a excruciatingly slow but steady increase in attention to hi-res monitors is happening and prices are being positively affected.

 

[funboy6942]

The Korean ones in the other thread don't have OSD, this one has OSD

I have the Korean Yamakasi Catleap Q270 MULTI and it has OSD on it plus 3 inputs, speakers, and no lag I can detect. Im actually doing better in games with this monitor then my last one.