Anyone else get a Catleap?

[Mr. Lennon]

All of these are glossy, sorry. The Catleap from Yamakasi has a little bit less of a sturdy stand than the Shimian. The multi input versions have more input lag and the reinforced glass models simply have an additional glass panel across the entire front of the monitor.

Ah looks like I'll be picking up one of the $280 shimians.

 

[Fire&Blood]

I'm still on 5770 running 12.7 beta, hoping that installing the 7950 next week might help. Not that I really need to access the BIOS anyway since I can't OC. I just reinstalled windows few days before my Catleap got here, it would have been an issue if I didn't have my old 22" Acer in the closet.

I'm reinstalling my games one by one and I'm more optimistic than I was when I was checking out 1440p benchmarks. I tried BF3 on all maxed out settings only motion blur off and it was almost playable on the 5770. I guess I'm lucky for having a higher tolerance to low FPS.

 

[KingFatty]

Hmm just saw a posting for a Shimian where instead of free shipping, you pay $40 for shipping. However, the buy-it-now price was only $235 or best offer. So that brings the total price to below $280, heck maybe you could make a best offer and bring it under $270?

Anyone know why the monitor would be listed this way, without free shipping? Is that something to do with international/customs?

 

[Zargon]

Ive seen it before. Though it was like 235 plus 90 for shipping

Tapatalking on my pos thunderbolt. Sorry for teh typos!

 

[SKORPI0]

Hmm just saw a posting for a Shimian where instead of free shipping, you pay $40 for shipping. However, the buy-it-now price was only $235 or best offer. So that brings the total price to below $280, heck maybe you could make a best offer and bring it under $270?

Anyone know why the monitor would be listed this way, without free shipping? Is that something to do with international/customs?

Not sure, might have something to do with the Free trade agreement with S.Korea.
Nice, I might end up buying these ones in addition to the Catleap 2703 I got.
I just wish that there was a matte versions of these screens.

Youtube reviews...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXsmE6QsArk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJVKzzp4a4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ACHIEVA-Shi...5274?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item41689eb33a

 

[thebuxster]

I'm really tempted to get one of these bad boys. After confirming my onboard gfx won't be able to push this much res (surprise, surprise), anybody have a good recommendation for a cheap gfx card that will work with these things? I won't be doing any gaming and fanless would be ideal. Thanks.

 

[Gordon Freemen]

I'm really tempted to get one of these bad boys. After confirming my onboard gfx won't be able to push this much res (surprise, surprise), anybody have a good recommendation for a cheap gfx card that will work with these things? I won't be doing any gaming and fanless would be ideal. Thanks.

Budget ?
DirectCU Silent Fanless
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121472

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Looks like one of the admins from 120hz.net is establishing a small company and will be offering grade A S-IPS panels with 120hz capability.

http://www.overlordcomputer.com/index.html

I wish I had registered that domain

 

[MontyAC]

Pretty much any card that can run 250x1440 will have no problems with these monitors for non gaming use. Just check their specs.

 

[MontyAC]

Looks like one of the admins from 120hz.net is establishing a small company and will be offering grade A S-IPS panels with 120hz capability.

http://www.overlordcomputer.com/index.html

I wish I had registered that domain

If they can get a steady supply and sell them at reasonable prices, they should do well.

 

[Homer Simpson]

Those with AMD GPU's, can anyone see BIOS?
Mine turns on when I'm at the windows log in, blank up to that point.

ive got dual gtx570's and just picked up the auria version from microcenter. i too cannot see the bios. in fact, it completely blanked out when i tried to update the video drivers. when i uninstalled the nvidia display driver it normally changes res to something super low. seems this thing cant display low resolutions. argh. had to plug my old monitor back in to get the drivers updated. aside from this quirk and maybe a little too much ips-glow, this thing is sweet. text, while smaller at 1440p seems to be even more readable than my old 23" 1080p.

 

[funboy6942]

Well I had a scare today. I turned it on from wake this morning and the screen was super dim. I unplugged the dvi cable thinking it was it, cheap pos that come with it and it didnt fix it. I unplugged the power ac cable and waited a min then plugged back in and that didnt work. I restarted my pc and that didnt work. Menu was nice and bright but my picture no matter what I did didnt work. I turned on DCR and bam I got a picture. So for shits and giggles I looked at my contrast level and it was all the way down. I turned it up and turned off DCR and I got a perfect picture again. Some how for what ever reason the contrast turned itself down on wake up. But it sure had me worried that I had a dud monitor for a second or two.

 

[thebuxster]

Budget ?
DirectCU Silent Fanless
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814121472

I was hoping for more budget than that. Perhaps something in the $30-40 range? Without any gaming I figured it would be very possible. Thanks.

 

[mazeroth]

Is there any reason to rush and get one of these? My concern is the supply is finite and as more and more people hear about these they are going to dry up. I'm sure they're getting a continuous supply of these but if demand starts outpacing supply the price could skyrocket.

What were these things selling for say, 6-12 months ago?

 

[Zargon]

i doubt it, atleast not in the near future

they have come down in cost some in the last 6 months

 

[thebuxster]

Well, I found http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500222 that looks like it should be able to handle one of these monitors without an issue. Any love/hate for the card? Is there something cheaper out there I'm missing or any reason to spend more? Thanks.

 

[Homer Simpson]

ive got dual gtx570's and just picked up the auria version from microcenter. i too cannot see the bios. in fact, it completely blanked out when i tried to update the video drivers. when i uninstalled the nvidia display driver it normally changes res to something super low. seems this thing cant display low resolutions. argh. had to plug my old monitor back in to get the drivers updated. aside from this quirk and maybe a little too much ips-glow, this thing is sweet. text, while smaller at 1440p seems to be even more readable than my old 23" 1080p.

so i tested the hdmi input and no go there either. i dont have display ports on my 570's so i tried a vga cable with a dvi adapter and that showed the bios/post screens no problem. ill just leave that cable hooked to the monitor and swap the connection at my card when i need to get into the bios or any other low-res situation. someone over at [H] said that display port will work for bios too but i cant verify that myself.

 

[KingFatty]

i doubt it, atleast not in the near future

they have come down in cost some in the last 6 months

I would agree. I just visited the Microcenter in northern VA, and they carry a $400 Auria version where it supposedly uses the same LG panel that the catleap/shimian etc. use. Anyway, the point is that Microcenter had a huge stack of boxes of these piled on the floor. It seemed like they were really over stocked, and nobody was buying them.

So my guess would be that only the elites/niche enthusiast people are even aware of these fantastic deals, and the average user is fine with 1080p. So these will sit around and gather dust until the prices are dropped further.

I mean, I bet the biggest market competition for these monitors is *any* other display that is 27 inches, so people would be willing to pay as much as a 27 inch 1080p display which is what, less than $200? Why would the average store shopper pay more if they can't even appreciate what 1440p is?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Most people see a name they don't know (it's not an HP, Dell, Asus, Acer, Viewsonic, or Samsung) and they skip it.

 

[funboy6942]

Most people see a name they don't know (it's not an HP, Dell, Asus, Acer, Viewsonic, or Samsung) and they skip it.

And those are the kinds of people I like, because they wont buy these and they wont buy refurbished either so it saves me a ton of money and I get the good stuffs cheap

 

[Zargon]

LOL yup

 

[N4n45h1]

And those are the kinds of people I like, because they wont buy these and they wont buy refurbished either so it saves me a ton of money and I get the good stuffs cheap

Yeah it shows 10+ in stock at the one near me. I'm hoping that they'll cut prices soon, considering it doesn't look like it's too popular

 

[MontyAC]

The first batch was sold out at all the stores really quickly.

 

[KingFatty]

I dunno, this monitor sort of reminds me of SSDs, where demand was high until all the enthusiasts got one, then demand dropped off and we see prices fall through the floor because average buyers don't care and don't know what SSDs are. I think the same thing is happening with this monitor, where enthusiasts are all over them recently and demand spiked, but the enthusiasts will eventually all have theirs and demand will drop.

Then, the average computer buyer will not even know about this monitor, and if so, won't even care, and so nobody will want one. Microcenter I think got a bunch in stock after selling out to all the enthusiasts, but that's what 0.1% of all computer buyers? Now they will sit in the store because very few enthusiasts are left who still haven't bought one. I'm predicting around September we'll see the price drop?

I mean, besides reading about these on Anandtech or other computer enthusiast blogs, there was no way to know about the monitors. Even the microcenter employees didn't know what they had when they set up the monitor at the store I visited - they don't know how to showcase the merits of their own product and they are supposed experts on monitors. If the store employees don't know what it is, certainly the average shopper won't, and they'll just buy a 1080p monitor if they want a 27" screen, because it costs less than this one and they can't tell the difference.

 

[Zargon]

that thing about SSD's, I dont remember the bottom dropping out on prices, I remember it dropping nominally with each new product cycle