Monitor Advice

dirge · 11 Mar 2013, 10:41

Was looking at getting a new monitor, has anyone advice?

I was looking at this mainly http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dell-Ultrasharp ... B0093IW14I

huttala · 11 Mar 2013, 11:28

That screen has really bad back light bleed. I would recommend an eizo ev2736w if you want an sRGB 1440p screen.

matt3o · 11 Mar 2013, 11:37

In random order

- Samsung S27A850D, it mounts an LPS panel, it suffers of very bad quality control, you can get a very good or really poor panel
- Asus PB278Q, it mounts the same panel of the samsung above but this one is PWM (and can cause flickering)
- Dell U2711, not LED but very good overall. It's wide-gamut if you are in those sort of things
- Dell U2713HM, very good LED, not wide-gamut, true AH-IPS, it suffers of a nasty buzzing noise when you look at white pages rich of text (eg: wikipedia, spreadsheets, ...). Also I've heard it has heavy ghosting.
- ViewSonic VP2770-LED, probably one of the best, but pricey also pretty bulk in size
- HP ZR2740w, very good overall LED IPS panel. It lacks any kind of configuration and OSD. You can only control brightness (but there's a windows only software that lets you configure it). Also very limited number of inputs.

Personally I've tried the Samsung and the HP and the latter wins hands down.

dirge · 11 Mar 2013, 11:43

Drawn to the eizo as it's got a decent keyboard in the pic

I'm mainly going for the resolution and IPS. I heard the dell was better but the buzzing matt3o mentioned would kill it for me. hmm more tricky than I expected.

dirge · 11 Mar 2013, 12:09

What about the catleaps? If I can't get a perfect screen from Dell, why not just get something cheap?

Or a UK seller catleap? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... catid=1120

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2713h.htm they go into the buzzing and say not really an issue. So the Dell's kinda still in the lead for me, 3 year warrenty is nice.

Ascaii · 11 Mar 2013, 12:15

I use a 2411 and it is the best Monitor ive ever owned. The monitor before this was a 24" ELSA CRT I snagged from an Architect that switched to flat screens.

I was considering getting a Catleap, but there were several reasons i went dell...which follow:

1. Input: the Catleap only has dual link DVI input, i wanted to be able to hook up my laptop and switch between sources
2. Warranty: Ive had good experiences with Dell service so far, the catleap has no security
3. local retailer that gave me 50€ student discount
4. Swivel mount, only found on the more expensive catleap or achieva monitors

As for buzzing...never heard any from the dell and i spend a lot of time in front of it.

dirge · 11 Mar 2013, 12:31

Cool thanks, I've been going round and round in circles on this one. Dell warranty are great, Having an engineer fix at site is much better than posting..

I'm kinda back looking at the 30" Korean displays again

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CROSSOVER-30Q ... 19d8270b06

matt3o · 11 Mar 2013, 12:34

buzzing noise:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1730090
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1179339
http://www.amazon.com/review/R38940CZIA2ZPL
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showth ... t=18455034
...

I could go on forever

dirge · 11 Mar 2013, 12:59

Seems to be an issue with the first revision, so a bit of a gamble whether I get one with the problem or not.

Or go 30" without warranty, why is there never an easy answer?...

Acanthophis · 11 Mar 2013, 13:03

The buzzing noise seems to be eliminated in newer revisions, according to several posts on several forums I remember.
A00 revision are mostly the bad ones.
I don't know about UK's laws regarding online purchases, but in Germany we are legally able to return any online purchased product within 14 days without giving any reason.
Don't know if this is EU or German law.

If similar conditions apply to you in the UK, just order all of them and compare

Jmneuv · 11 Mar 2013, 13:04

Just make sure you buy someplace you can return it without issues.
If it really buzzes depending on content that'd be horrible.

There can also be significant quality variance depending on continent/factories. So be careful with reading US reviews and buying in Europe or vice versa.
Overdrive issues i think were related to the U2713H (without M).

pheo · 12 Mar 2013, 23:11

Ascaii wrote:I use a 2411 and it is the best Monitor ive ever owned. The monitor before this was a 24" ELSA CRT I snagged from an Architect that switched to flat screens.

I was considering getting a Catleap, but there were several reasons i went dell...which follow:

1. Input: the Catleap only has dual link DVI input, i wanted to be able to hook up my laptop and switch between sources
2. Warranty: Ive had good experiences with Dell service so far, the catleap has no security
3. local retailer that gave me 50€ student discount
4. Swivel mount, only found on the more expensive catleap or achieva monitors

As for buzzing...never heard any from the dell and i spend a lot of time in front of it.

+1
I have same monitor here. I havent had any issues with buzz, and It is also the best screen I have had. To me it just looks really great.

Half-Saint · 12 Mar 2013, 23:22

The buzzing noise is problematic because the electric sockets use common ground and it is not only Dell that has this... I just isolated ground on my monitor's wall plug and the buzzing stopped.

Using a U2311H and I wish I bought a 2nd one while they were still for sale. I hate mis-matched monitors

dirge · 13 Mar 2013, 10:37

The dell should be arriving today. I'll test for buzzing and backlight bleed

Need to tidy my desk a bit...

Half-Saint · 13 Mar 2013, 11:37

Enjoy your new monitor!

matt3o · 13 Mar 2013, 11:43

keep us posted, I didn't get the dell because of the buzzing noise (at the time there was A00 only)... anyway I'm totally fine with the HP that also has the lowest input lag in the category

mSSM · 13 Mar 2013, 16:01

dirge wrote:Cool thanks, I've been going round and round in circles on this one. Dell warranty are great, Having an engineer fix at site is much better than posting..

I'm kinda back looking at the 30" Korean displays again http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CROSSOVER-30Q ... 19d8270b06

I got the Crossover 3020mdp from accessorieswhole - and I am really quite happy with it. Yes, there is the buzzing noise. It seems to depend on the level of the backlight intensity. If you turn it up the buzzing vanishes. (And I am able to ignore it, because it's really not that bad.)