Did anybody try playing with this kind of monitors? Is it any good in terms of ghosting and refreshing?
Monoprice Announces 27-Inch 2560 x 1440 Monitor for $390
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#12Misread this as 17-inch at first and got excited. Really want an external hi-dpi retina-type display
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#13If you're a bit paranoid about quality/support for some of the cheaper 27" monitors out there a good compromise is to wait for the Dell U2713HM to be on sale. It's regularly 30% off which brings it down to ~$500 (+ GST in Australia, AUD and USD are comparable). I'm happy with mine!
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#14What I'd be curious about is when PC laptops with equivalent resolution are going to arrive?
I don't expect Windows PC manufacturers to use that resolution anytime soon. Some of them might start using it towards the end of the year, perhaps for 15" laptops, but it won't be en masse, so you might have to wait until 2014 for that. I don't think I'd get any device that is 10" or larger without that resolution (or 2560x1600) anymore, though.
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#15Microcenter sells one @ $399 with the same warranty but has DVI/HDMI/VGA/DisplayPort. I'm assuming same panel as it is also IPS LED.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/384780/EQ276W_27_IPS_LED_...
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#16I hope this is a trend towards higher resolution monitors and displays in general.
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#17Anyone have any thoughts about the color quality? I wouldn't mind trying it out but color accuracy is pretty important to me.
They are IPS panels, so color reproduction should be pretty accurate. Of course it will always be better if you calibrate it yourself using something like a Spyder colorimeter.
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#18From Monoprice on the warranty: "we are guaranteeing these monitor will have less than 5 dead pixels. [...] By comparison, the industry standard, even for industry leaders like Apple and LG, is 10 dead pixels or even more."
Is this true? None of my Apple devices have ever had a dead pixel, but I always assumed that even one dead pixel would be enough to convince the Genius Bar to give me a replacement. Anyone have first-hand experience with dead pixel warranty replacement on Apple devices?
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#19One thing to be aware of is that all of the cheap 27" monitors I've seen (including the Monoprice one) have a DVI-Dual link cable only. If you have an old Macbook Pro then it will have a port for this built in, modern Macs don't have this and PC's may do.
I tried to skimp and buy a cheap passive Dual-Link DVI - Display Port adaptor but it didn't work so I had to buy an active one. I'm pretty sure that Dual-Link DVI adaptors have to be active and they start at $70 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&c...
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#20I have a Crossover 27Q (similar to this, probably sourced from the same place as other brands on ebay: Catleap, Shimian, wherever Monoprice is getting them, etc). Gorgeous minimalist metallic shell. Swivel display. Adjustable height. $375 from Ebay. Pixel perfect. I can't exaggerate how amazing these displays are. They're the same LG panels used in Apple Cinema displays at nearly a third of the cost. It's wonderful to be able to have three files up side-by-side in Sublime without feeling cramped and have a Terminal and VLC stuck to top.
So, yeah, if you're bummed about these not being available, there's tons on eBay, alibaba, etc.
A few other tips:
First, Intel HD4000 can drive these displays but it must be over DisplayPort. Yes, this means that my Macbook Air (2012) with the Apple Dual link DVI adapter works fine with it. However, my desktop with HD4000 mobo does not have DisplayPort so I'm now driving it with an NVIDIA GTX660 over Dual-link DVI.
Second, many of these displays output incorrect EDID information requiring that you manually modeset in Xorg to get it to work with Nvidia's proprietary drivers. (Nouvaeu seems to figure it out on it's own, but it's a bit of a dog at that resolution).
Third, most of these lack upscaling support meaning you must be able to output at its native resolution; no hooking an xbox up to one.
edit: Sorry to link downthread, but turtlebits stumbled upon one that might not have these limitations/faults: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5040906 before anyone jumps on the ebay link below.