Hazro series - HZ30Wi, HZ30WiQ, HZ27WA, HZ27WB & HZ27WC

svkap said:
Hi, I'm from Italy, Hazro site is always out of stock for WD, so that the only thing is to order from the german site that you reported.
Price is 650€ for WD plus postage.... funny thing the price is higher than DELL U2711 (554€)!
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Yeah, price went up in the last months. Anyway it's not completely correct to compare it to the Dell2711 since they are different products, would be more fair to compare it to the Apple cinema display.

I'm not sure i would go with Hazro again, but for now i'm happy about it, and anyway it's the only other possibility if you want a glare or glass panelled monitor except the apple CD .
 
Just received my 27wc from ocuk. Got to say I'm very impressed so far. Previous screen was a 24 inch Benq and the picture quality improvement is amazing. Only downside now is I'm using a hd4870 graphics card so gaming at 2560 x 1440 is not really an option. Roll on ati releasing the 7000 series!
 
Orph said:
Yeah, price went up in the last months. Anyway it's not completely correct to compare it to the Dell2711 since they are different products, would be more fair to compare it to the Apple cinema display.

I'm not sure i would go with Hazro again, but for now i'm happy about it, and anyway it's the only other possibility if you want a glare or glass panelled monitor except the apple CD .
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If you're comparing prices it's a fair comparison, they use nearly the same panel (iirc has a dash 2 added to the panel part number). They both offer a whole range of inputs as well, the Apple Cinema is closer to a WC than a WD. Only one input option, no OSD and 'only' 8 bits.

I'm also surprised at the price of the WD compared to the Dell, the Dell comes with far superior build quality (and warranty), a much better monitor foot and it's even wide gamut which is usually something that costs more.
The LED backlight (less heat) and lack of grainy AG-coating led me to pick the Hazro, but the price compared to the Dell is by all means unreasonable.
 
Just got a HZ30Wi from overclockers, it was on b grade for £611 - initially was going to get the HZ27WC but i missed the xmas offer by an hour so out of frustration ordered the bgrade 30Wi, so glad I did - no dead pixels /o/ The colours were a little unbalanced out the box but after calibration it rocks will hold me until oleds come thru.
 
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Heinz57 said:
Hmm, I'm conflicted over what to do now. I thought my panel was perfect, but it isn't. There are no dead/bright pixels or backlight bleed but there are 3 'bright spots' which are the size of several pixels. Unlike defective pixels they are visible from quite a distance (1m or so).

They change colour correctly and don't appear on dark screens, but are extremely noticable when lighter colours (esp. white) are displayed. Considering I work with text an awful lot it isn't fun. See here: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/1041694copy.jpg/ (Camera hasn't caught two of them very well).

Should I try and RMA it for a refund or just DSR it? I'm not sure I want to risk a replacement considering it could be even worse... Hmm indeed.
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I have one of those blemishes as well. Just to the lower right of the middle of the screen. Only really notice it occasionally when working with light colours, particularly a grey solid background. It looks like a slight blemish maybe on the colour or polarizing filters.

Because I only notice it occasional I live with it. A lit pixel or backlight bleeding would be worse as I would notice it all the time.
 
For people with multiple of these monitors, do the white levels vary across them? I have 2 which are yellow and have some uniformity issues but have no dead/stuck pixels, and one which is perfectly white and totally uniform but one stuck pixel (which is fine, it's near the edge).
 
Think we'd have heard from Orph if he had that problem. With the factory calibration I would expect them all to look pretty much the same.
Would you happen to have the two yellow'ish ones hooked up to one videocard and the white(r) one to another videocard?
 
Last_Human said:
So have had mine a few days and love my Hazro WC but have one issue, a distracting amount of backlight bleed in the upper right corner even on a completely black screen.

It's particularly noticeable when watching movies in the dark as instead of a black band there's a splodge of light, but it's also pretty noticeable on 16:9 stuff in darkly lit scenes.

Is anyone else having problems with this- is it par for the course>?

I'm reluctant to return as I have no dead or stuck pixel that I can see.
I tried to take a photo of it but it's nowhere near as noticeable as in person.

Thanks,

LH
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Dude I have the same issue. It's in the upper mid-left of my screen near the bezel. It is not any longer than the letterbox black bar at the top so it does not affect the image of a movie with a letterbox, but is about 2" wide horizontally so it is really noticeable.

I have pushed on the screen lightly in different places with a microfiber cloth and I notice that I can change the amount of bleeding in different areas of the screen depending on where I push. This tells me that the plastic cover (I have the non-glass version) is not secured properly or the tape at the edges of the panel which is supposed to block out the backlight from the edges is not secured properly.

Other than this issue the screen uniformity is pretty good and the colours are amazing. However, I don't have a warranty with this monitor as I bought it second hand and thus I am thinking about pulling the bezel off and seeing what I can do about the loose plastic covering with some extra tape sorta like this fix for the old Dell 20" screen:

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/dell2005_backlight_fix.htm

However, I haven't looked into how to pop the bezel off yet and will likely only attempt it after Christmas when I have extra time on my hands for a few days. The monitor isn't exactly put together that well but at least the panel itself is very nice...
 
Axeia said:
Think we'd have heard from Orph if he had that problem. With the factory calibration I would expect them all to look pretty much the same.
Would you happen to have the two yellow'ish ones hooked up to one videocard and the white(r) one to another videocard?
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Na, the video cards aren't the problems, I've tried swapping them around. Also originally I had 2 white ones but had to RMA one as it has a glowing piece of dust in the screen, which got replaced with a screen with a yellow tint :(
 
Update.

Got around to trying the monitor with a different computer. Same problem still.

So one last resolve is to try another cable with the monitor.

Here is what the screen looks like most of the time:

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6227/20111213004541.jpg

Looks normal but for the lower part of the screen. Should be black but as you can see it is covered by a green "grid" instead. The "grid" is present on the entire screen but most noticable when the screen displays black colour.
 
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Rajveer said:
Na, the video cards aren't the problems, I've tried swapping them around. Also originally I had 2 white ones but had to RMA one as it has a glowing piece of dust in the screen, which got replaced with a screen with a yellow tint :(
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Besides resetting them to the factory defaults which you most likely already tried I'm out of ideas then. Time to buy a (relatively) cheap calibrator such as the Spyder 3 Express?

@cib24
Remember to take plenty of photos ;) I'm sure that knowing the insides would add some useful information to this thread. Not to mention they can come in damn handy when trying to put everything back together again.
 
Just adding a little bit on the end of this mighty threadnought...

I took delivery of my new HZ27WC non-glass a few days back, and I have to say that for the price (£396 at the time of writing) its a very good screen. Mine arrived with one dead pixel, but apart from that there are no other QC issues. The picture quality is superb, its a genuine pleasure to game on and watch movies on.
 
Axeia said:
Besides resetting them to the factory defaults which you most likely already tried I'm out of ideas then. Time to buy a (relatively) cheap calibrator such as the Spyder 3 Express?
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Be careful I don't think the "cheap" calibrators can calibrate LED screens properly. The Spyder Elite works with LED and it ain't cheap!
 
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cib24 said:
Dude I have the same issue. It's in the upper mid-left of my screen near the bezel. It is not any longer than the letterbox black bar at the top so it does not affect the image of a movie with a letterbox, but is about 2" wide horizontally so it is really noticeable.

I have pushed on the screen lightly in different places with a microfiber cloth and I notice that I can change the amount of bleeding in different areas of the screen depending on where I push. This tells me that the plastic cover (I have the non-glass version) is not secured properly or the tape at the edges of the panel which is supposed to block out the backlight from the edges is not secured properly.

Other than this issue the screen uniformity is pretty good and the colours are amazing. However, I don't have a warranty with this monitor as I bought it second hand and thus I am thinking about pulling the bezel off and seeing what I can do about the loose plastic covering with some extra tape sorta like this fix for the old Dell 20" screen:

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/dell2005_backlight_fix.htm

However, I haven't looked into how to pop the bezel off yet and will likely only attempt it after Christmas when I have extra time on my hands for a few days. The monitor isn't exactly put together that well but at least the panel itself is very nice...
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I posted this back in August which I think is relevant, it worked for me as I now have no backlight bleeding to speak of:

Fired up my computer yesterday and immediately noticed what looked like small clump of dead pixels in the bottom right of my HZ27WA "non-glass" version, clearly visible on light backgrounds from normal viewing distances. I was pretty gutted to see that after a couple of months use. After close inspection I became convinced it was not dead pixels but more likely dust underneath the H2 glare coating. So heart in mouth I wrapped my hand in a microcloth and gave it a few taps increasing force until the whole monitor shook. On the fifth one it dislodged I saw it drop below the screen. Really pleased about that and as an added bonus a slight bleed I had at the top of the screen has also disappeared.

I think we all know the quality of the case for this monitor, but I'm guessing it is going to be difficult to stop dust getting behind the H2 glare coating in the longer term. Anyway just some feedback. The monitor is mostly great but only without the dust.
 
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Gana said:
Update.

Got around to trying the monitor with a different computer. Same problem still.

So one last resolve is to try another cable with the monitor.

Here is what the screen looks like most of the time:

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6227/20111213004541.jpg

Looks normal but for the lower part of the screen. Should be black but as you can see it is covered by a green "grid" instead. The "grid" is present on the entire screen but most noticable when the screen displays black colour.
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Any suggestions to a solution apart from cable,driver,gpu which have all been tried? I want to make sure it IS the monitor that is faulty before I ship it off yet again to OCUK for 65 GBP for RMA.
 
Bit the bullet, 27"WC comming at about 1 pm today!, Non glass

HannsG 27" Now flickering too much when starts and now some banding across middle of screen. Been a good screen for the last 3/4 years tho.

Hope my 580 GTX will be up for the task, till i SLI it in jan. I dont mind turning things down a bit for the extra pixels.

Will let ya know if i am dizzy happy, or my temper flares again LOL. Why is it i always imagine a big hole in the box :-)
 
Well, A summary.

Looked at the website this morning, The 27"WC was £40 cheaper! TYPICAL. Called OC, Said i have not received and signed for anything yet, Can i have the difference, They agreed (We will see).

Anyway. The monitor

AWESOME. Typing this on it, My hannsG is next to it. There is no comparison - NONE. My old monitor is just washed out BAD, LOL How is anyone supposed to know, Unless they are side by side. When i moved my head or changed the angle i sat in my chair the color would change or get darker, None of that anymore it just stays the same!.
No dead pixels, The color is so much better!. Well happy!.

Gave BF3 a hour on the new BTK maps, was a little worried about the new high res with my 580. Running it at 900/2200. Dropped to everything high, No AA. No prob's, I get 40-60 seems great.
Wow at the differance between 1900 x 1200 and this beast. Night and day. Everything in game just looks right, not big or blown up.
So Glad i went high res over 3D, Nearly went the other way. Will leave that for the TV now.

Anyway, Don't normally write much, But i know there are still a few on the bench with this monitor and 3D. Just my opinion.

Off for more BTK 2560x1440 Goodness.

:-)
 
hi Quicken,

i'm just about to pull the trigger on 3 of the glass fronted WCs (price is irresistible at 360 sheets) but i have a question. from what i can gather, the stand is non-adjustable - does that apply to both tilting it back/forward and the height? if i'm going to get 3, i need to be able to tilt them so the edges are vertical and sitting flush with the adjacent monitor... the only pics i can find have the monitor sitting back at an angle, which defeats the purpose of triple monitor gaming!!

cheers...
 
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