ok where do i begin.
the tv comes in a massive box very well packaged up so no chance of it getting scratched up. a seperate smaller box comes with the tv and has:
1) a power cable (standard pc psu type)
2) a vga - vga cable for pc connection
3) scart cable
4) audio cable for plugging into sound card on pc then into the line in jack on the screen.
the back of the screen has 2 plastic removable panels that house the connectors in them. easy to work with.
also recieved a remote control and 2 AA batteries for it.
the screen has built in speakers, 3 each side for a total of 6. 2 of the 6 seem to be smaller than the other 4 so they are probably the tweaters.
back of lcd also has 2 scart inputs and lots of other connector inputs, looks like rgb inputs along with svideo and other funky ones. may take a picture later to explain better.
the above pics are crappy and i will take more during the day time tomorrow.
No dead pixels at all on the screen.
build quality is very good, very heavy. i expected it to be a lot lighter than it is.
the negatives first.
on screen display is in some other stupid language. but reading manual and about 4 button presses after it was set to english.
well there are only 2 negatives, first the real pain is the butt was to set the native rez since the 6800le thats running it is wounded in that 1366x768 would not work, it kept on running some other rez called 1360 or 1368x768. but powerstrip fixed that and now all the text is sharp.
next negative is that although i can use this monitor for general windows use as in word processing and web surfing it would have benefitted from a higher resolution. everything seems to be LARGE but its not like outputting to a crt tv where text is blurry. this screen is brilliant and its quality is similar to the hanns G 19inch tft i have.
also 1280x1024 works on this tv but text is blurry etc since its not in its native rez when doing that. this screen really suffers if its not run in its native rez.
worst of all it makes my 19inch tft and 21inc crt look like tiny pda screen
POSITIVES
NOW, video quality i can now really tell that the encoded films etc i have are really crap in quality since on a large screen you really can see the difference between a 1cd rip and 2cd rip of films. i will be encoding all my films at a higher resolution and bit rate from now on.
i played the HD video of the Elephants Dream short free movie and it was the 1920x1080 version. the quality is absolutly superb. the blacks on this screen are amazing. they match the quality of the hanns G 196D i have easily. looks like it really lives up to its 8ms rating. very nice screen.
will try and see if i can force the games to run in its native rez tomorrow perhaps.
this screen is deffo worth more money than its being charged at. very slick frame, fits in well with its surroundings.
for pc gaming im guessing its gonna be a bit of trouble to get its native rez to work and probably the 27inch screen which has the 1280x720 standard rez would be far easier to setup. but only time will tell for me when i start to fiddle with it tomorrow.
will add more to this review as i play around more with the screen.
