B-Grade monitors?

beasty6 · 28 Nov 2013 at 18:50

hey guys,

looking at getting a 1440p monitor, just seen the DGM in the B-Grade section for £300.

are these worth getting? have they got bad image quality etc?
just abit cautious about a B-Grade monitor

cheers

Dicehunter · 28 Nov 2013 at 19:00

beasty6 said:
hey guys,

looking at getting a 1440p monitor, just seen the DGM in the B-Grade section for £300.

are these worth getting? have they got bad image quality etc?
just abit cautious about a B-Grade monitor

cheers

According to the piles of posts I've read on here the DGM monitors power brick is notorious for going boom, Personally I'd spend the extra on the version that comes with a full warranty.

beasty6 · 28 Nov 2013 at 19:04

Dicehunter said:
According to the piles of posts I've read on here the DGM monitors power brick is notorious for going boom, Personally I'd spend the extra on the version that comes with a full warranty.

hmmm... looks like the hazro is next in line then :/

andybird123 · 28 Nov 2013 at 19:07

I've got 3 DGM's, had them over a year, good picture quality, the only issue with them is the stand is a bit naff, but it's a minor concern considering the price

Dicehunter · 28 Nov 2013 at 19:08

beasty6 said:
hmmm... looks like the hazro is next in line then :/

Also going with the Hazro once I confirm a few details.

beasty6 · 28 Nov 2013 at 19:10

andybird123 said:
I've got 3 DGM's, had them over a year, good picture quality, the only issue with them is the stand is a bit naff, but it's a minor concern considering the price

so no issues with the power brick? b-grade DGM's worth getting?

Dicehunter · 29 Nov 2013 at 01:43

beasty6 said:
so no issues with the power brick? b-grade DGM's worth getting?

Remember they are B-Grade for a reason, They could have a large amount of dead pixels, Not work fully, Missing important items i.e power brick or power cable.
In my opinion because OCUK don't tell you why exactly it's B-Grade I would stay away from that section, It's a huge gamble to take with your money.

s452 · 29 Nov 2013 at 01:59

my opinion on b-grade monitors are as follows

As a Primary monitor on your main system - AVOID AT ALL COST due to possibility of issues from dead pixels to warranty

As a monitor on a secondary system, where you just need something cheap to show an image, I would consider b-grade provided new is not around a similar price or cheaper

Dicehunter · 29 Nov 2013 at 02:01

s452 said:
my opinion on b-grade monitors are as follows

As a Primary monitor on your main system - AVOID AT ALL COST due to possibility of issues from dead pixels to warranty

As a monitor on a secondary system, where you just need something cheap to show an image, I would consider b-grade provided new is not around a similar price or cheaper

Well said, Would be good if OCUK actually told people what they were getting though, If there was just some type of information it would be so helpful.

Minstadave · 29 Nov 2013 at 02:13

I'd echo the above, wouldn't touch a B-grade monitor.

beasty6 · 29 Nov 2013 at 06:55

okey dokey non b-grade it is, anyone using the hazro monitor me and dicehunter are looking at?

this one
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-012-HO&groupid=17&catid=1120

arknor · 3 Dec 2013 at 15:12

B-grade monitors are probably returns that people thought had to much backlight bleed etc.

some people might just be pretty damn fussy but it's a lottery

85256638 · 3 Dec 2013 at 19:34

beasty6 said:
okey dokey non b-grade it is, anyone using the hazro monitor me and dicehunter are looking at?

this one
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-012-HO&groupid=17&catid=1120

This monitor is great. However, it only has the dvi connector. Be aware