BARGAIN - OcUK 24" with DVI (*VA Panel) for £179.99+VAT (This Week Only Deal!!)

Gregeff said:
Yeh I do, even when off... It's not noticable normally though. Only at night when the computer is off.
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Unfortunately mine is more than noticable. Just had to call ocuk and arrange another collection, yet more time without my dual screen to make my work more awkward. G/f stressing that they will charge us again for the RMA like last time despite there being a clearly visible problem.

If i do get charged again what are my options? There is a definite fault here man.
 
1mm3 said:
Seconded, im also interested in getting this to play 360/PC games

Ive seen the video posted earlier but any chance of some high res pics?
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put my mates 360 in with a vga cable i just got (mad catz) and after a few smacks of the auto adjust button (xbox on 13x7 res) it fills the whole screen (no black bars) 19x12 seems too big? It looks damn nice though :) Rich colours etc, only problem is i dont have an optical/toslink cable with me so its not staying in my room for the gta4 fest tonight :(

I'll try take a pic, but my phone doesnt have a great camera.

Starting to notice the backlight bleed i have less now, still annoying though, will probably rma when im at uni next (sept?) as I dont have a spare second monitor anymore.
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Psypher5 said:
put my mates 360 in with a vga cable i just got (mad catz) and after a few smacks of the auto adjust button (xbox on 13x7 res) it fills the whole screen (no black bars) 19x12 seems too big? It looks damn nice though :) Rich colours etc, only problem is i dont have an optical/toslink cable with me so its not staying in my room for the gta4 fest tonight :(

I'll try take a pic, but my phone doesnt have a great camera.

Starting to notice the backlight bleed i have less now, still annoying though, will probably rma when im at uni next (sept?) as I dont have a spare second monitor anymore.
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That burnout picture unless i am wrong is supposed to be white isnt it? does not look white to me.

I get the impression that i got a fluke with my first screen getting nice crispy white and good blacks with the samsung panel, cuz the 2 since have both looked like yours.
 
The white paper on his wallboard gives an indication that it is more likely due to the camera not giving a true representation of the white levels.
 
I just wanted to do a quick update on how happy I am with mine, Its been about 5 months since I got it and its still the best computer related purchase I have made in the past 12 months, I couldnt use anything else now.
 
Bought one myself last week and it came yesterday - moving from a 19 inch to this was a big step, its perfect to watch videos on and playing a game is a different experience.

One problem I have though is the flashing blue LED when the computer is in standby... I've got this thing in my room and when my computer automatically turns off at night I wake up to a pulsating strobe in my room. Like another person in this thread - think I may have to stick some tape over it :P

The speakers are pretty awful as well, but I'm sure most people already have a set of stand alone speakers anyway.

Other than that its a fantastic purchase!
 
MagicalTrevor said:
One problem I have though is the flashing blue LED when the computer is in standby... I've got this thing in my room and when my computer automatically turns off at night I wake up to a pulsating strobe in my room. Like another person in this thread - think I may have to stick some tape over it :P
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Could you not just turn the monitor off? :p
 
I cut a tiny bit of black electrical tape so that I can see a tiny bit of blue light just creeping round the edges.

Also you may find brown electrical tape makes it go a cool dull purple, thats what I found with my fan control anyway, looks awesome!
 
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jubei said:
That burnout picture unless i am wrong is supposed to be white isnt it? does not look white to me.

I get the impression that i got a fluke with my first screen getting nice crispy white and good blacks with the samsung panel, cuz the 2 since have both looked like yours.
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I did say, my phone camera is carp :D

Its as white as white can be mate :)

Also, is that classed as upscaling? I didn't think these monitors could upscale? I expected black bars which i got, but after hitting auto adjust it fit.
 
Got one of these today, when i first installed it was like oh my this is way too big, however after a few hours of use ive gotten used to it, moving from a 19" crt to this baby is a massive stepup

i took a picture of my xbox360 connected up to it, using exactly the same screen as you saw earlier so you can see properly the whiteness of the image
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dbeckett said:
Got one of these today, when i first installed it was like oh my this is way too big, however after a few hours of use ive gotten used to it, moving from a 19" crt to this baby is a massive stepup

i took a picture of my xbox360 connected up to it, using exactly the same screen as you saw earlier so you can see properly the whiteness of the image
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Yeah my one i using has excellent whites, a samsung panel apparently. Its these one by AU or whatever that seems to have horrible color, at least my last two anyway.
 
WillSpengler said:
Any issues with humming or anything else?

I've got one of these on order, but i'm humming and hawing it.
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Mines humming a bit too, either i have a slightly faulty one or theyre all like that, i wouldn't find it as big a problem the monitor wasnt in my bedroom, gonna leave it a few days anyway and see if i get used to the noise, it only seems to appear when i turn my monitor off

Think im using 1920x1080 with a vga, i picked the biggest resolution anyway after searching this thread most people seemed to have picked that resolution, just have to remember to press the auto adjust button everytime you turn it on as it doesn't always automatically resize the screen for you,
 
Very tempted by these and this is a very long thread :o

Is it any good at none native resolution? I can max the settings on my graphics with my current 1440x900 res monitor but I do start to get slowdown in heavy areas. I get the feeling it will take a massive beating if I try to have half decent settings at max res.

Any thoughts? :)


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dbeckett said:
Mines humming a bit too, either i have a slightly faulty one or theyre all like that, i wouldn't find it as big a problem the monitor wasnt in my bedroom, gonna leave it a few days anyway and see if i get used to the noise, it only seems to appear when i turn my monitor off

Think im using 1920x1080 with a vga, i picked the biggest resolution anyway after searching this thread most people seemed to have picked that resolution, just have to remember to press the auto adjust button everytime you turn it on as it doesn't always automatically resize the screen for you,
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Im guessing it could be a cheapy transformer. Is there an in-line one on the cable, or is it just an IEC (kettle plug) that goes into the monitor?
 
Whoop said:
Very tempted by these and this is a very long thread :o

Is it any good at none native resolution? I can max the settings on my graphics with my current 1440x900 res monitor but I do start to get slowdown in heavy areas. I get the feeling it will take a massive beating if I try to have half decent settings at max res.

Any thoughts? :)


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yes scales very well in my experience
 
Had mine for a couple of weeks and Im delighted. Ive read every page of this thread over the past couple of weeks, (man I really must get myself a life) but I cant remember where to find certain bits of info. Would someone be kind enough to post a new summary of how to find out which model one has obtained and simple calibration instructions? Im sure Im not the only reader would appreciate it.
Also, far as I can see not one person has come up with a suggestion to make the screen height adjustable, cept for puttin a coulpe of bricks under it, am I right? Has anyone hung it up on a wall?
 
I haven't found any dead pixels. Mine does not hum, nor does it wobble, which I wish it did, because performance wise, I'm not impressed.

A) This is a TN film, not a PVA or even VA panel. You can easily see it from the slightest change in angle, it seems no better than a 160.

B) It's also noticeably unclear or fuzzy, with contrast patches and splotching. And a grain-i-ness that you should not experience with DVI or VGA by today's standards.

C) The "OSD" features are severly limited.

D) Ghosting and backlighting issues are pretty bad. This is definatley not a uniformed LED backlighting. Then again at the price of this monitor, I'm not surprised.

EDIT: We have four of these screens sitting in our lab, and they all have the same symptoms. I'm starting to wonder which half of you people aren't even aware of the problems and which half are just in denial :)


For anyone considering this, if you find another one, from a known brand like Samsung or NEC, I'd spend the extra money and get it. With manufacturers like that, they design their own templates and panels and they keep them for their own products. Companies like DGM either make their own (which are not near the same quality), or they outsource them from companies competing with the manufacturers who make their own, hence they are cheaper and therefore lower quality.

I'm not going to use the cliche 'it's good for the money,' because we all say that too often. What we really mean is 'we spent too much as it is, and saying this makes us feel better about it.'


My rating is 6.5/10
 
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