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

Jimmy1983 · 29 Dec 2008 at 16:34

sunama said:
Nope.

I use Media Player Classic and ffdshow filter. However, you can choose whatever (front-end) player you wish.

That better than VLC?

shaffaaf27 · 29 Dec 2008 at 16:55

i prefer kmplayer. no extra codec neede.

sunama · 29 Dec 2008 at 17:59

No extra codec is needed with MediaPlayerClassic, either. The advantage of adding ffdshow filter is you can alter the image that is pumped out to your screen in many different ways. I usually have 3 settings running through ffdshow (sharpen, resize and subtitles (if required)).

I'm not saying that this is the best player, but it works for me without any problems at all.

shaffaaf27 · 29 Dec 2008 at 20:36

btw all of those affect you can add and edit, are in KMplayer aswell

hoenstly give it a go, youll fall in love

lazyvulture · 30 Dec 2008 at 13:14

I'm considering getting a second one of these to replace the (frankly shoddy looking) 17" compaq beside mine.

Doesn't look like they're being sold any more.

Rofflay · 30 Dec 2008 at 19:40

death to the tn panel!

*waiting on ocuk value oled"

Jimmy1983 · 1 Jan 2009 at 13:27

Is there anyway go get around this monitor not having a HDMI port? Didnt really think about it until now. Can you get DVI-HDMI adaptors, or something of the like?

Alexrose1uk · 1 Jan 2009 at 13:29

Yes you can. DVI/HDMI video data is virtually the same.

Minstadave · 1 Jan 2009 at 13:36

Alexrose1uk said:
Yes you can. DVI/HDMI video data is virtually the same.

It won't display HDCP protected content though (so PS3s won't work, neither will bluray movies).

Jimmy1983 · 1 Jan 2009 at 14:06

Minstadave said:
It won't display HDCP protected content though (so PS3s won't work, neither will bluray movies).

Could get round this if I get an internal blu ray drive.

So would a 360 not display HD on this monitor then?

Psypher5 · 1 Jan 2009 at 16:15

360 has a vga cable so your fine.

monitor works with an hd fury cable for machines with hdmi 1080p outputs. (bluray players, ps3 etc)

Jimmy1983 · 1 Jan 2009 at 17:56

Psypher5 said:
hd fury cable

Whats this?

Thanks for the info

Psypher5 · 1 Jan 2009 at 19:54

in easy terms, its an hdmi splitter which is illegal, but somehow its legal O.o

It turns hdmi into vga. using it on my ps3 and my dgm monitor gave damn nice 1080p results

Costly though.

Jimmy1983 · 1 Jan 2009 at 21:37

Psypher5 said:
in easy terms, its an hdmi splitter which is illegal, but somehow its legal O.o

It turns hdmi into vga. using it on my ps3 and my dgm monitor gave damn nice 1080p results

Costly though.

What was the damage?

Psypher5 · 2 Jan 2009 at 00:20

they are 55 + postage new. Even on the bay

Minstadave · 2 Jan 2009 at 00:29

Jimmy1983 said:
Could get round this if I get an internal blu ray drive.

So would a 360 not display HD on this monitor then?

360 doesn't use HDCP for games so will work fine using a HDMI->DVI adaptor.

Jimmy1983 · 2 Jan 2009 at 10:11

Ive not got either a 360 or ps3. Would there be much point in me getting this cable for future ref?

Ive not got a laptop with a HDMI cable, so I guess I could use it to connect my laptop to my monitor if I started to download HD material?!

Psypher5 · 2 Jan 2009 at 13:39

if you downloaded, it wont be hdcp I dont think? Only if you have a bluray player and play bluray disks would throw a problem

miniyazz · 2 Jan 2009 at 20:22

Jimmy1983 said:
Is there anyway go get around this monitor not having a HDMI port? Didnt really think about it until now. Can you get DVI-HDMI adaptors, or something of the like?

Yes, but they aren't cheap. I got one for my Wii so can't comment on HD through it, but it works well.

sunama said:
I use Media Player Classic and ffdshow filter. However, you can choose whatever (front-end) player you wish.

I normally use VLC but just occasionally, for no apparent reason, my computer's CPU can't keep up (Q6600 @ 3GHz, 8800GTX @ 1080p), when I use wmplayer. The multithreading means CPU isn't a problem, but VLC has more shortcuts!

Steves_pc said:
Well i'm so far from missing the VA boat i'd need hubble to see it,
anyways seeing as theres a few knocking about in clearance with a bit of a mixed description regards TN/VA but im guessing it'll be a TN anyhoo, what i wanted to know was are the TN's that bad? i mean it's still a 24" and at £138!! it'd need to be really bad to still not be worth it surely?

I am directly infront of it anyway so angles arent an issue, just fancy an upgrade from my ol 20" phillips (ips panel iirc)

Steve

VA monitors are still around, they're just not as cheap as this one!

And you say you're directly in front of it, and for using it at a desk for most things a TN will be fine, especially if it's got an adjustable stand. But I wouldn't get a TN if you want to watch movies, since you can sometimes get colour deviations even just from the different angles you look at the screen when you're close, and when you're far away you're normally watching with other people, and angles deffo become an annoyance then.

spanielgita · 5 Jan 2009 at 15:38

Hello there,

I have currently returned my monitor as it was flickering madly then it just cut out altogether.It was only 10 months old. So overclockers are sending me out a replacement, of which i am very grateful.

My only issue is i am concerned that the replacement will be a TN panel instead of the VA i used to have. Is there any clear way of identifying what kind of panel it is?