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

This monitor just turned up and I cannot believe how big it is. I have gamed on a 17" Iiyama Visionmaster Pro 413 for the last 5 years and this screen has blown me away!

Out of the box needed very little adjustment to the colour and settings, just a little scaling back on the brightness.

I have checked the screen and there are zero dead pixels also I have had none of the problems over DVI that some people have reported.

The stand does its job and I would say this monitor is as stable as my old CRT.

I fired up Crysis and although my 8800GTS 640MB does not like the native res I scaled it down to 1440 x 900 and it looked 100%

Give me another 6 months and I will have Crysis at max res after a GPU upgrade however in the meantime I cant wait to see Eve Online after the graphics update!

Thank you Gibbo for the best 24" TFT at a rediculously low price. I was going to buy the Dell 2007 Widescreen until this came along.

My only concern is DGM's Warranty registration but I have done all I can on that front and I await an answer to my enote. In the meantime I have filled out the details using a different Screentype so my details are at least in their system before the 14 day period is up.

Tis the season to be jolly...
 
Just plugged mine in... got some issues.
Should a driver CD come with this? Monitor on XP display settings is listed as plug and play.
I have the monitor hooked to a Nvidia 7600GT via the DVI cable.
I can set the resolution to 1920x1200 but colour looks awful. I watched some mpeg4 avi files.... colours were horrifically bad. Nomal windows desktops colours look off also.
Can anyone help? Suggestions?
 
iGrumpy said:
Just plugged mine in... got some issues.
Should a driver CD come with this? Monitor on XP display settings is listed as plug and play.
I have the monitor hooked to a Nvidia 7600GT via the DVI cable.
I can set the resolution to 1920x1200 but colour looks awful. I watched some mpeg4 avi files.... colours were horrifically bad. Nomal windows desktops colours look off also.
Can anyone help? Suggestions?
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Have you tried calibrating the LCD using Nvida Control Panel. That might help. Also try running the screen through the VGA connector
 
Just plugged in my VGA cable...... picture appears normal. Still requires tweaking for watching video.
Does that mean the DVI connection is broken?
 
This is odd I plugged the DVI cable back in.......... image was bad again. Played around with the optimisation wizard in the Nvidia Control Panel but cancelled it. Image is good but still needs tweaking like before.
Gonna plug my HD TV back in see what that does.
 
Jimmy1983 said:
Finally someone who has used the tilt function! :D Ive only clicked it back once, with one click does it go back any more?
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The tilt function works perfectly fine. I didnt make a big deal of it as its a given that it should work. The main problem with the stand/mount is that the screen is so damn light. This means that every nudge shakes the screen. Place the screen on a sturdy table/desk or mount it on the wall and the problem goes away.

Jimmy1983 said:
Can you tell me how I can view some HD content on it? What defines it as HD, I have scanned thru the thread again but see anything.
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I use Media Player Classic to watch all my videos. Though if watching blu-ray and hddvd you can use PowerDVD.

Dont get caught up with the 'HD' tag. The resolution of this monitor is 1920x1200, which is actually higher than the resolution specified for 1080p material (1920x1080). However, what a lot of people forget to tell you is that an older screen/projector that can only display 720p (1280x720) can beat a 1080p panel. As an example, the best 42"/50" display available right now is regarded to be a Pioneer Kuro Plasma TV series, which cannot display 1080p material. If you look at the review I did, earlier in this thread, I compared this screen to a 6 yr old 19" CRT. Overall, this screen is better, but doesnt win in all areas.

Besides, on a small screen like this, I would challenge anyone to to be able to tell the difference between 1080p and 720p video, in a blindfold test. ;)
 
Jay_t said:
UPDATE

Fixed the stuck pixel!:D

My panel is now grade 1 flawless.:) I placed a piece of polythene over the screen to protect it and pressed on the dead pixel with the point of a biro and its gone.

Time for a celebratory lunchtime pint.:cool:
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How much pressure did you put on the pen and did you do this whilst it was one? It sounds a bit hazardous to me.
 
stuck pixel

mine has a really annoying stuck blue pixel in the middle of the screen

anybody got any tips on removing this problems?

i use JscreenFix regulary and it does not seem to want to budge. i had a green one that has seemed to have gone.

also on POST screen (abit fatality mobo) it appears that i have ded pixels!!! but i cannot see them on a white background, hope its just bcos bios is low pixels


thanks
 
sunama said:
The tilt function works perfectly fine. I didnt make a big deal of it as its a given that it should work. The main problem with the stand/mount is that the screen is so damn light. This means that every nudge shakes the screen. Place the screen on a sturdy table/desk or mount it on the wall and the problem goes away.
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Yer mines seems fine now, did click at first, but now just swings back until your happy.

sunama said:
I use Media Player Classic to watch all my videos. Though if watching blu-ray and hddvd you can use PowerDVD.
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I take it you can't view HD in VLC or WMP then? Yer I use WMPclassic or VLC.

Dont get caught up with the 'HD' tag. The resolution of this monitor is 1920x1200, which is actually higher than the resolution specified for 1080p material (1920x1080). However, what a lot of people forget to tell you is that an older screen/projector that can only display 720p (1280x720) can beat a 1080p panel. As an example, the best 42"/50" display available right now is regarded to be a Pioneer Kuro Plasma TV series, which cannot display 1080p material. If you look at the review I did, earlier in this thread, I compared this screen to a 6 yr old 19" CRT. Overall, this screen is better, but doesnt win in all areas.

Besides, on a small screen like this, I would challenge anyone to to be able to tell the difference between 1080p and 720p video, in a blindfold test. ;)[/QUOTE]
 
Jimmy1983 said:
I take it you can't view HD in VLC or WMP then? Yer I use WMPclassic or VLC.
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Ive never used VLC. Media Player Classic (MPC) has served all my needs for the last few years.

I hate WMP as it has "security checks" such as drm, which I dont like. It also lacks the flexibility of MPC. What I like about MPC is sometimes, if you have the incorrect aspect ratio, you can simply (using the cursor keys), you can stretch or squash the image to bring it into line.

I've just tried WMP and all my HD videos work fine in it.

EDIT: just to add that last night, after watching some (very old) HD demos that I had downloaded from Microsoft's website, on my 19" CRT I then went to my bedroom and viewed the same videos. There were a lot of dark scenes and the lights were off. The CRT's images looked better than the OCUK 24" monitor. The OCUK 24" monitor displays web pages much better though.
 
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What colour settings is everyone using? Got mine this morning looks class but can't be bothered to check through here to see what everyone posted :)
 
its a piece of cake. you dont need me to do a test, just set your resolution to 1280x720 and watch a film. rinse and repeat with 1920x1080. if we couldnt see the difference, people wouldn't be so caught up in the issues with scaling. when you sit this close to the screen, the difference is pretty obvious.

look at this example: http://tvcalculator.com/index.html?322b2e1da4211eb78b8b63771b50b579

look at the pixel densities of the 4 displays.
display #1 = standard 22" 16:10 lcd native 1680x1050).
display #2 = 24" display with a 1366x768 native resolution (typical of a 720p display)
display #3 = 24" display with a 1920x1080 native (1080p)
display #4 = 24" display with a 1920x1200 native (typical 24" 16:10 display)

now, those pixel densities. ask anybody who's moved from a 22" (display #1) to a 24"(display #4) and they'll all tell you the 24" display is sharper. text is sharper, in game its sharper, and video's are sharper. thats a change of 807pixels/sq.in - not a lot.

now imagine a 720p native screen at 24" (display #2). HALF the pixel density of a 22" windscreen (-4000pixels/sq.in or there abouts) , do you really think its not noticeable?

again, try running your 24" at 1280x720p and watch a few films on it. even upscaling dvd's theres a difference:)
 
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