Dell or iiyama

Lareon · 2 Dec 2013 at 10:36

I've always had dell ultrasharps but I've been seriously looking at the Iiyama Prolite XB2779QS-S.

basically I'm a 3d visualiser so colour is very important as is 2560 res, I also plan to use the monitor for gaming when I'm not working. looking at the specs i'm leaning towards the iiyama as a great workstation monitor that can also handle a little bit of gaming on the side.

is this the right move or should i just stick to dell?

Stelly · 2 Dec 2013 at 10:44

I have the Iiyama Prolite XB2779QS-S with the IPS panel and its fantastic, really really really good. We have the 30 inch Dells in work and the colour is just as good... The Iiyama is a fantastic monitor mate.

Stelly

foster grant · 2 Dec 2013 at 10:47

Stelly said:
I have the Iiyama Prolite XB2779QS-S with the IPS panel and its fantastic, really really really good. We have the 30 inch Dells in work and the colour is just as good... The Iiyama is a fantastic monitor mate.

Stelly

I have two Iiyama 23" ProLite IPS Monitors ...very nice monitors ...should have gone for larger ones really

And I would buy Iiyama again too

reiyushin · 2 Dec 2013 at 10:50

I'd recommend iiyama

maka12 · 2 Dec 2013 at 12:05

get the Iiyama Prolite XB2779QS-S its the best 1440p monitor you can get for gaming read 2 reviews one was prad the other hardware info.
its got 0 input lag.

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/4971/iiyama-prolite-xb2779qs-review-affordable-wqhd-monitor

http://www.prad.de/new/monitore/test/2013/test-iiyama-xb2779qs-s1-summary.html?c=4&id=747

the prad is more indepth but you have to pay for it.

i am getting one next week

Lareon · 2 Dec 2013 at 12:26

well looks like i'm sold, i too will get it next week if it comes back in stock, happy days

Lareon · 13 Jan 2014 at 16:52

I bought the iiyama in the end, so glad i did, it's an amazing monitor, far superior to the dells i use at work (3d visualisation)

it does attract fingerprints but the quality is just brilliant, cant fault it.

10/10

wapcatlet · 13 Jan 2014 at 23:31

I bought the Iiyama XB2779QS-S just before Christmas.
The images looked fantastic until I loaded a dark background and then I saw the backlight bleed which was truly awful.

I drove over to OcUK on Christmas Eve and swapped it for another one.
When I got it home and switched it on, it was almost as bad as the first one. I contacted OcUK and they asked me to send a photo (below):

On seeing the photo they immediately offered me a refund. I decided not to risk a third Iiyama and bought the Asus PB278Q instead.

The Asus is a superb monitor. Response times are good. No dead pixels.
The contrast ratio isn't quite as good as the Iiyama according to some of the reviews but it's a lot better than my old DGM IPS-2701 and there is hardly any backlight bleed.