Did I do well?!?!

Personally, I'd never buy a B-grade monitor, as could have backlight bleed, bad IPS glow, or be cosmetically damaged in some way. Or it could be perfect with simply a bit of minor box damage. You just never know, and it'll cost you to return if it's something minor like that.
 
How are 4K refresh rates lame? They are all 60hz these days which is the same as the hazro youve linked to?

Hazro support is also pretty rubbish, ocuk also say their b grade items only cone with 90 days warranty, despite UK law being that up to 6 months it is up to the retailer to prove a fault was caused by you, you will face an uphill struggle trying to get support from ocuk
 
Most of the 4k monitors in my price range were 30hz. There was one that apparently did 60hz but you had to run displayport.

Nice to see people vouching for OCUK though lol.
 
I think almost all the 4k monitors at the £400 price are 60hz via DP which is correct as none of them have HDMI2.0 fitted. (Veiwsonic and dell, low low end and only 30hz irrespective)

Bgrade = ignore the description, 90 days.

What you've managed to get is a lower spec monitor, for the same price with the same 'low' refresh, that's pretty much as close as a bad job as you could have got.

Grats.
 
Tonester0011 said:
I think almost all the 4k monitors at the £400 price are 60hz via DP which is correct as none of them have HDMI2.0 fitted. (Veiwsonic and dell, low low end and only 30hz irrespective)

Bgrade = ignore the description, 90 days.

What you've managed to get is a lower spec monitor, for the same price with the same 'low' refresh, that's pretty much as close as a bad job as you could have got.

Grats.
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It says 60hz.

I didn't want 4k I wanted 1600p for a reason. I have around 300 emulations I have coded that were designed to run on a 1600x1200 screen. So, naturally, if this monitor has a height of 1600p then it's perfect. 4k would have rendered them too small to read properly.

From what I've managed to garner this is a re-shelled Apple Cinema display with an LG screen so it will do for me.
 
Right, we're supposed to infer that from your first post?
The same one where and i quote

I was going to go 4k but the refresh rates at £400 or so are pretty lame. There was a Samsung claiming 60hz but at 27" I was a bit put off.
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Pretty clear you were going to get 4k, where you were put off because 60hz was lame. Nothing to do with emulations...? The same refresh on your new one that's coming.
 
Tonester0011 said:
Right, we're supposed to infer that from your first post?
The same one where and i quote



Pretty clear you were going to get 4k, where you were put off because 60hz was lame. Nothing to do with emulations...? The same refresh on your new one that's coming.
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OK let me clarify. I looked at 4k monitors but didn't really want one. Better?

My price limit was £400. IIRC, aside from a B grade there were no 60hz 4k monitors under that price any way.
 
As has been said I wouldnt touch B grade monitors with a barge pole. I to did look at the Hazro's thinking they were a bargain till I asked about them.

The response was honest.

Hello!

I can't check monitors unfortunately though it's likely to have dead/stuck pixels or screen bleeding.

I've found a review here for you.
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Personally i would not touch it and if i remember correctly overclockers said they will no longer be stocking Hazro monitors... that says it all really :p
 
I think it's fair to say Andy, you have not got the verification you were looking for from this thread. However good luck with that b grade if you went ahead and bought it, please let us know how you got on. It would be interesting to see if peoples fears were in fact validated.
 
ALXAndy said:
It says 60hz.

I didn't want 4k I wanted 1600p for a reason. I have around 300 emulations I have coded that were designed to run on a 1600x1200 screen. So, naturally, if this monitor has a height of 1600p then it's perfect. 4k would have rendered them too small to read properly.

From what I've managed to garner this is a re-shelled Apple Cinema display with an LG screen so it will do for me.
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The screen you've linked is 2560x1600, which doesn't match your emulations anyway.
 
magpie1966 said:
I think it's fair to say Andy, you have not got the verification you were looking for from this thread. However good luck with that b grade if you went ahead and bought it, please let us know how you got on. It would be interesting to see if peoples fears were in fact validated.
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Verification is a very odd word. What I was hoping for was people that either own this monitor or have owned it to let me know what the deal is and what to look out for.

You know? helpful posts. Not people telling me how crap OCUK is to buy from. If the monitor is duff it goes back, it's as simple as that. I trust OCUK not to send me a broken monitor if that's what people are implying here? maybe they have had bad experiences in the past? who knows ?

weird_dave said:
The screen you've linked is 2560x1600, which doesn't match your emulations anyway.
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Oh crap you're joking? forgive me for not being able to count !

Of course what I would prefer is something that can fit the front ends onto the screen res (unlike 1080p without rotating it) that leaves less pixels top and bottom instead of being more like half the size. Hence what I posted about being able to read all of the features and details. But never mind.

Oh BTW. I would also be pushing my hardware to the limit running 4k and achieving low 20s mins and high 30s highs. It's much more sensible to go for something in between and be able to meet 60 fps with Vsync on than basically playing all of your games around 30 fps.
 
No one is saying that ocuk are crap, just that b grade monitors are a high risk (as chances are they were already returned for a reason that monitor makers themselves dont really consider a fault, like bleed or a few dead pixels)

And ocuk only give 90 days warranty after which they will be very resistant to giving support as stated by Gibbo in another thread in this section, and that hazro support is also an issue with ocuk now refusing to stock their monitors

UK law says you have 6 years to make a claim and that in the first 6 months it is up to the retailer to prove it is not a manufacturing fault, however Gibbo has said ocuk will refuse an rma after 90 days on b grade

Its not a risk i persoanlly would want to take
 
If a monitor was returned as faulty then surely it wouldn't be resold? Surely the seller would refund and then sort it out with the manufacturer?

I know there's a risk involved. However, for the price I couldn't find anything suitable really.

I don't want to game at 4k because of the limitations. No dual GPU set up on earth could provide a solid 60 FPS in gaming.

There aren't many popular choices around right now. It seems to be ROG Swift @ £600 or more and even that isn't 4k.

When I bought my Titan rig I bought the monitor I have now which is 1080p 27" and it was £180. It was only a stand in.

I negated to mention that I already have a 4k screen. 65". However I don't want to hog the main TV which I would end up doing.

3 months to me has been more than long enough with hardware to find out if something is going to work.

Oh, also.. The Hazro is also supposed to be very good for response in gaming, unlike a lot of 4k screens I've been looking at.

Then there's the fact it's 30 inch. Once you get to that size things get expensive fast.

Greg (Gregster) bought a 4k monitor and only had it for two months before swapping out for a Swift iirc. That's not exactly saying much for 4k and he runs three Titans.

IMO PC gaming is still not ready for 4k. Maybe with Titan 2 or 680ti? Sure. But right now I do not want to be gaming at or around 30-40fps because IMO that completely flies in the face of what PC gaming is all about.

Greg also said that with his 27" running 4k res everything was tiny.
 
ALXAndy said:
If a monitor was returned as faulty then surely it wouldn't be resold? Surely the seller would refund and then sort it out with the manufacturer?

I know there's a risk involved. However, for the price I couldn't find anything suitable really.

I don't want to game at 4k because of the limitations. No dual GPU set up on earth could provide a solid 60 FPS in gaming.

There aren't many popular choices around right now. It seems to be ROG Swift @ £600 or more and even that isn't 4k.

When I bought my Titan rig I bought the monitor I have now which is 1080p 27" and it was £180. It was only a stand in.

I negated to mention that I already have a 4k screen. 65". However I don't want to hog the main TV which I would end up doing.

3 months to me has been more than long enough with hardware to find out if something is going to work.

Oh, also.. The Hazro is also supposed to be very good for response in gaming, unlike a lot of 4k screens I've been looking at.

Then there's the fact it's 30 inch. Once you get to that size things get expensive fast.

Greg (Gregster) bought a 4k monitor and only had it for two months before swapping out for a Swift iirc. That's not exactly saying much for 4k and he runs three Titans.

IMO PC gaming is still not ready for 4k. Maybe with Titan 2 or 680ti? Sure. But right now I do not want to be gaming at or around 30-40fps because IMO that completely flies in the face of what PC gaming is all about.

Greg also said that with his 27" running 4k res everything was tiny.
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B-grade items should function. Faulty items go back to manufacturer or in a skip. :)

Hazro is 50/50, you either get one which works and is OK and then they tend in all fairness to carry on working, or you get one which does not work.

A B-grade probably works fine but probably has marks on the chassis or something, we found their return rates too high and support very poor, hence the removal and them being sold with reduced warranty at low price.
 
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