Hanns-G HG281DP 28" Widescreen Any good, really??

Breeny · 28 Sep 2008 at 16:36

Does anyone know if this is wall mountable?

Fothsn · 29 Sep 2008 at 12:49

It is a cracking monitor for the price!

If only it had 1:1 mapping I would have saved myself £100 or so buying the ViewSonic 28', they use the same screen panel and I cannot pick any faults whatsoever

Chris1712 · 29 Sep 2008 at 17:52

I was all set for buying this monitor by the end of the week, but I notice the price of it has rocketed up closer to £300 now! Not such a bargain at that price I feel.

Fothsn · 29 Sep 2008 at 18:12

Well £273 with free delivery from here, still a good price nether the less

TrickyD · 30 Sep 2008 at 01:05

I have taken the punge, it should arrive tomorrow i will give my verdict... keep you posted.

osullivanpt · 1 Oct 2008 at 09:42

I just got mine this morning and it's more than i expected for the price, Well worth it.
My last monitor was a 24" samsung and tbh i didn't think this would be a patch on it from what i read but it walks over it,If your thinking of buying one just do it...you won't be disappointed.

TrickyD · 1 Oct 2008 at 19:17

I was worried buying this monitor, it was between getting a 24in or this one, and i'm more than happy with it. The default brightness setting were very high, i have to put my sun glasses on to adjust the settings lol

Sasso · 2 Oct 2008 at 15:43

was about to click the buy button on this but its rocketed up in price even more

gone up like £50 ion the past 2 weeks!!!

Altaz · 7 Oct 2008 at 16:42

I';ve been looking at this screen for a while and I want to know how bad the lack of 1:1 pixel mapping will affect watching HD (1080p) movies, as I am not a gamer, will this be a major issue? Could someone post a photo of the screen stretching the image?

Chris1712 · 7 Oct 2008 at 18:07

no1$dn said:
I';ve been looking at this screen for a while and I want to know how bad the lack of 1:1 pixel mapping will affect watching HD (1080p) movies, as I am not a gamer, will this be a major issue? Could someone post a photo of the screen stretching the image?

Do you mean from a PS3 or a PC? From a PC will be fine as your software will just make the black bars bigger, from a ps3 some stretching will be evident. Its not enough to drive you mad but is noticeable.

Altaz · 7 Oct 2008 at 18:27

Chris1712 said:
Do you mean from a PS3 or a PC? From a PC will be fine as your software will just make the black bars bigger, from a ps3 some stretching will be evident. Its not enough to drive you mad but is noticeable.

Well I was just going to use an internal blu-ray drive, so I guess i should be fine then?

Chris1712 · 7 Oct 2008 at 19:55

no1$dn said:
Well I was just going to use an internal blu-ray drive, so I guess i should be fine then?

Yup will be fine, your pc will be at 1920x1200 and will fill in the gaps.

acantril · 10 Oct 2008 at 11:22

I have to say i may have been to quick with my previous recomendation. I ordered two of these screens for myself and the missus. In the space of 2 weeks, BOTH have developed a stuck pixel and this morning mine developed a bright pink line from top to bottom of the screen meaning a warrenty swap.

Not impressed with this happening to both and it brings into question the build quality. I dont expect MUCH for the price but i did expect reliability.

legooolas · 10 Oct 2008 at 12:00

acantril said:
Not impressed with this happening to both and it brings into question the build quality. I dont expect MUCH for the price but i did expect reliability.

Have a lot of people had reliability problems with these screens?

I was considering one (once they are on "This Week Only" again so that they're a bit cheaper) but had 6 returns of the OCuk value 24" DGM monitors and don't want a repeat of that.

Busa666 · 10 Oct 2008 at 18:08

No problems at all with the Hanns-g 28" here.....or the DGM 24" :cool:

Michael Myers · 10 Oct 2008 at 20:13

legooolas said:
Have a lot of people had reliability problems with these screens?

I was considering one (once they are on "This Week Only" again so that they're a bit cheaper) but had 6 returns of the OCuk value 24" DGM monitors and don't want a repeat of that.

no problems here, had it just over a month so far

scamartist · 11 Oct 2008 at 08:13

Had mine for about 1 month as well and no problems at all.

Only prob for me now is I want another for dual screen goodness but don't have space for it.

Scooby_WR1 · 11 Oct 2008 at 18:50

Ive had mine for 10months now never had a problem with it absolutely great monitor for the price.

tommysdad · 12 Oct 2008 at 01:41

Run with a Gainward HD3870 XT?

How would this monitor fair with a Gainward HD3870 XT 512,I play TF2 and COD4 .I would also be using it with a Macbook Pro for photography workflow.I may go crossfire with the 3870XT when I hit the buy button for this LCD.
I`ll have to sweet talk tommysmum tho, It will be an almighty task,at the moment I have picture but no sound

Thanks in advance

tommysdad

Michael Myers · 12 Oct 2008 at 10:43

tommysdad said:
How would this monitor fair with a Gainward HD3870 XT 512,I play TF2 and COD4 .I would also be using it with a Macbook Pro for photography workflow.I may go crossfire with the 3870XT when I hit the buy button for this LCD.
I`ll have to sweet talk tommysmum tho, It will be an almighty task,at the moment I have picture but no sound

Thanks in advance

tommysdad

I dont know how your card compares to my 8800 GTS 320mb but i can just about get away with cod4 in max on the highest resolution, but the fps does drop a bit when stuff gets very crazy