Hanns.G HH251DPB, is it any good?

Auraomega · 22 Oct 2010 at 17:07

Not heard of this brand before and such a low price for a 25" monitor is making me wary, however I've been looking for a new monitor and sorely tempted, has anyone got any opinions on it yet?

the1gooner · 23 Oct 2010 at 11:30

Received mine this morning.

Didn't realise how big this thing was going to be compared to my old 20" monitor.

Excellent picture quality and absolutely no dead pixels (something i was worried about).

Amazing value for money really.

Phoenix26 · 23 Oct 2010 at 11:31

the1gooner said:
Received mine this morning.

Didn't realise how big this thing was going to be compared to my old 20" monitor.

Excellent picture quality and absolutely no dead pixels (something i was worried about).

Amazing value for money really.

Good to hear, considering getting one of these myself.

valkia · 23 Oct 2010 at 11:35

They were amazing value for money

you dont realise how big the comparison from a 20" to a 25" is until you get it out the box

the1gooner · 23 Oct 2010 at 12:22

I know. I opened the box and before i took it out i was thinking damn i'm gonna need a bigger desk.

Gantoris · 23 Oct 2010 at 17:30

Does look like a great deal for a budget monitor to me, my brother has the 27.5" hansg and no complaints there. If crazy expensive features like IPS and LED dont interest you then you certainly cant go wrong with this.

My only gripe is with the lack of an HDMI output but thats no biggie.

PCM2 · 23 Oct 2010 at 18:37

I have heard many complains from users in the States that Hanns.G has terrible customer service. Has anybody dealt with them in the UK?

Gantoris · 23 Oct 2010 at 18:39

No idea about there customer service, if it is indeed bad then there's something for OP to consider.

RandomNoob · 23 Oct 2010 at 19:44

Hanns.G customer service for rma returns has a quick turn around time, as quick as 2 days in most cases.

PCM2 · 23 Oct 2010 at 20:19

Was this recent experience? Apparently standards slipped a lot recently (as in, 2010) in the US but hopefully that's just over there. Maybe things have improved again anyway. Just towards the beginning of this year I was receiving lots of complaints about them.

RandomNoob · 23 Oct 2010 at 21:07

Friend of mine back in march or april had to raise an rma with hanns.g, he said within 72 hours he got a refurbished monitor as a replacement. They collected his faulty unit and then 2 days after that he got another back.

the1gooner · 23 Oct 2010 at 23:57

That sort of service sounds about as good as it gets. Good for them.

Threshy · 25 Oct 2010 at 12:24

Hey, can anyone tell me what resolutions this monitor supports from min to max, or is it static 1920x1080. And i notice the 27.5" version comes with inbuilt speakers, does this one also?

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks.

the1gooner · 25 Oct 2010 at 12:38

Yes it has built in speakers and even comes with a cable so that you can output the sound from your pc to the monitor itself.

It will obviously support all normal resolutions below 1920 x 1080.

Threshy · 25 Oct 2010 at 12:42

the1gooner said:
Yes it has built in speakers and even comes with a cable so that you can output the sound from your pc to the monitor itself.

It will obviously support all normal resolutions below 1920 x 1080.

Thanks.

PCM2 · 25 Oct 2010 at 13:16

Support, yes - but remember LCD pixels are a fixed size and shape. Consider the native resolution (1920x1080) optimal, anything with the same aspect ratio (16:9 - so 1600x900 for example) acceptable and anything else sub-par.

AndrewHK2 · 26 Oct 2010 at 13:02

Couldn't resist this one, PCM

Should be with me some time today!

dave_beast · 23 Nov 2010 at 02:04

Same here, should be one coming for me sometime this morning...

Mirage · 23 Nov 2010 at 02:09

As above

dave_beast · 24 Nov 2010 at 00:01

Really pleased with the quality. No dead pixels etc, nice finish, doesn't look cheap. You'll need to adjust the brightness/contrast etc as the standard, out of the box settings burn your face off!