Hazro - Any Update?
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Here's the photo of the problem. As you can see it's a repeating pattern and it's not actual red pixels which are lit - but some kind of small dot in-between. The problem area is about a 8cm circle in the centre of the screen.
Apologies for the noisy image, I had to do a reverse-lens macro handheld at ISO 3200!
Agreed, I've never seen an LCD screen with that kind of problem, seems like a freak manufacturing defect on LG.Displays part (who, IMHO, need to sort their act out quality control wise).
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This new "i" Serie is a complete Joke ... Why is OCUK still selling it ?
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I wouldn't call it a complete joke - it still puts out a nice image and is built from really nice materials. But there are certainly teething troubles!
I can't decide whether to get it replaced, or just accept that it's not really ready and move to something else.
Am I right to worry about wide gamut on the HP?
I can't decide whether to get it replaced, or just accept that it's not really ready and move to something else.
Am I right to worry about wide gamut on the HP?
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Well mine has died completely now.
Just the green light flashing on and off with the occasional flash on screen, like the old dpms issue.
Typing this on what seems like an old postage stamp size tft. lol
Just the green light flashing on and off with the occasional flash on screen, like the old dpms issue.
Typing this on what seems like an old postage stamp size tft. lol
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I'm asking myself : Why not going to the HP one ? it seems pretty good thanks to its latest review @ TFT Central. Any feedback ?
I always see it being freshly posted in so thought it was a thread singing a monitors praises, and had a look...and instead it seems to be full of people seemingly having bought a basically very broken monitor despite them all seeming to know this when they go it!
Whats going on? Surely no monitor is worth this much grief?
Whats going on? Surely no monitor is worth this much grief?
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The colour definition / clarity, the input lag ( or lack of it ), the lack of motion blur whilst gaming.
Bit of good news for everyone... According to a very nice chap at Hazro I was talking to about my broken monitor. We got onto the subject of the firmware fix and he assures me that all the current banding problems have been dealt with and is no longer a problem.
Not surprising, looks like it was a simple mis-configuration of the genesis chip, just like Dell had on the A00 rev of the 2407WFP. They are obviously tricky things to setup correctly from the look of it.
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which will make this monitor a class leader.
s'good thing. glad im an owner of one.
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I contacted Hazro about my broken ac/dc adapter and received news that the 'form' should go live today and an e-mail sent out - however it is now 6.30pm, so i'll not hold my breath!! It also mentions that if you have anything else that is wrong with your monitor there is a section available to outline your issues.
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One thing troubling me is something I didn't notice on the tftcentral reviews until now. When you compare the HP vs the Hazro in calibrated settings, the Hazro 26" was only getting 205:1 CR, whereas the HP was getting approx 700:1. This seems very odd.
Ok, got mine and the first thing I thought is "is it meant to rotate??". I can rotate it slightly left, but I rotated it back and it seems pretty tough so I'm not fussed. I've got one stuck red pixel near the bottom right, and 2 dead pixels together near the top right. I have the banding issue too, so it looks like I'll have to do the whole firmware upgrade thing. Also, with a completely white background, the middle of the screen looks to have a slightly more yellow tinge than the sides. Awesome display though, but I'm not sure if I can swap it out for another one?
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Same here with the white field tint - hard to tell whether it's viewing angle based or just uniformity.
My experience of good tfts is with apply and sony laptops. When you say "awesome display though" does this Hazro look a lot better than other panels (VA I guess) like the Dell 2408 etc?
I have to say I'm finding it hard to get excited by a monitor with so many niggles and only a comparable image to my Sony Vaio 17" laptop with WUXGA.
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I don't even understand why the HP has got a better inputlag than the Hazro ? What does the hazro have better than the HP ?
Weird, that top right dead pixel isn't actually a dead pixel...when moving around it looks "3D". It actually looks as if it's a tiny black dot behind the panel, and when I move around it doesn't move in relation to the actual image displayed, but moves "slower" :S
I've also got uniformity problems in the bottom corners, especially the bottom right. On white the right side is slightly darker, and on blacks my bottom left is a grey, my bottom right tints yellow and is worse. It's a shame, it's really noticeable on the first level of Crysis. On the other hand, day time levels in COD4 look amazing!
I'm going to return this monitor, but I'm really impressed with the build and picture quality apart from the tints, and I'm sure the firmware will fix the gradient issues. So I'm not giving up on it yet! I'm guessing I should be going through Overclockers for the replacement and not Hazro, due to the tints on the panel?
I haven't actually used a 24" VA panel, so I can't comment on the Dell 2408. What issues are you having tryingtimes, apart from the weird red dots and the yellow tint in the middle? Tbh I understand about the excitement factor going, I've had to return so many faulty new items recently (Nokia N82 5 times, Logitech G25 around 4 times, D-Link router still has to go back) that it's kind of becoming normal to me...how sad that you can't buy something new nowdays and expect it to be perfect.
I've also got uniformity problems in the bottom corners, especially the bottom right. On white the right side is slightly darker, and on blacks my bottom left is a grey, my bottom right tints yellow and is worse. It's a shame, it's really noticeable on the first level of Crysis. On the other hand, day time levels in COD4 look amazing!
I'm going to return this monitor, but I'm really impressed with the build and picture quality apart from the tints, and I'm sure the firmware will fix the gradient issues. So I'm not giving up on it yet! I'm guessing I should be going through Overclockers for the replacement and not Hazro, due to the tints on the panel?
I haven't actually used a 24" VA panel, so I can't comment on the Dell 2408. What issues are you having tryingtimes, apart from the weird red dots and the yellow tint in the middle? Tbh I understand about the excitement factor going, I've had to return so many faulty new items recently (Nokia N82 5 times, Logitech G25 around 4 times, D-Link router still has to go back) that it's kind of becoming normal to me...how sad that you can't buy something new nowdays and expect it to be perfect.
I would have thought there are other monitors out there that do a similar job without these ridiculous issues?
Just asking out of curiousity, I found it odd that so many people are still swearing by them despite their problems. I wouldn't really want to give a company that sells extremely dodgy monitors my business to be honest!
They must be good!!