Hazro HZ30W - Strengths and weaknesses

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Fully agreed the 30" is a far better monitor and trust me once you have used a 30" monitor you won't want to use anything smaller.

2560x1600 resolution is a joy to use and delivery such a crisp and sharp image and they do downscale pretty well as I do run mine from time to time in windows at 1920x1200 and its fine but admittedly 2560x1600 is sharper.

For games lower resolutions look fine.

I see it as an easy option and OcUK has made a high quality 30" display affordable to a much wider audience now. :)
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Gibbo how much longer is the 'special price' going to be on offer for?
 
Im so itching to buy this screen. . .

How many connections does this have?

Also am I right in saying that my gfx card will be ok with this (8800GTS, G92). I take it you get all the necessary leads for this Dual Link connection, not that im sure why you need it! lol

Cheers for all the info by the way
 
Scoobie Dave said:
Im so itching to buy this screen. . .

How many connections does this have?

Also am I right in saying that my gfx card will be ok with this (8800GTS, G92). I take it you get all the necessary leads for this Dual Link connection, not that im sure why you need it! lol

Cheers for all the info by the way
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I think it has one DVI port (dual-link though) HDCP compliant.

- btw - can we get some pics of the screen from those who have purchased them? Its still hard to imagine them on my desk. Anyone buy two of these for dual setup?
 
Scoobie Dave said:
Im so itching to buy this screen. . .

How many connections does this have?

Also am I right in saying that my gfx card will be ok with this (8800GTS, G92). I take it you get all the necessary leads for this Dual Link connection, not that im sure why you need it! lol

Cheers for all the info by the way
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It just has the one connection, a dual-link DVI connector. As I understand it, cutbacks like this are one of the main reasons that Hazro can sell the screen so cheaply. Also, the lack of scalers and other input options helps keep the input lag very low. But yes, it comes with the cable you need to hook it up to your machine :)

The 8800GTS will run the screen just fine. Whether it will run games at native 2560*1600 res fast enough for your tastes is another matter though! I guess it depends what you're likely to be running.


makebelieve said:
- btw - can we get some pics of the screen from those who have purchased them? Its still hard to imagine them on my desk. Anyone buy two of these for dual setup?
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I'll see if I can dig out my old digital camera and get a picture of the screen on my grubby desk. Been a long time since I used a camera actually...

As for people buying two... well quite honestly I can't even imagine having two of these beasts! The only way I could see two 30" screens being viable is if you rotated them into portrait mode. This is another area where Hazro have cut back to help reduce the price though (the screen doesn't swivel to portrait).
 
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Sounds good. I think I am going to get one of these. As for games I will try running at native res, but to be honest if it runs like a dog then I will just drop it down to 1920 x 1200.

Just need to get a buyer for my monitor now and im in business! :D
 
Scoobie Dave said:
Sounds good. I think I am going to get one of these. As for games I will try running at native res, but to be honest if it runs like a dog then I will just drop it down to 1920 x 1200.

Just need to get a buyer for my monitor now and im in business! :D
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You'll need to use graphics card scaling for that as the scaler chip in the HZ30 only does 2560x1600 or half that (1280x800) IIRC.
 
philjohn said:
You'll need to use graphics card scaling for that as the scaler chip in the HZ30 only does 2560x1600 or half that (1280x800) IIRC.
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Yeah I knew that already. Not that using your gfx card for scaling is a bad thing.

Apart from the res, whats the advantage of getting a 30" monitor as opposed to a HD32" TV? One thing im guessing is a smaller dot pitch?
 
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Scoobie Dave said:
Yeah I knew that already. Not that using your gfx card for scaling is a bad thing.

Apart from the res, whats the advantage of getting a 30" monitor as opposed to a HD32" TV? One thing im guessing is a smaller dot pitch?
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A monitor is meant for using with a computer, a TV is meant for putting in your living room and possibly connecting a console to. :p

Basicaly, a 30" monitor (especially an IPS one) will be far superior to a 32" TV as they are meant for different usage patterns.
 
kwak said:
i had a look during my lunch break, and i can tell you already that for somebody used to a 17" CRT its absolutely massive! :D
just 2 more hours before i can go home...
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Heh - hope you like it :)

As far as individual monitor issues, I came out with just a single dead pixel which is fine by me as it's not in the central part of the screen. Also, a little bit of panel non-uniformity; a sligthly darker vertical band is visible towards the right of the screen (about 2/3 the way along the screen). It's only visible against a uniform-coloured dark-ish backdrop though (like the OcUK forums background). I guess this is due to a slight ripple in the film itself or something... Anyway, I had no serious issues with mine so I'm hoping you won't either :)
 
Sylver123 said:
Hello!

I take it this screen won`t work at all with a graphics card that has no dual-link compatibility???
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Not 100% sure, but I imagine it WOULD work, but be limited to a maximum of 1920*1200. Which you wouldn't want really.

I have to point out though that there are plenty of fairly cheap graphics cards on the market with dual-link DVI outputs, and if you're thinking of spending ~£700 on a GPU it might be worth picking one up :)
 
Duff-Man said:
Not 100% sure, but I imagine it WOULD work, but be limited to a maximum of 1920*1200. Which you wouldn't want really.

I have to point out though that there are plenty of fairly cheap graphics cards on the market with dual-link DVI outputs, and if you're thinking of spending ~£700 on a GPU it might be worth picking one up :)
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The thing is, i`m using an old AGP system right now, which isn`t dual-link DVI compatible, and i`m not due to upgrade to a new complete system until early next year - but by then, this screen will be a lot more expensive because of the change in panel, the same one as the the DELL 3008WFP has.
 
Ok, i just got it hooked up and did a quick calibration with my huey pro. Is there some software with a reporting function that works with this probe?
first impressions: WOW! absolutely massive, i have to re-learn my habit of maximising every window, there is no point.
Colors seem good, at first sight no dead pixels(where are the dead pixel tests?).
I can run it at native res, even though my card supposedly has no dual-link dvi, strange, but im not complaining. At default, the max was 1920x1200, but i added 2560x1600 as a custom res, and it works perfectly now.
I can't see any non-uniformity or so, but the black levels seem a bit dissapointing. that should improve if its run for some time, right? its only been on for a few minutes now.

edit: ok, i noticed one bad thing, but its prolly more my computer than the screen. When trying to play video's fullscreen, the right quarter or so is just one line of pixels streched out, which looks really nasty. It only occurs with xvid/divx videos, not dvd's. and in both vlc and kmplayer. any ideas?
 
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Hi, again

Is there anyone using this screen and has a modern Digital/HDTV card that tell me how there TV cards picture looks when using this screen, expeshaly non HD channels viewing??? the reason why i`m asking, is because i`m hoping to use this screen for Digital and HD TV viewing as well.

Thank you for responding.
 
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When people are talking about the black level on screen. Are you referring to the richness of the black colour itself or its ability to reproduce a shade of grey? Hope that makes sense!
 
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