Would you risk a B grade monitor

thewanted · 4 Apr 2016 at 18:03

foster grant said:
OK did that...and got this

"There’s no match for that Service Tag or Express Service code. Retype the code or browse for your product by selecting the "View products" option. Allow 48 hours for new devices to register on our site."

Bugger, thanks anyway! It's difficult to know if that's a symptom of being B-grade or not since I've never asked someone who purchased a new one to do the same.

foster grant · 4 Apr 2016 at 18:06

Well I think if you buy three of them.....you could end up with one or two lemons ...but..then again you could get lucky

Also the colours are not so good out of the box.....but in game i had to make things a little darker

adger1971 · 4 Apr 2016 at 20:07

foster grant said:
OK did that...and got this

"There’s no match for that Service Tag or Express Service code. Retype the code or browse for your product by selecting the "View products" option. Allow 48 hours for new devices to register on our site."

Mine did that the first couple of times aswell mate,the service Tag is very hard to read at the back of the monitor. Ive got good eyesight but inputted it wrong twice

open a dell account and try again and double check your code pal

foster grant · 5 Apr 2016 at 12:18

Yeah I dont have the best eye sight lol

Ste · 5 Apr 2016 at 20:42

My 3415 Dell for 389 quid still going well, great buy

BluesFanUK · 6 Apr 2016 at 10:27

If you're going to spend hundreds of pounds on a new monitor, get it new.

Squink · 6 Apr 2016 at 11:15

BluesFanUK said:
If you're going to spend hundreds of pounds on a new monitor, get it new.

The B grades generally are new afaik, just returns. So someone might have ordered a £500 monitor, then had to return it because of an unexpected bill. It goes back in the box, is resold for £360 and the buyer knows they can still return it if there's something genuinely wrong.

I can see why people take the gamble.

adger1971 · 6 Apr 2016 at 14:09

BluesFanUK said:
If you're going to spend hundreds of pounds on a new monitor, get it new.

Even a new monitor could have issues,its not called the monitor lottery for nothing

..I saved 140 quid by having a B grade and its outstanding ,14 day RMA if you aren't happy ..ld definitely go B grade again

foster grant · 6 Apr 2016 at 14:28

Right well after using this Monitor for a couple of days ....it's gotta go back

adger1971 · 6 Apr 2016 at 14:45

foster grant said:
Right well after using this Monitor for a couple of days ....it's gotta go back

That's unfortunate mate,what's the issue if you don't mind me asking?

foster grant · 6 Apr 2016 at 15:09

Well ...apart from the OSD settings not holding , they just keep changing back to " out of the box" ..it's flickering at random times , plus the screen will just go black at random times too

adger1971 · 6 Apr 2016 at 15:20

foster grant said:
Well ...apart from the OSD settings not holding , they just keep changing back to " out of the box" ..it's flickering at random times , plus the screen will just go black at random times too

Bloody ell,sorry for you mate,osd seems a strange one,could the screen flickers and black be a possible cable issue?

foster grant · 6 Apr 2016 at 15:34

thats wwhat I thought...but after using three DP cables ..it wwas the same lol

shame really cos i wwas looking forwward to reaping the benefits of G-Sync

adger1971 · 6 Apr 2016 at 15:42

A real shame mate...hopefully you'll get one sorted soon

Scottland · 6 Apr 2016 at 15:46

Ste said:
My 3415 Dell for 389 quid still going well, great buy

Ditto, a couple of months in and I've barely noticed the back light bleed. It was worth the nearly £200 saving in my book...

foster grant · 6 Apr 2016 at 16:06

adger1971 said:
A real shame mate...hopefully you'll get one sorted soon

Yeah me too...sadly though one is lite on funds for a brand new monitor