Yamakasi Catleap 27" 100mhz IPS

Axeia · 8 Apr 2012 at 16:02

Hazro (with a z) isn't denying it - their representive simply posted there is a different grading system? I'm quite sure there is another post by him where he states Haazro is using the same panels as Dell/HP/Apple/Lenovo/Fujitsu etc. Cannot find it though..

The "20%" that's mentioned is used in Nec's/Eiso's, you know those monitors that are two, three, four or even five times the price of a Dell.

jimmy321 · 8 Apr 2012 at 16:03

Razargh said:
Hazro basically do the same as the companies listed in this thread apart from charge you an extra £200.

To be fair to Hazro their not just charging and extra £200 they are calibrating the monitors (the imports may be calibrated TBC) and you can return under DRS and get a 3 year warranty, although customer support appears to have been poor in the past.

Also Hazro have to pay duty and charge you VAT which buyers direct from Korea have not (which amounts to fraud) putting a legit UK seller at a disadvantage.

Razargh · 8 Apr 2012 at 16:23

Lets just sum it up and say that these panel were declined by Dell, Apple whoever for a reason unknown to us maybe about quality, safety etc. From what I found out from a seller is that the panels are shipped in bulk and returned in bulk if maybe only 10/20% do not meet the requirements. Now this is taboo but lets be honest who cares about the grade? If you want perfection buy a Dell or whatever, if not then these will do fine.

Axeia · 8 Apr 2012 at 16:47

jimmy321 said:
Also Hazro have to pay duty and charge you VAT which buyers direct from Korea have not (which amounts to fraud) putting a legit UK seller at a disadvantage.

I think there's some kind of extra tax on flat-screens assembled outside the EU as well. Can't find the the original post where I read it a couple of years ago, closest thing I could find mentions it should no longer apply since "June 30, 2011." but I haven't seen a price drop in 2011 so whether those changes were ever made or not.. no clue.

jimmy321 · 8 Apr 2012 at 16:55

The tax figure I found was ~11% for assembled LCD's from South Korea but Hazro say it's 14% because of the size of the screen.

Earth[Tera].bin · 8 Apr 2012 at 19:01

Tea_Bag said:
no problem.

I bought the Yamakasi Catleap Q270 (without tempered glass or speakers). I settled on this because it was guaranteed to work with the modified PCB that would allow it to OC to 100Hz, where as it was unconfirmed that the others could. it was also substantially cheaper than the crossover, and I didn't like the look of the achievia.

I paid $358 (worked out to €277 - I'm in Ireland) and I bought from a seller called 'Samsung_Korea'. He ships with FedEX, who deliver to your door, as apposed to EMS, who hand it over to the national postal service (royal mail) I ordered late on a Sunday night, and I recieved it Friday morning. I didn't have to pay any import duty.

I know of several people who bought from sellers who used EMS, and all of them paid customs (valued at ~€150 because they paid €30)
I'm not sure if I got lucky, or if its because FedEX don't hand it over go the local postal service. I don't know of anyone else who used FedEX to confirm.

I didn't pay for a pixel check (I think its a farce, and my seller didn't offer it at the time anyway) but I still got a perfect monitor. no dead or stuck pixels, no bleed of any kind etc.

The stand is cheap. there really is no denying it. it wobbles a bit when I'm playing music with heavy bass on my sound system with a sub, but not enough to actually distract you.

That said, I couldn't be happier. I tried gaming on my older (still decent iiyama 1080p) monitor, and all I can say is that I'll never go back to 1080p or TN panels. its IPS 1440p or 1600p from now on. there just is no comparison. If I accidentally broke this screen today, I'd have a new one ordered tomorrow.

sorry for the wall of text. any more questions?

May find a FedEx import duty bill posted through your door a few weeks after delivery. I had that experience lately.

Crezzlin · 8 Apr 2012 at 23:56

Catleap model Is the bezel the same size top and bottom for future portrait Eyefinity use. also does this model only come without the glass.. Thanks

d8ncer · 9 Apr 2012 at 10:07

You may be better with the Crossover as it has a stand much like the Dell. Allowing for height adjustment and locks into portrait mode.

Crezzlin · 9 Apr 2012 at 11:06

thanks . only prob with the crossover is no perfect pixel version from what I could see. Also the bezel looks bigger at the bottom.

thewanted · 9 Apr 2012 at 20:48

So these monitors don't work at all with a laptop that has HDMI and DP? I've been after a large monitor for well over a year and these fit the bill perfectly.

I'm truly gutted

cmndr_andi · 9 Apr 2012 at 21:10

It could work, but you would need a display port to dual link dvi active adapter, which aren't too cheap.

Axeia · 9 Apr 2012 at 21:11

HDMI, no.
DP not directly, but if you use a displayport -> DVI dual link adapter it should work quite nicely. But yeah that's another £74.99.

thewanted · 9 Apr 2012 at 21:25

Axeia said:
HDMI, no.
DP not directly, but if you use a displayport -> DVI dual link adapter it should work quite nicely. But yeah that's another £74.99.

Thanks for the link, but ouch. This rules out this monitor which is very disappointing. I only have a laptop so I may have to suck it up and go for the U2711.

umboma · 10 Apr 2012 at 08:54

Just had my Catleap deliverd, I gotta say WOW, perfect monitor, no dead/stuck pixel fantastic screen, I got the 2B model so OC'ed to 120hz without a problem..

I will get pictures up soon.

Edit, I had to pay £15 tax, thats nothing and the delivery company agreed to pay me that back anyway.

Overall I cannot recomend this highly enough

Jake_C · 10 Apr 2012 at 08:57

Mines been held at customs. Reason "invoice missing", damn, I guess I'm gonna have to wait longer and pay a hefty sum of charges.

Jake_C · 10 Apr 2012 at 09:49

umboma said:
Just had my Catleap deliverd, I gotta say WOW, perfect monitor, no dead/stuck pixel fantastic screen, I got the 2B model so OC'ed to 120hz without a problem..

I will get pictures up soon.

Edit, I had to pay £15 tax, thats nothing and the delivery company agreed to pay me that back anyway.

Overall I cannot recomend this highly enough

Who was the seller?

Did yours get held at customs or was the tax from somewhere else?

u102199 · 10 Apr 2012 at 09:53

Jake_C said:
Mines been held at customs. Reason "invoice missing", damn, I guess I'm gonna have to wait longer and pay a hefty sum of charges.

And who did you order yours from please?

Hxc · 10 Apr 2012 at 09:55

Axeia said:
HDMI, no.
DP not directly, but if you use a displayport -> DVI dual link adapter it should work quite nicely. But yeah that's another £74.99.

Anyone know whether this works well? The Apple adaptor has problems that are well documented.

eyetrip · 10 Apr 2012 at 09:56

umboma said:
Just had my Catleap deliverd, I gotta say WOW, perfect monitor, no dead/stuck pixel fantastic screen, I got the 2B model so OC'ed to 120hz without a problem..

I will get pictures up soon.

Edit, I had to pay £15 tax, thats nothing and the delivery company agreed to pay me that back anyway.

Overall I cannot recomend this highly enough

So thats a 2560x1440 IPS monitor with 120Hz refresh?

Sounds insane

And here I am stuck with lowly 60Hz Hazro...

Jake_C · 10 Apr 2012 at 10:43

u102199 said:
And who did you order yours from please?

green-sum

They apparently put a larger amount for the gift value but it seems it may not have been enough. I'm dubious as to whether the value matters that much in relation to getting stopped by customs. I'm starting to think it's the size of the package and arriving at Heathrow. :confused: