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Feckin' massive.
Keep losing the mouse as well. Ill have to get something to help that.
Can't see any dead pixels on either yet, not ruling them out but nothing obvious, build quality on the case is very good, I decided on this one for that.
Turned the brightness down to lowest on both which gives a nice dim feel to the screen but displays very well. It is too much screen to have bright.
I am no monitor expert but if I was looking at this in an apple case I would say 'that is a nice screen'.
i'll post a picture or 2 once my windows phone decides to send the pics I took 15 minutes ago to my desktop.
All in all very happy.
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostRight, after much thunking I think I am going to go for the Achieva Shimian from South Korea, 2 of giving a total dual monitor size of 5120 * 1440 and 1.3 meters wide.
Eyefinity with a set of stands as the ones provided are meant to be a pile of mince.
From what I know these are the same screens that appear in the Apple 27 inch screens which fail product quality by the smallest margin so most of the sellers say their might be up to 3 dead pixels, some 5, some none. Most of the reviews I have read seem to be fairly positive.
Achieva Shimian QH2700-IPSMS Lite Edge 27" 2560x1440 AH-IPS DVI-D LED PC Monitor | eBay
Still not to sure about gloss screen.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostSounds nice - the Apple ones are lovely - but isn't 3-5 dead pixels a lot? I thought even one dead pixel was unusual these days... or have I been extremely lucky?
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Will do, quite excited to see how it will work out.
From what I have seen you can pay extra to get more inputs on some models, like the 2720MDP
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CROSSOVER-...item1c264518da
but I did not like the case as much and the speaker will be mince, also I think you have to get hdmi 1.4 (I think) on your card to get full 2560 1440.
I'm either going to have to get a display port to DVI active adapter to get the full 2560 with eyefinity on my second monitor or fork out for a new card with 2 dual dvi outputs. Ill run with a HDMI to DVi apapter initially but that will just get me 1920 on the second one I think.
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The one I am going for is saying no more than 3, most reviews I read are saying that there is a 50% chance of getting none, have not seen any reviews of more than 1 on a monitor. If it has 3.5 million pixels then 2 or 3 is not an issue for me but obviously less is better. I can see why there are so many apple cast offs, getting 3.5 million pixels 100% right must be tough.
Is a gamble though, you are getting what was going to be a 800 quid apple cinema screen for 250 quid but from what I read the general panel is far higher quality than nearly all around.
Had considered going for the newer one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CROSSOVER-...item1e7b8ba68c but although it looks slightly more modern it has a bigger bezel, plastic case and crappier stand.
The only design flaw I can see in the one I want is that the buttons are not quite on the front but on the back behind a symbol on the front.
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Sounds nice - the Apple ones are lovely - but isn't 3-5 dead pixels a lot? I thought even one dead pixel was unusual these days... or have I been extremely lucky?
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Actually, think it will be this one, power button on front. Same panel underneath.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CROSSOVER-...61175699394%26
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Right, after much thunking I think I am going to go for the Achieva Shimian from South Korea, 2 of giving a total dual monitor size of 5120 * 1440 and 1.3 meters wide.
Eyefinity with a set of stands as the ones provided are meant to be a pile of mince.
From what I know these are the same screens that appear in the Apple 27 inch screens which fail product quality by the smallest margin so most of the sellers say their might be up to 3 dead pixels, some 5, some none. Most of the reviews I have read seem to be fairly positive.
Achieva Shimian QH2700-IPSMS Lite Edge 27" 2560x1440 AH-IPS DVI-D LED PC Monitor | eBay
Still not to sure about gloss screen.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View Postnormal HD resolution is 1920 x 1080, so it adds an extra 25% to the width. I agree that it is missing thr extra depth but it is only under consideration
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI just wish I could get my dual monitors to be treated as one big monitor... I saw it done years ago but no graphics card I ever owned seems to have that option... so I can split the taskbar across both screens, maximise a window to the whole desktop, etc.
That IPS looks lovely but £400 is rather pricey.
I've used this DisplayFusion: Multiple Monitors Made Easy! • by Binary Fortress Software
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I just wish I could get my dual monitors to be treated as one big monitor... I saw it done years ago but no graphics card I ever owned seems to have that option... so I can split the taskbar across both screens, maximise a window to the whole desktop, etc.
That IPS looks lovely but £400 is rather pricey.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostThat's only 2 windows, the LG thing does 2, 3 and 4 windows
Have a look at this from about 1.50 onwards
LG IPS Monitor Ultra Wide 21:9 Aspect Ratio 29EA93 Expert Interview - YouTube
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