Budget 27" IPS Displays From Korea Are For Real 266
crookedvulture writes "Giant, high-resolution LCD monitors have been around for years, but they've always been prohibitively expensive. Good displays based on IPS panel technology command upwards of $700 for 27" models and closer to $1200 for 30-inchers. However, Korean vendors have started selling similar screens on eBay for roughly half the price. These off-brand models purportedly use the same panels as pricier alternatives, and in practice, they appear to be nearly as good. There are some caveats, of course. The number of inputs may small, HDCP support isn't guaranteed, and user controls can be limited. Those may be deal-breakers for some, but getting a 27", 2560x1440 IPS display for well under $400 will be a deal-maker for others."
Re:Buy local (Score:5, Insightful)
Only 1920x1080, and four inches smaller... it's a completely different product.
Now how about making some that are... (Score:4, Insightful)
16:10 instead of 16:9. [/obligatory post]
Re:Consistency counts (Score:4, Insightful)
I have, more than once, ordered something cheap that turned out to be good, then ordered a 2nd or 3rd copy, only to have the later ones (branded the same) be.... different.
Latest case in point: $90 7" tablets - first one: 4.5 hour battery life, second one: 2.0 hour battery life.
This is where you really win with Samsung, Apple and only a few other manufacturers - pushing new technology and acceptable failure rates of manufacturing are turning out a lot of garbage. Read reviews on Amazon for some CE stuff, wildly varying accounts by users "It was dead in 20 minutes", "Wonderful, would buy again!" "Best deal I've had in years!" "This thing worked at first, then started acting up so I sent it back" "BEWARE!!!" etc.
No HDCP == Good. (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm glad I found this thread because I might well be going to Korea in september so I'll bring one of these monitors back with me and not pay for shipping. Once again "fuck you" to HDCP and its supporters.
Re:IPS displays are slow (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:sounds interesting (Score:5, Insightful)
And, well, you might not want to use anything like that right now. What about the time when everything requires it?
So the OP should give up his principles (no contribution to the bad ways via my purchase!) for a little convenience?
Re:sounds interesting (Score:2, Insightful)
Define everything. Are you suddenly going to start requiring HDCP on your personal recorded videos? I don't think so.
Re:sounds interesting (Score:4, Insightful)
You could NOT give a shit about HDCP. Stop butchering our language.
single link dual link with a dual link single link (Score:4, Insightful)
when did cables got so retarded?