2560x1440 IPS 27" LED Monitor on the Cheap! - Page 8

ctrain24 · Mar 22, 2012, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by erocker

Got my Ergotron MX mount in today and installed it:

For some of you using VESA mounts, have some washers handy as there is very little clearance between the VESA screw holes and the metal shield of the internals.

Damn that's nice erocker!

Ordered my Catleap from dcsamsungmall on Sunday 3/18 and received it Tuesday 3/20. From South Korea to NYC in two days

Only negatives are one dead pixel on the left side of the screen and of course the stand. I decided to replace it with a 3M MS110MB monitor stand that I got on craigslist. Sorry, cell phone pics taken in basement:

Some internal pics:

Anath · Mar 22, 2012, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ctrain24

Damn that's nice erocker!

Ordered my Catleap from dcsamsungmall on Sunday 3/18 and received it Tuesday 3/20. From South Korea to NYC in two days

How is that stand? I was thinking about purchasing a similar one.

ctrain24 · Mar 22, 2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Anath

How is that stand? I was thinking about purchasing a similar one.

You have to use a screwdriver to adjust movement which can be annoying if you adjust your monitor often. I don't so it's not a big deal for me. The stand is good quality and I got it for $25. I'm very happy with it.

erocker · Mar 22, 2012, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ctrain24

You have to use a screwdriver to adjust movement which can be annoying if you adjust your monitor often. I don't so it's not a big deal for me. The stand is good quality and I got it for $25. I'm very happy with it.

No you don't. You only have to adust the tension on the part where the monitor meets the mount for the weight of your monitor. Everything else moves freely and quite precisely.

ctrain24 · Mar 22, 2012, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by erocker

No you don't. You only have to adust the tension on the part where the monitor meets the mount for the weight of your monitor. Everything else moves freely and quite precisely.

Yeah you're right. I should of said tension not movement.

erocker · Mar 22, 2012, 09:25 PM

Forgot to mention you only need to adjust the tension once and that's it. I do kinda wish I would of went your route with the 3M stand... For portability and all that. But a cool robot arm holding my monitor up is nice too I guess.

HTC · Mar 22, 2012, 10:29 PM

Just bought mine: here's hoping i don't get screwed by customs!

TeXBill · Mar 23, 2012, 01:05 AM

Got mine running, pic is great looking with no dead pixels.

Damm nice monitor for the price.

Stock stand is a little wobbly (side to side). My computer desk is an old metal desk once you get monitor in place it doesn't rock (move). Maybe getting a different stand (mount) for it.

BumbleBee · Mar 23, 2012, 09:13 AM

Cylon arm wins.

Yo_Wattup · Mar 23, 2012, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by erocker

How are you liking it?

Btw, the single, dual-dvi models (serial # 2c) are not able to overclock the hz much. Mine can do 65hz fine. There is someone on OCN who is trying to get an order of different logic boards for these. If cheap enough, they'll be a good buy.

Whoa whoa whoa whoa... backup a sec... you can overclock monitors.. ahem.. how? And why have I not heard of this?

I hate 60hz

Delta6326 · Mar 23, 2012, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Yo_Wattup

Whoa whoa whoa whoa... backup a sec... you can overclock monitors.. ahem.. how? And why have I not heard of this?

I hate 60hz

Here if you have AMD

EDIT: whoops nevermind I don't think this does Hz

Hey I was wondering if This says make of 75Hz does that mean it know how high it already can go?

Shurakai · Mar 23, 2012, 06:50 PM

Good luck to everyone trying these out, they do look nice. Won't get one myself, but hopefully with so many people diving on these we'll see other companies try compete with these prices (perhaps releasing nice simple models like the catleap)

erocker · Mar 23, 2012, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Yo_Wattup

Whoa whoa whoa whoa... backup a sec... you can overclock monitors.. ahem.. how? And why have I not heard of this?

I hate 60hz

Some of the earlier revisions can overclock to around 100hz. Mine can only do 65hz at 2560x1440. Believe me 60hz on one of these panels doesn't even compare to 60hz on your run of the mill tft panel.

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Originally Posted by Delta6326

Here if you have AMD

EDIT: whoops nevermind I don't think this does Hz
http://img.techpowerup.org/120323/Capture019602.jpg

Hey I was wondering if This says make of 75Hz does that mean it know how high it already can go?

http://img.techpowerup.org/120323/Capture020.jpg

It can do 75hz, but most likely at a lower resolution.

HTC · Mar 23, 2012, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Shurakai

Good luck to everyone trying these out, they do look nice. Won't get one myself, but hopefully with so many people diving on these we'll see other companies try compete with these prices (perhaps releasing nice simple models like the catleap)

If nobody is importing these for sale in our countries, maybe someone should start a business by importing these brands for sale to the general public: if sold by ... say ... $500 while maintaining warranty and the whole nine yards, wouldn't they still make a killing?

Made a mistake and ordered mine by economic shipping, instead of EMS: won't be here before the 30th @ the earliest.

BumbleBee · Mar 23, 2012, 07:05 PM

I think the company that makes these would have a problem with that lol

Wrigleyvillain · Mar 23, 2012, 08:27 PM

I don't know; why would they not want expanded distribution of their products? These eBay sellers wouldn't like it but who cares? I am under the impression they are not factory-direct on eBay..

NdMk2o1o · Mar 23, 2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by HTC

If nobody is importing these for sale in our countries, maybe someone should start a business by importing these brands for sale to the general public: if sold by ... say ... $500 while maintaining warranty and the whole nine yards, wouldn't they still make a killing?

Made a mistake and ordered mine by economic shipping, instead of EMS: won't be here before the 30th @ the earliest.

Ordering a single unit is different than importing 50 units, bet your ass that customs will be on to you if you try that and then your profit is gone

HTC · Mar 23, 2012, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NdMk2o1o

Ordering a single unit is different than importing 50 units, bet your ass that customs will be on to you if you try that and then your profit is gone

If you're a distributor, would they still hit you as hard? Possibly, dunno!

NdMk2o1o · Mar 23, 2012, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HTC

If you're a distributor, would they still hit you as hard? Possibly, dunno!

Yes, you still pay the applicable tax for your country which at $150 for each unit you make little or nothing for the effort, I would hazard a guess anyway, can't say for sure.

Black Haru · Mar 23, 2012, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NdMk2o1o

Yes, you still pay the applicable tax for your country which at $150 for each unit you make little or nothing for the effort, I would hazard a guess anyway, can't say for sure.

you would have to import a large number. once you start numbering in the thousands and tens of thousands, your profit margin will go up. good luck financing that though.

HTC · Mar 23, 2012, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by NdMk2o1o

Yes, you still pay the applicable tax for your country which at $150 for each unit you make little or nothing for the effort, I would hazard a guess anyway, can't say for sure.

Checked CPUs (3930K) for an example (attachments): it "gains" under 108€ per unit, @ these e-stores.

If you bought the monitors @ the store's price (being a distributor, you could get it @ an even lower price) and selling it @ $500 each, even with $150 tax, you would still be making a profit, no?

EDIT

Less, actually: would be selling them to the stores and they buy it @ lower prices, obviously.

Phusius · Mar 23, 2012, 10:37 PM

Hello, I just bought this monitor yesterday. Can someone tell me how to overclock it? I am running an i7-2700k and Sapphire 7970 with 16 GB of ram and 1 TB hard drive on the non Gen3 version of Asus Z68 deluxe if it matters.

Just trying to figure out what all I need to do to OC this to 65 hz or whatever is best. Any tips welcome.

Yo_Wattup · Mar 24, 2012, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delta6326

Here if you have AMD

EDIT: whoops nevermind I don't think this does Hz
http://img.techpowerup.org/120323/Capture019602.jpg

Hey I was wondering if This says make of 75Hz does that mean it know how high it already can go?

http://img.techpowerup.org/120323/Capture020.jpg

I have the hz adjust slider but not the calibration thingy. How should I test for 'stability'?

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Believe me 60hz on one of these panels doesn't even compare to 60hz on your run of the mill tft panel.

60hz is still 60hz man, I can see individual frames; it's just not fast enough.

So how did you end up overclocking yours?

erocker · Mar 24, 2012, 12:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phusius

Hello, I just bought this monitor yesterday. Can someone tell me how to overclock it? I am running an i7-2700k and Sapphire 7970 with 16 GB of ram and 1 TB hard drive on the non Gen3 version of Asus Z68 deluxe if it matters.

Just trying to figure out what all I need to do to OC this to 65 hz or whatever is best. Any tips welcome.

What is the serial number of the monitor? If it's a B version you can OC, if it's a C version (which is most likely), no OC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yo_Wattup

I have the hz adjust slider but not the calibration thingy. How should I test for 'stability'?

60hz is still 60hz man, I can see individual frames; it's just not fast enough.

So how did you end up overclocking yours?

Using some utility that's in the monitor thread at OCN. I'm running it at 60hz anyways. Yeah, i can tell what's 60hz and what isn't either. This panel would make your 32" LCD TV look like crap and you wouldn't care about what HZ it's running at. If I were viewing my Samsung monitor at 60hz and this monitor at 60hz, I wouldn't believe that this monitor is actually running at 60hz. Besides are you sure you can tell? You don't seem to have a 120hz monitor.

Wrigleyvillain · Mar 24, 2012, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Phusius

Just trying to figure out what all I need to do to OC this to 65 hz or whatever is best. Any tips welcome.

Much info and a utility is in the thread about these displays over at overclock.net (which is linked in this one not too far in) as erocker just said again...

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Mar 22, 2012, 10:29 PM	#182
HTC Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,920 (1.02/day) Thanks: 461 Thanked 282 Times in 230 Posts System Specs	Just bought mine: here's hoping i don't get screwed by customs! __________________ HTC - Hugo Teve Cá I'm PORTUGUESE: apologies for any spelling mistakes!

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Mar 22, 2012, 09:25 PM	#181
erocker Senior Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI. Posts: 31,930 (12.77/day) Thanks: 2,789 Thanked 12,304 Times in 7,823 Posts System Specs	Forgot to mention you only need to adjust the tension once and that's it. I do kinda wish I would of went your route with the 3M stand... For portability and all that. But a cool robot arm holding my monitor up is nice too I guess.

Mar 23, 2012, 01:05 AM	#183
TeXBill Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TX Posts: 1,348 (1.04/day) Thanks: 1,431 Thanked 643 Times in 431 Posts System Specs	Got mine running, pic is great looking with no dead pixels. Damm nice monitor for the price. Stock stand is a little wobbly (side to side). My computer desk is an old metal desk once you get monitor in place it doesn't rock (move). Maybe getting a different stand (mount) for it. __________________ heatware:[http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=69231]

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Mar 23, 2012, 09:13 AM	#184
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Mar 23, 2012, 06:50 PM	#187
Shurakai Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia, SA Posts: 232 (0.11/day) Thanks: 61 Thanked 19 Times in 14 Posts System Specs	Good luck to everyone trying these out, they do look nice. Won't get one myself, but hopefully with so many people diving on these we'll see other companies try compete with these prices (perhaps releasing nice simple models like the catleap)

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Mar 23, 2012, 07:05 PM	#190
BumbleBee Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cybertron aka Canada Posts: 4,083 (2.65/day) Thanks: 827 Thanked 1,202 Times in 920 Posts System Specs	I think the company that makes these would have a problem with that lol

Mar 23, 2012, 08:27 PM	#191
Wrigleyvillain Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,503 (2.20/day) Thanks: 1,525 Thanked 1,576 Times in 1,119 Posts System Specs	I don't know; why would they not want expanded distribution of their products? These eBay sellers wouldn't like it but who cares? I am under the impression they are not factory-direct on eBay.. __________________ “i dont care what consoles have they dont have mouse and keyboard” -crazyeyesreaper

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Mar 23, 2012, 10:37 PM	#197
Phusius Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,262 (2.97/day) Thanks: 621 Thanked 380 Times in 208 Posts System Specs	Hello, I just bought this monitor yesterday. Can someone tell me how to overclock it? I am running an i7-2700k and Sapphire 7970 with 16 GB of ram and 1 TB hard drive on the non Gen3 version of Asus Z68 deluxe if it matters. Just trying to figure out what all I need to do to OC this to 65 hz or whatever is best. Any tips welcome.

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