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Used for: Less than a month
Straight out of the box it measured better than my old screen ever did calibrated
60Hz, and the machine under the desk is louder than the screen
Swapped a decade-old NEC out for this and the first thing I did was measure both. The new one, untouched, came in tighter than the old one managed after a full profiling run, and that was the moment the price stopped bothering me. Uniformity is the other headline. No warm corner, no gradient across a white page, nothing that makes you tilt your head. Matte coating with a fine grain that kills the reflection from the window without turning text fuzzy. It is 60Hz and you feel that shoving windows about, but nobody buys this one to play games on!
Used for: 6–12 months
Stand is tall but will not go low enough for me
Colour has not shifted a bit in ten months of daily use. My only real gripe is the bottom of the height range, which still leaves the panel sitting an inch above where I want it.
Used for: 1–3 months
Matte coating with no sparkle to it
The bezel picks up dust like nothing else on the desk
Text is properly crisp at 150 per cent and there is none of that grainy shimmer my last matte panel had. It does collect dust along the top edge like a shelf, mind.
Used for: More than a year
When it worked, the colour was faultless
Panel developed a bright column down the right hand side
One star is harsh on what was, for a long while, the best screen I have owned. It profiled beautifully, held its numbers between runs, and made every other panel in the office look like a toy. Then a vertical band appeared about two inches in from the right edge, brighter than everything around it and obvious on any mid grey. It has widened since. Fourteen months in and for that to happen on a screen at this price is not what I expected, and it is no use to me for the work I bought it for.
Used for: 6–12 months
USB hub is only three ports and they face straight down
No complaints whatsoever about the picture. The ports are awkward though, tucked underneath and facing the desk, so plugging the calibrator in is a torch job every time!
Used for: 6–12 months
Proofs and screen finally agree, which is all I ever wanted from it
Used for: More than a year
No built-in sensor at this price, and the hood costs extra
Three stars from somebody who uses it every working day, so read the complaint as a fussy one. The panel is genuinely excellent. Out of the box it was close enough that I nearly did not bother profiling it, and after a run with a proper calibrator it has held its numbers for over a year with only the smallest nudges. What grates is what you do not get. The step up has the sensor built in and does the whole job itself overnight; here you are still hunting for the puck, remembering to warm the screen up first, and blocking out twenty minutes you had not planned for. The hood is a separate purchase on top. For a screen at this money I expected the workflow, not just the glass.
Used for: 1–3 months
Portrait pivot is smooth and the picture rotates without a fight
Rotating to portrait for long documents was the whole reason I upgraded and it is effortless, one hand, no wobble, and the panel does not shift colour when it is stood on its side!
Used for: 3–6 months
Menu joystick is behind the panel where you cannot see it
Lovely screen. Changing input means feeling around the back like you are hunting for a light switch in the dark