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Originally Posted by newchemicals 
I have to agree with num1son. Those brands in the US have to pay for marketing, sales staff and insurance for picky people who will raise a stink over 1 flawed pixel. I would gather that many of these "flawless" Shimians do have bad pixels but they are hard to see without going to specific colored screens to find them. (and using a magnifying glass).
Think about how much extra money Yamakasi, Achieva and Crossover are pulling in. They probably had no idea their monitors would sell so well. So, with the help of some resellers and grass roots efforts of buyers who are clamoring to get some good value their sales are better than expected.
I certainly think the Shimians offer good value but being a tech I can understand what the trade offs are. The average user has no idea what IPS is or even cares. They want a cheap, working monitor with lots of features, no flaws and someone to call when it doesn't work.
I have to agree with num1son. Those brands in the US have to pay for marketing, sales staff and insurance for picky people who will raise a stink over 1 flawed pixel. I would gather that many of these "flawless" Shimians do have bad pixels but they are hard to see without going to specific colored screens to find them. (and using a magnifying glass).
Think about how much extra money Yamakasi, Achieva and Crossover are pulling in. They probably had no idea their monitors would sell so well. So, with the help of some resellers and grass roots efforts of buyers who are clamoring to get some good value their sales are better than expected.
I certainly think the Shimians offer good value but being a tech I can understand what the trade offs are. The average user has no idea what IPS is or even cares. They want a cheap, working monitor with lots of features, no flaws and someone to call when it doesn't work.
I can say that my Shimian panel has zero flawed pixels, I went through it with a fine toothed comb! Now I do consider myself to be one of the lucky ones, as I fully expected a couple of flawed pixels when I ordered it. As for the "average" user, they only want what they have been told they want, by the marketing you have mentioned, and that is how the companies make huge profits. Sell an inferior product at the same cost as the superior product, rake in the money.
I remember Dell was still selling 8GB "upgrade" options on their XPS series desktops for $300 about 4 years ago, and it was cheap memory! People just don't understand tech and the industry has taken advantage of that. They are so pervasive in their actions that I myself, as a long time tech, didn't even know about the Shimians or Catleaps, until I joined up here! I always wanted a 1440P display, but I wasn't going to fork out the cash for a US branded one, it just didn't make sense.
So
to the OCN community! Who says an old dog can't learn a new trick?
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, I would tri monitor it but I don't have a 2nd gpu:mad:...
