Sup OCN heads and HardForum Lurkers 
Im writing this review of this monitor for people looking to pick one up from Micro Center. My main reason is for this review is before i was going to purchase i only had one review to go off of. So i decided to help the people to have some sort of knowledge of what to expect from this monitor.
I went down to Micro Center yesterday (Tustin,CA) and went straight for this monitor, they had none for display nor out on the floor, the sales man had to go to the back to get one. I asked if i can test it out, he informed me i would have to purchase it first then take it to the service department so i can hook it up to one of their computers back their. So i purchased and went and their service department only had a old dell office computer with VGA out only. I did not know if VGA would be able to output the high res this monitor offers so I took my chances and took it home, they told me i had a 15 day return period and they would most likely be okay with 30 days.
I brought it home, and the box of it is very plain. it comes with a 1 year warranty card and a manual. Here is what was included in the box:
PACKAGE CONTENTS:
Box:
Dual link DVI Cable (4 ft):
VGA Cable:
Power Brick:
Power Cord:
Stand:
Monitor:
The connections are As listed on the website as HDMI,VGA,DVI-D. but mine came with a Display Port along with those connections.
DISPLAY
On to the screen itself. when i turned on the monitor my PC picked it up with no problems. the color was a little washed out and needed to be calibrated. I went through few configurations but could not get the monitor to shine like an IPS does (the closes display i had was a sager laptop with an upgraded matte 95% color gamut). so i started messing around with the OSD. I found that once i turned the Dynamic Contrast feature on, then boom, this baby was shining. all colors were crisp and detailed. everything was very nice. and this is with just that turned on, i reset all the color profiles to default.
I received the monitor with no dead or stuck pixels nor did i have any back-light bleed. I do have a slight glow on the bottom right of my screen, but it is very slight and nothing to cry over especially considering what the price of this bad boy is and the resolution this has.
i will show pictures of it on, at the end of the review.
BUILD QUALITY:
This is one thing i was afraid of, is the quality of the stand and bezel, since i had my eyes on the Crossover but loved the fact that this was local, i had to bite the bullet. When i brought it home I immediately noticed that the build quality was not as bad as I was thinking it was going to be. it was the same if not a little better then my Acer TN Panel that cost me 200 dollars. The monitor just popped into the stand and made a nice firm click sound as it was settled, no pivot or height adjustment, but it rotates left to right so you can center it.
OSD
I touched up on the OSD earlier but here is some pictures that would be better for you guys then me explaining the options. Sorry but not all the OSD Menu's came out. so if you need more info on them, then ask away.
GAMING
I'm using a GTX 670 Stock to power this monitor. i opened up bf3 and league and cs:source, and it handled all on ultra flawlessly. The games looked oh so beautiful on this monitor. Colors pop and they are as vibrant as ever, the resolution is such a plus for gaming.
PRO'S:
-Amazing display. Colors are crisp and vibrant.
-My model did not come with any stuck or dead pixels
-While gaming on this monitor, i found no input lag, it looks tons of better then my tn did while gaming but feels the same speed wise.
-Resolution
-Price
-Local Purchase and 1 Year Manufacture Warranty
CON'S:
-Blacks could be better (but i guess thats just how ips panels are
)
-The power brick gets a little hot
-Colors out of the box need to be worked on to get this monitor shining.
-Design is not the best out their
PICTURES OF MONITOR (DIFFERENT WALLPAPERS AND BF3 GAME-PLAY)
I seen this wallpaper on a review of a crossover and i had to get it lol
Another Wallpaper in action
Some BF3 in action
Im writing this review of this monitor for people looking to pick one up from Micro Center. My main reason is for this review is before i was going to purchase i only had one review to go off of. So i decided to help the people to have some sort of knowledge of what to expect from this monitor.
I went down to Micro Center yesterday (Tustin,CA) and went straight for this monitor, they had none for display nor out on the floor, the sales man had to go to the back to get one. I asked if i can test it out, he informed me i would have to purchase it first then take it to the service department so i can hook it up to one of their computers back their. So i purchased and went and their service department only had a old dell office computer with VGA out only. I did not know if VGA would be able to output the high res this monitor offers so I took my chances and took it home, they told me i had a 15 day return period and they would most likely be okay with 30 days.
I brought it home, and the box of it is very plain. it comes with a 1 year warranty card and a manual. Here is what was included in the box:
PACKAGE CONTENTS:
Box:
Dual link DVI Cable (4 ft):
VGA Cable:
Power Brick:
Power Cord:
Stand:
Monitor:
The connections are As listed on the website as HDMI,VGA,DVI-D. but mine came with a Display Port along with those connections.
DISPLAY
On to the screen itself. when i turned on the monitor my PC picked it up with no problems. the color was a little washed out and needed to be calibrated. I went through few configurations but could not get the monitor to shine like an IPS does (the closes display i had was a sager laptop with an upgraded matte 95% color gamut). so i started messing around with the OSD. I found that once i turned the Dynamic Contrast feature on, then boom, this baby was shining. all colors were crisp and detailed. everything was very nice. and this is with just that turned on, i reset all the color profiles to default.
I received the monitor with no dead or stuck pixels nor did i have any back-light bleed. I do have a slight glow on the bottom right of my screen, but it is very slight and nothing to cry over especially considering what the price of this bad boy is and the resolution this has.
i will show pictures of it on, at the end of the review.
BUILD QUALITY:
This is one thing i was afraid of, is the quality of the stand and bezel, since i had my eyes on the Crossover but loved the fact that this was local, i had to bite the bullet. When i brought it home I immediately noticed that the build quality was not as bad as I was thinking it was going to be. it was the same if not a little better then my Acer TN Panel that cost me 200 dollars. The monitor just popped into the stand and made a nice firm click sound as it was settled, no pivot or height adjustment, but it rotates left to right so you can center it.
OSD
I touched up on the OSD earlier but here is some pictures that would be better for you guys then me explaining the options. Sorry but not all the OSD Menu's came out. so if you need more info on them, then ask away.
GAMING
I'm using a GTX 670 Stock to power this monitor. i opened up bf3 and league and cs:source, and it handled all on ultra flawlessly. The games looked oh so beautiful on this monitor. Colors pop and they are as vibrant as ever, the resolution is such a plus for gaming.
PRO'S:
-Amazing display. Colors are crisp and vibrant.
-My model did not come with any stuck or dead pixels
-While gaming on this monitor, i found no input lag, it looks tons of better then my tn did while gaming but feels the same speed wise.
-Resolution
-Price
-Local Purchase and 1 Year Manufacture Warranty
CON'S:
-Blacks could be better (but i guess thats just how ips panels are
)-The power brick gets a little hot
-Colors out of the box need to be worked on to get this monitor shining.
-Design is not the best out their
PICTURES OF MONITOR (DIFFERENT WALLPAPERS AND BF3 GAME-PLAY)
I seen this wallpaper on a review of a crossover and i had to get it lol
Another Wallpaper in action
Some BF3 in action
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