Used them for years, always fantastic service with next day delivery. Very good with no quibble returns too.

'100% sRGB colour accuracy'

After you calibrate it. Add £120 to the price.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Datacolor-Spyder5PRO-Colorimeter-USB-Connector/dp/B00UBSL31Q/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

You wouldn't get a 4ms IPS screen if you were interested in professional colour accuracy

This is 140 quid cheaper than john lewis. Anyone got any experience with Scan? All things being equal it is a bargain.

nearly interested until I saw it has speakers :disappointed:

Eddeddeddedd, how well does this resolution work in 25 inches? I was lead to believe 27 would work better? I want to get more on the screen than my 22 inch, 1920 X 1080 allows, but not so tiny it becomes difficult to read. Appreciate any advice you can give. Yhx

Xela333, i have Windows 7. Am reticent to upgrade despite being prompted by microsoft. Any idea W7 will deal with the higher resolution well enough? Thx

Acer 4K Monitor :stuck_out_tongue:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/offer-acer-k242hq-ips-4k-display-monitor-3840x2160-4ms-300cd-m-1000000001-speakers-dp-dvi-hdmi

Eddeddeddedd, exactly what I want to do... but was afraid to say. Ta very much. :laughing:

Am befuddled why this hasn't gone way over a hundered degrees.

I have the 4k 27"version, biggest regret I've made recently.

The 'IPS' screen isn't as good compared to my old AOC i2369Vm 1080p IPS monitor, and 4K video is extremely overrated.

Unless you are gaming (in which case you either need a GTX 980ti or wait for the newer GPU's) or you genuinely need the real estate for work (get the Phillips 40"), 4K monitors should be avoided.

I have a few high quality 1080p vids at 60fps and those same vids at 4K res 60fps. The difference is absolutely negligible. Presumably this all has to do with the limits of the human eye, but when you consider SD to 1080p was spectacular, 1080p to 4K is a massive let down. TV companies are trying their hardest to make 4K look good by down scaling their current HD content, don't be fooled.

At 4K res you absolutely need something of 27" or above. I currently have mine scaled to 130% in Windows 8.1, which is why I mentioned the Phillips 40" screen. It's about £200.00 more than your average 4K monitor, and it is big, but you don't need to scale on it. It'd be a godsend for your Photo editing needs. On the other hand you'll need a pretty powerful GPU to handle all those pixels on the screen.

At 1440p I think you could get away with 25", but again you'd need to scale it in Windows. 1440p is more of a compromise between 4K and 1080, and i'd say at the moment that's the sweet spot for PC gamers who want to use a 980ti/Fury X with most settings on ultra.

Might be worth waiting another 6 months to see what new monitors are out and what the new nVidia/AMD cards can do. You might have to wait 12 months or so for the Maxwell 980ti killers though.

Thanks again.
I only have a 560Ti card, so 4K isn't going to be for me. At the moment I have an older Samsung 24" 1920 x 1200 TN monitor and it's not ideal for photo editing, the contrast and brightness appear to alter if you move your head position slightly. It's quite annoying :smiley:

Oh, then any IPS screen will do mate. The previous PC I bought back in 2011 I got a Liyama 22" 1080p monitor, viewing angles were absolutely horrid and it was only last year I realised it was a TN panel. I then bought the 23" AOC IPS monitor and it was night and day difference, the best monitor i've ever had.

This of the Dell UH2515H for £39 more delivered from Amazon for photo editing, late night surfing and possibly games...

Decisions decisions...

Sounds like you're in the same boat as me. But would 27" be better at the same resolution?

I recently got an LG IPS monitor and it gives me eyestrain and I see a sort of pixel walk effect up close so i'm looking to get a different one.

Is this common with IPS screens?

This Acer monitor is highly likely using the same panel as in that Dell Ultrasharp, they are identical I think

Yeah, I already have a 9 year old 24" Dell and the power button on the 10 year old 22" Dell sitting beside it does not turn off now, the wife refuses to believe it's finally "broken" as I've been going on about upgrading monitors for a while now and the smaller of the two monitors is conveniently playing up just before my birthday...

Anyway, dualing a 24" and 27" would cause too much neck strain let alone dual 27"...

The thing is, I think dual screen 25 inch might be too much. Two 24 inch Ultrasharps would be good, but I think they only come in at 1080p.

if just going for one singular monitor, it would need to be 27 inch +

I have dual at the moment, 24" TN with an older 20" TN and I do want to continue with a dual set-up. I just want to be sure that 2560x1440 on a 25" won't look too condensed. :/

Is this not better? http://www.amazon.co.uk/BenQ-GW2765HT-LED-inch-Monitor/dp/B00M913DVG

It was £259.99 yesterday. For what it's worth, I ordered this one yesterday but I'm not bothered about size if the 25" Acer is better.

Not VESA Mount compatible :-(

I'd considered this Acer earlier in the week, but the lack of height adjustment etc. put me off. I wanted a new high-res dual monitor set-up for work, so went for two of the Dell P2416D ones. Fully adjustable stand, all the inputs I need, 2560x1440 on a 23.8" panel so pin sharp, and gets decent reviews.

Voted hot, as this is still a good deal for those that prefer an extra inch over an adjustable stand.

This one looks lovely! Why is it so cheap? Usually 1440p's are way above that.

Wait, why are people saying it has no HDMI and comes with Europlug.. the description states HDMI port quantity: 1

£11.50 delivery though. >>

eddeddeddedd what other monitors did you have on your shortlist?

Looking for a good monitor primarily for photoshop, secondarily video editing/watching.

(Not sure about 4k though as I use the on-board HD4000 which, so someone on the internet said ( ! ) needs a certain HDMI spec and I cannot see what my HDMI actually is - nothing in Device Manager).

I checked before I ordered and it definitely has DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA inputs, as well as 4 USB ports. Confirmed on Dell product page here.

Bargain, 1440p is the sweetspot for gaming as its a lot sharper than 1080p but not as demanding as 4k

I too was peeved at the delivery charge, but looked at the whole deal and still felt it was a bargain. Hot. Ordered. ...and hopefully, very happy.:laughing:

Check the warranty on the item you're purchasing... Scan always cover the item personally for a set period before passing the warranty onto the manufacturer. Even then it's a decently long period (usually one to two years), and they will still usually honour it out of warranty if you ask nicely. They have only ever gone above and beyond for me, can't say a bad word against them.

In my (first-hand) experience, Scan simply passes defect products to the manufacturer even if it is in the first year of warranty. Scan even "forgot" to chase the manufacturer repair centre for me. The whole process took several months. The way Scan solved it was terrible for me - I basically lost a lot of money. The manufacturer MSI was even worse, though.

Asking nicely has had no effect at all. It only lets them off the hook.

Summary: Scan + rude/bad manufacturer => lots of pain.

There's quite a few customers on trustpilot that agree with me. Scan used to have a rating of less than 4. I don't understand how they got to a 8.8 by now. Maybe they offered rebates for good reviews.

If you're out of warranty, they're already off the hook :P At that stage they're not obligated to exchange your item.
I can't say I've had the same experience at all in the 7 years I've shopped with them. They replaced one faulty HDD with no quibbles right away, another one out of Scan's warranty (the manufacturer offered a lifetime warranty, so Scan really didn't have to do this)... They even tracked down a free gift (that came with a laptop) for me once that had long gone out of stock. Maybe they just like my voice? :P Haha

I'm in exactly the same boat - same needs, same order. And my choices were between the Dell U2415H and the U2515H.

Is the 16:10 ratio of the 2415 actually more useful than that extra inch and res of the 2515 anyone?
And how does this Acer stack up vs. the U2515? The lack of height adjustable stand is a bit off putting but how big of a deal is that?

It's not a very tall stand, but I prop mine up with textbooks anyways :smiley:

Nice monitor that. Just Flubit'ing now.

Sorry, your comment is off topic. As I have explained the item I returned was a few months old and it obviously still had warranty. I even told them that I'd take it to a small claims court, but Scan didn't care. And I had too much going on to actually pursue it in the end.

I've had the best customer service experience with Pixmania, which is odd given that quite a few customers complained about it. They took back a broken graphics card a month before the warranty expired - and refunded me in full(!). According to customer complaints in forums and review sites Scan actually replaced defect graphics cards with equally used cards of similar value. Whatever that turns out to be.

Another common complaint with Scan is that deliveries are not on time even if a fast service was paid for. Scan won't reimburse the fees if they do not deliver on time. They simply point to their T&C's...

Ok... What did you do to cheese them off? :wink: I can understand that companies can sometimes give bad experiences, but the delivery times? If you order before 4pm, you will get an automatic text message by around 8pm, notifying you that your delivery has been confirmed. The following morning, you will receive another text message with a delivery time, and then a final one when the item has been delivered. This has been consistent, apart from the time they were trying to chase up my free gift that accidently held up the rest of my order. They sorted it out after the cutoff point and STILL got me my laptop the following day. The gift came a few days later after they managed to find me one from the manufacturer.

Oh nice. I just bought this from Overclockers instead of Scan though. Extra 89p or something I paid.

Have you dealt with them before? How's the customer service?

Thanks Ivory Bridge processors have HDMI 1.4, did not know that and was a bit of a sticking point. Will stick with the HD 4000 because I don't want to change much in my PC, especially the CPU and mobo. This is good because there are sooooo many monitors out there its a good filter to know about - no 4k displays. (immediate afterthought - could I run a 4k display as a 1440 with some special software that would cut the HD4 4000 some slack? Some future proofing in getting a 4k screen even though not used natively).

You can change the res to 1440 on a 4K screen via the display options, though if you are going to invest in a monitor like that I would strongly suggest upgrading your PC first. If not, stick to a native 1440 one.

Use something like DinoPC or PCSpecialist, you can build a very powerful Skylake machine for relatively little, and at the rate the current tech is going at it would last you a good six or seven years at the minimum.

Mine should be arriving in a couple of hours, coming from a TN panel 1080p monitor so hoping to be blown away but we'll see.

I can't really do any in depth checks on response time or input lag but is there anything anyone wants me to check out for them?

Cant really give you a scientific answer for colour reproduction, Its certainly a step up from my TN panel but that's to be expected. Photos look great to me on the screen but I dont really have any experience in photo editing/production

Overall impressions are good, build quality is great, thankfully no dead pixels! There is some IPS glow/backlight bleed in the bottom left and right corner.

I'm a gamer and browser and it handles games as well/better than my old TN monitor. Haven't notice any ghosting or increase in input lag.

Only thing I haven't sorted yet is some text looks fuzzy in Windows 10. I'm currently dual booting Windows 7+10 and both with text scaling set to 125% and Windows 7 is perfect but on 10 the text on this site looks ever so slightly blurry.

Other text around the screen like address bar etc are clear.

EDIT*
Another thing I noticed but hard to explain is because the actual is sat a few mm's back from the front plastic that cover the screen all the way to the out edge. If you look at an extreme you almost get what look like a shadow over the edge of the screen. I've checked to make sure its not a protective film over the screen that I haven't removed.

couple of pics to try and explain what I mean.

First one head on
http://oi63.tinypic.com/2s7w3u8.jpg

Extreme angle
http://oi63.tinypic.com/w84weh.jpg

Hear what you are saying but my desktop was self built when the Sandy bridge came out i think and I've not used it that much. Kinda not wanting to ditch it, read all about current PC components (big deal as I'm not pc savvy) and build another just for the sake of being able to use 4K. Can't even sell my current rig for decent price as it may have been damaged by a faulty gang plug that arced the electricity to the 3 pin plug of the PSU. Thought it was an internal thing I couldn't figure out till the penny dropped one day. I'm sure arcing for a few seconds at a time did nothing good. PC seems slower for it.

I'm really, really liking the look of this screen. This has replaced one of my Dell P2214H screens, the difference is incredible.


Honestly, never had to use their customer services, but they've always been solid when I bought from them. I just picked the DPD next day delivery and they emailed me the hour slot which saved me looking up the tracking number.

Sorry man did not get a notification you had replied.

I got one of these for photo editing. For me it was the perfect resolution/screen size combo. I thought my last monitor was fine but using my old monitor as a second screen this really shows it up. Beautiful image. Not tried it with gaming yet but that was always a second consideration. The price is amazing compared to the competition. Great deal. Wish I could afford two.
EDIT This has now gone up to £257. Still cheap but £40 more than I paid last week :-(

So... here's a funny story! My monitor ended up having dead pixels. Complained to scan, quoted the consumer rights act, asked for a replacement and got denied. The best they could do in the end was charge me 15-20% of the price for a refund.

So yeah... you're right, I was wrong. Scan sucks.

Sorry to hear that. I feel your pain.

Welcome to the club of Scan-haters. We are a selected group of Scanm'ed individuals that vote down Scan deals on here or post their frustration about Scan's behaviour. :wink:

In your case if you had notified Scan within 7 days that you would like to cancel the contract then Scan should have refunded you in full. They are only allowed to charge you for the return postage. At least that is my understanding of the distance selling regulations.

Yup, they said this. They pretty much had me banged to rights because it was a christmas present, and by the time Christmas had come and i'd opened it, 7 days had already passed. They refused to accept it was a fault because of ISO regulations (which are apparently exempt from the consumer rights act anyway) so I didn't even get the extended 30 days. This was particularly dumb...

Me: ((quotes the consumer rights act, and my 30 day right to a replacement/refund for faulty goods))
Scan: Who are you to say it's faulty? You're not the manufacturer.
Me: So if my fridge stops working, i'm not in a place to say it's broken unless I built the thing??

I even tried to say i've been a loyal customer (in a last ditch attempt for some decent service) and the woman responded with "well to be fair, there are other accounts that have spent more than you". Never going with them again!

back to 239 , anyone know any good alternatives?