If you need to ask that you aren't into PC gaming.

Suspiciously low price for a new model.

I've had this sitting in my basket for a while but the TN nature of it puts me off. If only it was the IPS variant at this price!

Someone tell me why I'd spend this much on a PC monitor when I could buy a 40+" 4K tv for less and use that?

​Very true

Suspicious of Acer.

I'm into PC gaming I'm just not "hardcore". Definitely not a PC master race guy

I actually ordered this yesterday afternoon same price. Scorching deal, been waiting for something low £400s for 1440p g-sync. Usually £500+ for that kind of spec and £600+ for IPS.

​TV input lag is generally terrible and the 144Hz refresh rate is MUCH sharper than useless 60-75Hz if your GPU can provide the frames :wink:

Still hesitating? I remember you made a similar comment on my X34a deal. BTW, I have bought my X34a when it was £899 on ebuyer, it's life-changing!

Yep it's the price for something unseen (and the price is up £70). Glad your enjoying yours!

Did you buy this? Have you seen any reviews on this or the panel it is using?

I ordered this exact item from Amazon on the 20th September and still waiting for an estimate for when they'll get stock. I'm hoping it happens, but i'm fearing it'll just stay as 'Pre-order' indefinitely.

anything new on the stock for this though ?

There's something weird going on with this monitor. I pre ordered a month ago and, as I'm the impatient type, got in touch with Amazon. They told me that Acer has not given them a release date yet and to contact them. So I did. They told me that the monitor has been released months. Not once, not twice, but on three separate chats. (Yes I used the correct model number during). Which is obviously ridiculous as there would be a 1000 YouTube reviews the day it's released. I don't know what is going on. Anyone add to this?

The monitor has definitely already been released. Plenty of people already own it... No bloody idea what's going on with it now though. Everywhere is out of stock, not released and saying it needs to be pre-ordered. Makes absolutely no sense... There's a cover up going on somewhere.

Why has there been no coverage by any Youtubers then? Every other predator variant has a 1000 reviews. I can't find reference to this on YouTube at all. This should, by right, be the best gaming monitor available (IPS aren't ideal for gaming with longer response times) so why the zero publicity?

Spoke to scan. They are still waiting for a response from Acer. They were expecting stock in on the 30th of september. https://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-acer-predator-zeroframe-nvidia-g-sync-led-backlit-lcd-tn-panel-144hz-2560x1440-1ms-100m1-dp-hdmi-

No idea what's going on... I think they must be having some issues behind the scenes.
Keep this forum updated of any changes guys and girls. Would be nice to find out what's going on, love the look of this monitor.

I thought this was out for months too. But there seems to be only 1 youtube video and even then all it's doing is showing the menu on it off. Been trawling the net, think someone on some german forum have got theirs. Doesn't seem like they've had any issues. Think they bought off amazon germany, although all the ones sold there seem to be warehouse deals, theres loads of them, and no new ones.

Yeah it's really weird. Like up to this date the best TN/Gaming Monitor is the Asus pg298q. This monitor, I'm led to believe, uses the same panel but has an extra 21hz, gsync v2 and is £200 cheaper than the 2 year old Asus. This should be making a huge buzz on the tech review pages but nada. It doesn't make sense.

Just got word from Acer. UK stock has been low due to a "shipment issue". Scan and Overclockers should have stock this month. Waiting to hear about Amazon.

And just now confirmed Amazon should this month too.

Amazon is alot cheaper than anywhere else for this monitor atm... Might get the pre order in now before they come in and the price rockets... Nice one charle

People still propagating the myths about IPS being too slow for gaming then?

A 4ms IPS panel can refresh the screen 250 times in one second. Given this will only run at 165Hz, that makes the IPS considerably faster than it needs to be.

You are actually wrong as well.

Response time listed on these monitors is g2g. The time the pixels take to change from black to white to black again. Lower response time leads to better motion clarity.

You referencing input lag. Input lag on monitors often primarily comes from signal processing. Modern gaming ips and tns are often very similar in input lag so you won't notice any difference here.

The main advantages of ips are better viewing angles and more vibrant colours. Though tn isn't as far behind on colours as it used to be.

Tn has better motion clarity, is cheaper and doesn't have the save QC issues that the ips model have.

The ips model is very popular and has the same name as the tn. Which is why this monitor may seem familar to a lot of you.

1080p 60hz master race :smirk:

Lol, all I was trying to say is that the TN displays the information you need to see faster. Do I give a ****? No! I would of course get the IPS if I could afford it. It's just a little consolation of going with the TN. I ain't no screen scientist!

And yes to the person who asked. Acer just confirmed Amazon would have stock at some stage this month.

Plasma blows all these arguments out of the water. Responce time of 0.001ms is 1000 times faster than this. What do all the fanboys have to say about that? Why are you not all using plasma screens?

This hz patter is nothing more than marketing drivel dreamed up by lcd panel manufacturers when plasma was still the leading tech in terms of sales.

Looks like the some people are still taking the bait

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/24-dell-s2417dg-qhd-led-monitor-g-sync-2560x1440-350-cd-m2-1-10001ms-dp-hdmi-usb-30-hub-anti-glare-3

How does the above compare? Neither seems to have reviews or anything, and the Dell is 4K (along with G-Sync and 165Hz)...

Seems pretty much the same. Both are QHD not 4k though .Smaller screen at 24 inches compared to 27 inches. The 27 inch Dell equivalent is easily had at £500 if you want that. I bought this Acer on Amazon over the 27 inch Dell due to the saving in price.

Was going to say nice price thinking it was the IPS version I have but its a TN Screen ! Not sure why you cant get the XB271HU anymore as well !

Who would possibly be a fan boy of a certain type of display? Lol. It's just down to best you can afford. Also, this thread is just about trying to get this specific monitor. Go debate tn vs ips vs plasma on reddit until your heart is content.

Holy ****! Says it's due October 5th in Scan. That's 2 days away!! Presume Amazon won't be much later

I know they aren't the same thing, my point is that having a response time which is faster than your refresh rate offers very little value.

Say your game is running at 100fps - your Gsync will then adjust your refresh rate to 100Hz to match.

With 100fps, you're trying to display a frame every 0.01 seconds, or every 10ms.

On a 1ms panel, you'll display the frame and then the panel will sit there for 9ms doing nothing at all.

On a 4ms panel, you'll display the frame and then the panel will sit there for 6ms doing nothing at all.

On both panel types, the panel is spending most of its time doing nothing.

Both panels will also only display one frame every 10ms, just the IPS panel will do it brighter with better colour.

​Going on order tomorrow for me from Amazon

You can order it right now Kezman. Amazon don't charge until it dispatches.

As you say, the PG298Q is a couple years old now.. I wouldn't say it was the best TN gaming monitor to date.. I would expect the 180Hz PG248Q would be a better TN choice now, and there are 240Hz panels just round the corner too.

Yeh I know mate.. I'm ordering a new rig set up tomorrow though, including a few things from Amazon so it makes sense to do it all together

1080p and 24 inches? Yuck!

Does this monitor support 2560x1440 at 144 hrz or is that only for 1080P?

Yes, but you would need to run a top of the line SLI graphics card set up (two GTX 1080's) to hit 144 frames a second at 1440p in most newer games. Also, only buy this if you have a Nvidia graphics card too as this monitor has g-sync. If you have AMD there is a similar BEN Q one with free sync.

Why can you never get a nice, good looking, high spec gaming monitor on offer without it looking like some silly kids toy??

I was interested until I seen the pics of it.

Oh man, Scan just listed the z301c which I've been waiting for forever. this makes saving over £200 and getting this from Amazon a lot more difficult for me...

​You could mount it if you wanted to. Gets rid of the silly red base atleast. I'm just gonna spray it. For the price nothing comes close imo

That is an incredibly harsh assessment lol. The base is angular and has red feet but the screen itself is fairly minimal. I think the branding that they show on the screen exacerbates the problem. You probably wouldn't feel so strongly if you saw it with a game or movie playing on the screen.

I tried making a review on this monitor when I owned it ( now its my brothers ) I would not mind uploading what I have of the monitor

That would be brilliant if possible? Literally going into this purchase blind at the moment and hoping for the best. Just wondering also, did you re-buy this at this price for yourself?

Geek

Tempting, but an extra £55 gets the Dell S2716DG and means I'll not risk having to use Acer's after sales support.

Not even got a vga socket, cold

If only the IPS version was at this price.

Like if you agree.

Lol.. Who the hell still uses a vga socket haha. Analog connections are long gone these days.

Toying with this or a 4k. I've got a 1080 I wanna utilise. What are your thoughts?

​Depends what you want to do with it... I have a 1080 on the way and I'll be getting this to compliment. I use mine for gaming only.

For 4k gaming on Max settings a single 1080 still only hits between 30 and 50 fps. Sometimes less. It eats up QHD though. I thought long and hard about the same question. I'm going for a QHD monitor.

​Totally agree.. I've made the same assumption

I wouldn't bother with 4k at 27 inches, it's not big enough to get a significant benefit.

yeah the other option is a X34 but there aren't many around at a decent price.

is it worth upgrading from 1080pn14rmhz iiyama TN monitor. is 2k really worth it?

I managed to nab a PG279Q for 350 locally

I paid 479 for this model, tbh most of the video is me just unboxing it

it is a really nice monitor and for the price I don't think anyone can argue it

for the people that keep commenting about IPS v TN, TN is better full stop for total hardcore gamers, im not talking your average TW3 player who keeps boasting they can't tell a difference im talking milliseconds responses CSGO or other games that require very fast response, the pixels of TN they transition faster than IPS to make that difference
you will not see any competitive player use a IPS monitor

been on 2K for about 4 years.. YES definitely worth it

Or Acer Predator X34A.

I have a Dell S2716DG - 1440p, 144hz and G-sync.

I spent a long time looking into these, probably should share my thoughts;

- Avoid Acer. So many poor reports on their monitors at the high end, especially their customer services. Check some tech forums and you'll see. Some absolute horror stories on OCUK.
- Asus monitors are good but again, have quality control issues like Acer.

There were two top monitors - highly rated from performance, quality control and support. Ones that stood out really for feedback.

- The Dell S2716DG (A02 / A03 ver, avoid A01 version due to HDCP issue) is incredibly well rated.
- BenQ XL2730Z. Like the Dell, highly rated for performance, quality control and support.

I got my Dell brand new, A03 version. Full 3 year warranty and unopened from an eBay business seller. £340 delivered.

The BenQ can be had for less than this Acer from here:

http://www.box.co.uk/Benq_XL2730Z_27_Free-Sync_QHD_144Hz_Gam_1734784.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwps2_BRC5jduHor-h8xESJADGT-LtE7TTfjony7uL7wz0b9q-Le9vzUXamnl0rd9pOrwC4RoCgYDw_wcB

The BENQ is freesync... So good if you have an AMD.. But for the price there are probably others on the market with the same performance for less.

The Dell is a good monitor and g-sync. Retails around 500£ so more expensive than this one as standard, but Yeh, a good monitor if you can pick up a deal

Well it was used by all the professional teams at a recent CS:GO major, so each to their own I guess.

Personally I have the PG279Q 27" IPS, which is fantastic (albeit after having to RMA a few first)

Refresh rate, accuracy, pixel density, resistant to screen tearing when paired with a nvidia gpu, the ability to alter the screen by its stand to change your angle of seating and id assume a massive amount of latency.

Theres more but i thought id provide you a non snarky reply to explain somewhat, im no expert re screens but you could spend 2k on a comp and if you bought a **** screen you will gimp that whole investment, your monitor could last you through a bunch of computers, paying up for a good one tends to be a positive investment.

I've got the Dell S2716DG and purchased it for the same reasons. Didn't want to spend lots on a acer IPS and get a dud. Just not worth the hassle. Do you use a custom colour profile on yours?

I think it's in this thread somewhere http://www.overclock.net/t/1577511/dell-s2716dg-1440-144-hz-g-sync-owners-thread/3080

​Mate could you please pm me a link to the seller you used to get the Dell 27 inch gsync monitor please. With your comments I can't spend big money on a monitor then have it come with poor quality control issues

Just an update. The XB271HUA is now in stock on the Acer store. That's at the non sale price. Amazon should follow suit soon at the sale price.

What do we reckon, should I cancel my Acer order and go with the Dell S2716DG instead? I'm on the fence.

This is a newer monitor with better gsync (v2) and more hz for a cheaper price. The only reason would be the issues with Acers aftercare. If you get it and its broke on arrival just return. If it breaks 2 months down the line then your at their mercy. You have to weigh it up but I am still firmly sticking with this Acer.

When you're spending this kind of money, do you really want to be at the mercy of Acer?

Yeah thats a fair view. But at the same time they can't break the law. They ship with a warranty of a certain period of time, a year I'm guessing. If anything goes wrong in that period of time, they have to deal with it. Thats true of all companies. Its just things like slow turnarounds leaving you without a monitor for a few weeks or bad policies meaning you get a refurb instead of a replacement if it's broke. But that will be a small percentage of the monitors. Most will work perfectly for years and if you get a dud, you just have to be patient. Like right now the Acer is £77.42 cheaper than the Dell on Amazon and should be equal to, or better than it in every way. Thats a lot to turn down for a better warranty. Dell aren't even known for being great the aftercare either.

Could go with the 30£ 3 year amazon warranty?

How can you tell which verison it is? A03 or A02?

I'm getting really put off by all the anti Acer comments. Really how bad are they? WIll it be a product where corners were cut?

Wouldn't worry about it. People have no problems buying their £1000 Acer X34A monitor. You're buying from Amazon anyway, if it's not satisfactory when it reaches you just return as faulty.

I've Googled the Dell monitor and found enough posts talking negatively about it that I'll stick with the Acer. I briefly had the supposed 'King', the Asus PG279q, and was disappointed by the IPS glow/ Backlight bleed, so it all seems like a bit of a crapshoot to me.

Amazon corrected the price to £530 finally. We who jumped on the offer are getting a bargain.

Brilliant! With a bunch of gift codes and stuff that I had in paying just under £390 for this! :-D

Wonder how long before its actually available.

Looks like Scan have just recieved theirs... Hopefully amazon will follow up soon

Yeah seems they have. I'm pretty excited, though i started considering the AOC AGON AG271QG 1440p 144hz IPS g-sync at £580 (Currys) and the Acer Predator XB281HK 4k 60fps TN g-sync at £450 (with code) (Currys) in recent days. Torn. Think I still prefer this over the XB281HK though.

The IPS screen should be better.

And there was me giving up hope

No doubt, just worried about quality control on them, IPS glow and backlight bleed.

figured I'd just wait it out and see as it can't be long now. If its not up to scratch I may try another depending on the issue. At this price point hopefully patience will pay off. Failing that, its back to the original drawing board of going for a more expensive IPS screen and the lottery that goes with it.

At the end of the day its your monitor that shows the results of all that hard earned invested cash in your rig. As many, many people before me have said, it just shouldn't be this hard. Shame on the manufacturers!

Overclockers UK has these in stock now too. Can't imagine this will be too long. Though worth noting I can't see Amazon selling these any more. All 3rd party buys on the product page now. Also worth noting OCUK has the AOC Agon (can't remember model number off the top of my head) 1440p IPS 144hz g sync for £550 ish now for this weekend.

The Agon was the one I was originally considering before this. I guess we'll see....

Hmm pre-order has ended on amazon, now they're "temporarily out of stock" instead. At least something seems to be happening...

I was really hoping they'd have them in stock in October like we heard in one of the earlier comments. I don't know how long to wait on this really...

I went for the AOC AG271QG in the end, same as this but IPS for £549 at Overclockers UK. Arriving tomorrow for me. Figured if that doesn't work out and I have issues with BLB or IPS glow I still have this pre-order to fall back on.

Will be good to know your experience.

Just got onto Amazon support. Pre-orders will go out this week and there will be 150 units for non pre order sale.

Excellent! Thanks very much for the update!

For what it's worth, this should start to arrive. The listing on Amazon now showing "Usually dispatched within 1 to 2 months." I'd imagine pre-orders will get theirs before then!

Got in touch again as Xenon said the stock status had changed. They will be in stock on Tuesday November 15th and dispatch within a day or so after that.

Waited a while month so far... Guess another half won't hurt....

Just had a mail from Amazon stating delivery would be 22 Nov to 16 Dec. Incidentally I pre-ordered on 4th Oct.

Just got my email too. Between 18 Nov and 11 Dec, I placed my order on the 3rd October.

Sadly the AOC AG271GQ did not work out. It was an awesome looking panel and g-sync was excellent in the half hour I got to play with it. Just had a slight noticeable bleed bottom right corner. I may perhaps been able to live with it but the panel also had some sort of small black line mark underneath the screen which you could not remove. It's going back tomorrow. I'll wait for this, I think.

Incidentally I ordered this on Amazon on 26th September and I still do not have an ETA on when it is going to arrive.

So my estimate turned up, between 18th Nov and 12th Dec. Ordered 26th September.

man I regret not going for it when it was 430 haha :smiley:

Update from Amazon, new expected delivery date now 04/11 to 10/11!

Oh really? Had they sent you a different one before?

I got an exact delivery date (I ordered on 26th Sept so quite early). Mine arrives Friday! (Or Saturday in the very likely event I will not be in when they deliver on Friday)

​I just got told mine has been pulled forward to this Friday :-D

Yeah (mentioned it on #109)

I'd really appreciate any feedback on initial impressions whoever gets theirs first.

Thanks.

Took the amazon prime free trial so I could also get it Friday :smile:

Can the first person to get it please bite the bullet and make YouTube video, just on your phone, in any kind of quality just showing what it looks like and how it's working. I'm living off scraps here haha.

Mine has just dispatched! Will have it tomorrow night :-D
Will definitely share my initial thoughts.

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar..

I just got mine. First impressions are pretty good, everything seems alright. I did previously have the Dell s2716DG and ended up returning that to Overclockers because of grey uniformity issues (dirty screen effect) and while I'll give it a good testing before I make my final judgment from what I've seen on a fullscreen middle grey image the uniformity (while not perfect, but it never is) is better than on the last TN panel I tried. Negligible backlight bleed. I do have one dead pixel, at the very top near the edge of the panel a bit left of centre, pretty hard to notice really. I don't have a colour calibrator so I can't verify how accurate the colours and gamma are but coming from an srgb calibrated IPS monitor I'm not immediately disgusted so make of that what you will. All in all, first impressions are good. I think I may finally have a 144hz 1440p monitor that I will actually keep.

Is there any way you can post a few pictures at different angels. Its hard to get a good understanding of what it really looks like in all the marketing pics.

I can give it a go, the light's a bit naff today and I've only got my phone to take photos on. There's no real way for me to take photos that aren't a bit rubbish, I'm afraid.

http://imgur.com/WFJLmQf

http://imgur.com/5UmAwH6

http://imgur.com/h2K3XsD

http://imgur.com/6AaylE9

The photos do a poor job of showing the stand which is much less tacky looking than I thought it would be and certainly less garish than it appears in these photos. With that said if it does ultimately pass my quality standards and I keep it I'll probably be replacing the stand with a dual monitor desk mount.

...and the dead pixel

http://imgur.com/HgyF0Ye

http://imgur.com/QvXCXtb

http://imgur.com/4rxY2AP

pretty minor.

Since it's Amazon I'd have absolutely no problems returning for a dead pixel. They are so great about returns, they just send you one out straight away and you return the other one as you see fit.

As a side note, isn't everyone not receiving theirs today/tomorrow though? I can literally order it now off Amazon to arrive tomorrow so all pre-orders should surely be fulfilled now?

Mine has been delivered to my neighbour. Waiting until I get home and hopefully the neighbour is in so I can take it! Can imagine why Amazon were reluctant to leave it at my flat door for half a day!

Looks pretty good, thanks. The dead pixel seems very hard to see and there are plenty of ways for you to try and revive. What are your overall impressions of picture quality?

Mine isn't dispatching until tomorrow and wont be here till Thursday. But I live in Ireland and this is now listed as not available for shipping to Ireland. So I am extremely lucky I got the order in.

Amazon do tend to be pretty good about returns but at this point I've gone through such a gauntlet of 144hz 1440p screens from different retailers, first of all exhausting the IPS possibilities before giving up on that, then a bit of back and fourth with OCUK and a Dell S2716DG before giving up on that by this point I'm just sick of all the messing about. If ultimately the only thing I can find wrong with it is that one dead pixel I can live with it but I may send them an email and bring up the aggro I had with them over a previous monitor I tried from them and see if they can knock a bit off the price (which was already pretty good) and if they can't and offer to swap it I guess I'll take them up on it at that point, the danger is then that you get one worse than you had in the first place and end up running that old 1440p 144hz monitor gauntlet again. We'll see.

Fingers crossed that yours is all good, let us know later on.

Charlemagnes_joy; picture quality seems pretty good. Obviously the monitor has the qualities that all TN panels do so the viewing angles aren't especially wide and there is a bit of gamma shift but on the whole it all seems good. No problems with text, I haven't noticed any pixel inversion or anything like that, the black levels are alright for a tn panel.

One thing I have noticed is a bit of faint vertical banding on black screens, like loading screens. Possibly something to do with the backlight.

Mines turned up today also. One stuck red pixel in a fairly central area, pretty annoying really.
Trying a screen fix website see if I can unstick it because everything else seems fab. Blacks not 100% uniform, but apparently that's expected, and it seems good enough from my perspective.

Edit: The website (and a little pressure, possibly risky) seems to have fixed it. Fingers crossed it stays that way. Very happy if so

Got mine today as well, all in all very nice monitors. I agree that the stand isn't nearly as bad as it looks in the photos, the red is much more subtle and the whole thing feels much sturdier than it looks. The only quibbles I have so far is that when you turn the monitor off, it disconnects the USB hub (I usually turn off my second monitor when gaming, so this is a tad annoying), and the lower bezel sticks out quite far from the screen, so if you have more than one, and angle the screens, you cant quite fit the edges together so there's a slight gap between them.

I also have a dead pixel on one of them, which screen fixer website did you use Sfonz? I'm currently trying jscreenfix but no luck so far...

Really concerned that you're all reporting dead pixels! Anyway, my initial verdict, my panel came perfect. I've set up the video settings more to my taste (I like it more vibrant but darker than default). All in all very impressed by the picture quality. The speakers are a good touch since I can also play my xbox on it without whacking on headphones when I decide not to play on my PC. My one and only niggle is that whatever coating they used on the monitor is slightly graining the images, but yeah overall very pleased and well worth the £437 that I paid.

I have just unboxed mine and have no dead pixels. Can you please share your picture and color settings

As charlemanges asked, did a quick little video on the monitor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjIBtPE7K4g

I absolutely did not like the settings out of the box as it was too bright. I put briightness and contrast to 50, gamma 2.2, colour temp uiser (at default user setting) and saturate to 125. I really like how it looks at these settings, it may not be to everyone's taste though.

just checked again and found 3 dead pixels in the right corner. Contacting amazon for a replacement now.

I sent them an email about the dead pixel but indicated that I'd be happy to keep it if they gave me a discount so they're going to refund me £87.51 so 20% off.... so £350 for a 144hz 1440p monitor with one dead pixel that's not in a particularly obnoxious place. I'm happy with that. I already have a 60hz 1440p ips monitor that I'm going to keep as a second display, if I was only going to have one monitor then I'd want it to be absolutely perfect but this discount on a second screen purely for gaming makes it an absolute bargain. I'm well chuffed, I'm actually glad I got one with a dead pixel.

mine had 4 in the end all in the bottom right corner spread over about a inch squared. Got a replacement coming tomorrow so shall see what that one is like.

Yeah if it was like a cluster of them like that it would be a bit too much to put up with, or if there was like one but it was dead centre of the screen where your crosshair usually is. Fingers crossed that your replacement's a good'n.

unfortunately the second one had 3 or 4 dead pixels all next to each other on the left hand side of the screen. Got a refund from Amazon no bother. Shame though as it seemed a nice monitor.

Yikes! I'm not feeling confident at all now. Seems like everyone is having issues? Can we do a straw poll. Of the people who got theirs already, who is happy with the purchase?

it's probably because they might of rushed these out to keep up with the orders, when I had mine about 3-4 months ago direct from Acer it was perfect

Mine is absolutely perfect and I love it. Worth every bit of the £437 I paid.

The quality control on the higher end gaming monitors is shocking, never known anything like it in 20 years of building my own computers, you used to pay good money for a high end monitor and that's what you'd get. With the shoddy PG279Q getting up to the £850 mark I'm just amazed that this part of the market hasn't collapsed in on itself, when will the poor quality outweigh the obscenely inflated price for consumers? There's no way ill ever pay that sort of money for low quality garbage, even if that means leaving PC gaming.

Anyway, I got tired of hunting there are too few panels that don't suck, think I'm just going to buy a cheapo 1080 and see what the market is like in a year. :disappointed:

Honesty, after 20 years this hobby is dying a death for me.

+1 I've been reading comments of the received monitors in disbelief that people have been happy with dead pixels. Quality control at the manufacturer should be better and I still think this is faulty.

They (the manufacturers) should be ashamed that they believe they can get away with producing sub standard products.

If people keep buying these products, the production of sub standard monitions will continue.

Did you manage to fix the stuck pixel?

It hasn't come back yet, so hopefully.

I finally got mine last night, after amazon managed to lose my first delivery...
Still, I played with it for half an hour last night. No dead pixels on mine so far, seems to work perfect, but I'll test it for a little while longer before I decide that it's definitely fine.

Mine was delivered at lunchtime today. Won't get chance to try it out till late tonight. Will feedback any QA issues...

well.. 2 red stuck pixels here. one upper left, the other middle right. May try the keep it for a discount approach as I don't find them distracting really. You just know that they are there..

Can I ask exactly how you contacted Amazon ref this. i.e. did you process this as a return and just left a comment regarding the issue?

Sure mate, no problem, they don't make it immediately apparent how to contact them.

At the bottom of the amazon page there's a help link, click on that. The on the next page where you can browse help topics highlight "need more help" and on the right click on "contact us". You can then choose a relevant order and then the order issue, I think I chose "other" and then in the next field selected "other" again, then it asks how you want to contact them and I chose email, then you get a text box where you can finally write to them.

And if it helps this is what I sent;

"Hello there,

I received the monitor I ordered yesterday and after an initial inspection I noticed it has a dead pixel towards the top of the display, left of centre.

http://i.imgur.com/4rxY2AP.jpg

Now I know I could return it, but even though my work is pretty flexible I already took quite a few days off a couple of months ago waiting around for monitor deliveries and collections when I tried to buy a different monitor off you guys. So while I can probably get time off to return the monitor and receive a replacement if I need to I'd rather not have to. As the dead pixel isn't dead centre I could probably live with it. Is there any sort of discount you guys could offer so that I keep this display and forego the rigmorale of taking days off to receive and return more monitors, please?

Either way, thanks in advance for your time and your reply. Cheers.

Simon. "

Many thanks for the detailed explanation. Appreciated.

I got mine today. No dead pixels, looks really good. The hard part was packaging it back up as its a Christmas present from the missus. Heart breaking.

Got the same 20% discount due to the stuck pixels. Would strongly advise anybody else that can live with the issue to follow a similar route as outlined by Drunk_Si.