Saw this originally on The Loop, as a link to TheWireCutter who was reviewing some of the CES offerings this year. Apparently these generic Korean IPS displays when you can find them (in the US) are pretty good, just a question of features, and potentially dead pixels.
Well, Monoprice is offering the same, but with better quality control, and for those who haven't dealt with Monoprice (the ONLY place to buy cables, especially HDMI), they have really outstanding customer support.
Here's this comment on this new product:
While I don't doubt the flexibility, features (and beautiful design) is superior on an Apple 27" display (or even the Dell U27xx series), for people who are interested in just having a high resolution, no frills, 27" display, this seems like a pretty killer deal. Here's the product at Monoprice:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...cs_id=1130703&p_id=9579&seq=1&format=2&ref=cj
Well, Monoprice is offering the same, but with better quality control, and for those who haven't dealt with Monoprice (the ONLY place to buy cables, especially HDMI), they have really outstanding customer support.
Here's this comment on this new product:
For months, people who know whats up have been buying Cheap Korean 27-inch monitors because theyre made from the same panels as high end monitors. But for a third of the cost. Monoprice is selling 2560×1440 IPS monitors for $390, in that same spirit. They use the same LG panels as the 27-inch iMac (except Apple only takes the best; these are the rest), but Monoprice is offering a 1 year warranty and they check every panel for dead pixelsmost Korean monitors, which are imported or sold on ebay, dont do that by default.
They'll have a higher priced version with video scaling and more inputs (this is DVI only) in a few months, but I've never run a monitor at non native res, so I wouldn't worry about it.
While I don't doubt the flexibility, features (and beautiful design) is superior on an Apple 27" display (or even the Dell U27xx series), for people who are interested in just having a high resolution, no frills, 27" display, this seems like a pretty killer deal. Here's the product at Monoprice:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...cs_id=1130703&p_id=9579&seq=1&format=2&ref=cj