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| Advantages: |
Huge picture |
| Disadvantages: |
Huge footprint |
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yes |
I chose this particular make of monitor for two reasons. Firstly, I have a friend who chooses Iiyama for his web design business and he was singing their praises. They produce a stable and detailed image suitable for professional use so that was a good start.
Secondly, I wanted a really large monitor for PC games and this one's a whopper. It's a 22". The latest releases with their tremendous detail and realism come to life on this massive screen. DVDs seem perfectly clear.
One thing I noticed on this monitor that I hadn't experienced before was the loud and clunky way it selects it's screen resolution for games and at certain other times. I'm used to that now but I thought it worth mentioning.
The degauss function is easy to find when you work out the menus and identify how to operate it but a simple button marked, 'degauss,' would have been nice.
In Windows XP I found that Quake 3 (my favourite game) appeared to flicker and that was uncomfortable to look at. This turned out to be something that could be solved by turning up the refresh rate to 85 instead of the default 60.
Only today a friend thinking of buying a new monitor for his gaming came to visit and Iiayma is the direction he's heading in too. They appear to have a good reputation among online gamers.
For me there is only one downside and this is it: although the screen size is impressive and the flatscreen picture a joy to behold, please consider the 'footprint' of this monitor. It's a heavy thing and it goes back a long way on your desk.
In fact, it goes back so far that, in my case, I could only make room for my keyboard by actually pulling the desk itself a foot or so away from the wall behind it. Then I was able to slide it back further and it became a bit more viable.
So, to sum up: this is a great monitor but it goes back quite a way. If you have the room then the Iiyama Vision Master Pro 513 could be a good choice. If space is a priority then LCDs are improving all the time.
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 A great CRT with stunning picture quality.
Review of Iiyama Vision Master Pro 513 by
richburman
Advantages: Great picture quality and BIG screen.
Disadvantages: Only suitable for BIG desks.
I've had my Iiyama Vision Master Pro 513 for a couple of months now and I'm dead chuffed with it. I've always shied away from LCD or TFT screens partly because of the price and partly because of the latency (think of it as 'shadows' that are left behind because the screen cannot change the images quick enough.) CRTs are much more capable of very high refresh rates, much quicker than the human eye can perceive! This monitor is no exception with a ...
...a second!) and the human eye is only theoretically capable of seeing somewhere around 25Hz, but purists will say that the faster the better.
Image quality of this monitor is top notch and the maximum resolution (picture detail) is a whopping 1920 x 1440 and that's still at an impressive 75Hz. This is ideal for many professional needs such as web design or CAD but also a dream for the avid gamer who wants as much detail as possible when they frag ...
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Review of Iiyama Vision Master Pro 513 by
the_decider
If you ever need a monitor, don't buy this one. After two years of perfect functioning the anti-glare coating starts to come off in patches, even if you've been using only recommended products to clean it. To add to this, Iiyama uk will refuse to consider this their problem and will cease communicaton with you.I should think they're covering for a bad batch
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