DoubleSight DS-277W: Back to the Drawing Board
by Chris Heinonen on June 13, 2012 1:30 AM EST27” panels so far have seemed to do better with display uniformity than smaller displays. The larger size requires a more powerful lighting system and in implementing this it has also been more uniform as well. Here the DS-277W does fairly well, with a couple of darker corners causing a drop but most of the screen staying fairly close to the 200nits we are targeting.
With a black screen the uniformity continues to be decent, with light leakage on one side but the rest of the display keeping close to the same as the center. This was a very good result for the black level in comparison to other displays.
Thankfully this performance does carry over to the color uniformity across the screen. It was established that at 200 nits the DS-277W was a good performer, and it looks like that carried over to the uniformity. The lower-left corner is a little off, but the rest are very close to a dE of 2.0 or below which is good. I will admit to being pretty surprised by how good the results were, but it seems that at 200 nits the DS-277W is a good performer.
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anishannayya - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
Remember, this is 1440p we are talking about. I don't know many games that a single card card can push past 120 hz. At least games that would benefit from 120 hz (FPS).DarkUltra - Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - link
At high resolution you are limited by texture mapping and pixel shader performance. I turn off MSAA and set detail levels to high and Crysis 2 looks almost the same, but runs at 100-120 fps. Much easier to enjoy the action and everything looks more solid when I look around.http://jooh.no/index.php/2012/06/17/120hz-monitor-...
This is at 1920x1080 on a geforce gtx 580 and of course 120hz. If I manage to get a 1440p 120hz monitor I might need a gtx 680, it has twice as many texture mapping units. I wish 3D card reviews would test what gpu, cpu and settings you would need to get 120fps in games.
Every game I've tried benefits from 120hz/fps except old games that cannot render the graphics and mouse cursor faster than 30/60fps like Baldur's Gate and Diablo. Smoother, more precise mouse cursor and panning in RTS games also benefits greatly from 120hz/fps. Even games like C&C 3 that are locked at 30fps can since the cursor is rendered at its own layer updating at screen refresh.
DanNeely - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
Displayport 1.2 has the bandwidth needed to do 2560x1600x120hz. I've seen reviewers report that 120hz was noticeably smoother when scrolling/moving the mouse on the windows desktop; so you should get some benefit from it even if you can't push the FPS that high while gaming.Anubis - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
anand did a quick review of the QH270 lite - which is basically the same as the catleap (same panel just cant be overclocked)http://www.anandtech.com/show/5885/the-achieva-shi...
the 120 HZ capable monitors are not really made anymore and you are taking an even bigger gamble with the ones from 120hz IMO
however even without them doing 120HZ they are one of the best deals out there, you can get 2 for what 1 HP or Dell would cost
Cattykit - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
http://brand.danawa.com/yamakasiAbove is the one that can be 'overclocked' to do 120hz.
For those who are interested in various IPS monitors, check the below Korean price search site. There, you'll see tons of IPS monitors with tons of different specs. and price point. It's quite amazing how cheap many of IPS monitors run: 27" 2560x1440 LED one being only $200.
http://www.danawa.com/product/list.html?defSite=DI...
anishannayya - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
Rather useless, considering that the entire website is in Korean.alcortez - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
All of those Korean monitors can be found on Ebay with 2 day shipping for ~$300-350.Snipe3000 - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
Holy Bezels Batman!DBissett - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
The title of the review suggests it's a pretty good monitor but not the best. The summary pretty much trashes the monitor and I was surprised. Just saying. The alternatives you suggested are good ones.JarredWalton - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
True; I probably should have thought of that before posting for Chris. I've changed it now, as while the display *tries* to do a lot of things and be a "Jack of All Trades", the reality is it fails at pretty much everything it tries. A firmware update could work wonders, but sadly that hasn't happened despite being requested.