Guess won't interest many in this forum, but here is my user report after three days of utilisation:
- Size: of course this thing is quite massive, especially coming from a 20", but the slight curve helps in not being too overwhelmed. Probably the provided stand is a tad too high and the optimal height can be found only by wall mounting it for maximum viewing comfort.
- BLB: unfortunately I hoped better in this regard, BLB is definitely evident in three corners of the screen, and there is some clouding near the center left. Nothing that is really bothersome in normal viewing conditions, but nonetheless I guess would be enough for a lot of people here to return it and hope for a better panel.
- Screen uniformity: seems pretty good to me for such a huge display, with no obvious color shifts whatsoever
- Color reproduction: spot on for me, and nothing that makes me miss my old (but quite good) IPS. After calibration with DisplayCAL I got an average Delta2000 of 0.24 (Delta76 at 0.43) which is pretty amazing (albeit with a tad cooler than ideal white point of 6700K, but it is really unnoticeable). sRBG coverage is bang-on 99.9%
- Black point and Contrast: here the panel delivers in spades, calibrated at 120nits I got a black level of 0.022 cd/sqm and a ridiculous measured contrast of 5315:1. It's quite above even the declared spec of 4000:1, so either my ColorMunki has gone nuts or it's really one of the greatest strenghts of the panel. Anyway I can see it's good with my eyes and definitely on another level vs my previous IPS monitor (which was super glossy so fared quite good in that regard, at least as perception goes)
- Contrast shift: as in any VA panel, it's definitely there, there is a lightening in shadows from the center to the borders of the screen, but it really becomes noticeable only in the last sixth part or so of the panel either side
- Gamma: I got almost perfect gamma tracking at 2.2, only the 90% brightness value seems a bit off (but I do not see anyone using it at such level anyway). Differently from PCM review, I got it with gamma left at default 2.2 rather than raising it to 2.4
- Gaming: of course as stated in all reviews of this display, it's definitely not for serious gaming. Ghosting and trailing are quite obvious and in the long run (but even short ) they can get quite bothering, especially in fast FPS. For light or "static" gaming everything seems fine enough
- Multimedia and general usage: the panel seems reactive enough for me for video and movies watching, I didn't notice any disturbing trailing or ghosting, at least in 24-30 fps clips (not sure if Youtube videos are really 60fps as declared). Just be sure to have vsynch on all the time, otherwise tearing becomes really very noticeable on such a huge panel. Some people reported that the panel is too slow even for dragging around windows on the desktop, personally I cannot confirm this finding, seems all pretty normal to me, coming from another 60Hz panel. Despite the less than optimal BLB, even movies watching with black bar is very enjoyable, with definitely a "plasma look" to the images thanks to the excellent black and contrast levels. Even text scrolling doesn't look abnormal to me (unless one wants to read even while fast scrolling text, guess anyone has her perversions )
- Productivity: for now only used in Photoshop as a single display, to enjoy the massive size of the images that this beastie can deliver. At 110ppi guess we are at the limit for not using scaling, the PS interface gets quite tiny but still useable for me, but your mileage may vary in this regard
- Retention/burn in: nothing abnormal to report so far
- Screen coating: it's semy-glossy, with a very light anti-reflection treatment. It's definitely reflective, so lights behind the screen user are a total no go. At least reflections are quite smoother than a total glossy panel like my previous NEC Clearview which had very sharp (and more bothering) reflections.
So overall, considering for what I bought this display for, I'd give it an 8, the only real flaw (apart for gaming ineptitude, but I knew it in advance) for me being the underwhelming BLB of the panel.
