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Limp Gawd
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I too own a Wasabi Mango monitor, in my case it is a UHD430 also bought from AccessoriesWhole on eBay. Purchased it in February and it arrived just as everyone else described in two business days. I did not order the PixelPerfect version but upon inspection I have 0 stuck amd 0 dead pixels. Mine arrived via DHL.
The legs on the UHD430 match all the other 40"-43" monitors Wasabi Mango sells and mount in exactly the same fashion. I am using the supplied DP cable.
There is a recent firmware upgrade dated 0415 from April 2016. There is almost no changelog but it mentions briefly that it fixes compatibility issues. The firmware works on multiple versions of this monitor.
Without a colorimeter it would be very difficult to assess the color accuracy of this monitor, if you are doing it by sight or are using the built-in OS utility for calibrating the monitor you will only have an approximation of the correct color, completely based on visual preference and not real world measurements. This is not to say that correcting color visually is wrong, but rather it will bias the monitor in a direction that really only works for the individual that does the calibration. Fortunately I have a ColorMunki Display and can calibrate based on colorspace. Using DisplayCal 3.1.3 I needed to make the following adjustments in the setup menu:
Picture menu
After setting the monitor menu you can begin profiling the display. Using DisplayCal the results of profiling the monitor were a deltas of 1.55% red gamma, 1.69% green gamma, .98% blue gamma. After profiling the images displayed look fantastic. Compared to a similar PC my daughter has set up with an HP Z30 1440p monitor (uncalibrated) at the default settings and it looks horrible compared to the Wasabi Mango. I'm sure hers will look much better after calibration. My previous setup was with color corrected dual monitors, Dell 2407 and Dell 2408. I did not have the Dells and Wasabi Mango set up simultaneously so I cannot give an informed opinion about color matching. Finally, going through the ClearType selection to sharpen the fonts and to correct for the BGR pixel layout is all that was needed for complete setup. AMD drivers automatically detect this panel as 10-bit 3840x2160 60Hz.
I can say that one of the reasons for upgrading was that the back-light on the 2407 was getting weak and subsequently creating an in-correctable color shift. Plus the desktop space for the CAD work and photo editing and limited gaming is perfect now without two rather large bezels down the middle. I have played a few games such as Fallout 4 and HalfLife 2 @2160x1440 and the monitor looks perfect with non fatiquing visuals. I am not a twitch game player so I have not done any of the more common lag tests. Sitting approximately 30" from the monitor and with 100% Windows screen scaling everything is easy to read without squinting.
My experience with AccessoriesWhole so far is that they deliver a good product described accurately in their eBay listings, with no missing parts. I am trying to convince my daughter that she need to look at these monitors also and AccessoriesWhole as a source.
The legs on the UHD430 match all the other 40"-43" monitors Wasabi Mango sells and mount in exactly the same fashion. I am using the supplied DP cable.
There is a recent firmware upgrade dated 0415 from April 2016. There is almost no changelog but it mentions briefly that it fixes compatibility issues. The firmware works on multiple versions of this monitor.
Without a colorimeter it would be very difficult to assess the color accuracy of this monitor, if you are doing it by sight or are using the built-in OS utility for calibrating the monitor you will only have an approximation of the correct color, completely based on visual preference and not real world measurements. This is not to say that correcting color visually is wrong, but rather it will bias the monitor in a direction that really only works for the individual that does the calibration. Fortunately I have a ColorMunki Display and can calibrate based on colorspace. Using DisplayCal 3.1.3 I needed to make the following adjustments in the setup menu:
Picture menu
Brightness 81
Contrast 74
Saturation 52
Gamma 2.2
DCR Off
Color MenuContrast 74
Saturation 52
Gamma 2.2
DCR Off
Color Temperature User
Red 91
Green 98
Blue 100
Misc MenuRed 91
Green 98
Blue 100
FreeSync On
After setting the monitor menu you can begin profiling the display. Using DisplayCal the results of profiling the monitor were a deltas of 1.55% red gamma, 1.69% green gamma, .98% blue gamma. After profiling the images displayed look fantastic. Compared to a similar PC my daughter has set up with an HP Z30 1440p monitor (uncalibrated) at the default settings and it looks horrible compared to the Wasabi Mango. I'm sure hers will look much better after calibration. My previous setup was with color corrected dual monitors, Dell 2407 and Dell 2408. I did not have the Dells and Wasabi Mango set up simultaneously so I cannot give an informed opinion about color matching. Finally, going through the ClearType selection to sharpen the fonts and to correct for the BGR pixel layout is all that was needed for complete setup. AMD drivers automatically detect this panel as 10-bit 3840x2160 60Hz.
I can say that one of the reasons for upgrading was that the back-light on the 2407 was getting weak and subsequently creating an in-correctable color shift. Plus the desktop space for the CAD work and photo editing and limited gaming is perfect now without two rather large bezels down the middle. I have played a few games such as Fallout 4 and HalfLife 2 @2160x1440 and the monitor looks perfect with non fatiquing visuals. I am not a twitch game player so I have not done any of the more common lag tests. Sitting approximately 30" from the monitor and with 100% Windows screen scaling everything is easy to read without squinting.
My experience with AccessoriesWhole so far is that they deliver a good product described accurately in their eBay listings, with no missing parts. I am trying to convince my daughter that she need to look at these monitors also and AccessoriesWhole as a source.
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