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The Iiyama Prolite B2712HDS 27 inch screen is shipped in a standard brown box, sandwiched between thick styrofoam layers for protection. The screen itself is a simple design, with a row of buttons on the bottom right and a black bezel with the name of the product top left. It weighs in at 8.8 kg with dimensions of 644x263x423mm (W-D-H).
The stand is a substantial bar which can tilt on its axis. This was preassembled in our box and it is attached to the rear of the screen with four thick screws via a 5mm mount. There was a DVI cable, power cable and literature in the box, we are not sure if the retail bundle is supplied with an HDMI cable also.
The base is a two pronged metal design which is very heavy and ensures that the screen is stable on any level surface.
At the rear there is a VGA, DVI and HDMI port, beside this is a power connector. As this product has built in speakers, there is an audio jack to connect to your PC. As these are only rated at 1.5W we wouldn't expect miracles from the sound system.
The ProLite B2712HDS is an attractive screen with a simplistic design that appeals to us. The black bezel is a matt finish which keeps reflections to a minimum. THe E2472HDD which we reviewed a while ago had a glossy finish on the surrounding bezel.
Bottom right is the control panel with a traditional ‘button' system under the text. Many screens now are using touch based methodology but these can be pretty flaky at times, so we like the fact iiyama have opted for ‘push' buttons.
The onscreen menu system offers a reasonable amount of configuration, via a colourful orange and tinted panel. As with many monitors we test, we found the default contrast and brightness settings to be very high. After a little fine tuning however we managed to configure the settings to our liking. The On Screen display options allow for the interface to be moved around on the screen. The default OSD timeout of 5 seconds was a little short, but this can be adjusted easily enough.
Iiyama offer various colour and display settings with an ECO option to save power. Again these will be very much personal preference but we prefered to turn ECO off and leave Opticolor on ‘standard'. The ProLite has volume controls if you want to use it for audio. We found the sound to be tinny and rather unimpressive, but we hadn't expected anything else so weren't disappointed.
The native resolution is 1080p (1920×1080) and if you need to check the output resolution you can access this via the ‘information' panel. The unit Serial Number is also available here. There is no sRGB mode and the left and right buttons become shortcuts to eco mode and volume when you are not in the main menu.
I was looking at this last week. the U2711 would be perfect, but the price is out of my bracket, especially as I have just had a kid. Well not me, the missus, but you get the point.
It is a toss up between this and the Hanns.G HZ281HPB 27.5″ – still undecided, but thanks for the review. im not that picky so the minor issues mentioned in this review wouldnt bother me. I just am not sure if I need 1200p or not 🙁
Good screen, our local pc store has these, but they cost £330 inc vat. no wonder stores cant compete anymore with online sales.
This would be a must buy for me if it was 1920×1200. I dont mind 1080p screens, but i would use this more for pc than movies, so the 16:10 would sell me.
Good review and I like illyama panels. I think the next screen I buy will be IPS or high quality, rather than another TN. price is the killer though, they are so tempting for under 300 quid.
Also Jon, yoyotech is a store, so your store is clearly ripping people off 😉
amazing how much technology advances over the years. a 27 inch 1080p screen for under 300 quid, 2ms, TFT, sound onboard.
Might be my next purchase, unless something better appears between now and Feb.
Shame its not 1920×1200. 1080p seems the ideal res now for everyone, prolly cause they watch movies too on their screens. 1200 seems more useful though for a screen this size. surely wouldnt have added much to the cost.
Love your reviews man. looks like a great value for money product.
I have this monitor, it’s really great for gaming on PC and X360/PS3 (i’ve got x360 but I also tested PS3 on it). I’d like to add some info:
– you can hold “Auto” button for few seconds and it will display menu where you can change display source (or you can go through menu)
– if you connect your PC through HDMI and your graphic card supports audio through hdmi then you will have sound on monitor speakers
– it has some very rare option, you can force image to display according to aspect ratio, so when you play a game which doesn’t support widescreen (eg 1600×1200) the image will not be stretched, but displayed with black bars on both sides (it was very important for me cuz i have older PC with Win98 connectet through VGA to play many old games
interesting, especially as i’ve seen the Samsung P2770FH 27″ with the 1ms display at around $470 AUD / 290 GBP. Through online stores of course.
The sammy was featured here – http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/monitors/jules/samsung-release-1ms-monitor-with-wider-gamut-range/