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The Iiyama Prolite B2712HDS is not going to win any awards for ultimate quality of image, but when weighed in as a complete package it is hard to ignore. With recent price drops it is now available from stores such as Yoyotech for only £276.60 inc vat.
For gaming and movies the B2712HDS is a great screen as there is good depth of black, decent colour reproduction and a fine level of white purity. The 2ms refresh helps to ensure that no ghosting is visible and the overall image, while not groundbreaking, is sharp and clear.
The stand, while a seemingly unimportant point to bring up – is excellent. It ensures that the screen remains solid as a rock on a variety of surfaces, and the design means that it won't tip over, either forwards or backwards. We have seen some recent panels shipped with sub standard stands, so we feel this is a point worth making.
The speakers unfortunately dont offer much to enhance a purchase decision and while they might be useful for Windows alert sounds, they wouldn't be an ideal first choice for anything serious.
As an overall product decision there is a lot to recommend when considering a ProLite B2712HDS. It offers excellent value for money and is a great product for general use, watching HD movies and playing games – the extra inches help to enhance the feeling of immersion. The only factor against it would be that for around the same price you could pick up one of the leading 24 inch models with slightly superior image quality.
KitGuru says: The price means that this deserves serious consideration.
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/