Official page for the Asus VG278H now online.

simonjphillips · 8 Dec 2011 at 10:54

Dumb question that was not answered earlier:

You can watch 3d films on blue-ray through this right?

Also if anyone had the choice to have this monitor or the Samsung LS27A950 which would they go for? Also would that choice change if you had just bought a new Nvidea 570 GFX card?

Last question - where the hell are you guys able to buy these from? There is nothing on Froogle at all. OCUK are saying 19th December - too late from Christmas ... Amazon say 1 - 2 months!

Thanks.

superflyguy · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:56

simonjphillips said:
Dumb question that was not answered earlier:

You can watch 3d films on blue-ray through this right?

Also if anyone had the choice to have this monitor or the Samsung LS27A950 which would they go for? Also would that choice change if you had just bought a new Nvidea 570 GFX card?

Last question - where the hell are you guys able to buy these from? There is nothing on Froogle at all. OCUK are saying 19th December - too late from Christmas ... Amazon say 1 - 2 months!

Thanks.

Howdy bud

BluRay 3D is possible, its got a few connectors for hooking up consoles or players if you dont have a BD drive in your pc.

I was looking at the Sammy but thought I'd get an Nvidia enabled monitor instead since I would be doing some 3D gaming.

Like the others am well impressed with the 2D 120Hz gaming, what a revelation for BC2.
Tho the Sammy wins hands down for looks

B1gbeard · 8 Dec 2011 at 19:10

simonjphillips said:
Dumb question that was not answered earlier:

You can watch 3d films on blue-ray through this right?

Also if anyone had the choice to have this monitor or the Samsung LS27A950 which would they go for? Also would that choice change if you had just bought a new Nvidea 570 GFX card?

Last question - where the hell are you guys able to buy these from? There is nothing on Froogle at all. OCUK are saying 19th December - too late from Christmas ... Amazon say 1 - 2 months!

Thanks.

I don't think there have been any available for 1-2 weeks now. I got mine on release.

A week before Christmas seems to be what most are quoting for new stock.

brit~XR · 9 Dec 2011 at 07:57

simonjphillips said:
Last question - where the hell are you guys able to buy these from? There is nothing on Froogle at all. OCUK are saying 19th December - too late from Christmas ... Amazon say 1 - 2 months!

Thanks.

Theres a place that has 9 units left on preorder with delivery on the 12th december for around £511. Use google ^^

Greenja · 9 Dec 2011 at 10:52

Yeah I want to buy one of those badly, but i don't get paid until the 15th. Gutted!

naefeart · 9 Dec 2011 at 12:56

Don't see the point in desperately trying to get one of these monitors before Christmas. I mean seriously, who is going to be in/sober enough to actually use it?

PCM2 · 9 Dec 2011 at 12:59

naefeart said:
Don't see the point in desperately trying to get one of these monitors before Christmas. I mean seriously, who is going to be in/sober enough to actually use it?

Haha good point. To be honest, knowing what I do from BenQ and their previous launches (namely the XL2410T), it would really be better to wait for some reviews before jumping in and going for it.

B1gbeard · 9 Dec 2011 at 14:54

brit~XR said:
Theres a place that has 9 units left on preorder with delivery on the 12th december for around £511. Use google ^^

I think I've found the one. Have you used these guys before? Looks like a good deal.

brit~XR · 9 Dec 2011 at 18:10

Yeah i used them early this year when i brought a Asus VG236HE from them. good customer service to. But i brought the Asus VG278H from ocuk for £528 with free delivery.

brit~XR · 10 Dec 2011 at 16:11

Looks like that other place just sold out. Did anyone from here buy one?

xsistor · 11 Dec 2011 at 00:38

brit~XR said:
Looks like that other place just sold out. Did anyone from here buy one?

nvm

Trox · 13 Dec 2011 at 07:24

Seems a good few guys on the Hardforum are reporting oval backlight bleeding, looks quite bad.

Anyone here experiencing that?

fireisdangerous · 13 Dec 2011 at 09:58

back in stock here but at 600!!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-033-AS

B1gbeard · 13 Dec 2011 at 11:19

Still much cheaper elsewhere sadly and in stock.

naefeart · 13 Dec 2011 at 12:38

fireisdangerous said:
back in stock here but at 600!!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-033-AS

Most expensive by a country mile! I want to buy it from OcUK but they don't seem to want my business, going by this price...

C'mon guys, what is up with that?

MumboJumbo · 13 Dec 2011 at 22:01

This picture is truely LOL worthy, I love marketing BS:

Must be a pretty big advantage seeing all those extra frames huh.

ed79 · 13 Dec 2011 at 23:40

8igdave said:
This picture is truely LOL worthy, I love marketing BS:

Must be a pretty big advantage seeing all those extra frames huh.

Umm, isn't this exactly why people who play FPS games say that 120Hz looks smoother - because there are twice as many frames per second? Assuming of course that your graphics card can keep up.

PCM2 · 14 Dec 2011 at 08:12

Exactly. That picture is one of the least misleading I've seen in the monitor world. Claiming 600Hz on TVs, million:1 plus (dynamic) contrast ratios and trying to seperate 'LED' and 'LCD' is misleading.

Greenja · 14 Dec 2011 at 08:36

Yeah that picture shows pretty much exactly how it works, its not ******** at all.

naefeart · 14 Dec 2011 at 13:31

UK/European owners: Can we have a quick show of hands (yay or nay) regarding the backlighting problem being experienced by our North American/Canadian cousins here:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1653278

I'm trying to work out if this design fault affects all batches.