Hanns.G HG281DPB 28" Widescreen LCD Monitor

Comment: The product is amazing, I did wait almost a month to review though because there were a few bad reviews on the product.

I have nothing at all bad to say about this monitor... period!

Here is what I like

1) no dead pixles
2) Amazingly Large
3) HD, Great quality
4) Great at most viewing angles
5) It's perfect for me as I use windows7 split screen to take advantage of my screen space and I also use my monitor as my tv (via a tuner card)

It's the perfect monitor! And the Absolute best deal for the price!

Comment: I did all the research one could do on looking for just the right monitor, and what I found is no matter the brand, cost, or size there is always something negative!! So after weeks of reading every review written on lots of monitors I finally went with this one and boy am I glad I did. It's huge and has a very nice picture seems to be everything me and my family need in a monitor. It's awesome to say the least. Of course it will have negative things written about it too, but you just have to figure out what is the important stuff to you and what you need in your monitor. The only thing I would like better is the buttons to be easier to get to and to have a few more options for adjustments, but I can live with that. I give it 5 stars without a doubt!!!

Comment: I invested in a HG281D Hanns-G Plasma to replace my Viewsonic CRT late 2008. It's now May 2010 and I'm beginning to pay for the money I saved over a year ago. Up until now, it's been great, bright vivid colors, the best gaming monitor I've ever played on by far. Unlike a lot of monitors, the screen is not glossy and does a good job at not reflecting light. The darks could be blacker but this is minor and most likely more of a problem with the video quality. The Bright blue power indicator at the bottom right corner can be an annoyance when trying to watch movies in the dark. The inputs of the back are easily accessible and out of the way. The monitor itself feels like a tank, a bit heavy for a flat screen, something I personally liked. I almost forgot there is a built in speaker, this is probably nice if you blow your main speakers or are away without headphones, but overall sound quality is atrocious, 1 of 10. Overall a pretty useless feature I guess. So it's been over two years now and I've began to get horizontal flickering black lines across the screen. Sometimes letting it warm up helps, other times it takes me whackin the top or turning it on and off. I've been told replacing the capacitors will fix the problem, however I've yet to look into it. Regardless of it's short life, it serves its purpose like a champ and looks awesome doing it. Nothing good lasts forever and in the end, you get what you pay for. If the price is worth 2 years of a quality plasma, go for it, otherwise, and I would definitely recommend, considering a more expensive name brand.

Comment: This is a good buy and an okay value if you need a big monitor for basic computing. It is less expensive and gives a better view than 2 19" monitors. I bought mine in Oct 2009. I hadn't noticed that the max resolution is rated lower than I expected (varies from model to model) when I bought it, so check that out if you are expecting a high res monitor where you can fit lots of information on your screen. It didn't quite fit everything on the screen I had expected--but even so I was okay with it for the price.

The color on mine is uneven. I kept trying to correct my Photoshop documents until I realized there was a color shift from top to bottom. If you are heavily into graphics work and need consistent color information, this is not the monitor for you.

After about 16 months though, I was really ready to replace it. It makes an intermittant popping noise and also goes black for no apparent reason. Then from after a few seconds up to a few days it just comes back on. I have unplugged it and let it sit for a day as recommended elsewhere on the Internet and that usually DOES NOT work. There are no updated drivers or any actions that seem to improve its performance.

It is an inexpensive product (comparitively speaking) and I got okay service out of it for less time than I would have expected. In better economic times I would buy something else--but I may find myself purchasing another one and hope I can select a more reliable monitor when the next one goes bad in 2012.

Comment: I loved this monitor. I work from home and could put up everything I needed all at once on a single screen. I was a happy camper.

Then, one day, it went black. I fiddled with settings. I fiddled with video drivers.. I fiddled with windows settings.. I fiddled with the operating temperature (cooling the room down). The monitor would work for a while, but, eventually (within a period of 5 to 20 minutes) it would simply go black again.
I fiddled for 3 weeks with this...

During my research I found that this is just what this monitor does after you have had it for a tad over a year. I am disappointed that some $2 part is probably at fault.

Now I have a large chunk of electronic junk to dispose of properly.