List Price: $799.00
Sale Price: $598.99
Today's Bonus: 25% Off
I don't ever write reviews for the products I buy. Given the amount of things I buy from Amazon, I'd be reviewing all my days. However, for such an amazing product I have to make an exception.
I am a web designer and typesetter, and both color and correct font representation are of prime importance to me personally, as well as professionally.
Having upgraded from an iMac to a Hackintosh, the only thing I sorely missed was its glorious 27" Apple LED screen, with crystal clear and sharp font rendering. I bought and returned many monitors since then, and even with the FontSmoothing terminal hack, the fonts were nowhere near as sharp as those on my erstwhile Apple display. In desperation, I decided to buy one of the Korean IPS monitors from eBay, and try my luck there. TERRIBLE choice. A few dead pixels and large yellow areas in the bottom right corner. What's worse is that the seller refused to accept a return, citing that these issues were within spec.
Which is when I found this monitor. It uses the same panel as the Apple iMac & Thunderbolt displays. U2713HM always has been out of my range @ the price it usually retails for on Amazon, but I was fortunate to find it on sale for nearly 250 less. I bit on the deal, and boy, am I happy I did!
It is hands down, the most, and I repeat, the most gorgeous display I have ever seen. The display is uniform, it has excellent color calibration out of the box, it has crystal clear, razor sharp font rendering "without" the need for any terminal FontSmoothing hacks to make it work. I am in awe of this display.
One thing I was uncertain about when I bought this monitor was the AG coating. The previous model, U2711 had a very thick coat of the Anti Glare material, and many review sites said that the AG coating on the U2713HM was much lesser and much more acceptable. However, I was still wary AG will take the sharpness out of font rendering. However, on this front I was surprised by the monitor yet again. The AG coating is minimal & takes nothing away from the sharpness of fonts. I don't even notice it is there, till at once I do notice that there isn't glare where there used to be. And then I am thankful. Seriously, I have this monitor where my iMac used to be placed, and I couldn't have my shades open while working on my glossy screen iMac whereas now, it is a whole different tale.
Finally my Hackintosh setup is complete. I have no dearth of superlatives for this panel, and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for an effortless, excellent out of the box experience.
TL;DR Excellent monitor; font rendering in OSX is as good as a native Apple Display; AG coating is excellent and non-intrusive
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