Overview
The short summary is: the HZ26W has all the good points of a quality IPS panel, it's nicely finished, I really like the black aluminium bezel and the products are solidly backed with a 3 year warranty.
HZ26W key features:
Input lag is average/decent, but not zero so read the test results below. I played through Bioshock with all the settings at maximum, v-sync on & lag wasn't a problem.
Edit: just thought to add - this thing is absolutely 100% silent! There isn't even a hint of buzzing with an ear up close to the panel!
Full spec is over here:
http://www.hazro.co.uk/products/hazro_hz26w.html
Background to getting test unit
I hadn't heard of Hazro until I saw a post on AVForum asking if their were any reviews anywhere. After I read the spec sheet on Hazro's website I thought the HZ24W & HZ26W sounded almost too good to be true, but there was no way I was going to risk £500+VAT on a monitor with no reputation.
I sent an e-mail to Hazro & asked if any reviews were upcoming or if they could get test units to somewhere like TFTCentral or Lesnumeriques, failing that I asked if could have a test unit myself & in return if I liked it I would share my thoughts on this forum (and a couple of others) Straight away they offered to loan me a pre production sample of the HZ26W so I could test it first hand
A little more about Hazro
http://www.hazro.co.uk/
http://shop.routecoit.com/BrowseCat.aspx?CatID=597
I asked about the background of Hazro and up to now they have been selling their monitor into the Japanese medical display market. I guess that explains the rationale behind the sealed aluminium design.
Current model line up is:
So far I've been really impressed with their willingness to get demo units out and they really seem keen on getting feedback to try & perfect the model range.
Additional reviews on other websites:
TFTCentral have a review of the 24" version HZ24W
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/hazro_hz24w.htm
Trusted Reviews also reviewed the 26" HZ26W
http://www.trustedreviews.com/displays/review/2007/12/20/Hazro-HZ26W-26in-Display/p1
PCPro review of the 30" HZ30W
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/145224/hazro-hz30w.html
The short summary is: the HZ26W has all the good points of a quality IPS panel, it's nicely finished, I really like the black aluminium bezel and the products are solidly backed with a 3 year warranty.
HZ26W key features:
25.5” wide gamut S-IPS panel with Anti-glare & AW polarizing filter
1920x1200 WUXGA
Excellent stable view angles (spec. sheet quotes CR >10:1 @ 178°)
5ms pixel response
800:1 contrast ratio
DVI-I, VGA and Component inputs
1920x1200 WUXGA
Excellent stable view angles (spec. sheet quotes CR >10:1 @ 178°)
5ms pixel response
800:1 contrast ratio
DVI-I, VGA and Component inputs
Input lag is average/decent, but not zero so read the test results below. I played through Bioshock with all the settings at maximum, v-sync on & lag wasn't a problem.
Edit: just thought to add - this thing is absolutely 100% silent! There isn't even a hint of buzzing with an ear up close to the panel!
Full spec is over here:
http://www.hazro.co.uk/products/hazro_hz26w.html
Background to getting test unit
I hadn't heard of Hazro until I saw a post on AVForum asking if their were any reviews anywhere. After I read the spec sheet on Hazro's website I thought the HZ24W & HZ26W sounded almost too good to be true, but there was no way I was going to risk £500+VAT on a monitor with no reputation.
I sent an e-mail to Hazro & asked if any reviews were upcoming or if they could get test units to somewhere like TFTCentral or Lesnumeriques, failing that I asked if could have a test unit myself & in return if I liked it I would share my thoughts on this forum (and a couple of others) Straight away they offered to loan me a pre production sample of the HZ26W so I could test it first hand
A little more about Hazro
http://www.hazro.co.uk/
http://shop.routecoit.com/BrowseCat.aspx?CatID=597
I asked about the background of Hazro and up to now they have been selling their monitor into the Japanese medical display market. I guess that explains the rationale behind the sealed aluminium design.
Current model line up is:
HZ23W 23” standard gamut S-IPS
HZ24W 24” standard gamut S-IPS
HZ26W 25.5” wide gamut S-IPS (which is the one I got to play with)
HZ30W 30” wide gamut S-IPS
Matt black or silver bezel options are availableHZ24W 24” standard gamut S-IPS
HZ26W 25.5” wide gamut S-IPS (which is the one I got to play with)
HZ30W 30” wide gamut S-IPS
So far I've been really impressed with their willingness to get demo units out and they really seem keen on getting feedback to try & perfect the model range.
Additional reviews on other websites:
TFTCentral have a review of the 24" version HZ24W
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/hazro_hz24w.htm
Trusted Reviews also reviewed the 26" HZ26W
http://www.trustedreviews.com/displays/review/2007/12/20/Hazro-HZ26W-26in-Display/p1
PCPro review of the 30" HZ30W
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/145224/hazro-hz30w.html