A friend of mine stumbled upon this deal and it seems a little too good to be true, so I'd like some help in deciphering these facts. And helping me to gauge the potential risks, 300$ is cheap for a product like this, but that doesn't mean I just want to throw away 300$ on a gamble.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ACHIEVA-Shimian-QH270-Lite-Quad-HD-2560x1440-16-9-D-Sub-Computer-Monitor-/220961455233?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item3372543c81#ht_8227wt_905
From what I can see the 2 big risks here are the potential for excessive gloss, and the danger of dead pixels. Another thing that bugs me is that the monitor seems to have dual-link DVI as it's only connection. My computer has HDMI and Display Port on the motherboard (and I plan on getting myself a GTX 670 one day). But I'm not sure how adapters would work in this case. Based on this picture here: http://cdn.overclock.net/7/74/748c3777_dvi_connector_types.gif the Achieva TV seems to have a dual-link DVI-D I found a lot of DVI-I adapter but I'm having trouble finding DVI-D. Are they rarer for some reason?
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ACHIEVA-Shimian-QH270-Lite-Quad-HD-2560x1440-16-9-D-Sub-Computer-Monitor-/220961455233?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item3372543c81#ht_8227wt_905
From what I can see the 2 big risks here are the potential for excessive gloss, and the danger of dead pixels. Another thing that bugs me is that the monitor seems to have dual-link DVI as it's only connection. My computer has HDMI and Display Port on the motherboard (and I plan on getting myself a GTX 670 one day). But I'm not sure how adapters would work in this case. Based on this picture here: http://cdn.overclock.net/7/74/748c3777_dvi_connector_types.gif the Achieva TV seems to have a dual-link DVI-D I found a lot of DVI-I adapter but I'm having trouble finding DVI-D. Are they rarer for some reason?