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Overall rating

2 / 5

Performance

2 / 5

Value

2 / 5

Design

2 / 5

SuperNumnutz

Age:13-18

Did you buy this product for yourself or someone else?For me

Definitely not the greatest

PostedMarch 23, 2013

I bought this display when it first came out about a year ago (I think). First off, the initial price was ridiculous! I know it had a price cut, but I just wanted to comment on the original price. If I'm not mistaken, the display was somewhere around $500. Since the glasses are active shutter glasses, each one costs about $50. In total, I must have spent around $700. The first major problem with this display is that it has no remote. It's a real pain when every time you want to raise the volume or change a setting you have to reach behind the display and press the buttons. The display will actually show a diagram of the buttons. But in the end, you just have to memorize where each button is. Another negative thing about this display is that I can never seem to get the settings right. This could honestly be my fault for not being extremely knowledgable when it comes to displays or it could just be the display's fault. One problem is that the audio levels just seem to fluctuate so much. This could actually also be a problem from the input source (I use a Wii U). But at times I find that noises are incredibly quiet but when I raise the volume other noises are incredibly loud. Another problem I seem to be having is I always get this weird "ghosting" issue. I'm not talking about 3D ghosting, I mean when I am using the display I see weird colors delayed behind an object in motion. For example, if I'm playing a 2D side scrolling game, I'll see a weird outline of the object moving following behind the actual object. This has happened to me upon multiple input sources (Computer, Xbox, and Wii U). The last problem I have with this display is that it uses active shutter 3D. I know; upon buying this I should've known about the active shutter 3D. But I'm not very experience in the 3D department. But since active shutter 3D is used, whenever I'm looking at anything besides the display I'll be the glasses "shuttering". This causes me to get a really bad headache. Once again, I'm not too experience in 3D so I don't know if passive 3D is less headache inducing. But I do know that active shutter 3D causes less ghosting than passive 3D. In conclusion, the Playstation 3D Display definitely is not the greatest display. Unless you truly want a 3D display, I'd say pass on this one. Also, I forgot to mention, this is a 24-inch display. It was much smaller than I thought it would be. It's probably best just for small apartments with 2 people. Four player split screen definitely not the greatest on this display, trust me.

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Overall rating

2 / 5

Performance

1 / 5

Value

4 / 5

Design

4 / 5

Alexshatt

fromIndianapolis, IN

Age:13-18

Did you buy this product for yourself or someone else?For me

This has failed me... TWICE!

PostedJanuary 4, 2013

I have had this display for quite a while, and I have been favoriting a lot of the products created by the Playstation company. I bought this display to satisfy my gaming needs... It didn't quite work out that way. I first got the display in early August of 2011, then it lasted until late September. The display was not working... it turned on with a black screen, and the red light flashed twice at four second intervals. It never came back on. There is not really some sort of troubleshooting to fix it. I tried doing many things, like unplugging it for a while then trying it again. It still didn't work. My parents simply thought that I got a bad display, and that I didn't do enough research. Well, most of the reviews are rated around 9s and 10s. I called customer support, and had it sent in to be repaired. It took about a month until I got it back. I was enjoying it a lot once i got it back.... until it happened again today. The same thing happened. If you buy this display... I highly recommend keeping your receipt in a place that you won't forget.... You will definetly need it in order to get it fixed. I saved up my money fo a while in order to get this, and I was outraged to find out it kind of stunk. Other than that, it wasn't too bad. But, the performance was so bad, that it dropped down the rating A LOT! As much as I love Playstation and its products... this sucked.

Overall rating

2 / 5

Performance

3 / 5

Value

5 / 5

Design

3 / 5

Josh1108

fromNC

Age:18-24

Did you buy this product for yourself or someone else?For me

I would not buy this 24" 3D monitor. It will break

PostedNovember 28, 2012

I bought this when it was on sale from $400 down to $120!!! How could I pass up a deal like that! I soon realized that after 8 days, the display quit working and the display would not power on. Instead of the wonderful illuminescent blue light that shows the display is working, all I got was BLINKING RED LIGHTS. I have sent my display off to Sony and am now waiting for round 2. I hope it lasts longer than 8 days this time. I will not include a youtube video, search for the monitor and blinking red lights, maybe it wil open your eyes. There are better 3D displays out there, go research before you buy. My mistake was impulse, but that won't happen again.

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