Review: iiyama ProLite XB3070WQS

Conclusion

The iiyama ProLite XB3070WQS is available just north of the £650 making it a pricey piece of display technology. Such a premium isn't unreasonable for the level of colour depth and accuracy iiyama is offering - for professionals involved in colour-sensitive workloads it's a reasonable price to pay for enhanced productivity. Furthermore, rival offerings, notably the Dell UltraSharp U3014, fetch closer to the £1,000 mark.

The cost saving versus competing product does come at the altar of sacrificed features. In our testing we noticed the absence of many productive OSD features such as gamma and saturation tweaking, on-screen alignment grids and picture-in-picture or picture-by-picture operation modes. Moreover, the absence of any USB hubs or card-readers on the display itself is a significant omission given the target audience is likely to make frequent use of those interfaces.

The iiyama ProLite XB3070WQS is most relevant as a monitor for work and productivity. Despite the high-quality characteristics and performance of the panel this isn't a display geared towards gamers or enthusiasts. In the wider marketplace this iiyama panel is competitive for a WQXGA display, which is a resolution which can only be described as niche. The overall quality of the display is impressive given the price and with a little refinement iiyama has the potential for a more feature-rich variant to be released at a later date.

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The iiyama ProLite XB3070WQS monitor is available from Scan Computers.

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