Hello,
i recently saw came acroos a new Wasabi Mango Monitor/TV
it is only 430$ incl. shipping and seams simular to the Wasabi mango UHD400 otherwise.
But it also has A TV tuner Built in.
Hase somebodey already ordered one?
I ordered one, because I also came across the Zen model while looking for the UHD420/400. Fingers crossed 
Hmm, it’s got a TV tuner, but no display ports for only $400. Interesting…
This showed up on the scene right after I bought the Wasabi Mango UHD 430. Honestly? I’m very happy with the purchase. I like having display port and an AH-IPS panel as the colors are terrific.
The Zen UHD400 lists the panel as PVA, so it’s a Samsung panel instead of an LG (AH-IPS).
Got my eyes peeled on this thread, just saw the thing for sale on ebay for $410, 4xHDMI 2.0, 4x4x4 Chroma, 60hz tons of inputs and usb, and I can’t find any reviews on youtube except this Korean guy I can’t understand =/
I really hope this monitor does what I want because I’ve been aching to upgrade from my x-star 2710 and I can never find that Microboard monitor that @Wendell reviewed.
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I’m jealous, but I don’t know that I want to spend the money on IPS over VA…
I wish I could just show up in Korea for a few hours and see the difference for myself before making a purchase.
Hmm… There are IPS versions for around $900 with HDMI 2.0, 4:4:4, etc… tempting… Still trying to find if they support HDR.
For HDR about the only thing available are higher end TV’s from the big name companies- LG, Samsung.
Based on Amazon reviews this looks like it uses the exact same panel as the UHD400 except with a TV controller board.
So if you don’t mind HDMI (I don’t think you can get 8-Bit+FRC to get the psuedo 10-bit colors through HDMI, displayport only) and the lack of freesync, this is the same thing for $135 cheaper. The real question is whether the TV portion of this thing adds any input lag. Either way $400 is dirt cheap, no idea why people buy Ultrawides when you can get something like this.
Your IPS options are 43, 49 and 55 inches. I think all the 40 inch ones are discontinued right now.
UHD430, UHD490 and UHD550. All of these have different named variants from Crossover as well which I believe is Wasabi Mango’s parent company.
To be honest after having literally a dozen of these different korean 40 inch+ monitors, I’d take the VA blacks over the IPS colors any day on something this size on a desk. Every single IPS one I’ve had has either has horrendous light bleed or screen uniformity issues where as the VA’s seem immune to it from the 5 I’ve had.
When you are sitting 3-4 feet away, uniformity/bleed and washed out blacks are a total eye sore. They can be ignored under the circumstances of a TV application where you’re 10 feet away on a couch but up close it’s gross IMO.
All I’m trying to say is the VA’s seem much less B grade panel quality wise compared to the IPS which have obvious glaring flaws.
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I have read the korean reviews translated by google and here is what i found out:
U400 is a TV, UHD400 is a monitor.
U400 has a tv tuner uhd400 doesnt.
U400 “only has simple settings. Uhd400 has more settings”
U400 can get 4:4:4 in pc mode, not in video mode. (They used an nvidia 9XX card.)
U400 doesnt have freesync
U400 is all plastic
U400 has a USB media player. Photos, vids, music
Lag is almost same as uhd400 in PC/game mode.
Basically for $135-150 you get:
Freesync
Metal body
120hz 1080p (i think u400 only does 60hz)
Maybe a bit better response time (maybe. Lag is almost same as uhd400 in PC/game mode.)
“More settings”
Displayport
Pip and pbp (dont think u400 can do this)
But lose:
Tv tuner
USB Media player
Component input
I might be missing some stuff but im goin to bed. Update later
No Freesync is a deal breaker for me since v-sync add input lag and its the only way to get rid of tearing if u have an AMD card. If u use nvidia ignore this.
How do u guys deal with screen tearing? I loke free sync because what r u going to do when u get 100fps but the monitor only does 60? U will get tearing and without using v-sync u cant do anything about it. But then again, i use vsync all the time and dont notice lag lol
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FYI, the Zen U430 just hit eBay. I grabbed the pixel perfect option for $420 (via “Make an Offer”). Practically no info is known for sure but I expect it to be a cross between the U400 and UHD430 (i.e. TV options like the U400 with the IPS screen of the UHD430).
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The Wasabi Zen U400. (Source)
** UPDATE** This is a BGR panel and NOT RGB. So this Monitor cannot be a cheaper version of the UHD 400. We are talking about a different panel here.
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I think this U400 shares the same panel as all these lower tier 40 inch monitors.
This is listed as a PAV3 whatever that means.
Can anyone who owns this tell me if it behaves like a monitor? As in does it turn on and off with your PC and go into standby? Via HDMI I mean.
Thanks
So we still have to wait for a free sync 40" UHD under 500 $/€…
Hi Gmoney, the guys at hardforum will have the answer. There are a few owners of the u400 there.
Hey guys. Within 3 days the screen was on doorstep, witch is not bad at all! Its a great monitor, but the only thing that kinda bothers me, are the colors (in the middle the colors are better, then at the borders) and the small input lagg (when I play BF4 for example)
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Thanks for the report! I’m happy to hear it doesn’t suck too badly 
Do you think you can capture the color problem on camera? or is it too hard to see? – Also glad you like the input lag.
I think its more my eye problem Its because I did sit to close to the screen, and then you have different view angle then when you sit a couple of centimeters back.
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