I think the consensus is that they are not exactly the same. These may be panels that were rejected from high quality batches. And that only speaks to the pan

I think the consensus is that they are not exactly the same. These may be panels that were rejected from high quality batches. And that only speaks to the panel itself. Do we trust the other components? I was shopping for panels in this price range and went with the Dell e-IPS monitors. I just trust them more. More discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4292740 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4292740 *edit: fixed bad link