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The Iiyama Prolite B2712HDS 27 inch screen is shipped in a standard brown box, sandwiched between thick styrofoam layers for protection. The screen itself is a simple design, with a row of buttons on the bottom right and a black bezel with the name of the product top left. It weighs in at 8.8 kg with dimensions of 644x263x423mm (W-D-H).
The stand is a substantial bar which can tilt on its axis. This was preassembled in our box and it is attached to the rear of the screen with four thick screws via a 5mm mount. There was a DVI cable, power cable and literature in the box, we are not sure if the retail bundle is supplied with an HDMI cable also.
The base is a two pronged metal design which is very heavy and ensures that the screen is stable on any level surface.
At the rear there is a VGA, DVI and HDMI port, beside this is a power connector. As this product has built in speakers, there is an audio jack to connect to your PC. As these are only rated at 1.5W we wouldn't expect miracles from the sound system.
The ProLite B2712HDS is an attractive screen with a simplistic design that appeals to us. The black bezel is a matt finish which keeps reflections to a minimum. THe E2472HDD which we reviewed a while ago had a glossy finish on the surrounding bezel.
Bottom right is the control panel with a traditional ‘button' system under the text. Many screens now are using touch based methodology but these can be pretty flaky at times, so we like the fact iiyama have opted for ‘push' buttons.
The onscreen menu system offers a reasonable amount of configuration, via a colourful orange and tinted panel. As with many monitors we test, we found the default contrast and brightness settings to be very high. After a little fine tuning however we managed to configure the settings to our liking. The On Screen display options allow for the interface to be moved around on the screen. The default OSD timeout of 5 seconds was a little short, but this can be adjusted easily enough.
Iiyama offer various colour and display settings with an ECO option to save power. Again these will be very much personal preference but we prefered to turn ECO off and leave Opticolor on ‘standard'. The ProLite has volume controls if you want to use it for audio. We found the sound to be tinny and rather unimpressive, but we hadn't expected anything else so weren't disappointed.
The native resolution is 1080p (1920×1080) and if you need to check the output resolution you can access this via the ‘information' panel. The unit Serial Number is also available here. There is no sRGB mode and the left and right buttons become shortcuts to eco mode and volume when you are not in the main menu.
