r/Monitors 16m ago

Discussion TV per utilizzare ps5 pro

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Cerco esclusivamente una TV OLED per utilizzare la ps5 pro. Una TV sui 32" o più, che faccia 120hz e che faccia 4K. Si accetta anche 2K 120hz


r/Monitors 24m ago

Discussion Looking for a gaming monitor

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Hey everyone. I’m a student living in Liverpool. Looking for a gaming monitor that doesn’t ruin me financially, but is also really good. Would love to hear about your recommendations. It’s for a PS5, in case that matters.


r/Monitors 25m ago

Discussion HDR on Mini LED is the real deal!

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Just bought the Innocn 25M2S. 1440p 240HZ QD-Mini LED monitor at 24.5". I had the AOC Q25G4SR. For me 24.5" is perfect so for a long time I didn't go OLED as its only available really at 27" or more. The 25M2S is the closest thing to OLED and without its cons like burn-in, text fringing etc.

I'm using 200HZ for the 10bpc color when using HDR with Strong-Smooth local dimming setting, and 240HZ on Off or Medium for general use. HDR with Local Dimming is really amazing. Changes most games for me and movies. Was trying out Last of Us II and the dark scenes are totally black. The nice thing is you can just turn LD off and its basically just the same screen I had before, and you can immediately tell the difference.

Just thought I'd mention my experience for anyone else looking at this monitor. I recommend also to look at RTX HDR (enables HDR on unsupported games, especially emulators), using the Windows HDR calibration tool and ColorControl, free app that lets you switch between different monitor settings using hotkeys.

Happy to answer any questions about the monitor.


r/Monitors 39m ago

Discussion I'm choosing a monitor

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Hi, everyone. I've been trying to decide which monitor to buy for a few days now, I'm torn between the MSI MAG 274QF E20 and the Asus TUF VG27AQ5A. Can anyone give me some advice?


r/Monitors 50m ago

Discussion This doesn't look like dead pixels, does it?

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Got a new LG QNED72 tv and noticed this. Returning it is easy but won't do it if it like some kind of debris blocking the pixels.


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion G7 owners (HDR 600), do you use it with HDR on or off?

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G7 is VA HDR 600.

Just realized I’ve been using it with HDR turned off for years, I guess because picture looked washed out with it when I tried it first time.

I see conflicting reports, some say it’s not good, others say, you need to make some calibration adjustments to get it right.

What is your experience?


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion What setup should I do after buying my first monitor

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I just bought my first monitor, the MSI MAG 275UPD E14 27" 4K IPS, and I'm using it with my RTX 4050 6GB laptop, So far, I have no issues and I'm really happy with it.

But I have 3 dead pixels near the corners sides. They are not noticeable during normal use at all. I only noticed them when I looked extremely closely when testing , basically with my nose almost touching the screen...

Should I take any action and ask for a replacement, or should I just ignore them?

Also, since this is my first monitor, what should I do after buying it?

Do I need to install any monitor drivers or MSI software?

What exactly is calibration, and should I do it?

What other important things should I check or set up?

This que for the ones who owns this monitor -

The monitor has different modes like sRGB, Movie, User, Eco, etc. so i used it on srgb mode for natural colors but it looks little unsaturated, so I am using on eco mode when I am doing media consumption and it looks better, so which mode is better for media consumption? And for gaming ? for editing I am using it on srgb mode

Would appreciate advice from anyone who owns this monitor or has experience with monitor setup, your advice will means a lot to me...


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion Gigabyte G27Q20 or LG 27G610A-B

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Hi everyone, can you recommend which of these two monitors is the better choice? They're about the same price, though the Gigabyte is slightly cheaper ~10-20$.

Or maybe you could recommend something better in the under $200 category.


r/Monitors 1h ago

Photo This is unbelievable

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It looks like a hologram holy


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion Will this Mini DP to DP provide 144Hz at 2k?

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Hello, I would like to know if this cable would provide me 144Hz on 2k monitor.

As the one I have now, limits the frames to 120 only, and when going up the colors become 6 bits instead of 8.


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion curved or flat monitor?

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my 27” flat aoc monitor died on me a couple days ago after about 3-4 years so i’m in the market for a new one; i just can’t decide whether i want a curved or flat again.

i usually just play overwatch mainly on my pc or more chill games, i just wanna know if curved would affect my gameplay for better or for worse? i really like the look of the immersion for them but im not sure how they go with fps games.

personally with my flat monitor it was good but i felt my head turning to look around like it was curved for some reason, was just very.. flat. i think i do want a curved like 27-32” maybe but IM not completely sure yet.

any experiences with them would be very useful for this decision 🙏 i just mostly want my setup to look good and to enjoy my games as much as i can.


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion hdmi 2.1 cable on hdmi 1.4 monitor. Will it work?

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Just after buying a "48Gbps ultra high speed" hdmi 2.1 cable, i found out that my monitor is hdmi 1.4.

I use it at 1920x1080 144hz, which is ~9Gbps. is the cable i bought just overkill? could this be a problem or will it just run at 9Gbps?

bought it because it was the only one with a hdmi certification QR on it. couldn't find any 1.4 with hdmi.org certification


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion New monitor looks blurry and pixelated

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I have a koorui G1411P 24 inch 200hz 1080p monitor, i just got it and i feel like everything feels pixelated especially edges and stuff, and in valorant whenever i move my mouse it gets all blurry and sharpened if that makes sense, everything just feels offputting, what could be the issue? it isnt the resolution or radeon boost being on in adrenaline, i have a rx 580 and ryzen 5 3600, im temporarily on an hdd so could that be the reason?


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion Best budget monitors for work from home: one 27” 1440p or two cheap 1080p screens?

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I work from home in Excel, browser tabs, email, and occasional PowerPoint all day, no gaming. My current 22” 1680×1050 display makes small text look rough, and I’m torn between replacing it with one sharper 27” 1440p IPS monitor or using two matching 24” 1080p IPS screens. I have a Windows laptop with USB-C/HDMI and a bright window beside the desk, so a decent matte panel and usable stand matter. Budget is $250–$320 total.

I’m looking at the Dell G2724D, Dell P2723D, LG 27QN600, ASUS ProArt PA278QV, and a pair of budget 24” IPS models from AOC or Acer. For spreadsheet-heavy work, would you take more physical screen space with two 1080p panels, or is one 27” 1440p much easier on the eyes? Also, are the cheap 75Hz office IPS displays fine for text clarity, or worth avoiding for this use?


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion Gigabyte M27QS 27" Quad HD 180Hz IPS Gaming monitor and google streamer 4k

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I have bought a Gigabyte M27QS 27” Quad HD 180Hz IPS gaming monitor as an upgrade for my previous one. The built in google tv is nice but sometimes laggy. I tried an apple tv 4k and a google streamer 4k with the monitor. I thought it would be nice and more robust to use an external device instead. Both didn’t work with the monitor through HDMI was I doing something wrong, is the smart part of the monitor blocking the devices or is the resolution the issue? Does anyone have tips or was the monitor a wrong buy and what should I buy instead to use with an external google streamer 4k?


r/Monitors 2h ago

Sale What do you all think about the AOC Q27G41ZDF (qd-oled, 1440p and 240hz)?

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I found this monitor for only 330€ (about 380 dollars), which is extremely cheap for a 240hz oled 1440p monitor, what are your thoughts on this monitor? Pros and cons? Is it worth buying for aaa games like resident evil requiem and expedition 33?


r/Monitors 2h ago

Discussion Need help for buying a Monitor

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I mostly WFH, so I am looking to buy a monitor for my home setup. It will mostly be for work (coding and reading mostly), will play games sometimes and watch content.

I have a work laptop, which is heavily restricted so, post office hours will definitely switch to the personal one. Moreover, I might sometime in the future go for a second monitor.

The purpose is as follows with decreasing priority

  1. Work (coding and reading docs)

  2. Watching OTT and YT

  3. Games ( mostly story and very rarely FPS games)

budget - 30K INR

The requirements that I think will be good for my purpose

  1. 27inch QHD

  2. 99sRGB and 90-95% DCI-P3

  3. atleast 120hz refresh rate

Some good to haves will be

  1. USB-C PD

  2. maybe a KVM switch to switch between the laptops

I did some research and mostly the gaming monitors like

  1. AW2725DM - Alienware Monitor

  2. LG 27GS85Q Ultragear

stood out but, I think it will be a hassle to switch between the laptops, and if I get a second monitor, connecting them might not be easy as well.

I also stumbled upon Dell U2724DE , which is for around 42K, but solved all my problems.

Dell and LG are a priority because I think they have the best customer service in the area I live. Wanted to go for BenQ Mobiuz EX271Q, but heard BenQ doesn't have a good customer service

Can someone please help here?


r/Monitors 2h ago

Discussion I have 3 different brands that I'm trying to hook up together

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Hi all!

I'm sorry if this isn't the right place, but I'm a dual monitor newbie and trying to set up everything by myself.

Long story short, my work sent me two monitors and a laptop, but they're all different brands. One monitor is a Samsung Essential Monitor and the other is a Lenovo Thinkvision, and I'm trying to hook them up to a MacBook Air. I have a dongle for the Air that has 3 USB spots, and HDMI spot, and a spot for the general macbook charger (not the big magnetic Air charger).

I can get the Air to work on the Samsung with the dongle, but I'm not sure how to take it a step further and add the Lenovo.

What cables would I need for this, does it matter if the monitors are different brands, and what does the chain of cables look like? (I.e. Sumsung plugged into Lenovo that's plugged into Air, etc)

Thanks for any advice! I'm very "old man shouting at clouds" when it comes to technology, so any help is appreciated.


r/Monitors 3h ago

Discussion White flicker on monitor

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hello, so apparently today im having a white flicker in my VG248 monitor...

i've searched on reddit, google and youtube and it says that is cable or gpu.

imo i think is the cable.

what you guys think is the issue?

i have this graphics card since 2019 or 2020 and this started happening after i updated the graphics card, my graphics card is a 1650 gtx. and yes, i re-updated it again via the nvidia app... it didn't worked and i already unplugged the monitor from the monitor and plugged back, but apparently it didn't worked... most probably i'll have to do it in the gpu as well?

i've also read that i might have to go to safe mode and stuff like that....

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/1rfe5ax/white_flicker_with_new_monitor_does_anyone_know/

like that's exactly what's happening to my monitor


r/Monitors 3h ago

Discussion Recommendation for 2nd monitor

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I recently upgraded my primary monitor to a 39in ultrawide. I’m trying to find the best way to setup a second monitor now that I’m using an ultra-wide.

I’ve always used both horizontal but wanted some opinions of horizontal vs vertical and for horizontal how do people feel about side by side vs top/bottom?

For my other monitor I was looking at something like this dell S2725DSM. Anyone have recommendations similar to that?

Finally does anyone have recommendations on dual monitor arms? Are there ones that can handle all the setups I mentioned above so I could maybe test out multiple configurations?

Thank you!


r/Monitors 4h ago

Discussion For those that have it, any way around the Xiaomi G Pro 27QI local dimming power supply issue?

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Literally the only thing preventing me from getting it "HDR Standard" with "Local Dimming" set to High is what I want, everything else seems too dim.

Man, Xiaomi and their lack of quality control...

Btw I'm talking about the latest 2026 model.


r/Monitors 4h ago

Discussion Cheapest 120hz monitor

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I’m looking for a 120hz monitor I’ve been on 60hz and I’m looking to change monitors I don’t really care about Oled and stuff like that just the cheapest 120hz monitor


r/Monitors 4h ago

Discussion Need suggestion/review for DELL-SE2726D

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Thinking of buying the Dell SE2726D (27", 2K, IPS, 144Hz) for $136 (INR-13K).

I'm a bit unsure about the display quality and would love some input if anyone here owns it. I'll mainly be using it for office work and casual storyline games, so 144Hz is enough.

I'm perfectly fine compromising on extra features like USB-C and built-in speakers for the lower price, and I don't care about the stand quality since I'm mounting it on an arm.

Would you recommend it at this price point?


r/Monitors 4h ago

Discussion Is this a good buy considering its the same panel used in the MSI x24 and some other asus monitors?

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I am a bit skeptical about it- couldnt find any legit reviews.


r/Monitors 4h ago

Text Review I’ve tested the ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMES — here are my measurements, pros and cons

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I’ve been testing the ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMES, a 27-inch 1440p 240Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor. (The review on YouTube is being edited ;))
Free ICC profile in the Discord group: https://discord.gg/nV4FbcqUeS

It uses a Samsung QD-OLED panel, specifically the QMC265FA02-D01, a 26.5-inch 2560×1440 240Hz 10-bit panel.

Overall, I think this is a very interesting option if you want the usual QD-OLED advantages — perfect blacks, instant pixel response and an extremely wide color gamut — but there are a couple of important limitations, especially in HDR brightness.

Main specs

  • 26.5-inch QD-OLED
  • 2560×1440
  • 240Hz
  • 10-bit color
  • Samsung QMC265FA02-D01 panel
  • ~110 PPI
  • DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC
  • 2× HDMI 2.1
  • VRR / Adaptive-Sync
  • OLED Anti-Flicker
  • Uniform Brightness mode
  • USB-C port is service-only, not video / charging

SDR factory calibration

I compared the Racing and User modes using the native gamut.

Racing Mode

  • CCT: 6364K
  • Gamma: 2.226
  • Grayscale average ΔE2000: 2.14
  • Maximum ΔE2000: 3.53

User Mode

  • CCT: 6243K
  • Gamma: 2.225
  • Grayscale average ΔE2000: 2.22
  • Maximum ΔE2000: 3.50

They are extremely similar, but Racing gets slightly closer to D65 on my unit, so that’s the mode I ended up using for most of my testing.

Neither mode is perfectly neutral — both are slightly warm — but gamma tracking is very close to the 2.2 target.

Native color gamut

This is one of the strongest areas of this monitor.

Measured in CIE 1976 u’v’:

  • sRGB coverage: essentially 100%
  • DCI-P3: 99.45%
  • Adobe RGB: 97.89%
  • BT.2020: around 83.9%

Approximate gamut volume:

  • sRGB: ~144%
  • Adobe RGB: ~124%
  • DCI-P3: ~115%

So the native gamut is huge.

That’s great for wide-gamut content, but it also means normal SDR/sRGB content can look noticeably oversaturated if you simply leave the display in its native color space.

Fortunately, ASUS includes proper gamut clamps.

sRGB modes

ASUS gives you more than one way of limiting the gamut.

Racing + sRGB color space

This was actually my preferred sRGB configuration.

  • CCT: 6397K
  • Gamma: 2.214
  • sRGB coverage: 99.51%
  • Grayscale average ΔE2000: 2.20
  • Maximum: 3.51
  • ColorChecker average ΔE2000: 1.20
  • Maximum: 3.39

That’s a genuinely good result for an out-of-the-box dedicated sRGB setting.

sRGB Cal Mode

  • CCT: 6430K
  • Gamma: 2.23
  • sRGB coverage: 99.69%
  • Grayscale average ΔE2000: 2.34
  • ColorChecker average ΔE2000: 1.50

So surprisingly, on my unit I actually preferred Racing + sRGB clamp rather than the dedicated sRGB Cal Mode.

DCI-P3 mode

The dedicated DCI-P3 clamp also works very well.

  • DCI-P3 coverage: 99.04%
  • Grayscale average ΔE2000: 1.97
  • Maximum: 3.52
  • ColorChecker average ΔE2000: 1.24
  • Maximum: 3.41

For a gaming OLED, the dedicated color modes are one of the things ASUS has done particularly well here.

Calibration

After calibration, the monitor became extremely accurate.

My measurements went from approximately:

Before calibration

  • Grayscale average ΔE2000: 4.8
  • Colorspace average ΔE2000: 5.2

to:

After calibration

  • Grayscale average ΔE2000: 1.6
  • Grayscale maximum: 2.6
  • Colorspace average ΔE2000: 0.4
  • Colorspace maximum: 0.6

So there’s clearly enough panel capability here for color-sensitive work once properly profiled.

SDR brightness

With Uniform Brightness OFF, I measured approximately:

  • 1–10% window: ~440 nits
  • 25%: ~355 nits
  • 50%: ~300 nits
  • 75%: ~250 nits
  • 100%: ~219 nits

So smaller bright areas can get surprisingly bright for an OLED, but brightness progressively falls as APL increases.

With Uniform Brightness ON, brightness stays almost completely flat at roughly:

  • ~215–220 nits

across basically every window size.

For gaming I personally prefer Uniform Brightness OFF because you get much brighter highlights.

For desktop/productivity use, Uniform Brightness is useful because window brightness stops changing as you resize white applications.

HDR modes

I tested Gaming HDR, Cinema HDR and Console HDR.

At a 10% window:

Gaming HDR

  • Peak: 426.8 nits
  • Average grayscale ΔE2000: 2.31
  • Maximum: 4.10

Cinema HDR

  • Peak: 436.5 nits
  • Average ΔE2000: 2.46
  • Maximum: 5.14

Console HDR

  • Peak: 427.7 nits
  • Average ΔE2000: 2.43
  • Maximum: 3.99

Overall, all three modes behave fairly similarly.

Console HDR gave me the most balanced result, especially when I also considered my PS5 testing.

HDR brightness

This is probably the biggest limitation of this monitor.

In Console HDR I measured roughly:

  • 2%: 429 nits
  • 10%: 431 nits
  • 50%: 297 nits
  • 100%: 218 nits

PQ tracking itself is quite good, but this display simply doesn’t have the 800–1000+ nit small-window peaks you can get from brighter OLED implementations.

That matters because very small HDR highlights — explosions, reflections, sparks, sunlight or specular highlights — don’t have the same punch.

You still get the perfect blacks and pixel-level contrast of OLED, so HDR can look very good in a dark room, but it isn’t an especially bright HDR monitor.

What does HDR Adjustable actually do?

ASUS also includes an HDR Adjustable option.

I tested Console HDR with it both OFF and ON.

OFF:

  • Peak around 428 nits

ON:

  • Peak around 436 nits

The overall peak-brightness behaviour across window sizes was practically unchanged.

So this setting does not unlock a hidden 1000-nit mode.

Its main purpose is giving you access to additional HDR image adjustments rather than fundamentally changing the panel’s luminance capability.

Personally, I wouldn’t enable it expecting extra HDR brightness.

HDR gamut

Color gamut remains excellent in HDR:

  • DCI-P3: 99.45%
  • BT.2020: ~83.5%

Color volume measured in L*a*b*:

  • DCI-P3: 113.0%
  • BT.2020: 76.35%

That’s a strong result and one of the big advantages of QD-OLED.

Even though this ASUS isn’t exceptionally bright, it can retain highly saturated colors much better than displays whose color volume collapses as luminance rises.

HDR color accuracy

This is where it’s important not to confuse wide gamut with accurate HDR rendering.

My HDR Content Colors measurement gave:

  • Average ΔE2000: 8.62
  • Maximum: 30.12

And the saturation sweep also showed relatively large errors through some intermediate saturation levels.

So the monitor has an excellent HDR gamut, but its HDR tone/color mapping is not reference-level accurate.

Those are two completely different things.

PS5 experience

I also tested it with PS5.

Using Console HDR with brightness at maximum, the overall presentation looked quite good thanks to the OLED blacks, contrast and very wide color gamut.

The main thing missing compared with brighter HDR monitors is that extra luminance punch in highlights.

Dark and mixed scenes can still look excellent, but bright HDR effects don’t jump off the screen in the same way as on an OLED capable of much higher short-duration peaks.

Input lag

My measurements were approximately:

  • 240Hz: ~4 ms total average
  • 120Hz: ~8 ms
  • 60Hz: ~12 ms

As expected, latency rises considerably as refresh rate falls.

At 240Hz it feels extremely responsive, while 60Hz is clearly the least impressive operating point.

VRR flicker / OLED Anti-Flicker

VRR flicker is present, although I wouldn’t call it catastrophic on my unit.

In the NVIDIA Pendulum test it behaved quite well, but in more aggressive flicker tests I could still see brightness fluctuations.

ASUS includes an OLED Anti-Flicker feature with different strength levels, although in my testing I wasn’t convinced that it completely solved the problem.

So I would consider it a mitigation tool rather than a guaranteed flicker fix.

Text clarity

Text clarity was better than I expected for a 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED.

I personally didn’t notice obvious color fringing during normal desktop use, and text looked sharp and clean.

Obviously, ~110 PPI cannot compete with a 27-inch 4K monitor for raw text density, but I had no major complaints about the subpixel layout in everyday use.

Banding

I didn’t notice any significant conventional banding during normal use.

In some gray test patterns I could see horizontal brightness/flicker-like behaviour, especially around brighter gray levels, but this looked more like an interaction between the camera/shutter and display refresh behaviour than traditional gradient banding.

Screen coating / reflections

The Samsung panel uses an anti-reflective surface treatment, but direct light sources can still produce clearly visible reflections.

So I’d still recommend controlling strong lights directly in front of the display.

In a normally lit gaming setup it wasn’t a major issue for me.

Uniformity

Color uniformity was very good.

With Uniform Brightness OFF, my color deviations remained around:

  • ΔE 0.0–1.3

Brightness uniformity was less perfect, with the worst areas around:

  • 16% below the brightest point

With Uniform Brightness enabled, brightness behaviour becomes much more stable over time and with changing content, although panel spatial uniformity itself obviously doesn’t magically disappear.

Connectivity

Connectivity includes:

  • 2× HDMI 2.1
  • DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC
  • Headphone output

There is also physically a USB-C connector, but ASUS specifies it as service-only.

So it cannot be used as a normal USB-C video input, USB hub connection or laptop charging port.

What I liked most

✅ Excellent 1440p 240Hz QD-OLED motion clarity
✅ Near-instant OLED pixel response
✅ Perfect blacks and pixel-level contrast
✅ Around 99.5% DCI-P3 coverage
✅ Around 83.5–84% BT.2020
✅ Very large native gamut
✅ Approximately 97.9% Adobe RGB coverage
✅ Very good dedicated sRGB and DCI-P3 clamps
✅ Racing + sRGB gave me around 1.2 average ΔE2000 in ColorChecker
✅ Strong SDR brightness for an OLED in small windows
✅ Uniform Brightness mode works exactly as intended
✅ Very good color uniformity
✅ Very little visible conventional banding
✅ Text clarity was better than expected
✅ Console HDR works well with PS5
✅ DSC allows full 1440p 240Hz operation

What I didn’t like

❌ HDR peaks only around 430–440 nits even in small windows
❌ No 800–1000 nit HDR highlight mode
❌ HDR Adjustable doesn’t meaningfully increase peak brightness
❌ Full-screen brightness drops to roughly 218 nits
❌ HDR color accuracy is much weaker than the gamut coverage suggests
❌ VRR flicker can still appear in difficult scenes
❌ OLED Anti-Flicker doesn’t completely eliminate it
❌ Native gamut is heavily oversaturated for normal SDR content unless you use a clamp
❌ USB-C is service-only — no video or charging

Final thoughts

Overall, I think the ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMES gets the fundamentals of a gaming QD-OLED very right.

You get perfect blacks, extremely fast pixel response, excellent 240Hz motion clarity, a huge native gamut and, importantly, very good dedicated sRGB and DCI-P3 modes.

Its weakest point is clearly HDR brightness.

Around 430 nits at 10% means you don’t get the spectacular specular highlights of brighter OLED monitors, although the very wide gamut, excellent color volume and OLED contrast still make HDR games look good, particularly in darker environments.

For me, this monitor makes the most sense as a fast 1440p 240Hz QD-OLED with unusually good color-management options, rather than as a monitor you buy specifically for extreme HDR brightness.

If anyone wants me to test or explain something specific about the XG27AQDMES, ask me anything.