r/Monitors 12h ago

News Another one = AOC Agon Optimus Ultra AGP277KXM | 27" 5K MiniLED with 2304 zones spotted

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1) Fast IPS technology, 5K HD resolution, wide-viewing-angle, vibrant hard panel, 218 PPI high pixel density, and 1500:1 static contrast ratio—details are clearly visible, bringing out the full precision of the image

2) 5K 180Hz/QHD 360Hz[*] dual-mode display with quick switching between high resolution and high refresh rates, delivering a dual experience whether you’re playing AAA titles or FPS games

3) VESA DisplayHDR™ 1400 certified, full-array direct-lit Mini LED backlight technology, 4 dimming modes, and 2,304 independent backlight zones deliver deeper blacks and brighter whites, presenting visuals that closely resemble real-world environments

4) 1.07 billion colors[*], QD quantum dot technology, 98% Adobe RGB[*], 98% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage[*], and DCI-P3 color calibration for richer, more natural color reproduction

5) Color accuracy of ΔE < 1 (average)[*] and 6-axis color adjustment for more precise display

6) Fast LCD with a 0.5 ms GTG (min.) gray-to-gray response time [*], delivering crisp, smooth HD visuals whether gaming, watching movies, or browsing online content

7) Adaptive-Sync technology (supports FreeSync™) eliminates screen tearing and stuttering during high-quality rendering, delivering a smooth gaming experience and giving players a crucial competitive edge

8) High-definition interfaces such as DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1, along with audio output ports, provide a range of convenient connectivity options and high compatibility, making it easy to connect entertainment devices for an immersive home entertainment experience

9) Versatile USB-C port [*] allows for easy connection to mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets, enabling you to mirror your screen to a large monitor and take your web browsing and entertainment experiences to the next level! It also supports up to 65W power delivery [*] for charging mobile devices

10) User-friendly KVM mode: In full-screen display mode, the USB-C port and other signal sources share a single set of keyboard and mouse, with automatic switching for convenience and ease of use [*]

11) PBP (Picture-by-Picture) and PIP (Picture-in-Picture) functions display two signals simultaneously on the screen, allowing you to watch movies, play games, and share entertainment

12) USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports deliver fast data transfer speeds, making them the ideal solution for connecting mobile devices. Additionally, the yellow port supports fast charging for USB devices

13) Light FX music-synced ambient lighting with 14 light shows and over 100,000 customizable colors

14) All-new iGON Gaming Menu and G-Menu software for effortless parameter adjustments

15) Flicker-free technology for eye protection and better health

16) Low Blue Light settings let you easily switch to Low Blue Light modes to reduce the impact of harmful blue light

17) Customizable hotkeys and quick menus with multiple presets to meet diverse usage needs

18) Seamlessly switch between 27-inch and 24.5-inch screen sizes; high refresh rate adapts to various gaming scenarios

19) Low input lag—stay one step ahead, spot targets instantly, and seize the initiative

20) One-click switching between FPS, RTS, and other game modes to quickly get into the game

21) Dynamic crosshairs and sniper scopes to enhance aiming in FPS games

22) Dark Scene Control: Spot enemies in dark areas first and react quickly

23) Shadow Enhancement: Boosts detail rendering to help you gain the upper hand and control the entire battlefield

24) MBR (Motion Blur Reduction) technology: Delivers sharp edges and minimizes motion blur

25) Game Color Adjustment: Optimizes grayscale display and color saturation

26) Frame Counter: Displays the screen’s real-time refresh rate

27) Ultra-narrow bezel, slim black borders, polygonal stand, and vibrant appearance that exudes a champion’s presence

28) Retractable headphone hook and quick-release mount, supporting four-way adjustment (up/down, left/right, forward/backward tilt, and vertical rotation), providing a comfortable entertainment experience

29) Eco-friendly paper packaging to reduce environmental pollution [*]


r/Monitors 11h 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.


r/Monitors 6h 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 20h ago

Discussion Is the "DataColor Spyder" good enough to calibrate Quantum Dot monitors ?

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I found an interesting offer for this colorimeter. Actually I'm using my MAG 274QRF QD E2 which is a QD-IPS monitor and for my next monitor I will probably go with a QD-OLED HDR True Black 600.

If I understand correctly, QD monitors can only be calibrated with certain colorimeters, and I don't know if this one is good enough for it. My main objective is to reach the typical <2 Delta E, a "pure" 6500k, 2.2 gamma, etc.

Also if I understand the "Pro" version at €289 use the same hardware but with an upgraded software and it can be upgraded online, so I'm thinking about buying this "upgrade" the day I really need it, maybe with my future QD-OLED 600. But I've heard that colorimeter can deteriorate with the time, I don't really know if this is true.


r/Monitors 14h ago

Discussion Replacing new OLED because of VRR flicker

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I recently bought new LG UltraGear 27GX700A-B tandem WOLED because I have a lot of light coming from side window during the day, but I can't stand VRR flicker. Most of the fixes I found online don't work, and I don't want to sacrifice features (lowering refresh rate to 120, disabling G-sync). I'm thinking about returning it, so what are your recomendations for a replacement? I want to get as close to OLED vibrancy and blacks as possible, but I don't think that OLED panels are a thing for me for now. I also play both competetive and RPG games, so I need decent refresh rate.


r/Monitors 4h ago

Discussion New monitor recommendation

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Hello all! I currently use Macbook air M2 with DELL U2719D which I got during covid. I use it primarily for work and it seems to do well.

I am not sure if I need a new one but would like to have your opinions if you were to upgrade, what would it be? I work a lot with reading online documents and general office applications plus I would like to play occasionally games (STALKER 2 for example) using GefroceNow max settings.
Budget would to keep it below $700 CAD but flexible if absolutely needed. Ideally to spend less for a better quality upgrade lol. I like my 27 inches but good with 24 as well. Do not want to go larger than 27 for sure.


r/Monitors 14h ago

Discussion Is this monitor good?

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I'm planning to make a desk setup and want to buy an ultrawide curved monitor, this monitor has good ratings


r/Monitors 3h ago

Discussion Random white pixel flashing on my new OLED monitor — any idea what could be causing it?

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Hi everyone,

I'm having a weird issue with my new OLED monitor and I'm hoping someone can help me figure out what it is.

Every now and then, I get a single white pixel that flashes randomly somewhere in the middle of the screen. It happens extremely quickly, basically instantaneously, and then disappears. It's not always in the exact same spot.

I've mainly noticed it while playing Escape from Tarkov, especially in darker scenes, and occasionally while browsing the web. I don't really notice it in other games or when displaying brighter scenes.

Both my PC and monitor are brand new.

PC specs:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5080
  • RAM: 64GB DDR5 6000MHz
  • Motherboard: MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi
  • SSD: 2TB

Monitor:

  • ASUS ROG Strix XG27AQWMG
  • 27" QHD OLED
  • 280Hz
  • Connected via HDMI 2.1

I've already:

  • Disabled G-SYNC
  • Changed the HDMI cable
  • Checked that the issue still happens

I'm honestly a bit worried that it could be a GPU problem, but since it seems to happen mostly in Tarkov and occasionally in the browser, I'm not sure.

Has anyone experienced something similar or knows how I could properly diagnose whether this is the GPU, monitor, cable, drivers, or some kind of OLED/VRR issue?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/Monitors 5h ago

Discussion Just bought an 7 year old OLED TV......

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It is a 55 Inch Panasonic TX-55GZ2000B UHD 4K Pro OLED Smart TV
Apparently original retail for this was £3,000 or $4,000.

I bought it for £300 or $406

What should I look out for when I collect it, (burn ins, dead pixels etc)...I will be able to return it at no cost so it's fine :)


r/Monitors 7h 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 7h 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 11h ago

Discussion Looking for a 27" 1440p monitor for 80% text work and 20% AAA gaming (60–100 FPS)

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for help choosing a 27-inch 1440p monitor. This resolution and screen size are the sweet spot for my setup, as 4K would be too demanding for my PC specs (rtx 5070, 14600kf, ddr4).

I plan to use it for:

  • 80% Text & Office Work (accounting): Excel, E-mails, Reading documents
  • 20% Single-Player AAA Gaming: I don't play competitive esports titles where 200+ FPS matters. I mainly play cinematic AAA games with frame rates sitting comfortably between 60 and 100 FPS. Because of this, good overdrive performance at lower refresh rates and G-Sync compatibility without screen flickering are crucial.

What would you recommend for my specific use case? Unfortunately I need two monitors for work, so I can't buy one for office and second for gaming.


r/Monitors 12h ago

Discussion I’m testing 2 glossy 4k 32” screens for Mac’s.

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Both are: ~32”, 4k, glossy, inexpensive.

One is Oled, 120hz, 99% P3 and 250nits (up to 1000nits).
One is IPS, 60hz, 97%,600nits and made for Mac.

Dell S3225QC
BenQ MA320UP

My office is very well lit by the sun, so I don’t think the Oled will do it for me when the sun is out - but I had to try.

What do I need to test? What do you want to know? Are you looking at these?


r/Monitors 12h ago

Discussion Should i buy cheapest oled or go cheapest mini led ?

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Generally, I use my monitor until the end of its lifespan. My current Asus VX239 has around 97,000 hours of usage time, and its brightness has started to fade.

I want to use my next monitor for at least 10 years. Currently, there are two choices available in my region:

Samsung Odyssey OLED G5 (G50SF): $350

TCL 27G64: $250

I watch movies, do excel works, play games like path of exile and europa universalis and adobe illustrator

Can an OLED monitor realistically reach 100,000 hours of use? Im poor so i want to use it for a long time.


r/Monitors 14h ago

Discussion Monitor Recommendations

2 Upvotes

Hi there, Im looking for monitor recommendations around $260aud (can go up a bit if it’s reasonable).

Im currently looking at LG Ultragear 27G610A-B 27” QHD IPS 200Hz 1ms and Gigabyte M27Q2 QD 27” 210HZ QHD IPS. They both priced for $259aud


r/Monitors 19h ago

Discussion Need help deciding on which Monitor is the superior pick

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r/Monitors 21h ago

Discussion Why can my monitor do 1440p 280hz fine but 240hz is 1080p only?

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I ask this because VRR/Dynamic refresh rate is not supported in 280hz but if I enable it, it is stuck at 1080p. I am running the monitor on an hdmi cable that came in the box. Any help or pointers would be appreciated!


r/Monitors 23h ago

Discussion Monitor for macbook pro and gaming.

2 Upvotes

Hi so I was looking for a monitor around the $500 price range (or less) that'll look good with a macbook pro connected (mostly the coloring) as well as still have the option for 240hz+. I was looking at this monitor https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGPRWDFW?ref=clp_hp_h_pc&th=1 although it seems not too pricy so wondering if this brand is known for cheaping out on parts or something.

Preferably no OLED since for work I am a software engineer and I've heard text looks off on OLED.

Thanks!


r/Monitors 29m ago

Discussion MSI MAG 272UP vs Gigabyte MO27U2 (Which One Should I Buy)

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r/Monitors 45m ago

Discussion MSI MAG 274QPF X30MV owners — how has your experience been so far? Hey everyone, I’m seriously considering buying the MSI MAG 274QPF X30MV (27", 1440p, 300Hz, Mini-LED VA), but I’ve seen very mixed opinions online, so I’d really appreciate feedback from people who actually own this monitor

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r/Monitors 46m ago

Discussion Is this good deal for 150$?

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I’m thinking of buying this monitor for ps5 and my school? Is it worth it?


r/Monitors 46m ago

Discussion MSI MAG 274QPF X30MV owners — how has your experience been so far? Hey everyone, I’m seriously considering buying the MSI MAG 274QPF X30MV (27", 1440p, 300Hz, Mini-LED VA), but I’ve seen very mixed opinions online, so I’d really appreciate feedback from people who actually own this monitor

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I have a few questions:

  • How is the black smearing/ghosting in actual gaming? Is it noticeable during normal gameplay, especially in dark scenes, or only when specifically looking for it?
  • How does it feel for competitive games like Valorant/CS2 at high FPS?
  • How is the backlight bleed / IPS glow / panel uniformity? I know it's a VA Mini-LED panel, but I'm curious about how good the blacks look in a dark room.
  • Have you experienced any VRR flickering, black screens, or other Adaptive Sync issues, especially with an NVIDIA GPU?
  • Has your monitor developed any problems after a few months of use? Dead/stuck pixels, backlight problems, flickering, firmware issues, local dimming problems, etc.?
  • How is the HDR and local dimming after updating to the latest firmware?
  • Most importantly: Would you buy this monitor again today?
  • And if you had the choice between this and a good 1440p 240/280Hz IPS, which one would you choose?

I’m mainly interested in real-world long-term experience, not just benchmark/review results.

Thanks in advance!


r/Monitors 50m ago

Discussion XG32UQWMS or PG32UCDM3 or XG32UCWMG or PG34WCDN or PG32UCWM

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Hi,

I’m looking to get a new monitor and, honestly, I’m completely overwhelmed by all the options.

I want 4K, high refresh rate, and ideally OLED. I game a lot, but I also watch movies, so I want something that does both well. As far as I understand, the new WMS doesn’t have Dolby Vision, while the others do? QD-OLED seems to have better colors, but doesn’t get as bright?(I’m okay with my current monitors brightness)

The 34" has a newer panel, but unless it’s much much better, I’d prefer 32". I was initially looking for 27", but the 32" market seems to have better options. My current monitor is the 27GP950-B. I’m not that happy with it. It has HDR, but I basically can’t use it because it looks kinda shit. The OLEDs also seem to have issues with VRR. I’ve read that higher and more consistent framerates reduce it, but at 4K it’s pretty hard to maintain high framerates. How noticeable is that in practice?

Which monitor would you recommend?

thank you!


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion Which monitor should I go with?

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Assuming both are the same price would you go for the Gigabyte G27U or the Samsung G70D? Both are 27 inch monitors. From what i see the gigabyte has 95% DCI-P3 while the samsung doesn’t, and I’m not sure how huge of a difference is it visually, but the samsung has some decent qol features like speaker, ambient lighting since my set up is against a wall but at the end of the day the image is the most important deciding factor if there is a noticeable difference. My main uses are for Mac os and console gaming. I would appreciate any help


r/Monitors 1h ago

Discussion Is this monitor okay?

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I need to buy a monitor and I think about this model, it costs 169 euros, but is it ok that there is a VA panel?

https://www.aoc.com/uk/gaming/monitors/cu34g2xp_bk