Neither of these monitors will likely appeal to non-casual gamers due to their 20-27ms delays and 60hz refresh rates, but I think they are some of the best monitors around for casual gaming, media viewing and text, especially if non-stick perceived black depth increasing grey or silver tape is put on the bezel. I use
this silver Scotch tape on a few fake border or frame-less monitors I own such as the HP 24 Envy (
with and without tape) and Acer G257HU. I've removed and re-taped a few monitors after a few months and not had issues with residue, however I must warn that adding tape to a monitor may void the warranty.
Lastly, it may seem that the Planar is the outright superior monitor since it is more accurate, has lower input lag and higher contrast (
1100:1 measured by Tom's Hardware versus
Nixeus <800:1 measured by Tom's Hardware), however, it has one flaw which some may deem fatal which is
the very high minimum brightness of 174cdm/2 versus the
Nixeus which can dim down to 58cdm/2 when the menu brightness is set to zero.