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« Reply #30 on: December 06, 2018, 08:43:47 pm »
Acer X27

Added the Review by PC Mag and the Review by Trusted Reviews to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Matte 4K AHVA panel with 98hz (8 Bit +FRC / 10 bit HDR 4:4:4), Nvidia G-Sync, height adjustable stand, 4x USB 3.0, local dimming and true HDR color.  Proper color (YcBcr 4:4:4) is only supported up to 98hz.  Image quality is degraded at 99-144hz.

Lenovo L27m-28

Added the Revivew by Sweclockers to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 1080p IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Matte 1080p IPS with 48-75hz AMD Free-Sync, HDMI 1.4, USB-C, 2x USB 3.1, 3.5mm Audio Out and VGA and good preset color accuracy marred by a slightly skewed gamma curve in the Web Pic mode, and a stronger blue tint, but better gamma when switched to the Text Mode.

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« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2018, 08:27:12 pm »
Adding more soon.

LG 24MK430

Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware

Matte 1080p IPS with AMD Free-Sync (48-75hz range), a perceived black depth increasing dark matte grey bezel, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA and a 3.5mm Audio Out.  It has very low preset gamma (1.8 average), which causes colors and shades to look very dull and washed out.

LG 24MK600

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 24-25" 1080p IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Matte 1080p IPS with AMD Free-Sync (48-75hz range), a perceived black depth decreasing fake bezel/frame-less black bezel, 2x HDMI, 1x VGA and a 3.5mm Audio Out.  The 600 is significantly more accurate than the 430 which has very low preset gamma (1.8 average), which causes colors and shades to look very dull and washed out.

Philips 276E8VJSB

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

The Philips uses a very accurate 4K fake bezel or frame-less LG AH-IPS panel with Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0 and a 3.5mm Audio Out jack.

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Re: Site Update Log
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2018, 10:04:14 pm »
Acer Nitro XV273K

Added the Review by TFT Central and to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

The Acer XV273K has an accurate 144hz (achievable only when connected with 2x Displayport cables) 3840x2160 or 4K matte wide gamut AUO HAVA panel which can cover 97% of the DCI-P3 color space, and can fully cover the sRGB color space to prevent over-saturation when the sRGB mode is available.  It has a fully adjustable stand, a monitor hood, 2x Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0,4x USB 3.0 and a 3.5mm Audio Out.


AOC C24G1

Added the Review by Trusted Reviews to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1080p Monitors buying guide.

The C24G1's (1500 R curve) preset color accuracy is decent, but can be improves significantly by selecting the sRGB mode, but it locks the brightness controls and is very bright (220cmd/2). The C27G1 (1800 R curve) is significantly more accurate out of the box than the C24G1, and its sRGB mode has a preset red dominance instead of the slight out-of-the-box blue dominance, locks the brightness controls, is very bright (242cdm/2) and drops the contrast to a pathetic 485:1. The CG241 has 3.-35K contrast while the C27G1 has 5,000:1.

Both monitors can be considered delay free (<4ms Leo Bodnar Device top screen measurements by Hardware Info and SMT Tool measurements by PC Monitors), and have decent overdrive without strong overshoot, but suffer from the typical dark color and shade transition smearing*.

IMO the overdrive of these panels is decent good enough, especially when considering the image quality downsides of faster TN panels.

Due to the pixel layout of these panels text is a bit blurrier; PCM mentions this here:

https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/aoc-c24g1/#Calibration


AOC C27G1

Added the Review by Trusted Reviews to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1080p Monitors buying guide.

The C27G1 (1800 R curve) is significantly more accurate out of the box than the C24G1, and its sRGB mode has a preset red dominance instead of the slight out-of-the-box blue dominance, locks the brightness controls, is very bright (242cdm/2) and drops the contrast to a pathetic 485:1. The C24G1 has 3.-35K contrast while the C27G1 has 5,000:1.

Both monitors can be considered delay free (<4ms Leo Bodnar Device top screen measurements by Hardware Info and SMT Tool measurements by PC Monitors), and have decent overdrive without strong overshoot, but suffer from the typical dark color and shade transition smearing.

IMO the overdrive of these panels is decent good enough, especially when considering the image quality downsides of faster TN panels.

Due to the pixel layout of these panels text is a bit blurrier; PCM mentions this here:


MSI Optix MPG27CQ

Added the Review by PC Lab PL to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Curved semi-wide gamut (22% over-saturation or 122% sRGB) matte 144hz VA panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz range) 2x USB 3.0, Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, 2x USB 3.0, a height adjustable stand and a fake frame-less casing with a perceived black depth reducing inner black bezel.  It's pretty accurate aside from the gamma which is a bit high in the 0-10% white range resulting in a bit of black crush.  The Pro mode is the most accurate color preset.


Viewsonic VX2458-mhd

Review by PRAD to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1080p Monitors buying guide.

The Viewsonic uses a very accurate matte 144hz 1080p AUO TN panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz range) with Displayport (48-144hz Free-Sync range), 2x HDMI (48-120hz Free-Sync range) and 3.5mm Audio Out.  Set the Response Time to Extreme to speed up the pixel response times without obvious overshoot ghosting.   Set the Response Time to Extreme to speed up the pixel response times without obvious overshoot ghosting.


Viewsonic XG240R

Review by PRAD to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1080p Monitors buying guide.

The Viewsonic uses a matte 144hz 1080p AUO TN panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz range) with Displayport (48-144hz Free-Sync range), 2x HDMI (48-120hz Free-Sync range), 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out. 


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Re: Site Update Log
« Reply #33 on: December 23, 2018, 06:24:28 am »
Acer PE270

Added the Review by PRAD to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Review by Alexander Gryzhin (=DEAD=)
Review by IBXT
Review by PRAD

Accurate (excluding the unit PRAD tested which came with very high, black crush causing 2.6 average gamma) matte 4K four sided border-less LG AH-IPS panel with AMD Free-Sync, height adjustable stand, a monitor hood and 4x USB 3.0 ports.


AOC C27V1

Added the Review by Playwares

Fairly accurate (gamma is slightly too low) 75hz curved matte VA panel with, Displayport, HDMI, VGA and 3.5mm Audio Out.


AOC XP241

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Accurate matte 1920x1200 IPS with a fully adjustable stand, Displayport, Dual-Link DVI, HDMI, VGA, 4x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  It suffers from slight blue and gamma under-coverage, but is still quite accurate. 


BenQ BL2411PT

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Accurate matte 1920x1200 IPS with a fully adjustable stand, Displayport, Dual-Link DVI, VGA, and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.


BenQ SW240

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Very accurate matte wide gamut panel with a 14 bit 3D Look Up Table, hardware calibration (Pallet Master; requires colorimeter and has some issues mentioned here by PRAD), height adjustable stand, an SD Card Reader and 2x USB 3.1.  It has supports 1:1 pixel mapping and can scale 1920x1080 without relying on a graphics card to prevent distortion (stretching).  It has negligible input lag (<3ms SMT Tool measurement by Playwares and <3ms top screen Leo Bodnar device measurement by PRAD), as well as fairly balanced overdrive with a bit of overshoot with AMA set to On, which is the default setting.


HP E243i

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Accurate semi-wide gamut (20% over-saturation) matte 1920x1200 LG IPS with Displayport, HDMI, VGA, 2x USB 3.0 and a fully adjustable stand.


Viewsonic VP2768-4K

Added the Review by PRAD to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Fully adjustable and very accurate matte 4K IPS panel with hardware calibration.  It has Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0, USB-C, 4x USB 3.0 and a 3.5mm Audio Out.  Set the Response Time to Ultra Fast for the best overdrive performance with fast pixel response times and negligible overshoot ghosting.

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Re: Site Update Log
« Reply #34 on: December 24, 2018, 02:15:20 am »
Asus BE24AQLBH

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Very accurate matte 1920x1200 IPS with Displayport, Dual-Link DVI, HDMI, VGA, 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  Set the Trace Free (overdrive) setting to 40 to get rid of overshoot ghosting.


Dell U2415H

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Accurate and fully adjustable matte 1920x1200 IPS with Displayport, mini-Displayport, HDMI, 4x USB 3.0 and a 3.5mm Audio Out.

HP Z24n G2

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Accurate matte 70hz 1920x1200 LG IPS with 2x mini-Displayport, USB-C, 4x USB 3.0 and a fully adjustable stand.


LG 24BK55WY-B

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Semi-accurate fully adjustable matte 1920x1200 IPS with Displayport, Dual-Link DVI, VGA, 2x USB  and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.


Samsung S24E650DW

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Fully adjustable, semi-accurate matte 1920x1200 PLS with Displayport, Dual-Link DVI, VGA and 2x USB 3.0,  It suffers from a preset blue dominance and can't fully cover the sRGB color space (91.8% maximum).


S24H650GDU

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 1920x1200 IPS/PLS Monitors buying guide.

Very accurate and fully adjustable matte 1920x1200 PLS with Displayport, HDMI, VGA and 2x USB 2.0.
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« Reply #35 on: December 30, 2018, 02:18:12 am »
Monoprice 33822 QHD

Added the Review by Tom's Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Curved matte 2560x1440 144hz (48-144hz AMD Free-Sync range) VA panel with a height adjustable stand, 2x Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  It uses a curved, semi-wide gamut panel with minor over and under-saturation, as well as suffers from a preset blue tint and has slightly too low preset gamma resulting in slightly washed out colors and shades, but still still preset color accuracy for a budget panel.

Samsung C27HG70

Added the Review by PC Mag to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Curved matte 2560x1440 144hz (48-144hz AMD Free-Sync range; limited to 100hz over HDMI) VA panel with a height adjustable stand, Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out, and 2x USB 3.0.  The Samsung uses a very accurate semi-wide gamut S-VA panel also offers decent HDR color space coverage (95% DCI-P3), and it comes with a fully adjustable stand and perceived black depth increasing dark matte grey bezel.  Setting the Response Time to Faster and Fastest actives back-light strobing or blur reductio which reduces motion blur, but may cause some people to suffer from health issues like headaches and/or eyestrain.  It has slower pixel response times than the 1080p C2xFG73 monitors, but they suffer from green and purple overshoot ghosting.

Samsung U32J590

Added the Review by Rtings to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 32" 4K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

The Samsung uses a fairly accurate matte semi-wide gamut 32" 4K VA panel with AMD Free-Sync (40-60hz range supported by Displayport & HDMI), but isn't as accurate as the more expensive BenQ EW3270U, LG 32UD598 (non-wide gamut) and Philips  328P6VUBREB (28ms delay vs competitors low/negligible lag), and the Samsung uses LED PWM Dimming or Flicker when the brightness is set below 50%, as well as lacks a properly functioning sRGB mode to prevent wide gamut color over-saturation.  It has Displayport, HDMI 1.4, HDMI 2.0 (4K @60hz + Free-Sync support), and 3.5mm Audio Out.


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« Reply #36 on: January 02, 2019, 02:21:06 am »
Acer Nitro XV273K

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

The Acer XV273K has an accurate 144hz (achievable only when connected with 2x Displayport cables) 3840x2160 or 4K matte wide gamut AUO HAVA panel which can cover 97% of the DCI-P3 color space, and can fully cover the sRGB color space to prevent over-saturation when the sRGB mode is available.  It has a fully adjustable stand, a monitor hood, 2x Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0,4x USB 3.0 and a 3.5mm Audio Out.

AOC Agon AG251FZ

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 240hz TN Panels buying guide.

The AOC uses a 240hz matte 6 bit +FRC AUO TN panel with AMD Free-Sync, suffers from the typical contrast and gamma lottery (TFT Central set the gamma from Mode 1 to 3), but has accurate preset RGB levels, especially the unit tested by Belgium Hardware. The AOC has very fast pixel response times with zero overshoot ghosting when the overdrive setting is set to Medium.

The AOC has mediocre image quality due to its low preset gamma and sRGB color space coverage (89% out of the box and 91.1% after calibration).


BenQ BL2711U

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware (1.9ms delay) to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Matte 27" 4K IPS with Displayport, Dual-Link DVI (4K @30hz), 1x HDMI 1.4 (4K @30hz) 1x HDMI 2.0 (limited to YCbCr 4:2:0), 4x USB 3.0, 3.5mm Audio Out, a fully adjustable stand and a perceived black depth increasing dark matte grey bezel.  It's fairly accurate aside from a strong preset blue tint.  The unit tested by Belgium Hardware is less accurate, but has lower input lag (2ms) than the unit tested by IBXT in 2015 (20ms).

Dell U2718Q

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Fairly accurate matte 4K LG AH-IPS with height adjustable stand, Displayport, HDMI 2.0, mini Displayport, 4x USB 3.0 ports and 3.5mm Audio Out.  It's not as accurate as well as more reflective than the P2715Q which also has a perceived black depth increasing dark matte grey bezel versus the U2718Q's fake frame-less casing's black bezel. The Dell uses LED PWM Dimming or Flicker which decreases motion clarity and may cause some people to suffer from health issues such as eyestrain and/or headaches.

Quote from: Rtings
The Dell U2718Q uses a dual PWM flicker to dim the backlight. There is a 10 kHz flicker that is always present, but this flicker is not visible at all. There is a secondary flicker at 650 Hz, but due to the secondary wave the backlight does not completely shut off



Lenovo P27u

Added the Measurements and Review by Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Matte wide gamut 27" 4K IPS with Displayport, 2x HDMI, Mini Displayport, USB-C, 3x USB 3.0 and a fully adjustable stand.  It's fairly accurate, but suffers from a preset blue dominance.


Lenovo ThinkVision X1

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Matte 27" 4K IPS with Displayport, HDMI, USB-C, 4x USB 3.0 and a web camera.  The gamma average is a bit too high (2.35 average), the RGB level accuracy is off, and it suffers from a preset blue dominance.


LG 27UD58

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

27" 4K matte IPS with perceived black depth ruining glossy black bezel


LG 27UD88

Added Measurements by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.


LG 27UK650

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Matte with 40-60hz AMD Free-Sync, 2x USB 3.0, and a height adjustable stand.  It is quite accurate and offers excellent all around performance.   It can display an HDR signal, but all it can do is max the brightness resulting in black looking grey, more obvious back-light bleed and glow, and vastly de-saturated HDR content viewing since it lacks a wide gamut panel.  Keep HDR turned off.


LG 27UK850

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware

Philips 272P7VPTKEB

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Very accurate matte 27" 4K IPS with 2x Displayport, min-Displayport, HDMI 2.0, VGA, 3x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm In and Out, and a fully adjustable stand.  Set the overdrive (Response time) to Faster for the best performance.
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« Reply #37 on: January 03, 2019, 03:00:50 am »
AOC Q27P1

Added the Review by Playwares to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 1440p AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Matte 27" 1440p IPS with a fully adjustable stand, perceived black depth increasing dark matte grey bezel, Displayport, Dual-Link DVI, HDMI, VGA, 4x USB 3.1, and 3.5mm  Audio In & Out.  The AOC has very low preset gamma (<1.75=very washed out colors and shades), but can be improved by setting the Gamma to 3, suffers from a strong preset green tint and can't, but almost covers the HDTV/REC 709 or sRGB color space, and slightly under and over-saturates colors.

Philips 276E8VJSB

Added the Review by Sweclockers to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 4-5K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

The Philips uses a very accurate 4K fake bezel or frame-less LG AH-IPS panel with Displayport, 2x HDMI 2.0 and a 3.5mm Audio Out jack.
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« Reply #38 on: January 12, 2019, 01:17:56 am »
Acer BM320

Added the Review by =DEAD= to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 32" 4K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

The Acer uses a 3840x2160 matte wide gamut AUO AHVA panel with color/uniformity compensation, Displayport, mini-Display-Port, Dual-Link DVI (3840x2160 @30hz) HDMI 2.0, 4x USB 3.0, 3.5mm Audio In & Out and a fully adjustable stand.  Since it uses a wide gamut panel the Acer's colors are vastly over-saturated for SDR (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) content, but has multiple color space emulation modes such as the Adobe RGB, sRGB and REC 709 (HDTV/ movies), however, severe and non-reduce-able black crush is introduced when the color space emulation modes are selected, which makes them useless and leaves on at the mercy of their operating system and/or programs ability to use color management to prevent vast over-saturation.


BenQ EW3270U

Added the Measurements and Review by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 32" 4K AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.

Matte 4K VA panel with an extended color space and faux HDR support.  The BenQ has a good sRGB mode which prevents over-saturation and does not significantly under-saturate colors like some 4K 32" VA panel using competitors.


HP 27 Omen

Added the Review by =DEAD= (Proof of lighter matte coating vs non-Dell G-Sync TN panels) to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Matte 144-165hz AUO TN panel with Nvidia G-Sync (30-165hz range) and back-light strobing (ULMB up to 120hz)


Samsung C27JG50QQI

Added the Review by Dmitry Vasiliev to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

LG 32UL950

Added the Measurements by Belgium Hardware  to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Accurate matte standard gamut 3840x2160 LG AH-IPS with AMD Free-Sync (40-60hz) Displayport, HDMI 2.0, Thunderbolt, 2x USB 3.0, USB-C and a fully adjustable stand.


Samsung C27JG50QQI

Added the Review by Dmitry Vasiliev to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

The Samsung uses a curved standard gamut VA panel without Free-Sync in a fake border/frame-less casing which has a perceived black depth reducing inner black bezel versus the older C27HG70's perceived black depth increasing dark matte grey bezel.  The is fairly accurate, but can't fully cover the SDR color spaces (HDTV/REC 709 & sRGB) which prevents it from displaying colors as accurately and vibrantly as the C27GH70's sRGB emulation mode, and slightly over-saturated non-sRGB mode semi-wide gamut colors.
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« Reply #39 on: January 12, 2019, 02:17:56 am »
AOC AG273QCG

Added the Review by PC Monitors to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Curved, semi wide gamut, matte 165hz 2560x1440 AUO TN with Nvida G-Sync (30-165hz range), a fully adjustable stand, Displayport, HDMI and a medium matte coating which is normal for these types of monitors.  The AOC has failrly linear gamma and a semi-wide gamut panel which slightly over-saturates colors.


Dell S2719DC

Added the Measurements by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 1440p AHVA/IPS/PLS buying guide.


HP 27Fh

Added the Measurements by Belgium Hardware to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 1080p IPS/PLS Monitors

Significantly less accurate (than the 27F) matte 1080p IPS with AMD Free-Sync (48-75hz range), native 75hz for both AMD and Nvidia cards, a height adjustable stand, 2x HDMI (Free-Sync) and 1x VGA.  Set the Response Time setting to Level 2 for the best balance between fast pixel response times and minimal overshoot ghosting.
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« Reply #40 on: January 17, 2019, 10:14:53 pm »
LG 32UL950: Not Recommended

Added the Review by Rtings to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Standard gamut 3840x2160 LG AH-IPS with AMD Free-Sync (40-60hz) Displayport, HDMI 2.0, Thunderbolt, 2x USB 3.0, USB-C, and a fully adjustable stand.  The preset color accuracy is bad for the price, it doesn't support HDR since it lacks a wide gamut panel (yes it can take the signal but the panel is not wide gamut), and it uses motion clarity ruining 240hz LED PWM Dimming or flicker, which makes it a joke. 

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« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2019, 12:45:25 am »
AOC CQ32G1

Added the Review by Playwares to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1440p Monitors buying guide.

Matte curved 2560x1440 144hz VA panel with a Displayport, 2x HDMI and a height adjustable stand.  It's far less accurate and has half the contrast ratio (2,500:1) as the 1080p C32G1 (5,000:1) which also has slightly faster pixel response times or less ghosting the the best overdrive/response time setting (Medium) is used.  Playwares unit came with slightly too low preset gamma (2.05 average) which was improved by setting the Gamma to Mode 3.


Asus VG279Q

Added the Review by Playwares to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 1080p IPS/PLS Monitors and Best Reviewed Flicker Free 144hz 1080p Monitors buying guides.

Fully adjust-able matte 1920x1080 144hz AUO AHVA panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz), Displayport, Dual-Link DVI (120hz), HDMI, 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  The Asus can fully covers, as well as slightly over-saturates colors of the HDTV/REC 709 and sRGB (SDR) color spaces, and has accurate color presets overall (default=Game Visual MOBA), which can be marginally improved by setting the Low Blue Light Filter to Level 1.  As expected, the Asus has very fast pixel response times with minimal overshoot, even when using the default overdrive (Trace Free 60) setting, and has negligible input lag (4-5ms measured by Playwares with the SMT Tool 2.0 vs a CRT).


BenQ GW2480

Added the Review by Les Numeriques to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 24-25" 1080p IPS/PLS Monitors

Matte 1920x1080 IPS with Displayport, HDMI, VGA and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  It's fairly accurate but has low sRGB color space coverage compared to the best options, and has high preset gamma which averages around 2.4, but can be improved by changing the Gamma.


Dell S2719DM

Added the Review by Les Numeriques to my Best Reviewed Flicker Free 27" 1080p IPS/PLS Monitors

Matte 1920x1080 fake* four-sided border/frame-less IPS with AMD Free-Sync (48-75hz range), 2x HDMI, 3.5mm Audi Out and fairly accurate color presets hampered by the skewed and slightly too high gamma curve.

*Four sided border/frame-less monitors have a thin inner black bezel which reduces the perceived black depth.


HP DreamColor Z27x G2 Studio (2NJ08AT)

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Fully adjustable matte 2560x1440 wide gamut IPS with Displayport, 2x HDMI, USB-C, 3.5mm Audio Out, 4x USB 3.0 and USB-C.  The HP suffers from a slight preset green tint, has nearly 2.4 average gamma and high input lag (35.7ms Leo Bodnar device measurements).


Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD

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Fully adjustable matte 144hz 2560x1440 Innolux IPS with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz range) Displayport, 2x HDMI, 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  The Gigabyte has very accurate preset color accuracy, but has a very minor preset pink tint, and slightly slower pixel response (some transitions are 2-3ms slower) times, and significantly more overshoot ghosting (20%) than 144-165hz 1440 AUO AHVA panels (marketed as IPS) Belgium Hardware tested such as the Acer XB271HU (15%), Asus MG279Q (5%), and Asus PG279Q (3%).

The Gigabyte over-saturates SDR (130% or 30% over-saturation of the HDTV/REC709 and sRGB color spaces used by non-HDR content) colors by default since it has a semi-wide gamut panel with DCI-P3 (HDR) color space coverage (>92%) and capability (>400cdm/2 brightness), but it does have a good sRGB mode to prevent over-saturation.

Viewsonic XG240R

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Fully adjust-able matte 144hz 1920x1080 AUO TN panel with AMD Free-Sync (48-144hz from all inputs), Displayport, 2x HDMI (120hz), 2x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio Out.  The Viewsonic has accurate 60hz image quality, but suffers from a significant gamma drop (60hz 2.3 to 1.9 at 144hz), and loss of color and shade accuracy and vibrancy when set to 144hz.  Setting the Gamma to 2.6, and setting the Gaming Settings to Custom 1 and 2 (best) improve the 144hz gamma.  The Viewsonic has negligible input lag, balanced overdrive (fast pixel response times and minimal overshoot) with the Faster Response Time OD setting, but has a perceived black depth decreasing matte black bezel versus the XG2401's perceived black depth increasing matte grey bezel.
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« Reply #42 on: January 30, 2019, 09:22:27 pm »
Asus PG279QZ

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The Asus PG279QZ is an updated version of the PG279Q (2015), released in 2019, and with zero improvements.  The PG279QZ is fully adjustable, has Displayport (30-165hz Nvidia G-Sync), HDMI, G-Sync (Nvidia GPU required), ULMB (120hz back-light strobing), 2x USB 3.0 and the same fake-thin matte grey casing with an inner black bezel which decreases the perceived black depth.  The PG279QZ Rtings tested has excellent all-around performance, however, without more reviews available, it's impossible to know if it is consistently accurate unlike the PG279Q.

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Dell S2719DGF

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Fully adjustable 155hz (overclocked; 144hz native) 2560x1440 AUO TN panel with a grainy and sparkle free matte coating, Displayport, HDMI 1.4, HDMI 2.0, 4x USB 3.0, and 2x 3.5mm Audio Out, of which one is amplified or has volume control while the other has fixed volume output for speakers.  The Dell has excellent preset color accuracy aside from the gamma which may be too low, resulting and dull and washed out image quality.

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AOC I2790PQU

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Fully adjustable and very accurate matte 1920x180 LG AH-IPS with Displayport, HDMI, VGA, 4x USB 3.0 and 3.5mm Audio In & Out.  The I2790PQU is more accurate than the 24" version, and the 27" version is one of the most accurate, and best 60hz 27" 1080p IPS/PLS monitors.

Dell S2719DGF

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Fully adjustable 155hz (overclocked; 144hz native) 2560x1440 AUO TN panel with a grainy and sparkle free matte coating, Displayport, HDMI 1.4, HDMI 2.0, 4x USB 3.0, and 2x 3.5mm Audio Out, of which one is amplified or has volume control while the other has fixed volume output for speakers.  The Dell has excellent preset color accuracy aside from the gamma which may be too low, resulting and dull and washed out image quality.


Philips 275P4VYKEB

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Accurate wide gamut, glossy 5120x2880 resolution Samsung PLS panel with a fully adjustable stand, 2x Displayport (required for full 5K signal) and 3x USB 3.0
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