20 Best 4K Monitors For Ps5 (2022 Updated)

I`m by no means a pro gamer and thus prefer the top visual graphics that my console/PC can output so I`ve looked at nearly all the 4K 60FPS monitors out there and returned my fair share to which I`ve finally found the perfect monitor here with ASUS for what I`ve been looking for! Firstly, the aesthetics of this monitor instantly set it at the top of the pack as the ASUS quality shines instantly upon just setting the monitor up.

There is definitely some heft to it and the stand is probably the most sturdy I have tested out of all the monitors I`ve used. The solid base is much my preference over the wide feet that take up a large portion of my desk and ASUS ensured that the base was well made and sturdy since users would be adjusting the screen as it allows for nearly every orientation possible.

Then the other aspect that sets this monitor apart is how visually pleasing it is sitting on a desk as my desk is set up to expose the back of my monitors as mine is not simply pushed up against a wall so this was where this monitor really stood out among the rest as ASUS actually spent time on what the back of the monitor would look like! The aesthetics are not the only place this monitor excels as the actual performance is top-notch as well! I will say first that I am personally a fan of saturated colors and peak brightness and feel that most are to which this is why display model TVs at stores are always set to peak brightness so even if “professional” review sites may ding monitors for oversaturation and “unreal colors” you more than likely will prefer that setting to which I love what ASUS has done with this monitor in regards to this for it`s “Scenery Mode.

” However, there are numerous modes you can set the monitor in if you prefer standard or “Cinema Mode” and the unique aspect was that it had specific presets already for gaming including FPS and RPG versus the typical “Gaming” preset that nearly all other monitors have so this just shows that ASUS was aware that not all gaming is similar and that different game types benefit from different settings.

ASUS furthers this gaming component in that it includes various “GamePlus” aspects such as Crosshair, Timer, and FPS Counter. With most monitors in this range since they are similarly spec`d you won`t find much difference, but upon actually using this monitor you can definitely see the greater vibrance in the colors and even though it may only be 350 nits it definitely punches above its weight class in that category compared to its competitors in the same range.

Overall, I just can`t praise this monitor enough and after testing numerous 4k monitors and scouring Reddit and various other message boards I definitely have found my final monitor I plan on using going forward.

I would not hesitate to recommend this monitor to anyone as it fits every box in this price range and even well above it both in the visual aesthetics and actual performance.

I love this monitor but also hate it. I guess it would be easier to deal with it’s quirks if the monitor wasn’t so expensive. What I love. The screen looks great. Vibrant colors. High refresh rate. 4K.

HDMI 2. 1 What I hate. The monitor is slow to turn on. There wasn’t a huge issue until I upgraded my ITX build. Z390-i/9900k to Z590-i/11900k. Now I do not see the boot logo and cannot get into the bios using the DisplayPort connection.

The only workaround is using an HDMI port with the onboard iGPU. Next. there is a crazy bloom effect. The monitor tries to achieve a deep black by turning off the back lighting in zones. So what happens is when the screen is black except for a mouse curser.

You get this black screen except for where the mouse is. In zone where the mouse in there is a grey streak of lighting on an others wise black screen.

I am yet to test it for gaming. I bought it for dual purpose. for day to day usage of professional work. And secondary for gaming. For day to day usage – following options are the ones I explored1) Can set gamma emission to 2.

5, it helps in reducing eye fatigue2) windows doesn’t support its high resolution. But Mac book supports it’s full resolution. 3) Tilt (for ergo positions) are good. Cons :1) audio is not great , quality doesn’t even match to basic laptop, so external audio setup is must.

I will more reviews later when I use it for gaming, desparately waiting for PS5.

I got this monitor when it was on sale, but it’s definitely a great value even not on sale. It was originally connected to a Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, and now it is connected to a brand new RTX 3090 Ti I got yesterday.

In Elden Ring, with the graphic settings set to “maximum” and HDR turned on, the picture is sharp without even a hint of blurring or lagging. The monitor is running at 144 hz, and the game on the 2080 was over 100 fps at 4k resolution with the DisplayPort.

HDMI is limited to 60 hz, so if you buy this monitor plan to use DP instead of HDMI. I have the monitor sitting about 5 feet away from my head while I sit in a recliner. That’s my normal work arrangement.

I’ve seen reviews that say text is not as clear on this monitor, but I haven’t seen any indication of that. I have significantly less eyestrain now compared to the 42″ 4k tv I was using as a monitor before.

The screen is a matte finish so there is no glare even in light coming from the northern facing windows in my office. One thing I will say, though, is that I prefer to play Elden Ring at night because HDR makes the shadows more nuanced.

It is definitely bright enough to play during the day. I just seem to get killed a little less often at night because I can see things sneaking up on me better. This is my first monitor which has a USB cable going to the computer in order to change settings on the monitor.

Go to the Gigabyte website to download the OSD SideKick utility. There is very little you can change using the buttons on the monitor or the remote control, so if you want to tweak the settings, you’ll need to use the utility.

There is another app called “RGB Fusion 2. 0” which will let you tweak the color spectrum if you are working with photos or video. I love this monitor and highly recommend it.

The monitor arrived in perfect condition, no scratches, damage, no dead or stuck pixels, etc. All cables and instructions were included. Vesa mounting was easy. Pros: Really bright and vibrant colors.

The contrast is very impressive, definitely adds depth to displayed content. The KVM switch is a nice add-on. The extra space for office work is great. Gaming is definitely emersive and fun. Cons: The ghosting is by far the worst part about this panel.

I knew there would be some because it’s a VA, but sitting in front of it (about 3. 5 feet back) I was really disappointed with the amount of smearing. It hurt my eyes using it for anything but gaming for long periods of time.

Office work was fatiguing at best, even after playing with the settings. sRGB mode with Smart OD was the best setting for this kind of use, but still was unpleasant staring at the screen for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time.

Dragging windows and documents around the screen looked awful. Clear type helped stationary text look okay, but not good. The KVM is goofy to setup. It requires a USB-C cable not included in the packaging, along with the correct sequence of cable connections and modifications to the OSD menu settings.

It does work once setup, but switching is SLOW, like a solid 5 seconds at least of black screen whilst switching from DP to HDMI or visa versa. Also, if the monitor doesn’t detect an input signal, it will automatically enter standby after a short period of time, shutting off the keyboard and mouse connection to the computer with no way to “wake” it up except with the PC power button.

The remote is nice, but the signal interfered with my RGB strip lights that I have in my office, like it would randomly dim them or make them flicker. There was a noticeable oder emitting from the back of the monitor, like warm or hot plastic smells.

Made me wonder if something was wrong with it, or if it was just “breaking in”. If you’re not going to be sitting at least 4-5 feet back, gaming will probably feel nauseating. The eyeballs just don’t track the screen movement correctly with such a large view.

I ultimately returned it because it just has too many flaws, or at least serves an extremely niche consumer.

This is a good monitor, overall, a solid 4 stars. A couple of months ago, I would have given it a much lower rating and I was even contemplating returning. That was before the recent firmware update that pretty much solved all of the issues I was having.

Before the update, the monitor would not wake from sleep when connected using an HDMI cable. I had to use the included remote and power off and back on when waking my PC from sleep mode. A switch to Display Cable fixed this issue, but according to Gigabyte, this has been addressed in the recent update.

I also had an issue with my display switching back to SDR from HDR randomly. This was frustrating as the brightness also needed to be adjusted constantly by manually switching HDR on and off. However, ever since upgrading the firmware all of these issues have disappeared.

The only minor behavior that remains, which is also well documented by other reviewers, is the ghosting of text while dragging windows or scrolling through documents or text in a web browser. This is not really a huge deal for me but I did take away one star for that.

Otherwise, this is a solid monitor for productivity. I use it as my primary monitor while working from home and it works well for that. I also use for gaming and this is where this monitor truly shines! HDR brilliance in 4K is truly awesome! 144Mhz refresh rate also makes this monitor perfect for gaming.

If I only gamed with this monitor I would give it 5 stars plus, post the recent firmware updates. Glad I kept it!.

This is a good monitor for general use with nice colors. My unit has some relatively minor backlight bleed on the bottom right edge near the corner, which is unfortunate, but otherwise there are no dead or stuck pixels, and color temperature and brightness are consistent across the display.

Make sure to turn Uniformity off in the settings for maximum brightness, it is somewhat dim otherwise. HDR is not great because the Uniformity setting can’t be turned off in HDR mode so the display is not bright enough.

Some minor tweaks in the monitor’s settings with saturation, contrast, and color temperature make the display vibrant and pleasing. This monitor functions well and I have not had any problems with flickering, sleep mode, or waking the display.

The USB hub is useful. I have connected my PC via DisplayPort, my PS5 via HDMI, and my laptop via USB-C and all inputs switch and work well. There is little to no visible ghosting when playing games at 4K 60fps.

It does make small plastic popping noises when it heats up and cools down, but this is typical and not a deal-breaker. Overall, this is a reliable and nice monitor.

The screen is gorgeous for this price range, nice and bright, with punchy HDR, many pro color options, a slick matte finish, and nice viewing angle. The MBook setting matches my 2021 MBP quite well for general use.

My intent was to use this mostly for toolbars and timelines and pallets and keep my video on the excellent MBP screen, but I find myself dragging video windows up to this and being happy with the look.

I connect via HDMI for video, I was not wild about the way it behaved when I tried USB-C. If you connect via both HDMI and USB-C, it will assume you have two separate video sources even if you only want the USB-C connection for data.

You have to switch between them. I pulled a star because the hub and switching options are less than stellar in practice. I run my Time Machine SSD and my audio interface through this unit and also use the side ports (handy) for thumb drives and such.

My main gripe is that it dismounts drives when it goes to sleep, causing me to need to enter a password to reconnect them if they are configured to be secure. I also don’t find the puck thing particularly useful, but that’s more a matter of preference.

I still think it’s worth the price for the screen alone and would buy it again.

First, the color is great. The monitor looks very nice. This can all be found on any review of this monitor. There are a couple negatives that I’ve never seen mentioned. I’ve worked with BenQ support to resolve both of these issues and neither had a satisfactory fix.

1) HDR mode. I somehow switched this monitor to HDR. Because of this, I can not switch to rec 709 which is the reason I bought this monitor. In fact, I can’t switch to any other color profile. BenQ said that this is because Windows manages HDR so in order to switch it off, I have to find settings in Windows and turn it off there.

This should have been mentioned in the documentation so that people would know to avoid it if this is an issue. This model has a puck to quickly set certain settings but what is the point when you also have to go into Windows to adjust things? Note that I did do a factory reset but even that didn’t help.

2) While the resolution is typically great, black text on white background is all but illegible. I bought this monitor to replace a very cheap monitor that handled black text on white perfectly. There’s not really an excuse for an $800 monitor to not show clear text.

BenQ’s advice was to look at something else instead(???) So I will. Maybe an ASUS.

I had been searching for a high end hdmi 2. 1 compatible tv for my Xbox Series X for a while. The LG C1 Oleds were highly recommended but I needed something a little smaller than the 48” that LG offered.

I stumbled upon this device while searching and the specs were excellent and the right size for my setup: 43”. I would have preferred the specific Xbox edition but I could not find that unit anywhere.

Best Buy price matched with a competitor and had it to me in 4 days. Setup was super easy…. basically plug and play out of the box. Color, contrast, clarity, and frame rate are exemplary. I highly recommend this monitor.

Not a Pro or a Con but something to be aware of: this does not use a standard monitor plug and does not have an internal power supply. It has an external power brick with a fairly long cord up to a barrel plug for the monitor and a non standard 3 barrel plug from the brick to a grounded plug to the wall.

If you want a bright/vibrant/fast and sharp 4k high refresh rate monitor I would recommend this, the price is a little high but the panel I got is fantastic and feels worth the price to me. I do want to make it known I came from 3 generations of different 1080p monitors prior to this.

I started with a $600 BenQ TN panel, then jumped to a $400 Asus TN panel then to a $300 MSI VA panel (the price difference is due to the technology maturing) All of the monitors I used up until this one were great and fulfilled their purpose but so far this ROG monitor blows them out of the water in terms of vibrancy and refresh rate with the BenQ probably being the close 2nd.

With my older Asus and MSI monitors it did not offer true 144hz they had to use overdrive and overclocking to hit 144hz without ghosting and overdrive artifacts. This monitor hits 144hz with no issues and could probably overclock higher (not really worth it personally because I wont hit the 144hz limit @ 4K) Side note that I appreciate: it comes with non keyed DP and HDMI cables.

Excellent monitor! Compared to my 6 year old NEC MultiSync EA275UHD, the picture quality is so much better. I’m not a gamer, so I was looking for a bigger (32′ or 34′) diagonal and 4K @something better than 60Hz, mostly for coding and internet surfing, with decent picture quality.

Purchased this one and couldn’t be happier.

This product is amazing. After buying it I’ve won every single cod 4 game. I’ve raised 7 children and got a degree in neuro science. I have an amazing wife and a cool monitor.

I decided that it was time to upgrade my Dell P2715Q 8bit+FRC for a true 10bit display, so I bought the LG 27BL85U-W. It’s pretty good so far, but there are far too many settings that prevent me from understanding what the baseline photo-editing default really is.

From built-in black compensation to an apparent 2. 2 gamma setting as default 2 the language and menus are confusing and answers are not easy to come by. I was hoping for an out-of-the-box upgrade solution for my Lightroom Classic CC workflow, but I’ve spent more time messing with the endless settings rather than getting to work on photo editing.

As someone who has to routinely deliver upwards of 1200 color-corrected photos weekly, I’m a bit disappointed with my experience. It really does seem like a good monitor, but it’s not clear whether ‘game mode’ is constantly ‘on’ or whether my applications are overriding this setting.

I’m going back to my simple, factory-calibrated Dell for the time being.

I purchased this monitor for my MacBook Pro. Truth be told, the image quality is not *quite* as sharp as it is on my Mac, however, the clarity / colors are very good! The bigger screen size is a huge help, and the adjustable screen hight / angle will make my setup much more ergonomic.

Super easy to set up, only took a few minutes to figure it out and works very well with the Mac. So far I am finding this to be a great value and would buy again. B&H had the best pricing anywhere for this model at the time of purchase, and the delivery was quick.

Everything arrived in great shape. They were great to order from.

I want to give this monitor 5 stars but it has a few issues that need to be resolved through a firmware update. issues that need to be addressed: – brightness in SDR with local dimming set to ‘auto’ is far too dim.

Auto is only real usable setting because the other two available options which are low or high introduce noticeable and distracting blooming. What’s odd is that the auto local dimming setting with HDR enabled is the best way to use the monitor.

The monitor still remains bright while severely limiting any blooming. There’s no reason why the brightness for the auto setting while in SDR can’t be increased while still limiting blooming. This is my main issue with this monitor and really urge Samsung to fix this.

My second issue is the monitor also dims the screen brightness significantly with a full screen window. this is a mini LED panel and there is no reason why the full screen brightness should be limited to this degree, especially with how Samsung advertised their ‘HDR 2000’ certification to be unmatched.

Basically the monitor can get bright in a small section of the screen with certain settings enabled, but the overall fullscreen brightness and brightness in SDR is restricted and there’s just no reason for it.

I think it can be addressed in a firmware update and should be asap. – Also while there is almost no blooming with local dimming set to ‘auto’ both in HDR and SDR, there is a minimal amount of flicker when bright objects move across the screen which is just due to the mini LEDs turning on and off abruptly.

It’s relatively minor but I think if Samsung puts more attention into fine tuning their local dimming algorithm for both SDR and HDR these brightness and flicker issues could be resolved. Another issue with this monitor and Samsung monitors as a whole is quality control.

My first unit came with multiple dead pixels in the middle of the screen so I sent it back and got a new one. The second I received seems to be fine so far but for $1500 there should be zero of these issues at all.

A lot of people have also reported scanline issues but both units I received didn’t have any of these issues. With all that being said this monitor’s picture quality is phenomenal. Blacks are black, the contrast is insanely high very comparable to OLED, and like I said before aside from the SDR local dimming issue, with local dimming set to auto there is almost no blooming compared to other mini led or FALD monitors.

The response times are insanely fast, and while you can’t hit 4k 240hz consistently now there are new cards coming out soon that should be able to hit that and for now whenever I’m playing something competitive dropping the resolution works fine.

And aside from the full screen brightness not being as bright as Samsung’s advertising makes it out to be, HDR games and content look amazing. While the monitor isn’t perfect I think if they solve some of the issues I’ve described with a few firmware updates it will be the best 16:9 monitor you can get, and the price isn’t insane like something like the ASUS PG32uqx which is twice the price and has a ton of blooming issues that this monitor doesn’t.

If you aren’t dying to grab one of these as soon as possible I would wait until they fix some of the brightness issues with updates and by that time this product will like see some sort of price reduction.

For HDR content, it looks great, it get pretty close to a OLED display in-term of contrast and display vibrant colors. There will be noticeable blooming especially when there are white small dot in a black background, i.

e. a mouse pointer, but that rarely happened in a normal HDR content, I say unless you’re purposefully trying to make it happen. However OLED like the new Alienware QD-OLED will still beat this monitor in term of HDR.

For SDR content, you will have to spend some time calibrating the display to get the natural color, all the preset look absolutely terrible. I bought this monitor when it on sale for $1099, at this price it’s an amazing value when you compare to the ASUS one at $2999 with similar technology.

However, at MSRP, it is the same price at the Alienware QD-OLED one, and I would definitely go for the Alienware one if it’s in-stock. The upside of the monitor is pretty much that it is in-stock most of the time and at a higher resolution and burn-in it not an issue compare to Alienware, however newer OLED technology pretty made burn-in a thing of the past.

I’d recommended this monitor over the Alienware when it’s on sale and you just don’t want a Ultra Wide form factor.

It’s is great for gaming and viewing movies, however there are some down falls if your not using it for PC gaming some features are not available, I game on a ps5 and it’s somewhat of a hassle to change the picture mode from rpg games to fps games.

The. If you want to stream movies and videos you would have to go through the struggle of turning certain features off just to change the picture settings to cinema. However the 2k picture is great, and most movies and games visually are appealing.

There are somethings that are lacking for instance the ps5 has recently put out the an update to help decrease the input lag depending on the the monitor it self even thou it’s at 120hrz it’s unfortunately not compatible with the ps5s update to lessen the input lag.

Overall my experience with the product is great and I’ve enjoyed oled screen hopefully this review will help me and knock off 200 for the next samsung monitor specifically the odessy 9. That beast of a monitor would be a true gaming experience.

This monitor is great for 1440P. I spent a long time trying to decide on 4k,1080p and 4K, pros and cons for all. You might find that a lot of people end up talking about pixel density for a 32″ monitor at 1440p andyou should be buying a 4K monitor.

Well let me tell you that at 4K you will need an extremely powerful system and if you are just the average gamer then 1440p is the sweet spot. Does this monitor have the highest pixel density no but the 240HZ with a 1ms response time with a VA panel more than makes up for that.

The Curve on the 32″ doesnt bother me at all and I have never used a curved display its something that you can get comfortable with and for me made a big difference outside of gaming, working from home for example with this monitor and its curve is amazing.

The only reason I cant give this a 10 out of 10 is because I am not a massive fan of RGP and the core lighting on the front and back, for me is just a waste of time and money whether be development or whatever.

I feel this is a gimmick these days to be able call a monitor a “gaming” monitor. I also dropped off 1 point due to the size of the stand. It took up so much room on my desk that I ended up purchasing a monitor arm.

Honestly that’s all the complaints I can have about this monitor. Hope this helps anyone thinking of purchasing a new monitor in the future.

I was using a 4k 32″ Dell U3219Q monitor for work, which has an excellent picture but was fixed 60Hz. I knew I couldn’t go down in panel size or resolution once I experienced that, but I was worried about the compromise in picture quality in going for a 144Hx VRR panel.

I viewed both panels side by side with a duplicated display for comparison. The out the box settings weren’t great, the picture was way too warm and dim, but after a few hours trying out different settings I was able to get the colours to better than what I was had on the Dell.

Red was reduced to 92% and Green to 86%, and brightness increased to 90%. There are also six colour channels and I made some minor changes to hues and saturation in some of those but that’s a personal preference.

The only issue is white text on a black screen isn’t as white and crisp as it is on the Dell, the whites aren’t quite bright enough. and nothing I tried could fix that. Also sharpness could be very slightly better, but only noticeable when having the two screens side by side.

It’s the compromise that has to be made at this kind of price point. The VRR works well with my Nvidia 30 series GPU, no complaints there, though apparently it doesn’t work below 48Hz. I don’t tend to touch the other settings, though I’ve turned Overdrive off.

I noticed in MS Flight Sim there was massive ghosting on the clouds. It mostly disappears when I set it to Picture Quality, but I don’t play superfast games so I just switched it off completely. Build quality is good, but the large v-shaped feet are bigger than they need to be, preventing you from getting the keyboard as close I would like.

The rough plastic effect gives it a bit of a cheaper fill, smooth would have been better. Also the ‘chin’ at the bottom of the panel is too large, it would have been better if they’d used the same slim bezel at the sides and top.

Otherwise the design is nice and simple, no unnecessary fancy lights or features at the back. The OSD has a comprehensive set of functions such as the six channel adjustments mentioned above, though this is not available in all modes, so I used one of the three Custom modes for my preferred settings.

The joystick at the back of the panel can get a bit tiring to use if you’re spending more than a few seconds making adjustments, which is where the OSD Sidekick software is useful. You’ll also need that to update the firmware.

Note, if you want to use the KVM I believe you can only do this with a laptop that supports video and peripheral signal via a USB-C cable, like a Macbook Pro, and you’ll need a Thunderbolt cable to do this, and these are not cheap.

A normal USB-C charging cable won’t work.

TL;DR: Great monitor, problems with multi-monitor setup and nVidia graphics card/drivers (probably not the monitor’s fault) This is truly one of the best 4K monitors on the market right now, while also being one of the most affordable.

The picture quality and color accuracy are outstanding and my panel had almost no backlight bleed (that I could notice anyway). The KVM is helpful for anyone trying to add more than one device. The high refresh paired with a powerful graphics card allows you to experience high refresh rate gaming in 4K, but it comes with a huge caveat that ended up leading me to return the monitor.

To get that high refresh rate, both the DisplayPort and HDMI ports require Display Stream Compression (DSC) and there is a known issue with nVidia’s drivers where there are issues having multiple displays if any of them use DSC.

This has led to me getting random black screens that last a few seconds every time I’m on the computer. I’m not sure if AMD cards suffer the same sort of issues and from what I saw online single-monitor setups don’t have as many issues (if any).

Some people have reported that you can also turn down color settings and/or lower your refresh rate to keep the display bandwidth under the point where DSC gets enabled. However, that didn’t work for me.

If Gigabyte had gone with a full-bandwidth HDMI 2. 1 port instead of relying on DSC, it would be a non-issue because I could still use that port without DSC kicking in. Hopefully they implement it in the next generation.

Due to Best Buy’s amazing return policy, the best thing for you to do is get this and see if you like it in person with your set-up. Personally, it checked all my boxes and sated my want for a monitor that could output all that my PS5 could muster.

Now the one complaint I do have. There is 1 dead pixel that I did not notice until about a month after I bought it. I will say though, I havent noticed it again since the day I saw it. but still for 700 OOD, I would have expected something like that to have been caught by any competant QA at Gigabyte.

Unfortunately, it seems to be somewhat common and getting a perfect panel is something of a lottery. That said, if it has 3 or more dead pixels, your eligible for a replacement through Best Buy’s protection plan (which I highly recommend for something like this monitor), so I’m not upset about it.

I do get why some people would be pretty ticked off though, as some people WILL notice it everytime they look at the screen. All in all, get this monitor for gaming, you will not regret it BUT check for dead pixels the second it is plugged in on an all white/black/ and colored background.

If it passes, you won! If not, get an exchange until Gigabyte finally knocks the dust off their QA department and dead pixels aren’t the norm.

Both monitor apps(OnScreen Control and LG Calibration Studio) do not work at all in macOS Monterey 12. 1. LG has had a whole month to fix this but still nothing has been done despite releasing new versions of the apps multiple times.

So LG are working on the software, they’re just not listening to anyone or bothering to test anything. The light ring on the back of the monitor runs a crazy rainbow light show at full brightness every.

single. time. you turn on or wake the monitor from standby and there is literally no way to disable it, even if you have the light disabled in settings. Minimum brightness for this monitor is about 80nits, which is ~2x the minimum brightness on basically every other monitor in existence.

So general nighttime use is a bit of a pain unless you use a third party app to artificially dim the screen further in software. As far as I am aware there is no way to manually adjust picture settings for HDR mode, and sadly the set colour temperature is way off.

The little joystick thing on the bottom of the monitor is obnoxiously loud when clicked. A large annoying instruction card is displayed on the screen every time you turn the monitor on, again there is no way to disable this either.

LG support is absolutely terrible. Contacted them about all of the above issues and they either make up excuses to justify the problems or say they would escalate my case and call me back, but they never bothered to.

Works well for gaming if that’s all you care about.

Bought a couple of weeks ago to replace an aging 2k display. Great for next gen gaming, handles 4k at 120hz with ease. Haven’t tested the full fps range yet. Plenty of options to tweak the picture. Excellent colour range.

It’s an IPS display so don’t expect the best blacks or contrast, and there will also be some bleed from the backlighting. If that’s important to you, don’t go IPS. Don’t bother with HDR, it’s always going to be rubbish on a display like this.

Real HDR requires something much more high-end, ideally an OLED TV. A couple of quirks. Firstly, you can’t stop the RGB light show whenever the monitor turns on. It will do it every time, even from a sleep state.

It doesn’t auto change inputs, something even my 6-year old display could manage. Not a problem if you’re only doing one thing with it, but if you switch between consoles or PC, you’ll need to go into the menu to change inputs every time.

A minor thing, but for £500 I would have expected more. Main issue I have – the fan. Yup there is a fan at the back and even now I can hear it faintly in the background, like a rapidly ticking clock.

Going to ask support of this is normal. If it is, and you enjoy working in silence, it may annoy you. Overall an excellent display for the price range, but if you want all the ultra high def bells and whistles I recommend saving up and buying a big TV.

This monitor should be a market leader, but it simply isn’t worth buying in my opinion. I’ve had mine for just over 2 months and feel very frustrated with the intermittent black screen problem. I have tried the DP cable that came with the monitor and 3 others but changing cables makes no difference.

Just when you don’t need it the screen goes black and stays black for a couple of seconds. During one session this happened 17 times in 30 minutes, and I had to shut down my PC and walk away in sheer frustration.

I can go for a week and not experience a single black screen and then just as I start to regain my confidence in it, the screen blacks out again. There is no way I would recommend this monitor as it is.

Why LG have not fixed this yet is beyond me as the “black screen” issue is well documented on various sites. I have seen reviews of people having theirs exchanged just to experience the same black screen on their replacement.

Look elsewhere people, this monitor is doing my head in!.

TL;DR – Overall a solid monitor, especially if you can get it on sale (was under $300 at time of review), but might want to go a bit larger unless you either have good eyesight, sit close to the screen (~20 in), or plan to use scaling.

Pros: 1) 4k resolution in a fairly compact package 2) IPS panel looks sharp, and did well in a fairly-well lit room 3) Price Cons: 1) Full 4k might be too small for some people without scaling 2) No USB ports 3) Stand is terrible 4) Workaround to utilize VESA mount holes Full Review: I’m not a content creator or anything like that, and don’t really game – my use is tons of spreadsheets, email, web browser, etc.

and I wanted a cheap 4k monitor that would enable me to have multiple applications open simultaneous without needing to tab between them – this monitor checked all of those boxes. Display (I’ll spend the most time here because, let’s face it, you’re going to be looking at this thing, like, a lot): I bought this alongside a 32″ 4k to compare what I’ll call “usability” of a 28″ vs 32″ 4k at 100% scaling.

This monitor has roughly 24. 5″ of horizontal usable screen space, so at 4k resolution, you’re looking at 157 PPI (pixels per inch), which is very dense. For comparison, a 14″ 1080p laptop is about 153 PPI, so a pretty good benchmark.

32″ 4k is generally around 140 PPI. The positive here is that text is very crisp, but the drawback is that it’s small. especially if you start getting into smaller fonts in word or excel, then fuhgeddaboudit.

I have fairly decent eyesight (I wear contacts) but not perfect, and I can confidently say this is the smallest I would ever consider going for 4k. IMO you lose the advantages of 4k resolution when you start scaling above 100%, but my use-case is probably different than most.

All that said, it is doable, and in the 2 weeks I’ve had this, I haven’t noticed any eye strain (10+ hours/day for quite literally the past 14 days). Ports / Connections: Having both HDMI (x2) and DP is nice, but there are no USB ports.

I was hoping to power my monitor light bar via the monitor itself, but wasn’t able to (I knew that going in though). If you’re using this with a desktop, or have a docking station / USB-hub, this likely won’t be an issue for you.

Ergonomics: If there’s any area where this monitor fails, it’s here, and it fails miserably. First off, the stand absolutely SUCKS. It felt flimsy, the tilt function was finnicky, and the stand itself is just a “pressure” fit (i.

e. , no screws to attach the stand to the monitor). On top of that, as many other reviews have noted, the raised lip around the vesa mount holes presents a challenge. But, this is pretty easily circumvented – go to everyone’s favorite retail conglomerate (the one named after the the rainforest in South America) and search for tv mount spacers and there you have it.

I had tons laying around from wall mounting TVs in the past, so this wasn’t an issue for me at all. However, Other thoughts: – Bottom bezel is a bit thick, but if you’re not stacking these monitors, it isn’t an issue.

I actually think it looks pretty sharp. Side bezels are what I would consider to be thin – Monitor supports sound, but doesn’t have speakers. There’s a headphone jack in the back of the monitor though.

Not a big deal either way to me but might be for some people – Menu is accessed via a “joystick”-type button underneath the monitor. This was new to me, but after playing around with it for a few days, wasn’t a problem – This might be a Samsung thing, but if my laptop ever went to sleep while the monitor was plugged in, it would cycle through all of the inputs (2 HDMI, 1 DP) when I woke the laptop again.

Minor annoyance, but still, something to note.

The info at the time I purchased said it didn’t have a headphone out/computer speaker port. It does. It supports standard 3. 5mm cable and the speakers I paired with the monitor work flawlessly. The monitor has built in volume control as well.

I had to purchase a Display Port to USB C cable to get this monitor to be crisp at the right scaling and resolution. The included HDMI cable is just to get you connected but doesn’t support the maximum specs.

It also limited my graphics card resolution options and made my icons look stretched and fat. New Display Port cable did the trick and really sharpened the picture. Now here’s where I’m totally peeved… there is ONE multidirectional knob hidden on the underside of the monitor and you HAVE to use it to switch inputs by pressing it, then going left, then selecting input every time.

Then all it does is cycle until you find the next/right one. You can’t even click it twice or three times to keep cycling inputs. This makes it cumbersome and totally mind-numbing for someone constantly switching between 2 inputs/2 devices.

I have read other reviews mentioning this and wish I would have considered the validity of their cries vs thinking they were tech illiterate. It cost this monitor a star for me but otherwise the display and picture itself rocks.

Not only is the functionality of the knob all around inconvenient but it sometimes turns the monitor off instead of pulling up the menu, or if you accidentally don’t press the knob dead center and go a different direction you bump a different sub menu and have to wait for it to go away off screen to pull the correct one… there’s no quick exit or anything.

Terrible, terrible but WONDERFUL for a 1 PC user! It also has only once so far auto-detected and switched inputs on its own. I cannot get it to do that consistently and most monitors these days should be smart enough to consistently detect a sudden feed of input and switch to that port, especially if you’re going to design such a janky knob design for menu and input selections.

3 stars only because it has a beautiful display.

First things first, this isn’t the worst monitor that I’ve used by far, but it’s not one that I can recommend. I used this monitor for roughly a month, on a daily basis, before I returned it. I used this monitor for various applications that it should be well suited for.

From basic web browsing, to watching videos, studying, programming, I even fired up a few games to see what the monitor is capable of. For most basic tasks it’s a serviceable monitor. Text is crisp, colors are acceptable (don’t plan on photo/video editing with any color accuracy) and the size is great.

Build quality is decent, and cable management channels are built into the provided stand which is always a nice touch. The screen itself has small bezels and a slightly matte finish. Glare wasn’t too much of an issue, but the brightness isn’t anything to write home about.

I didn’t personally have any issues with the menu configuration, or the strange VESA mounting solutions needed for if you don’t plan on using the included stand. These are still concerns other reviewers have voiced and you should factor them into your decision to buy.

The problems I had were more regarding the specs and shortcomings of the monitor’s features. You probably won’t find gaming enjoyable on this monitor. 5ms response time paired with 60hz refresh rate feels like molasses compared to the 1ms 144hz I was coming from.

The other thing that I had issues with was the variable refresh rate feature of the monitor. When active (and only capable of 48-60hz variance), the screen would noticeably flicker. This was not an issue with cables or my computers.

In fact I tried it with both a PC using a 3070ti for output, and with a MacBook Pro M1 Pro with multiple cables (DisplayPort, HDMI, USB C to DP) and the issue persisted. I can’t say if this was just my monitor that had these issues, or if it is widespread.

Overall, if you’re going to be using it for office tasks and watching videos or looking at photos I’d say give it a shot if the price is right for you. Personally I’ll be shopping for something with a higher refresh rate, better response times, brighter screen and probably something with 1440p resolution.

So look. I saw this on LTT and I instantly got swept up into the hype. I still mulled it over for about a month because it was 1500 at the time. Not a cheap display. I got it and it was love at first sight, it really gives amazing first impressions, but after about a week of using it I started to notice its annoyances.

Primely, even if it’s been off the entire night, I will sometimes turn it on in the morning and receive the message saying to turn the monitor off for panel protection. It will do this even if the full panel protection runs when I turn it off.

It doesn’t do it every day, but probably 3 times a week and the message is concerning for a monitor so expensive. So I create a ticket and I ask them if this is a bug, an issue I should be concerned about or what? After a lot of back and forth they told me that it was a setting in my GPU driver.

Why on earth would they think that the OLED conditioning app is a driver setting. It’s extra stupid because I told them it happens with my Xbox, it happens with my Raspberry Pi, it happens with the HDMI splitter hooked to 6 other classic consoles.

Yet somehow it’s my driver. I went back and forth on them with this for a while and was eventually told that it was “fine” and not to worry about it. Here is a list of bugs that I currently have: – Connection to the desktop app is buggy – Monitor “Runtime” says 20 hours despite the fact that I use this 10ish hours a day and have had it for 6 months.

– Monitor complains about panel protection even if it JUST DID IT – Picture Mode sometimes changes randomly – Random audio issues (this one could be my Razer Speakers) Features missing that I consider unacceptable: – A way to force run the panel protection.

The only way is to use the display for 8 hours straight and then turn off the panel (indicated by the blinking power light) I’m currently on the latest firmware and I regularly check. It’s sad, this is a PREMIUM product and I feel like it’s unacceptable to have these kinds of issues with a monitor that costs over a thousand dollars.

I love this monitor but it shares a panel with the LG C1 and honestly the LG is more feature complete and would have as good or better visual quality. Don’t bother with this.

This is large and crisp. We are all hesitant that it is too large. Push it back quite a bit on your desk, can even be wall mounted. I appreciate all the desk room in front of the display. Unlike a large LCD there is no random light pollution on your face.

This helps the size issue. In a dark scene, you’ll still be in a dark room with an OLED, unlike a large backlit screen will be a light for the room. It spoils you rotten, I can’t believe how complacent we’ve been with bright gray with no uniformity and light bleed on the edges for so long.

This is the only splurge to consider. 3080 Ti Founders maxes it out this display for rock solid 120Hz 4K on Max Settings often times (Witcher 3, All things Doom) and this is adaptive as well, so even when its not locked at 120Hz, you still see 90’s is amazing.

Be smart, take care of the panel a little bit (don’t leave it on a still image for days on end), change the game you’re playing from time to time, and most of all. stop being complacent with LCD that sure they last 12 years but gosh they look terrible.

And they do look terrible you are just “used to it”. 10 bit color. I kid you not, I got the 5K Apple Studio Display next to this thing and the OLED is in another league. Price is decent, I haven’t dealt with GIGABYTE customer service so I can’t comment on that.

This thing is the ultimate treat. 3080 + this really shine together. 75% of games highly depend on black. In a dark room, images appear to float on screen.

I highly recommend you watch review videos about this monitor on YouTube or do your own online research because as I’m reading some of the other reviews, there are clearly false and misrepresented claims being made.

First off, one user claimed that it required 2 separate DisplayPort cables to run 144hz — This monitor only has 1 DisplayPort input, and it handles 144hz with this single cable. There are a few reviews that claim the monitor can’t do 144hz, but only up to 120hz.

Again, false. You need to go into the monitor’s on screen display and overclock it to 144hz and reboot it. It takes 10 seconds. This monitor has been great for 4k gaming, and I highly recommend upgrading from 60hz if you’re in that segment.

– The picture quality is great. – No noticeable fan noise. (It does come on occasionally, but I assume it’s doing what it was meant to, which is cool the hardware. And it hasn’t been annoying. ) – There IS noticeable backlight bleed on this monitor on black backgrounds.

This was my biggest con, but after a year or so of ownership I realized that this scenario is almost non-existent in my use. It is NOT noticeable while gaming or day-to-day use. – You do have to sacrifice color depth when you overclock to 144hz, but that applies to every other 144hz 4k monitor of this same generation, and I can’t notice it.

The newer monitors support DSC which allows for 144hz at 4k without compression or subsampling. – All-in-all, I highly recommend this monitor for anyone who can push games at 4k.

I was looking for a 27” 1440p monitor but everything is sold out near me or around 500 dollars. I had been eyeing this monitor ever since I seen it at my local Walmart and noticed it came with HDR and a 240hz screen.

I already had a 1080p 144hz crg5 monitor so I was a bit skeptical of spending 369 dollars on another 1080p monitor, especially going up to a 27” which I figured may make the quality like a little worse.

However, that wasn’t the case. The screen is much brighter and I don’t notice any pixelation. It also has great quality control with no dead pixels or backlight bleeding/ips glow as my crg5 had 1 dead white pixel.

I havnt played any games to notice the 240hz screen making a difference but it would probably be a little hard to tell anyways considering I had 144hz before this. Anyways, I think the monitor looks top notch and has great build quality.

If you’re looking for a monitor under 400 dollars, I don’t think you will find a lot better, if any.

I bought this monitor because I managed to score an RTX 3090 from Micro Center. Paired with a Ryzen 9 5950X CPU, I new I could get 4K gaming. Even if I had a “lesser” system I would have gone for 4K just to future proof my purchase.

This monitor has true G-SYNC and great color and speed. It is rated at 144Hz refresh rate but that’s overclocked. Real refresh rate is 120Hz. Over DisplayPort, I could only get the native 120Hz refresh rate to work reliably using the included Display Port cable.

Video input amounts to 1 DisplayPort 1. 4 and 1 HDMI 2. 0 port. There are 2 side USB 3 A ports and 1 rear USB 3 A port. There is also a USB 3 B port for input from your PC. A USB A to USB B cable is included.

Great monitor. High quality, works perfectly on my home office setup, and the daisy chain feature worked just as expected on a Windows laptop (even when connecting to a similar but older Dell 24-inch model).

Also kudos to the packing, almost no plastics used. The USB-C connection works good with a MacBook too, so no need to use the Mac’s power supply anymore. A weird issue happens sometimes, however, when I have two monitors connected via USB-C and the MacBook enters sleep mode.

After waking up, the P2722HE monitor does not recognize the signal coming from the MacBook anymore. If I force it by turning the monitor off/on again or unplug/reconnect the USB-C cable, the MacBook crashes and reboots.

Still not sure if this is a Mac or a monitor issue.

Decent monitor, but limited features for the price point. Pros: Bright, crisp, and good color accuracy on an IPS display Near borderless is great especially for a multi-monitor setup Ample amount of inputs DP; HDMI; VGA; USB The embedded port hub is a convenient feature.

especially the RJ45 port Cons: Resolution not high enough for display size (1920×1080). Should be at least 1920×1200 due to pixel density Refresh rate is only 60Hz. Not a fan of the controls and power button being located on back corner.

Touch or bottom controls would have been better.

I recently purchased two of these monitors to use with my MacBook Pro. It’s very convenient to be able to simply plug in one USB-C cable per monitor, which displays a seperate image to each monitor while also charging my laptop.

These monitors are an upgrade from two Dell P2719HC monitors I’ve had for a few years, and the increased resolution looks so much better. Not incredibly colour accurate but if you aren’t a serious photographer/cinematographer this isn’t a big deal and I would definitely recommend this monitor.

I have used dozens of monitors over the last 20 years of photographing and here more recently, video. Immediately removing from the box and setting up was the easiest of any monitor I have owned. It literally took about 2 minutes to open the giant box, remove all the packaging and putting it together.

The screen quality is astounding. It’s not a 4k monitor, but I did no want that, as my previous experience with a 4k monitor have resulted in headaches for some weird reason. Regardless, the image quality rivals that of the Apple Retina.

Yes, I have used them in my previous fulltime work. The puck is fantastic in that you can easily adjust the brightness by turning the knob and 3 other buttons that are useful. It has speakers, but I never use them, and who ever does??? If you are considering a widescreen, do yourself a favor and spend the extra money and get this one and not one of the cheaper LG monitors.

They do not compare to this. The extra screen has been a dream and the color reproduction is spot on right our of the box. Just get it.

I thought I knew what I was getting into with this monitor, and for the price, it’s not actually horribly bad. I primarily edit images for the web, so choosing an sRGB compliant monitor was good enough without having to splurge on something with a wider gamut.

Having used and loved the PD2700q in the past, I was expecting a bit more from this panel which is basically the same monitor with USB-C connectivity. However, a few things caught me off guard. LED bleed through seems way worse than my PD2700q.

On a dark image, the corners bleed through quite a bit. This also changes depending on your viewing distance from the monitor. Sitting a little closer makes it significantly worse. On the flip side, a bright white image shows moderate vignetting at the left and right edges.

Definitely not ideal for run of the mill image editing work, and absolutely not ideal for professional use. But then again, it’s a fraction of the cost of the hardware calibrated BenQ SW line with screen uniformity specifically for editing work.

It’s probably okay for CAD/CAM work though, and more than okay for the general user surfing the web and binge watching youtube videos. Also, on a Windows 10 system connected through USB-C, I’m having compatibility issues between Datacolor’s calibration software and the BenQ Display Pilot software.

When the Display Pilot software is running, the Datacolor Spyder Utility throws errors when trying to load the calibrated ICC profiles during startup. Disabling the BenQ software fixes the issue, but doing so takes away the software based control of the monitor.

Seems like they’re both trying to load ICC profiles during startup and conflicting, but I’m not 100% sure on this. I’ll play with this for another day to see if it’s worth keeping, but I have a feeling I’ll be returning this for something better, albeit more expensive.

The good. BestBuy gets 5 stars for their shipping speed (delivered next day), and for their excellent return policy.

This is a very good panel but potential buyers should be aware of the inherent limitations of VN panels which, even at this high end of the market, still produce significant ghosting – more so than IPS panels.

On the plus side, what this monitor does have over IPS are much richer colours, much blacker blacks and no edge backlight bleed. These are all huge pluses which, with the right colour profile settings, bring this monitor close to OLED performance in these areas without the risk of image burn that is still present in OLED panels.

The only drawback then is the ghosting. The noticeability of image ghosting is subjective on an individual user basis. There are people will not notice and so will not be bothered at all. There are those that once they see it, they will never be able to unsee it.

Finally there are those like myself who probably fall somewhere in the middle, most of the time it is unnoticeable and so is not a problem but in certain gaming settings (FPS with significant contrast) it can be more noticeable and bothersome.

There are some hardware features on the monitor designed to offset the ghosting issue, most prominently, a feature called ELMB sync. While this does to a large degree offset the ghosting for those that can see it, it has the side effect of making the screens brightness much lower/darker.

This is a real shame on a screen that a major selling point of is the extreme brightness/HDR ability and i don’t think the ELMB on balance is an acceptable solution to the ghosting issue. So this monitor is excellent in many regards with one major flaw.

For anyone considering purchasing, i think it would be best to see the monitor in use yourself to decide if the image ghosting is going to be an issue for you. This is not a bad monitor though, the vibrant colours and deep blacks are wonderful and for those who don’t game (or don’t game FPS/3D games) the ghosting issue will not arise.

Alterative would be to wait for LG’s upcoming 42″ OLEDs.

I bought this hoping it would be good for everything: movies, photo editing, and general desktop work. I had a few annoying problems at first: it kept waking itself up out of standby and I couldn’t find any setting that would make text on the MacOS desktop look good.

Updating the firmware to V041 solved these problems, the standby bug is gone and the new firmware has a “VividPixel” setting which can be turned down to make text look decent. (this seems to be a sharpening filter, the default setting is over sharpened) Apart from that the picture quality was always stunning on movies and the monitor looks cool.

It has a white back that looks like part of the Millenium Falcon (not visible in any of the product photos).

Getting DSC to function correctly in my experience can be kind of difficult depending on the complexity of your setup & how many monitors you have running & what graphics card you have. I ran into all sorts of troubles for months that ended up being another monitor I had plugged into an HDMI port on my graphics card that was causing the flashing black screen issue on this monitor at the 144hz setting for months.

Making it even more complicated my old 2080 Ti does not suffer from this issue with this monitor & the old monitor on HDMI, only my new 3080 did. Keep is simple stupid, if you have problems. https://www.

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Awesome monitor. Colors look great. HDR kinda sucks but thats not unusual for 32 inch monitors. If thats what you want you should just get an OLED tv. In order to get the max benefit from the 4k 144hz though your going to need a decent gaming pc.

Usually only older games will get close to that 144fps mark. Other than that though, the image quality is stunning even if you arent getting max refresh rates. I upgraded from a lower quality acer 4k monitor and the difference is night and day.

I believe console players get 120hz out of it with hdmi, but I’m only PC so i dont have much to say on that.

I have had many 4K gaming monitors over the years, Samsung, Dell, ViewSonicj ust to name a few brands and I have to say that this Acer Predator 4k monitor is probably the best monitor yet. The HDR mode is wonderful and really brings out the colors.

The 1ms and 144hz is awesome. Playing the latest PS5, Xbox Series X and PC games (Dying Light 2, Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Rings) on this monitor is eye catching candy and a blast to play. The visual graphics are crisp and is top notch.

I would definitely recommend this monitor. Its a little pricey, but definitely worth the money.

Having some issues when using streaming apps that support 4K. When the monitors switches modes it someone’s bugs out and the entire screen goes green and all there is is audio. When playing games on Series X and PS5, however, it is fantastic and I’ve had no issues with that.

We purchased several ViewSonic VP2756-4Ks for general use in our university’s Graphic Design labs. We have only used Apple displays for the past 20 years, but their limited options and high cost made that choice impractical.

We did have a few beige ViewSonic CRTs back in the day which served us well. This model exceeded my expectations for this price point. The colors are vibrant, brightness is uniform and crisp. I wish the resolution/pixel density were a bit greater, and the option for hardware calibration would have been nice, but again at less than $500, I don’t think that would have been possible.

I like these well enough that I personally purchased one for my art-student daughter to use in her dorm.

This monitor looks really good and the setup is very easy. This is my first 4k monitor. No bleeding, or dead pixels. The HDR10 looks quite well (beware, overall brightness is reduced) on Windows 10. Viewing angles are great.

The base is quite heavy and sturdy. This is my first 32 inch monitor, but the weight is noticeably different than my 27 inch monitor. It is also pretty simple to calibrate the colors, to give you much more color accuracy or to your liking.

I had a little heart attack because my box arrived damaged. Luckily, the monitor is in pristine condition. As it stands, I do not see any cons to this monitor. If my pockets were deep enough, I would have bought a second.