aoc i2356f 23" IPS monitors, I got 2 of them. ;DI have the AOC e2050Swd 20" LED. Probably got the only one in the batch with a problem :thumb:
Although OP... these don't happen to be your monitor having troubles right? :-[
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2x ASUS VE278Qs. Gaming is really nice one them, and the picture is pretty good too once they're calibrated. Wish they were 144hz, but not a huge dealbreaker considering they were free
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2x ASUS VE278Qs. Gaming is really nice one them, and the picture is pretty good too once they're calibrated. Wish they were 144hz, but not a huge dealbreaker considering they were free
You got them for free??
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2x ASUS VE278Qs. Gaming is really nice one them, and the picture is pretty good too once they're calibrated. Wish they were 144hz, but not a huge dealbreaker considering they were free
You got them for free??
Yessir, my brother upgraded to 2x 144hz BenQs, so he gave those to me for my birthday ;D
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Acer XR341CK, was my Christmas present to myself last year.
I love it when it works but I will say that ultrawide does have some quirks to it.... There are some games that refuse to work properly and some games that just flat out don't support it at all. I'm just glad I finished Fallout 4 before getting this monitor cause the UI does not scale correctly at all. The freesync is awesome but just like all AMD/ATI things it requires some tweaking sometimes to work. Configuring settings is part of the fun of owning an ATI setup :p
Monitor on the left is a Qnix 2710 hung in portrait (everyone should try portrait for their extra monitors, it's amazing!) and I have a 1080 samsung on the right for movies and what not.
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Acer XR341CK, was my Christmas present to myself last year.
I love it when it works but I will say that ultrawide does have some quirks to it.... There are some games that refuse to work properly and some games that just flat out don't support it at all. I'm just glad I finished Fallout 4 before getting this monitor cause the UI does not scale correctly at all. The freesync is awesome but just like all AMD/ATI things it requires some tweaking sometimes to work. Configuring settings is part of the fun of owning an ATI setup :p
Monitor on the left is a Qnix 2710 hung in portrait (everyone should try portrait for their extra monitors, it's amazing!) and I have a 1080 samsung on the right for movies and what not.
Acer XB271HU (XB1).
Very pleased with it overall, the 2560x1440 / 27" / IPS / 144hz(/165hz) / G-sync combination is something I waited a long time for. I was waiting for an IPS alternative since the PG278Q, and tried the various IPS options that have shown up since April (XB270HU, PG279Q). Finally ended up with a good panel in the XB271HU and it was certainly worth all the hassle. As I've stated in the other thread, this is the closest gaming experience I've had to my old CRTs - the combination of high refresh rate coupled with a variable refresh rate technology (gsync/freesync) to remove screen tearing is a really potent combination.
I did the same thing at home. Ultrawide and portrait monitor for all my browsing need. It's perfect :)
Do you like the curve? Looks like an inverted CRT to me..
Right now im on a samsung SyncMaster S23B550 23 inch that i've had for 4 years and its been a really good monitor as of yet.
I'm thinking about seriously upgrading to a 30 ish inch ultrawide 1080p display because i love the aspect ratio of 21:9.
I've never really cared about refresh rate and i probably wont untill i have a GPU that can push most of my games at 120 FPS at high settings, what's most important is that its at least IPS, with a good color saturation and contrast ratio, also decent blacks are a must.
My little AOC has great reviews but a few months after purchase I found a dead pixel, and a few months after that I found a stuck pixel. That's what I get for trying a new monitor brand. :))
What is your main monitor?
My little AOC has great reviews but a few months after purchase I found a dead pixel, and a few months after that I found a stuck pixel. That's what I get for trying a new monitor brand. :))
What is your main monitor?
There is actually only 5 or 6 companies making ALL of the panels, your AOC probably has a low end Samsung screen in it.
If you go into a store and see 5 screens similarly priced, same resolution, same brightness, odds are, they all use the same panel, regardless of price differences. That isn't to say one may have better electronics or power supply, which is why you don't buy off brands with no reputation, but the panels themselves are all the same. AOC has been around a while, and is a pretty average monitor, not good, not bad, which is usually the best bang for the buck.
This applies to laptops as well.
Many of the old Atom netbooks all used interchangeable screens, often by one or two companies. In fact, most generation laptops are this way. Most current gen 14in screens on similar priced laptops are swappable, as are 15's. They may be different than last generation, but those too were interchangable in many cases.
Point is, you have an AOC monitor, but had it been labeled Samsung, BenQ, Asus or HP, the panel would have been the exact same panel. Though the Samsung may have had less chance of dead pixels as manufacturers often bin the best for themselves.
XL2730Z, it's replaced my aging 22" Sony CRT for rhythm games, and it's all-round pretty comfy. Apparently this thing has freesync too but screen tearing never bothered me.
Of course I'll never ditch the CRT, it's a gorgeous unit for its age and I love me some scanlines. I'll post some photos later down the track, in the middle of a biiiig clean up.
I run it next to a Dell 2412M and the difference from IPS to TN genuinely does not bother me.
Typing this post has made me realise I'm not a very fussy person when it comes to monitors these days, high refresh rate and I'm happy.
PS I'm mad jealous of these ultra-wide setups, I would love to pick one up but my 290 chugging too hard on 1440p for my liking, I need a new heater inside my PC first.
At home, Asus VG248QE. I've got three of them.nice set up!
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Well, I recently bought an AOC Q2963PM UW monitor, comes with IPS panel and 5ms GTG response which is fine by me. Comes with 39 months on-site warranty, this is my first UW monitor and I must say I like what I'm seeing.Show Image(http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w424/mikeysg64/DSC_0010a_zps1xmzknst.jpg)
Best part is, no more black bars when I watch letterboxed movies on BR....Show Image(http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w424/mikeysg64/9_zpsbsqprfzn.jpg)
My next monitor will be the Acer XR341CK because it's FreeSync and I think my 2x R9 290X should do a decent enough job playing games @3440x1440. The AOC purchase was just to see if I like UW and I do.....I DO! :thumb:
Asus PB278Q
Very happy with it apart from its super slow waking speed
Asus PB278Q
Very happy with it apart from its super slow waking speed
Oh man. I am just about to pull the trigger on that or the PB258Q. Do you have any insight?
DO NOT get an ACER.. just don't .. just what ever, good luck..
What's wrong with them?
What's wrong with them?
Not a thing. I've purchased four monitors over the last year, three from Acer, one from Asus. I re-sold two of the Acers, a 21-inch TN and a 24-inch IPS; both buyers have raved about them. The Asus one was garbage - tons of backlight bleed with some of the worst color reproduction I've ever seen. Their support is basically non-existent, too. Fortunately I was able to return it to the store and exchange it for an Acer XB240H, which is one of the least-expensive G-Sync monitors available. Despite being a TN panel, the colors and viewing angles are surprisingly good. I only had to tweak it a little bit using the OSD and NVIDIA control panel to get it where I wanted, unlike the Asus that I spent the better part of two hours calibrating and still couldn't find satisfactory settings. G-Sync is the real deal. Input lag with vsync on and tearing with it off - gone. I will not buy another monitor without this technology.
My only regret is not being able to afford either of the XB240H's larger G-Sync siblings, the XB270HU (1440p, 144Hz, IPS) or XB280HK (4K, 60Hz, TN). The only reason I'd consider the latter is because I can downscale games to 1080p and be much closer to pixel-perfect output than doing the same thing on a 1440p display.
As a side note, I'm not a fan of ultra-wide either. I get why some people like it, but I'd personally rather have two separate displays.
Panel manufacturer is more important than the monitor manufacturer if you are trying to gauge quality and QC concerns. A lot of the monitors you see on the market actually share a common panel manufacturer. The Dell, LG, Acer, and Asus 34" 3440x1440 ultrawide is the same LG panel, just different feature sets such as monitor curve or Gsync. That's why the "100hz" operation is an overclock feature of the Gsync module.. it's really just the same 60hz panel being used.
By the same token, the 27" 2560x1440 IPS 144hz gsync/freesync monitors are the same panel by AUO (or slight variant for frameless case design), as no other manufacturer has made a competing product.
I recently bought two U2414H Dell monitors. This is the first dual screen setup for my home.
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I recently bought two U2414H Dell monitors. This is the first dual screen setup for my home.Just needs a mech.
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I recently bought two U2414H Dell monitors. This is the first dual screen setup for my home.Just needs a mech.
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I recently bought two U2414H Dell monitors. This is the first dual screen setup for my home.Just needs a mech.
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Just about to say this... how did you even get that KB to work with Windows? Or do you use a Mac with dual-boot?
I've recently got myself an ultra wide DELL U3415W. I really love the wide screen and the slight angle, I much prefer it to a dual monitor setup. Incredibly nice for video editing and spreadsheet.
For my wife I've got an Asus PB278QR which is incredibly good for the price. No bleeding, very good colors, very light anti-glare film and decent contrast (beware of the ending "R" in the ID, that identifies the latest PWM-free model).
I rolled the dice on a monitor from Monoprice recently (http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id=1130703&p_id=13808&seq=1&format=2), but 27" 1440p IPS for $250 shipped and no hassle returns was worth it to me. It's very clearly an LG panel inside and seems fine to me. No dead pixels on arrival which was the biggest deal to me. I think some people have mentioned backlight bleed, which has been pretty common with a lot of LG screens recently for some reason, but since I watch 0 movies on my computer it's not something I notice. I don't do much intense gaming like FPS, and can see very faint trailing once in awhile in some of the faster games, but getting the 144hz super gaming 0ms response time monitor wasn't worth the extra $300 to me. Only problem is my poor ol' 660ti can definitely not handle 1440p gaming so it's just 1080 stretched (bleh). Time to start collecting change from the couch to upgrade.
BenQ XL2430T. Bought it to play counter strike on, and it's still doing it's job so I can't complain.