1st post so be gentle.
Just bought one of these. Not the cheapest it has been, however considering the closest price online at the moment is around $699 not including postage, i decided to pull the trigger on this deal.
All of the reviews i have seen on this monitor seem to be very positive and i am excited about trying out the elmb sync.
Anyone have this monitor and want to share their experience with it?
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Hmm. This or the LG.
Life at home is full of hard decisions.
G7 240Hz will come in close to this price soon enough, if you're happy with VA viewing angles and the curve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go1qsBetgV0
Otherwise, QHD 240Hz options will be approaching this price point in a couple of months too.
All comes down to preference i guess. 240Hz at 1440p is nice and the display looks lovely, but that 1000R curve is just gross imo
What makes you think it's going to be close to $700?
It's starting from 1k & is quite a premium product being 240hz & 600 HDR
Maybe given a few months but i wouldn't think its going to be $700 anytime soon
$740 was literally the pre-order promotion price in the UK, once you adjust for tax. Samsung have huge margins with their gear, as was seen with the CHG70.
The HDR function is not remotely a selling point, it's likely the same backlight as the CHG70, and performs as much.
As for QHD IPS @ 240Hz, there's so much price competition about to happen in that upper segment, with miniLED and now even high-end OLED TVs being able to compete in that $500-$1500 space.
Hell, you can still pre-order order the Eve Spectrum today for a little over $800.
But sure, vote me down, what do I know.
@jasswolf: I'm curious as to how you are coming to $740 from that link? You're removing vats, but forgetting about GST? Also assuming that prices will be a straight conversion when they send things to Australia? When does that ever happen with electronics? They always add extra on top- it's why Australia tax is such a common statement.
I'll be extremely surprised if it drops under $850 any time soon.
@ONEMariachi: £450 / 1.2 * 1.1 = £412.50 = $742.60
Check your working next time. UK pricing for PC parts sans VAT has long tended to be poorer than AU due to general demand, though Covid has put a dent in that as Australians are suddenly inside more, and interested in PC/competitive gaming more.
That being said the current price is £549, which surprise surprise, works out to be $908 AUD with GST added.
@jasswolf: You can't compare UK's Or USA's Price to Australia's price as they aren't ever the same…
Also if you were to buy that price from UK you would need to pay for GST… Same goes for the EVE Product its $550 USD & the 10% Oh and if you have problems what do you do send the item back to USA?
1 Year warranty on the Eve product is also absolutely shite
What i know is your delusional lmao.
let me know next month when you see the monitor for $700 i'll be very keen…
You can't compare UK's Or USA's Price to Australia's price as they aren't ever the same…
You're right: UK price points are typically higher due to demand. But you might want to study global pricing, or just basic economics before declaring how the world works.
Also if you were to buy that price from UK you would need to pay for GST… Same goes for the EVE Product its $550 USD & the 10% Oh and if you have problems what do you do send the item back to USA?
You're relying on EVE charging GST for that, which they don't, but at no point am I advocating for buying from Amazon UK directly, merely point out global pricing. There were deals in the EU and South Korea too, and the G9 had deals in SE Asia and South Korea.
Samsung also have a long history of aggressive monitor promotion prices in Australia, including the predecessor model the CHG70, as well as the CJG50 and the CRG50.
1 Year warranty on the Eve product is also absolutely shite
What i know is your delusional lmao.
Nice deflection, I'm reeling. Thanks for all this, really productive use of both your time and mine. All the best!
I had the same dilemma and I was looking at the review and compare the pros and cons of this.
To make full use of the ELMB technology in this monitor, you need to achieve 90+ fps minimum or the latency will be pretty high. LG does not have this issue as it has native low latency.
This can have anti motion blur + free sync at the same time with ELMB but LG doesn't but as mentioned above, need high FPS or else it is worthless. Asus have slightly better contrast ratio.
Other specs are pretty similar other than that.
If your PC can push the frame, you can consider ASUS. If not then LG.
Wow, awesome information, thanks.
I'll probably hold out for a 3000 series card and return to the question then. My 1080ti pushes about 100 to 120 on ultra at 1440p with most AAA games (although far less on the most demanding ones, such as Control).
Was just looking at the LG UGs. Wtf does the 38in version for $2,900 have that the 34in version doesn't?
Have you even looked at how the ELMB function actually performs?
It's not good: https://youtu.be/6Ki7z_zJn9k?t=686
https://www.aperturegrille.com/reviews/ASUSVG27AQ/#Pursuit-F…
Not a selling point of the monitor, but a technology that needs a lot of development work to improve in its strobe timing and methodology.
How does it perform? Any explanation you could add alongside that negative tone you're famous for?
@ozbjunkie: I provided visual examples offered by a professional monitor reviewer who has industry-grade knowledge of panel technology and monitor manufacturing. It shows that it needs to be set above a certain frame rate to not be a mess, and even then it is a bad strobing implementation with a lot of cross-talk.
Strobing ideally needs a fixed frame rate because it is incredibly complex with today's technology to deliver the incremental tuning required for both the backpanel and LCD panel to deliver a consistent image. If you want a better explanation, click the timecoded video link or the specific review section link I provided. ELMB is a gimmick that ASUS will not get right without far more complex (and thus expensive) controllers and backlights. Even accounting for hardware limitations, it was a lazy implementation.
The level of effort I'm providing here compared to your inability to click and read is far too common place in hardware posts, which is why my tone is perhaps sombre, but I'm curious how my response here (or to you) was negative? The only way you can argue I'm being 'negative' here is that I'm dashing inflated expectations with the less-glittering reality, or favouring waiting a couple of months for vastly better value for money when the product cycle demands it.
Not trying to sail in here and win every argument, but it's frustrating to see people continuously attack others while demonstrating incredible ignorance in terms of hardware knowledge. Hell, it took a lot of people 12 months of concerted effort to help get rid of the "bUt iT's nOt 1Ms IpS" crowd, and the YouTuber mentality that fed off this. The whole retail segment was just marketing horse shit.
If you want this monitor, understand that the overall value is a bit limited due to sheer demand and Aussie retail supply issues (both in terms of logistics, and how braindead the purchasing decisions in this particular product segment is), and that ELMB is not a feature you should purchase this monitor for.
Even with the global state of affairs, no one should be paying $650-$700 for a fairly basic QHD 144Hz FreeSync monitor in 2020. It's absurd.
@jasswolf: Alright that was an awesome response and I humbly retract my bitchy comment.
But yeah I have supposed blur reduction on a Samsung q7fn tv and whatever blur reduction it offers is offset by a epilepsy-inducing level of flicker.
I'm sceptical about any strobing tech really, just hit higher framerates and you won't have to worry about blur. That's my opinion and experience anyway.
@ozbjunkie: That's a great opinion to have, because there are sensitivity and eye strain issues with strobing and flickering. The long term goal is to get to 1000Hz as a common offering for monitors (around the end of this decade), as that will remove any perceived gains from strobing, and covering a lot of flickering issues.
It'll be a slow march until MicroLED or QNED monitors are an option to unlock this, but we'll see at least a couple of 1080p 360Hz IPS options before the end of the year, but the starting price will be incredibly steep, particularly with hardware GSync due to the cost of the related module (US $300).
@jasswolf: If you're getting that 1000hz figure from blurbusters, I recently reread that article, super interesting.
180-240fps seems to be hard to tell apart for me. Although I'd love to get my hands on a 360hz monitor and to realise my 240hz 1080p is not the last love affair with a screen that I will ever have.
@ozbjunkie: 180+ is the territory where it starts to being more about peripheral visual acuity and motion resolution, but we're nowhere near hitting those refresh rates properly (ideal response time is when every response time is 50% of the refresh window, and we've only just hit 100% on TN, let alone VA or IPS).
"Apparently" it's the same panel w/ different power supply, firmware etc.
Not sure if correct the 165hz is an overclock?
Seems like a good price for a "sweet spot" display as most retailers are $700+
Is this a good monitor to for the $662 price tag?
No, at the moment both it and the LG are still too overpriced for what they deliver.
Lots of releases coming across the next 3 months that will see their price crash (entry QHD 240Hz, entry 4k144Hz, cheaper but equal QHD 144Hz options).
Disagree. In this climate, right now, $600ish is pretty much bottom price for a decent 27inch 1440p 144hz ips monitor. Anything less and you're compromising, anything over $900 you're getting diminishing returns.
These new releases won't be retailing for anything near this price which sums up my last point.
I ended up with the LG back in February just because I could not find any stock of this monitor.
Waiting for the updated version of this to come out
I get that 1440 (QHD) would be a lot better on a screen this size but I cant justify the extra price tag right now. Might just grab 2 of the 1080p AOC offers for now and then upgrade when the prices come back down to normal in 6-12months.
I have this monitor (2 months ago for $729) and I have been super happy. I had a 1080p version at 27inch and it was too pixelated. Definitely recommend.
Ehh just get the Viewsonic VX2758-2KP-MHD for a lot less. 144hz vs 165hz, but the difference is marginal anyway and not worth the price jump.
G-Sync?
It says its g sync compatible. Not sure if there is more to it though
There isn't really, just that G-Sync monitors use NVIDIA's proprietary module.
Isn’t the Dell 32 S3220DGF gaming monitor a better buy considering it is more spacious and support 165hz?
This one is IPS panel whereas the dell is VA.
Prefer N-sync