Great buy for a 4K QD-OLED, if you have Dell EPP or Student price drops to $793.81!
I have the 1440p 280Hz version and I'm pretty damn chuffed with it, but this price for the 4K would've deeply tempted me
Can someone confirm if this monitor is still having the black screen issues or has this been patched in a firmware update?
The wife said: another 5 inches and that'd be the real deal.
Not sure what she was implying with that though…
Remember it's the diagonal edge to edge, not straight up and down.
Tell your wife that the 5 inches isn't a deal breaker and she should worry more about the other specs. There's more to monitors than inches. Think about resolution, refresh rate, whether it supports KVM etc.😉
Very tempting. Do you guys think it can get much cheaper within next year? Like close to $600, for example
i didnt know they made 27" 4k monitors. Thought the smallest was 32". This would have pretty high PPI.
For someone that's been a member since 2013, this is a pretty funny comment. Take the dang upvote.
This is an incredible monitor. I'm not the biggest fan of the coating but it's otherwise fantastic.
What's wrong with the coating? glossy?
Yeah it's a semi-gloss. Not the glossiest I've seen, but I'm a fan of matte. For this price, the picture quality is worth the glossy coating IMO.
Amazing monitor played heaps of games with it
As noted by @Matthew xxl on a previous deal:
This has forced DSC (display stream compression), which means no DLDSR and a delay in alt tabbing out of fullscreen as well as reduced colour gradients.
The MSI brand have full bandwidth ports (only supported by 5xxx series cards)
The asus brand, has slightly better HDR, and it has a BFI mode @ 120hz. as well as VRR flicker reduction features.Dell generally has a great calibration however, so you often get a SRGB mode that looks the least vibrant, yet by far has the best skin tones for colour critical work and movies. Its also good for games once you adjust.
and by @ThoseDeafMutes:
The difference in price is surprisingly large in Australia. The Alienware is ~40% cheaper than the ASUS here, but in the United States it's only 20% cheaper.
They've saved money in 2 places versus the other vendors:
Doesn't have DisplayPort 2.1 Only a basic 15w USB-C port instead of a high bandwidth one with KVM functionalityThe ASUS (but not the MSI or others) has a unique advantage in that it has a custom extra burn-in protection that you can enable, where it uses a proximity sensor to judge when you've moved away from your PC and turns the display off until you return.
For a 20% discount, the Alienware is still a contender, but for a 40% discount in RRP plus a 10% off coupon code, IMO it's the obvious winner for most people.
Thanks for the breakdown, makes this monitor an easy choice at this price.
Great monitor, paid 880 from last deal. It was this or 1440p and after looking into posible text clarity at 1440p (couldnt see a 27" 1440p demo to judge irl), i went with this and will take the hit on lowering game settings (rx 6800, looking at 9070xt or 5070ti atm).
Will this be good for a Mac Mini?
I mean, it will be good for anything that has a display port or hdmi video out port, but you won't be able to take full advantage of it without a very high end gaming PC (5070ti+).
It’s fine, but tbh I wouldn’t go with this unless you’re gaming. I run it with my M4 Max MBP for non gaming purposes. Text (and everything else) is crystal clear. But if I weren’t gaming much or at all I would definitely go with IPS and/or mini-LED to avoid burn-in.
What an awesome early Christmas present to myself cheers, OP!
this is the best value 27" imo all rounder. amazing for games, fine for productivity work with that super high res you won't notice the CA much if at all. I'd get one if my crap old 27GL850 wasn't doing the job and i wasn't such a tight arse (got one for the missus tho she loves it)
I paid more than this for the refurb 1440p 360Hz model last November. Good price IMO.