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I think you're just providing the spec to be helpful but for others who interpret this as "VA PANEL = BAD, IPS PANEL = GOOD" it's important to note that that is just a general rule of thumb. There are edge cases such as this one, which uses miniLED to light up behind the VA panel, which you need to judge the effect of with your own eyes. In many reviews when people have used the AOC miniLED VA panel 27" and compared it side-by-side with competing IPS panels such as LG Ultragear, the AOC VA panel was superior in almost every category of gaming and productivity. So I would caution people to read reviews and if all else fails, go to a microcenter or whatever and judge for yourself with your own eyes.
AOC will have a way better contrast. like dark and bright spots will be highlighted a lot better because AOC has hundreds of leds to illuminate or deluminate those areas whatever you are watching
I was in the market for a budget gaming monitor and picked this up last year, buying at full price. It has been incredible. I'm not sure anything beats it for the price.
Initially I thought it was a bit too dark, but after adjusting some settings it can actually get too bright 🌞
I got one of these over black friday week (same price), but also had some cashback from the Capital One extension on Chrome, which brought it down to $220.
Coming from a Dell 2721DGF (IPS Panel), this AOC is pretty amazing. Once you figure out the mess and confusion that is windows HDR, when it does work in games and YT it looks SOOO GOOD. If you have an HDR mini-LED like the Hisense models, it looks like that but with PC games. I didn't think it would make as big of a difference as it does. HDR gaming rocks...when it works.
But yeah, overall VERY pleased with this monitor for the price. Will be a good holdover for the next few years until OLED or more mini-LED monitors are affordable
I think you're just providing the spec to be helpful but for others who interpret this as "VA PANEL = BAD, IPS PANEL = GOOD" it's important to note that that is just a general rule of thumb. There are edge cases such as this one, which uses miniLED to light up behind the VA panel, which you need to judge the effect of with your own eyes. In many reviews when people have used the AOC miniLED VA panel 27" and compared it side-by-side with competing IPS panels such as LG Ultragear, the AOC VA panel was superior in almost every category of gaming and productivity. So I would caution people to read reviews and if all else fails, go to a microcenter or whatever and judge for yourself with your own eyes.
Ghosting, poor viewing angles and vrr issues is a pretty good reason to avoid
Great monitor for the price, I've had a couple (returned due to some of the cons below).
Pros
Can get amazingly bright for impactful full screen HDR
Good local dimming and excellent contrast, both native and with dimming on
Cost, you won't find a another decent mini-led FALD monitor at this price
Cons
Scanlines if you don't disable antilag (and by extension, freesync)
Odd brightness issue, sometimes gets stuck at 50 regardless of the number, until you reach over 90
Good to know
Some dark level smearing, not bad
Local dimming algorithm is conservative, not much blooming, but dim highlights
Ultimately returned due to the scanlines visible in especially blue and orange tones, I'm relatively sensitive to visual artifacts. RMA'd one, got the second, same issue. If that doesn't bother you, or if you are disabling antilag and freesync and you're good with setting vsync or just rawdogging it with screen tearing, great bang for buck!
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Initially I thought it was a bit too dark, but after adjusting some settings it can actually get too bright 🌞
Coming from a Dell 2721DGF (IPS Panel), this AOC is pretty amazing. Once you figure out the mess and confusion that is windows HDR, when it does work in games and YT it looks SOOO GOOD. If you have an HDR mini-LED like the Hisense models, it looks like that but with PC games. I didn't think it would make as big of a difference as it does. HDR gaming rocks...when it works.
But yeah, overall VERY pleased with this monitor for the price. Will be a good holdover for the next few years until OLED or more mini-LED monitors are affordable
- Pros
- Can get amazingly bright for impactful full screen HDR
- Good local dimming and excellent contrast, both native and with dimming on
- Cost, you won't find a another decent mini-led FALD monitor at this price
- Cons
- Scanlines if you don't disable antilag (and by extension, freesync)
- Odd brightness issue, sometimes gets stuck at 50 regardless of the number, until you reach over 90
- Good to know
- Some dark level smearing, not bad
- Local dimming algorithm is conservative, not much blooming, but dim highlights
Ultimately returned due to the scanlines visible in especially blue and orange tones, I'm relatively sensitive to visual artifacts. RMA'd one, got the second, same issue. If that doesn't bother you, or if you are disabling antilag and freesync and you're good with setting vsync or just rawdogging it with screen tearing, great bang for buck!Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
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