This monitor has a cloudy/hazy picture (likely due to off-axis glow) and a significant drop in brightness at the left and right sides of the screen. There is also a grainy-colourful diffusion when displaying white that is due to the matte coating, this is evident from a close up look. Generally very poor picture quality for such an expensive IPS monitor.
Unfortunately RTINGS fails to mention such important flaws that become immediately apparent when using the monitor for anything basic such as browsing the internet or even the OS.
Hi,
What you’re describing sounds like it could be IPS glow, which is an issue with any IPS monitor. That said, during testing we didn’t notice any significant issues and found that the matte coating isn’t significantly more hazy than other matte monitors.
This monitor has a cloudy/hazy picture (likely due to off-axis glow) and a significant drop in brightness at the left and right sides of the screen. There is also a grainy-colourful diffusion when displaying white that is due to the matte coating, this is evident from a close up look. Generally very poor picture quality for such an expensive IPS monitor.
Unfortunately RTINGS fails to mention such important flaws that become immediately apparent when using the monitor for anything basic such as browsing the internet or even the OS.
Seems like this review has a more positive opinion of the monitor than Monitors Unboxed did. For being the only 4K 240Hz IPS panel (that I’m aware of) while using a newer IPS technology, it seems like the refresh rate compliance isn’t too terrible. There’s also a huge gap in between the Fast and Faster modes, so a future model (or a firmware update if they cared enough) could probably find a sweet spot in that gap.
I hope if there is another 4K 240Hz IPS Black monitor that it is a proper miniLED monitor, because this monitor is extremely overpriced for not having that. Though who knows if they’ve figured out local dimming algorithms since the 27GR95UM
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Hi,
What you’re describing sounds like it could be IPS glow, which is an issue with any IPS monitor. That said, during testing we didn’t notice any significant issues and found that the matte coating isn’t significantly more hazy than other matte monitors.
This monitor has a cloudy/hazy picture (likely due to off-axis glow) and a significant drop in brightness at the left and right sides of the screen. There is also a grainy-colourful diffusion when displaying white that is due to the matte coating, this is evident from a close up look. Generally very poor picture quality for such an expensive IPS monitor.
Unfortunately RTINGS fails to mention such important flaws that become immediately apparent when using the monitor for anything basic such as browsing the internet or even the OS.
Seems like this review has a more positive opinion of the monitor than Monitors Unboxed did. For being the only 4K 240Hz IPS panel (that I’m aware of) while using a newer IPS technology, it seems like the refresh rate compliance isn’t too terrible. There’s also a huge gap in between the Fast and Faster modes, so a future model (or a firmware update if they cared enough) could probably find a sweet spot in that gap.
I hope if there is another 4K 240Hz IPS Black monitor that it is a proper miniLED monitor, because this monitor is extremely overpriced for not having that. Though who knows if they’ve figured out local dimming algorithms since the 27GR95UM
The full review has been posted here. Let us know what you think!
Hi! this monitor supports up to 480Hz only in the 1080p mode. There are currently no monitors on the market that can reach 480Hz at 4K over HDMI.
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