I bought this monitor for less than 300 euros on a BlackFriday deal and I'm blown away. Coming from a TN panel, IPS looks similar to my phone's amoled screen, with strong colors all around, great viewing angles. You have a ton of modes to customize (about 10 of them) so either if you are going to watch a movie or play a fast paced fps game, you can switch between modes in seconds. I'm not an expert by any means, so I just use the standard mode with slight adjustments in terms of brightness and freesync
For those inquiring about the BGR talked about on the forums, setting ClearType structure to BGR handled most text, and another solution that will handle 100% of text is since the mount is standard VESA and even the factory mount/stand uses it, is to flip the monitor and set landscape orientation and the monitor becomes 100% RGB.
@@seyl717 any source? sounds like an interesting issue, wouldn't expect too much of an increase, perhaps a notable increase on a 360hz panel? either way this fix is fucking genius (assuming it works nicely)
This is pretty consistent with my own M27Q. My unit has some glow in the bottom corners, the left side especially. I used "balance" overdrive at first, but after noticing some overshoot I dropped down to picture quality and left it there. I was able to match the white point to my Pixio PX275h without much issue, but the M27Q had noticeably less saturated reds.
I got this monitor on newegg a while back, was one of the first reviewers. My monitor is perfect, no problems with ips glow or anything. Solid buy for me.
The monitor reviews on this channel are phenomenal. My monitor just started to show burn in today and after spending hours watching these reviews I feel really good about buying this product.
@@tvcent4651 Hardware Unboxed: Yeah so this has good color accuracy, high refresh-rate, not really an hdr monitor, has a kvm switch... Denis: K but is it good?
Like a lot of people, I bought this monitor because of Tim's stellar review. I did wish hardware unboxed included text clarity in their review. Anyway, here's my take. I'm a programmer by profession. So I deal with text a lot. I was coming from a 4k scaled at 150% to 200% because I just love how sharp text with those scaling. I bought this monitor because I just wanted to try a high refresh rate for gaming. With this monitor, no matter the scale or clear type settings, it justs makes me strain my eyes to the point that my head hurts. I did read about the BGR thing, and the only thing that worked for me is inverting the monitor and set the display to (Landscape Flipped). Of course, all your cables are on top now and OSD is also inverted. But the bigger problem with this setup is Adaptive sync doesn't work anymore. So you have to flip it back to make it work. This monitor is amazing outside of text clarity though, video is great, gaming is great, color is great. It's really a good monitor for those. So I'm just waiting for my VESA arm to arrive, and just flip it whenever I'm on the desktop and flip it back whenever I do gaming. I'll probably use this as a secondary monitor and just wait for a 4k, 144hz monitor to be mainstream. Right now it's a bit pricey.
A very good review, as allways. The charts showing response times are a must for reviewing gaming monitors, but only HwU delivers. This channel is easily the go-to place for tech-reviews on TH-cam. Keep up the excellent work guys! Cheers for Norway :)
@@St0RM33 let's be realistic. No one's selling KVMs for 56c. At least not yet. Probably you can make a business selling cheap KVMs and undercut everyone out there by just selling half the usual cost.
Never knew I would need that until now, great for when building new PCs on a regular basis and don’t have to add more keyboard and mouse and other monitor and save on clutter
The more aggressive Overdrive modes are there to be used in conjunction with the backlight strobing feature. The backlight basically turns dark during the overshoot periods so you won't see it.
I just built a surround setup with 3 of these and it's amazing. Colors are great and it's blazing fast, no ghosting in sight at any framerate. I'm playing Immortals Fenix Rising on 3 screens right now and it' so nice, my field of view is crazy. 3 of those was kinda expensive but it was worth it, I'm going to play on this setup for a decade. 27" at 2k is very sharp. I'm very satisfied, thank you for your great reviews. I did research for 3 days to make a choice. It was 1800$ CAD with tx, yeah, you want to get something great at this price. :)
Have you had any problems or defects come along with time? I’m in the market for a new monitor and this one looks great, but some people have been getting crazy defects over time like a portion or around half of the screen turning blurry, getting lots of dead pixels, or having an entire section of the screen just not work. Your input would help me finally find “the one”
For the people asking about the monitor: 1. The monitor has 2 USB ports for the KVM functionality. You can daisy chain USB hubs, but that is not recommended for power hungry devices like external hard drives, which often require a USB hub with a power source. Mouse, keyboards and USB headsets aren't very power hungry so you could use them with a daisy chained hub. I'd make sure it's a USB 3.0 hub though. 2. The monitor comes with a USB TYPE-B male to TYPE-A male 3.0 cable, about 3 feet long, which is used to connect the two USB devices to one computer (USB-B goes into the monitor). It's a good enough cable, you won't need a separate one. This cable does not transmit display. 3. In order to connect the second computer/laptop, you need to use the USB type-C port found in the back of the monitor. The cable for this is NOT included, so please make sure you have one before buying! You'll need a USB 3.1 Gen 1 or Gen 2 cable (TYPE-C on both ends) to transmit video and the signal for the two USB devices. If you don't want to transmit video with this cable or your second computer does not support it, you can just use a regular Type-C male to Type-A male cable to connect your USB devices to the second computer (this won't transmit display). 4. You might be wondering if what I said above means you need a computer or laptop that supports display through USB Type-C in order to use KVM. That is not the case. The monitor has a KVM Wizard which lets you choose which source to use for each computer: For computer 1, DisplayPort for video and the USB-B cable for the USB devices, and for the second computer, HDMI for display and the USB-C for the USB devices. This is an example, you can choose any combination you want. Do not worry if you don't have a laptop that does not support display through USB-C or doesn't have a USB-C port, as long as you have the right cables, you can use KVM. 5. The ports do not allow fast charging. These are for USB devices only, but you can still transmit data. 6. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE BUTTON AT THE BACK TO USE THE KVM. I see a lot of people saying they won't buy this spectacular monitor because of having to press a button at the back of the monitor. You can use OSD Sidekick to set up a hotkey to switch computers using KVM. Mine's set using Ctrl+Alt+End to change computers. 7. If you are planning to use KVM for a work laptop or computer like me, you DON'T NEED TO INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE TO USE KVM, NOR TO USE THE HOTKEYS YOU SET UP. If you installed OSD sidekick on your personal computer and set up the hotkey, you don't have to download it on your work pc as well. 8. The monitor supports AMD FreeSync premium. You can also enable G-SYNC, even if the monitor doesn't say you can. I have an RTX 2060 with G-SYNC on and it works marvelously. 9. The stand does not support portrait view. You'll need a separate stand in order to do that. For me at least, that is no problem. I use this as main monitor so I always use landscape. The stand tilts up and down, though. Not the most ergonomic of stands, but if you have an arm support stand like me, the original stand won't matter. 10. You can connect a 3.5mm audio device to the monitor, it acts like it is part of the whole KVM thing. You will hear the sound of the active KVM computer through this if you selected the M27Q audio source in your operating system (like any other HDMI or DisplayPort monitor). Just remember that this audio comes from HDMI or DisplayPort sources, so it will NOT carry mic. If you wanted to use the switch for a headset (which has a built-in mic), you will not be able to use the mic unless you connect the headset to the KVM USB ports using a DAC. Since there are only 2 USB ports, I suggest connecting a USB hub for your keyboard and mouse in one KVM port, and connecting your headset with a DAC on the remaining KVM USB port. 11. This monitor supports HDMI 2.0, but NOT 2.1. This means you will be able to use this monitor at 1440p with a max refresh rate of 144hz using HDMI, but not the full 170hz. This is because of HDMI 2.0 limitations. If you wish to use all 170hz, you will need to make use of the USB type C port used by the KVM (USING A USB 3.1+ TYPE-C MALE TO TYPE-C MALE WITH DP ALT MODE COMPATIBILITY) to transmit video. Since the monitor only has 1 DisplayPort connection, I suggest using the USB type C cable with displayport alt mode to get the max refresh rate on both of your computers. If you're WFH and using this monitor for its KVM functionality, and your work pc only has HDMI, you can still use 2k 144hz or 1080p 170hz to work. I don't really have an issue with that, but this is just something to keep in mind. Let me know if you have more questions. This monitor is great for productivity and WFH workers like me, but also for gaming. It is a godsend! UPDATE: I just found out that using a DAC + USB 3.0 HUB doesn't work with the KVM. One of the devices will not be recognized, most likely due to the internal KVM not being powered, and the DAC needing more power. Sorry 😐
Most valuable comment. I searched a lot about how KVM works, but most just short it to "Plugin stuff to USB-A, laptop to USB-C and just switch between", with no mention of USB-B or so. Does this KVM effect input lag - if so, by how much?
I ended up ordering the S2721DGF for $100 cheaper than the M27Q in Australia but this monitor still looks great, especially with that upgraded contrast ratio. Thanks for the detailed review as always
Thankyou so very much! I couldnt find the M27Q in stock anywhere, but as you suggested got the G27Q instead. Just finished setting it up. so well built, such a beautiful and incredibly rich image! Thankyou so much for all your hardwork. I am so glad I spent so long watching so many of your videos. It was well worth it to make such an obviously great decision!!
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Do you have any problem with it after 9 months? i read about a problem when it goes to sleep the panel backlight does not turn off and about slow bootup time
Searched and dug into every review and spec of different monitors I could and finally decided on this option. It's exactly what I was looking for. Just ordered and it will be here in 4 days. I can't wait! It's $330 on Newegg right now but they only have a few left.
The colors are super vibrant on this montor! There are alot of options to cutomize the picture. I have no dead pixels and this thing can get super bright. Absolutely loving it so far.
@@NeuroDad2 If you're the sort of user interested in the KVM then you are probably not going to care about the additional input lag from the pass through
It is a nice feature to have, sure, but in my eyes the best quick-switch way is dedicated buttons to switch between devices on your keyboard itself. Like you can find on the Logitech MX Keys.
A full fledged kvm with multiple display and peripheral inputs to one output can be expensive. What he described here sounded like it was just a usb hub where you can switch the source. I use a Ugreen one that I picked up for like $30 on Amazon. Just press the button when you wanna switch. Works flawlessly and isn’t expensive
The integrated KVM means that I can switch from my gaming computer to my work computer in a single button. Also, I can use the same mouse and keyboard for both, eliminating the need of a second set of mouse and keyboard or the hassle of unplugging and replugging the MKB. There's also picture in picture so you'll never ever need to take your eye off your work or play tasks should you like to multitask dangerously.
help! in my country the model appears as M27Q-SA, does anyone know if it is the same as what is specified in this video? I have no idea what the -SA means
@@ChristofferLund well, to achieve what the OP is talking about, if you were ok pressing two buttons instead of one you can get a UGREEN usb switcher (~30 USD) and it’s just a matter of pressing the button on that to swap your keyboard and mouse and then swapping the input on the monitor. I use that setup currently and swap quite often throughout the day. Unless I’m missing a feature of this monitor’s KVM it sounds just like one button instead of two.
With the PS5 out, I think a nice addition to these 1440p, 144-170hz monitor reviews would be knowing if they work well with the ps5 (meaning that they take 4k input and downscale it to 1440p or take 1080p input for higher refresh rates). Not every monitor can do that with the ps5 so it would be great knowing if they actually support that feature.
I think the criteria for making use of all monitor-related functions with the PS5 is having HDMI 2.1. Those functions include 120hz and variable refresh rate. Don't take my word for it. Do some research before making a purchase :)
The real fun is watching to the point of understanding. It can be like a youtube version of the Wikipedia rabbit hole, where you watch a video just to understand a single concept or technology. Granted I'm not anywhere on their level but I do understand most of what's going on and given I'm no Oxford scholar, they must be doing alright.
@@Sergio-sz5yw what is BGR sub pixel layout and how does it matter? I m looking forward to buy this one. However I can get the LG 27GL 850 for the same price. Shall i go for it?
@@aftab-shaikh It is honestly subjective in how it is perceived. Is there any way you can buy it from somewhere that accepts returns easily? If so, I would say get it and test it out for yourself. If you don't like it return it. And here is a resource explaining the difference between BGR vs RGB. It does a better job at explaining AND showing it than me. Wish you best of luck: www.displayninja.com/rgb-vs-bgr-subpixel-layout/
I bought this monitor a few weeks after your review and have been using it as a daily driver for gaming and adobe suite work. Super happy with it! Thanks for helping me find a nice budget monitor!
Truly amazing, especially considering that Gigabyte has only been in the monitor industry for a few years. I'll probably buy this once I upgrade my RX 580
You might want to get. 5500xt rx 590like performance ant lower voltage and similar price to a rx580. But for 299 I'll suggest you to get the 5600xt best 1440p 60fps card I the market or a 1660 ti slight better performance for %15 more cost
@@markgutierez9922 Why would they get a 5500xt? that is basically a sidegrade. Also 5600xt would be very minimal upgrade, 1440p 60fps on a 170hz monitor is a waste. I imagine if they are upgrading they are going for something like a 6700xt or better.
@@koyomiararagi3018 Yeah, that's basically the plan. I was hoping to get a 6800/XT, but those things are completely out of stock and the AIB models are absurdly overpriced.
This is great, I'm curious to see if another OEM can squeeze better performance, as you said, with an intermediate tune, from this panel. I do expect it will be more expensive though. Still, I'll take a 0.5ms lower response time with no overshoot, which is already not really a problem at all, with the great contrast and unbelievably useful KVM switching, at least for me, all at $360.
You did a great job, I was hesitating between this monitor and the Q32QC and I finally decided to take this IPS one because I was fearing that the ghosting and smearing of the VA one, even if it is probably not that bad, could possibly pose a problem even for someone like me who never had something else than a basic office monitor, I got it two days ago and I am really satisfied, thanks for the help aswell as I thank PCmonitors for their own review too.
Rewatching this video on my newly purchased M27Q to tweak the color settings. Love the monitor so far! The default color settings are great, but I'm sort of a perfectionist in some aspects, so I did use Tim's recommended color settings. Again, this is a great monitor! Would recommend it to anyone.
@@alankeni I haven't noticed any blacklight bleed on my model. Of course your experience may vary. Also since, the color is great in games and online streaming, I'd assume it would be satisfactory for films.
@@ambulance_bass Well it's got a decent weight to it, but it's not like you have to lift to be able to carry this monitor around. The build quality is solid.
Have this monitor 1 year...I don't know what is overshoot/undershoot but am using this monitor always on speed mode and always first in COD/CS games... love this monitor 😊
Had this review come out before Black Friday I probably would've grabbed it. Was down to $400 CAD on Newegg Canada, but the Dell was also on sale so still happy with my purchase. Great content as always!
You should probably mention that this monitor has BGR pixel subsystem instead of RGB which has an effect on text clarity and would be noticeable in a multi-monitor setup when combined with a RGB panel.
Do you know of any way to fix this? I feel like 100 % text scale all is fine, but when increased to 125% - in order to read text better - it becomes a bit blurry. Definitly not as sharp. I have combined my M27Q with an old 1080P monitor.
Love that u cover the color accuracy (and other image quality aspects) matter! helps a lot designers and graphic artists here! :) . Specially for those of us *cough* looking for a second monitor, cheap but still somewhat accurate...Hmm.. I think with a hardware calibrator, a colorimeter, this could be useful as a second monitor (for panels, reference, documentation, client docs, etc). BTW, IMO it is more important Adobe RGB, as is mostly the standard in most apps (particularly in Adobe suite). P3 has got heavily used specially in iPads and macs, but even there Adobe RGB is widely used (again, as is an standard in Adobe suite, by default settings!). Anyway, wide color range still, one way or the other, I don't think it'd be much issue to adapt workflows. BTW, I was expecting worse uniformity in this price range. Still, I know of a bunch of even 250$ price range monitors that beat this one in color accuracy, uniformity, white balance, etc (though not for much!) , but of course, many of them are crap for gaming!. Slow refresh, some even just 1080p! (believe it or not, I have a pro monitor at that res, hehe, works fine for design/illustration/3D).
So what would you recommend to me in 2023. I'm an illustrator but I also like to game alot also I'm poor. Currently my main screen is my laptop screen (100%srgb)
@@sudoo6987 The old good guys are still good: BenQ SW240 and Eizo 2420 CS. But also lower 100% sRGB - only screens. Consider that "only" 100% sRGB is good enough for a lot of illustration. You just lose the ability to work with certain intense and saturated tones. I'd say a external monitor, ie, plugged to your laptop's HDMI *or better*, display port (but non relevant if the screen is only 100% srgb) if it (both the monitor and the laptop) has it, would allow you to work more comfortable (bigger screen size, surely better posture, etc), and also might be better for detail, etc. Also, with extended desktop (setting in Windows settings/Screen), you can then have the laptop to show the references, or a client's document, or simply some menus in there, and the main painting program in the Pc monitor. The monitor... Probably a Benq of the lower range, but so that it has at least a 100% sRGB. Or other 100% sRGB monitor from Dell (ie, their Ultrasharp line), Asus ProArt, or a good LG. I mean, all of these if you need to use a budget of around 200- 300 euros/dollars, instead of going 500 - 700 for the Adobe RGB monitors (the Eizo and Benq that I mentioned at the beginning of this comment). I personally find more useful and comfortable to plug my laptop to a good old keyboard (any super cheap PC one) and a regular mouse (ie, not to the tiny ones often used in laptops, not that great for carpan tunnel and other issues). Specially noticeable in long sessions. In terms of keyboard and mouse, people get really crazy, but really a sturdy cheap one like the BASIC Logitech ultra cheap ones, those are good to go. And much better than other brands in usability and endurance. Whenever you get the cash, get a BenQ SW240 (500 euros in Amazon, now). This one supports well Adobe RGB. Is not an Eizo (my favorite, I have the 2420 CS series, 730 euros right now in Amazon) but it is very good for illustration. But beware, BenQ monitors are often *super bright* (Eizo too! but I found a trick to be able to calibrate it at a very minimum brightness, as the Eizo's software tries to avoid it) , which might be very bad for your eyesight. Be sure to calibrate it or simply manually use the physical controls to lower the bright as much as you need till you are comfortable. It is always a trade off. Cheaper monitors will have issues with uniformity, not so accurate color, back light leak, dead pixels policy, etc. As much as you become aware of these issues, it's all fine (well... often, even if you don't). Now, for color calibration. It's around 300 bucks to get the real good thing, an i1 Display Pro, but there's another "good enough" one for around 150 bucks. You can go for the latter. If, considering the investment of the monitor, that escapes your budget (and I'd definitely prioritize a good monitor first) , you can be a while calibrating by software, with DisplayCAL. But then, though calibrating by hardware isn't easy, by software requires that you will read a few more tutorials than just using a color calibrator, I mean, a colorimeter. By software you can reach a very well balanced image and color in your monitor (even very cheap ones) if you put the time and patience to learn how DisplayCALl is used. It is a free software. You can find it by typing displaycal on google, but if you want to be sure not to land in whatever other page is typing that word in the url field, and then a "." and then "net". Don't let any of this to deter you from painting and illustrating. You can do art even with a 45% sRGB support screen. You'd just have a lot less control and might need to fix stuff that will only show up once printed or in better screens. But is not like you can't make gig and projects with bad/cheap hardware. I've done graphic design and illustration with terrible monitors at many companies. You just deal with the issues. If you are in a hurry, though, or have not yet such knowledge about calibration and need to deliver *asap* work and gigs you have pending, in any cheap monitor, there tends to be in the OSD menu (that which you control with the physical buttons in the frame of the monitor) which among its options, you can find on screen a "sRGB" profile. Just set that one, as is thought as a standard, and might be a way to ensure already a good setup. Just like in the more expensive BenQ SW240 or of course, Eizo CS 2420 , they also have it but as well an "Adobe RGB" profile, which would be the one to choose in those (Edit: actually nope. Sorry. In the expensive ones, you'd surely use a colorimeter and let it build a color profile, by you using the colorimeter's or monitor's software properly. You would set "Adobe RGB" as color profile in software like Photoshop. But when *not* having a colorimeter, yep, set Adobe RGB in the monitor's OSD menu, or "sRGB" if it is just a 100% sRGB monitor).. Despite setting the template... _some_ monitors allow as well to once done that, tune colors a bit, with the buttons. In most cases it's not so, you choose sRGB or you choose "custom". Problem is, in the cheap ones, sRGB is often poorly configured, and often pays better to swap to "custom color" and set the amount of green, red or blue that you see is needed to get things right in color. For this way of tunning the color, a lot of people put besides a screen that they know is well configured. And tune the new one with those buttons (of the new screen, only!!!) until they get it to match. Problem is if the other screen is wrong and they don't know (a hardware calibrator, a colorimeter is much safer). One good measure, on the very cheap, that yet kind of works for many situations, is ask for some firend's help, a person that owns an iPad Pro, or a macbook pro, or probably even just a current (or last year, or from 2018 or so) regular iPad (not so sure about this last one, though). All these come configured to P3 color space. That's way wider than sRGB (but a bit smaller than Adobe RGB), so, some (veeery few and rare)tones won't show up on the iPad Pro, though such colors *would* show on a professional EIZO, but still, ipads pro come pretty "OK" (not perfect!) calibrated. Or at least, much better than many cheap PC monitors. A cheap PC monitor is much worse than most Apple screens, at least by default before calibration or tuning. That said, I would not change my Eizo for an Apple screen (but that's me). So, you proceed so : Choose an image with as many range of colors as you can find. Ideally with some intense colors as well as some more subtle: specially people's faces. With the image loaded in both, and in a image viewer that you are sure it displays well color (ideally a Photoshop, or Affinity Photo, etc. As many image viewers are not color managed. In the iPad Pro, in any app) You put the iPad (ideally Pro, even an old one!) besides your new PC monitor (screen). Now you adjust the red, green, blue (and brightness and contrast as needed) in your monitor OSD menu in the new PC monitor as you need to make the image in the PC as close in every color, tone and shade (of greys, too) as in the iPad pro. Pay much attention to the subtle very dark or very light tones, and in the hue color varitions. Like a green that is more blueish or yellowish in one or other screen, or red is too magenta, etc. Not to modify in the iPad Pro, but in the PC physical controls (OSD menu). Now do the same with a greyscale image with as many values and contrast as you can find. An illustration or photo in black and white with very subtle tones "almost white" and very subtle tones very dark. As well, check how deep black looks in both screens. You don't want black to display like dark grey, although hardly you will get a very rich black in the PC screen, if it is cheap. Once you get it to show a very similar image with both images (color and greyscale), you at least have now a "not too terrible" PC or laptop-PC monitor to work with. This can be done even with the cheapest screen, it's just that you will notice the limitation, gradient cuts, lack of subtle light or dark tones, uniformity issues (ie, one color looks one way in one area of the screen, slightly different in another area. But I worked with one so, I just knew how to compensate... bosses can be very resistant to get you a proper monitor... :S ) So, there u have it: You have the colorimeter way (best), OR using DisplayCAL, OR doing just with you eye estimation (worst, but often very effective just to make your commissions/gigs). All the 3 can be made with an expensive or a very cheap monitor. And any of the 3 will improve the situation, just not as effectively with each method, but will be an improvement with any of the 3 ways. With a colorimeter like the i1 Display Pro + The BenQ SW240 or the Eizo CS 2420, you pretty much get a 1:1, full accuracy workflow (not that 100% accuracy is possible, but you get a lot closer than with a regular laptop's screen and no colorimeter). In this economy, though... you can opt to keep using your 100% sRGB laptop for a while, till you earn some money with illustration gigs, but try to calibrate it with the free DisplayCAL software. If that is too complicated for you and you get lost (reading tutorials and their doc is not that hard, though) , then do the "eye-manual" way that I mentioned as last resort, IF you count on someone with an iPad Pro or a MacBoook Pro (probably as well with a macbook Air or a regular iPad, but dunno if I can be so sure about these two as with an iPad Pro). Edit: OH! Beware the " *Truetone* " and some other feature of the iPads... If that is activated, it is adapting color and lighting to the lighting of your room, or changes of light during the day. This can make you mad when trying to set an accurate color by comparison, in your PC monitor. In design and illustration, that thing is much better deactivated. But remember to leave it to your friend as it was, it's their ipad pro after all ;).
@@3polygons thank you for a very detailed response. also sorry for a low effort, laid back question from my side, i was just not expecting a response. starting from my rig: i have a asus laptop(g14), and i think it was factory calibrated as far as i remember. ive been using that as a primary monitor for my art for a like 1.5 years now. the main reason i bought this laptop was bc of its screen(it boasts 100%srgb). i use a a cheap huion pen tab(hs64) i have not upgraded it ever since, i have good mouse and a custom keyboard lol. i had a 15year old monitor of a friend which just died lmfao a couple of hours ago thats why i am worked up a bit lol. anyway my current setup is now back to a single screen (+my smartphone screen), there's no way i can survive on a single display essentially. i know i had to make a decision to buy a monitor so i had been looking and gathering information slowly but didnt knew this day would come this soon. as an artist(also a casual gamer) its very hard to find relevant information for us, most of the information i find is mostly spoonfed for gamers. so, i would like to thank you for laying the road map for me. before this video i basically finished watching this video( th-cam.com/video/wrhTwuXgiHg/w-d-xo.html ). with that i atleast understood that i need more colours. so yeah i had been eyeing on that sw240 from benq too since it boasts 99% adobe rgb and i think now that is relevant to me too as one of my illust is going to become a merch, leaving aside the whole thing of how im drawing it in srgb and its a print material. i think it is time for me to invest on a high colour not necessarily high res display. and start drawing all my illust on adobe rgb(i use csp). the dilemma i found was either to gamble on a monitor which might not be the best colour calibrated or buy a pen display. i dont necessarily need a pen display, since i can draw looking at the screen just fine but the perks are that i get better colour calibration from the get go. but they are expensive. the perks of the monitor maybe that i can game on them too(yknow all that fancy gaming specs) but obvious downside being high contrast ratio and poor calibration. i can definitely not buy a colorimeter. al least not now. they are very expensive here, so i was also looking on some ways that i can find one in my city (if they are any) and rent it lol, i do have friends with mac and ipads tho lol. the third wheel comes in with sw240, it looks very attractive, but i cant game on it sadly enough, i can game on my laptop screen just fine tho since it is a gaming laptop. the thing about m27q that excites me is that it is a gaming monitor that has great colour calibration out of the box and can be improved even without a colorimeter i think but most importantly it has 95%ish adobe rgb. while being cheaper than sw240 or any pen tab for that matter in which i might be interested. i think the 5% trade off is worth it but what do you think im very curious on your opinion!! tbh 27" might actually be an overkill for me both in general and by wallet. im more interested in 24" monitors if i can find any as godlike as m27q. im fine with 1080p i dont think screen res matters much but your insight might change that. since its going to be my second screen not the 3rd so i can maybe buy another one in another couple of years but not anytime soon. my hot fix to get out of this pinch was straight up hooking the living room tv on to my system lol, the lights are flashbanging me but hey it works for now.
@@heroesatwar847 didn't yet I'm saving money thinking of buying a pen display since my current cheap tab is having issues. I might also buy m27q from gigabyte
After using this monitor for a week, upgrading from a 1080P LCD monitor that it looks much sharper. I use the FPS setting at 50 brightness and 50 contrast. Also use the balance speed. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a crisp high refresh rate 1440p monitor.
I ended up returning my M27Q after a week. Swapped it for a G27Q instead and I'm very glad I did. Text, especially small text, is so much clearer on the G27Q display. 144Hz compared to 170Hz isn't a noticeable difference.
@@Lordani66 for me, absolutely. If you only care about gaming and movies, maybe the M27 is better technically. But if you use Windows a lot, especially if you don't like a zoomed in interface with big text, I'd go for the G27. It surprises me that the reviews of the M27 aren't more subjective and only focus on the tech specs. KDM switches or whatever they're called are cheap if you really want that functionality.
I know some people say this as a meme, but I’ve actually never clicked on a video so fast before. I bought this monitor for my birthday because of the specs of it to how much it cost and I’ve been having trouble calibrating to color to something that I like. So thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m gonna give your recommendation a shot and see how I like it.
Mine will be here on Monday! Researched a lot before purchase. This thing has everything; (insert Stefon from SNL) 170hz, 1ms response time, QHD, KVM, IPS panel. I had already dumped a couple grand building my PC, so this was the perfect monitor budget wise. I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
ClearType handled most text once I set it to BGR structure, but a 100% solution is since the mounting is VESA, can flip it even on the factory mount/stand and set landscape orientation and will be 100% RGB.
In the ROG Strix XG438Q review, quite a bit of time is spent lamenting about the BGR subpixel layout. No mention of it in this review! Is a BGR subpixel layout less of a text issue with this IPS monitor? Several people have been complaining about BGR over on Reddit.
@@rawdez_ Here I was thinking this was the perfect monitor now I have to worry about this. Problem is: I don't know if what you're saying is a big issue or not. I was 100% ready to buy this monitor now I don't know.
@@rawdez_ Yeah, I knew this monitor was suspiciously cheap for how amazing it is. There’d be essentially no point in getting any other monitor that’s 1440p 144-170Hz. Now I gotta keep searching through these monitor reviews to find one that’s a decent enough all ‘rounder like this one appeared to be.
Congrats auto-generated captions, you finally nailed the channel name :) Wish this monitor was in stock when I was looking to buy one. I'm very happy with my VG27AQ though!
Tim says that the AMD free sync can work with Nvidia G sync if you know what settings to alter. Does anyone know what the relevant settings are for someone who has never actually setup free sync/g-sync before? Or preferably a video guide that a youtuber may have made? This monitor seems perfect for what I want.
The M27Q is pretty good especially now that Edge Chromium supports respecting Windows ClearType for BGR subpixels. (It's coming soon for Chrome and other Chromium browsers) Mine has a narrow blue glow down the left edge of the screen which is a bit annoying and the backlight bleed and screen uniformity is quite a bit worse than my old Asus 27" TN monitor but I can live with it at the current price.
Got the G27Q and read some reviews the panel is from AU Optronics but i cannot confirm. This M27Q is from Sharp. Anyway monitor is amazing colors are great.
I have both the G27Q and the M27Q and based off my (unqualified) testing, the M27Q has much less ghosting on things like the UFO test. Heck, I can't even see any ghosting at all. It has more IPS glow/backlight bleed than the G27Q but the thing I care about the most is ghosting, and besides, IPS glow can be random from unit to unit. So I recommend the M27Q especially when you can get it on sale for like $320-330.
Same my G27Q has no ips glow or bleeding maybe my unit or in general the panel itself. Go for M27Q If you need KVM and 175hz it has higher SRGB 140% vs 120%. These are great value monitor for the price.
I bought the G27Q on blackfriday for 269 euros. The only difference i see is that mine is 144 hz and M version is 170 hz. Pretty happy with it. Good monitor.
This is not the same screen, color is different I think it's not the same panel. Using the hardware unboxed setting color was weird but tweaking using settings from another g27 owner it was much better. Great monitor
@@eleventy70 really dope, I have another 240hz monitor to play competitively but honestly, I've been playing fps on this Gigabyte monitor more cause what's the point of having max framerate if you can't see what's going on
@@slamboy2003 thanks, pulled the trigger on this should be better than the 144hz 1080p monitor I have now lol! Only thing I'm gonna miss is the curve but that's not a deal breaker at all, I mainly play vr now anyway
RTings mentioned a few oddities, the panel is supposedly BGR instead of RGB in terms of pixel layout, which makes text weird in some circumstances and you can work around that by turning the monitor upside-down but then that somehow disables support for g-sync and VRR.
Most people that I‘ve talked to who flipped it upside down said they ended up putting it back properly again and that it turned out it didn’t really bother them, especially after applying windows clear type
Thank you so much reviewing this monitor I got 2 days and with a $40 discount too and so far I’m very impressed with this monitor, thank you for the recommend settings too.
I just watched this video on my brand new Gigabyte M27Q. It came with a few dead and stuck pixels so Amazon is sending me a replacement ;-; but other than that it's an absolutely amazing monitor! Color reproduction, response times, and everything else are stunning, even when compared to my recently-purchased ASUS VP249QGR (same Panda panel as AOC 24G2). Thank you so much for the recommendation!
@@LSmashB I love it it's made my experience gaming a lot better and I do play better in games not that much better I'm still trash at the game it wont make me not trash at the game but a bit I can still see the pixels it's not 4k or anything like that but it's still a huge bump from 1366x768 and I can see so much more detail in games
@@aubrynobicop6924 do you have a dual monitor setup? I heard the m27q has some problems with that? I purchased mine today and not sure if im having buyers regret ahah
@@TruckerGuy135 let me know how you like it compared to the viewsonic! Im noticed it has worse color accuracy than the viewsonic which is quite worrying
@@ferdlc7757 turns out I'm returning the m27q, I can't stand the blurry text caused by the BGR subpixel layout. Thought I was going crazy until I googled the issue. Also mine had worse black uniformity than my viewsonic and I think you're right about the color accuracy. I was also not aware the KVM only works if the laptop uses USB C. Oh well.
I literally started yesterday my monitor research and i just saw this review. Now im waiting until the price reaches 300€ at sale to get it. Great video!
Same, the specs and price looked great. I actually got it for about $30 US cheaper than he mentions in the video. Excited to go home and put it on "Picture Mode". I believe the default is balanced.
@@matthewbusse1059 same. I looked up for reviews before ordering on NewEgg, -nd I only saw a French reviewer who did a second video on English just for global audience. Snagged it after watching his video.
Hahahahah same bro! I was hoping I didn’t just jump the gun and made a horrible decision. Now I see that I just need to adjust my overdrive mode (been using the speed one, oof) and get myself a new graphics card and I am set till 2026.
@@matthewbusse1059 i got mine for 300€ in discount during Black Friday! It felt too good to be true, ngl. I though “where are the cut corners?” Because I didn’t see any obvious ones. Now I just know I got the deal of the year!
@@lclutchl_bladez2277 hi, if you're buying for your XSX everything is okay but if you want to buy for PS5 be careful, pS5 don't support 2k at the moment, you will be able to play only 1080p
Ended up buying one of these over the LG 27GL850 - the LG was £300 and this one was £330 with a free copy of Outriders. Mainly because this had a higher refresh rate and better contrast according to Tim's reviews. One thing though is the dude in the shop mentioned they had some open box ones and they'd been returned for backlight bleed issues. They'd sold about 200 of them mind so it wasn't a huge percentage, but gonna keep an eye out for this as excessive backlight bleed does my head in. Also gonna look into configuring the colours properly now!
@@SilentButDudley and do you think the differences are worth $80? I can get the G27Q for around $80-100 cheaper than the M27Q (the G27Q is 350 and the M27Q is 440-450) Or is Viewsonic vx2758-2KP-MHD for 380 the better option out of these 3 monitors?
Got it as soon as its available and havent regret ever since. Amazing Monitor for gaming & editing.The kvm switch is perfect to have it connected to my macbook pro.
My god, thank you!!!! I was waiting for ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ1A 27” HDR Gaming Monitor, WQHD (2560 x 1440), 170Hz to go on sale and it never did. It is $430 and then you guys make this video about a monitor that is on sale at $340. I'm looking to play Apex Legends Competitive and will need a 1440p Monitor for my single PC Build for Gaming/Streaming. Will also be able to use my laptop as a Monitor to read chat thanks to the features reviewed. Awesome!!!
Good review. Did you notice the blue and red color lines by the left and right bezels? Apparently all M27Q monitors have it... Anything to do to fix it? Maybe it's due to BGR pixel layout instead of RGB.
Thanks for such a detailed review. Ive just bought one and hope it lives up to the review. Plan to use it to game with a PS4 pro but building a PC in the new year! Happy Christmas.
@@xvnbm It's not useless for desktop use, not by a far. I recently bought this monitor, and text is normal, sharp, as it should be, without adjusting it through cleartype it was a little bit "foggy", but after cleartype, can't really see a difference. This is a perfect monitor for this price. The color gamut, IPS viewing angles, brilliant response times with whites as well as blacks, makes for a no-brainer buy. G27Q has much worse black uniformity, a LOT of ghosting in overdrive, very bad black smearing at almost 20ms dark response times.. much worse in every aspect other than contrast ratio. I was about to buy the G32QC but after looking this monitor (M27Q) up, seeing this review, I'm absolutely not regretting the buy. Check rtings.com also for very good reviews/comparisons.
And here I purchased a G27qc 2 months ago and this comes out lol. Don't get me wrong, the contrasts are stunning for watching video but the extra performance of this monitor looks awesome
Thank you Gigabyte for not naming this monitor like someone stepped on their keyboard, cough...MSI...cough.
*Laughs in Viewsonic VX2758-2KP-MHD*
@@ShannyMoney00 oh yeah i forgot about the viewsonic names, they're really bad too
introducing the MSI 1440p
89076phuoyjtm5gfvdnk rib
Every time Tim says the Viewsonic monitor, it sounds like he is about to rap the rest of the review
Or ASUS. One of their competing monitors is the VG27WQ1B, for example.
"Ok people, we need a name for our new monitor."
Samsung: Odyssey
HP: Omen
Every other company: zhf7p43h9fhljf3g
@Russell White nah, you put the display size somewhere in the name.. preferably with some other numbers before and after UXF89-2704Q9
Acer: How the fuck did you know about our upcoming zhf7p43h9fhljf3g line?
Oh no! They leaked my ndt8nwuj263nh56jhn!
sounds like lg is gonna release their cjsgjrfeagsft375akdag83hasd6sao
And then "We need a successful successor for our model"
++ super ultra g1 g2 g3 ...
I bought this monitor for less than 300 euros on a BlackFriday deal and I'm blown away. Coming from a TN panel, IPS looks similar to my phone's amoled screen, with strong colors all around, great viewing angles. You have a ton of modes to customize (about 10 of them) so either if you are going to watch a movie or play a fast paced fps game, you can switch between modes in seconds. I'm not an expert by any means, so I just use the standard mode with slight adjustments in terms of brightness and freesync
Isn't a bit creepy the way Tim rattles off these monitor names without hesitating, or taking a breath? 🤣
pretty sure he uses a teleprompter of some sort, but yea its still really impressive
Watch him rattle the name of that view sonic monitor
He's an A1
Too much machine for him.
They are like six letters/numbers max...not very difficult to remember...also I'm sure he does several takes and cuts.
For those inquiring about the BGR talked about on the forums, setting ClearType structure to BGR handled most text, and another solution that will handle 100% of text is since the mount is standard VESA and even the factory mount/stand uses it, is to flip the monitor and set landscape orientation and the monitor becomes 100% RGB.
To add on to this for macOS users, MacOS handles BGR layouts flawlessly so that there isn't any text blurriness issues for Mac at all.
By flipping the monitor, do you mean doing a 180 rotation so that the logo is at the top?
@@maughtayo yes, but ive heard some places that it adds input lag :/
@@seyl717 any source? sounds like an interesting issue, wouldn't expect too much of an increase, perhaps a notable increase on a 360hz panel? either way this fix is fucking genius (assuming it works nicely)
@@Lily-white it adds about 12 ms of input lag according to rtings.
Finally. Everyone been asking for this. Thank you
This is pretty consistent with my own M27Q. My unit has some glow in the bottom corners, the left side especially. I used "balance" overdrive at first, but after noticing some overshoot I dropped down to picture quality and left it there. I was able to match the white point to my Pixio PX275h without much issue, but the M27Q had noticeably less saturated reds.
What's your opinion should I buy m27q ?
Not in the market for a monitor, just watching for the 'stache.
I am, but am also here to appreciate the 'stache.
The 'stache of power 💪
We need a PiP (Picture In Picture) of Tim's mustache-cam on the corner!
im gonna kms if he got a gf
Comparing him now to before. And ugly is now.
I got this monitor on newegg a while back, was one of the first reviewers. My monitor is perfect, no problems with ips glow or anything. Solid buy for me.
Really? No IPS glow?? In the dark also? How is the "easiness" on the eyes, and text clarity?
@@romanon5 I don't notice any glow personally. Also colors are great straight out of the box, and text is easily readable for me. Hope this helps! :)
@@Flybeck Thanks :))
Can recommend this monitor also, i bought from newegg and it works perfect without any dead pixels or ips glow.
@@yna8307 Nice!
Good performance, KVM, good looks, decent price, AND AN EASY TO REMEMBER NAME?! Dang.
i swear there is a new one of these every week but I ain't complaining
Still waiting for decent 4k 100+Hz to come with only 500$ price tag.
@@madarasoun3018 it will come within the next 6 months I reckon I just ordered the dell s2721dgf
@@lucasdibiase3121 hopefully. Until then, i'mma stick to my my old predator 1440p 144hz. It's still doing fine.
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I am :( as soon as I got the GL850 every week there's a new better cheaper one. Doesn't feel good 😅.
The monitor reviews on this channel are phenomenal. My monitor just started to show burn in today and after spending hours watching these reviews I feel really good about buying this product.
Is the monitor good
@@Denisloch78 how are u asking this question? this mans just done a review on it for you to see how it performs..
@@tvcent4651 Hardware Unboxed: Yeah so this has good color accuracy, high refresh-rate, not really an hdr monitor, has a kvm switch...
Denis: K but is it good?
Like a lot of people, I bought this monitor because of Tim's stellar review. I did wish hardware unboxed included text clarity in their review. Anyway, here's my take. I'm a programmer by profession. So I deal with text a lot. I was coming from a 4k scaled at 150% to 200% because I just love how sharp text with those scaling. I bought this monitor because I just wanted to try a high refresh rate for gaming.
With this monitor, no matter the scale or clear type settings, it justs makes me strain my eyes to the point that my head hurts. I did read about the BGR thing, and the only thing that worked for me is inverting the monitor and set the display to (Landscape Flipped). Of course, all your cables are on top now and OSD is also inverted. But the bigger problem with this setup is Adaptive sync doesn't work anymore. So you have to flip it back to make it work.
This monitor is amazing outside of text clarity though, video is great, gaming is great, color is great. It's really a good monitor for those. So I'm just waiting for my VESA arm to arrive, and just flip it whenever I'm on the desktop and flip it back whenever I do gaming.
I'll probably use this as a secondary monitor and just wait for a 4k, 144hz monitor to be mainstream. Right now it's a bit pricey.
So do you think normal gaming would work right out of the box ?i dont Want to do any changes
@@vanillG59 outside of text clarity, the monitor is amazing, excellent for movies and gaming 👌🏻
Nice, a programmers perspective that I'm looking for! What is your main 4k monitor?
Is it still good after a while? I just ordered and am waiting for delivery. Confused if I made the right choice
Does dark theme make the texts better?
A very good review, as allways. The charts showing response times are a must for reviewing gaming monitors, but only HwU delivers. This channel is easily the go-to place for tech-reviews on TH-cam. Keep up the excellent work guys!
Cheers for Norway :)
Definitely helped me deciding for a new primary monitor man, apprechiate that ammount of work you put into your monitor reviews
That integrated KVM is an brilliant idea.
if it has some keyboard command to switch additionally to the annoying rear button on the monitor then it's a nice extra function.
it's just a usb switch..50c part
@@St0RM33 KVM is about $40 usd
@@St0RM33 let's be realistic. No one's selling KVMs for 56c. At least not yet.
Probably you can make a business selling cheap KVMs and undercut everyone out there by just selling half the usual cost.
Never knew I would need that until now, great for when building new PCs on a regular basis and don’t have to add more keyboard and mouse and other monitor and save on clutter
The more aggressive Overdrive modes are there to be used in conjunction with the backlight strobing feature. The backlight basically turns dark during the overshoot periods so you won't see it.
Does not work that way, you will always see the overshoot while the backlight is on
For those wondering/worrying DisplayPort 1.2 can support 1440p 170 hz. I was originally worried that dp 1.2 wouldn't be enough, but it's fine.
This is the most in depth monitor review series I have ever seen, thank you o7
I just built a surround setup with 3 of these and it's amazing. Colors are great and it's blazing fast, no ghosting in sight at any framerate. I'm playing Immortals Fenix Rising on 3 screens right now and it' so nice, my field of view is crazy. 3 of those was kinda expensive but it was worth it, I'm going to play on this setup for a decade. 27" at 2k is very sharp. I'm very satisfied, thank you for your great reviews. I did research for 3 days to make a choice. It was 1800$ CAD with tx, yeah, you want to get something great at this price. :)
Is it still good after a while? I just ordered and am waiting for delivery
I pre-ordered 2 of these upon release, and have been rigorously using them. I have no complaints at all, great value!
Have you had any problems or defects come along with time? I’m in the market for a new monitor and this one looks great, but some people have been getting crazy defects over time like a portion or around half of the screen turning blurry, getting lots of dead pixels, or having an entire section of the screen just not work. Your input would help me finally find “the one”
@@IsaakJMstill using them regularly today. No issues at all!
For the people asking about the monitor:
1. The monitor has 2 USB ports for the KVM functionality. You can daisy chain USB hubs, but that is not recommended for power hungry devices like external hard drives, which often require a USB hub with a power source. Mouse, keyboards and USB headsets aren't very power hungry so you could use them with a daisy chained hub. I'd make sure it's a USB 3.0 hub though.
2. The monitor comes with a USB TYPE-B male to TYPE-A male 3.0 cable, about 3 feet long, which is used to connect the two USB devices to one computer (USB-B goes into the monitor). It's a good enough cable, you won't need a separate one. This cable does not transmit display.
3. In order to connect the second computer/laptop, you need to use the USB type-C port found in the back of the monitor. The cable for this is NOT included, so please make sure you have one before buying! You'll need a USB 3.1 Gen 1 or Gen 2 cable (TYPE-C on both ends) to transmit video and the signal for the two USB devices. If you don't want to transmit video with this cable or your second computer does not support it, you can just use a regular Type-C male to Type-A male cable to connect your USB devices to the second computer (this won't transmit display).
4. You might be wondering if what I said above means you need a computer or laptop that supports display through USB Type-C in order to use KVM. That is not the case. The monitor has a KVM Wizard which lets you choose which source to use for each computer: For computer 1, DisplayPort for video and the USB-B cable for the USB devices, and for the second computer, HDMI for display and the USB-C for the USB devices. This is an example, you can choose any combination you want. Do not worry if you don't have a laptop that does not support display through USB-C or doesn't have a USB-C port, as long as you have the right cables, you can use KVM.
5. The ports do not allow fast charging. These are for USB devices only, but you can still transmit data.
6. YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE THE BUTTON AT THE BACK TO USE THE KVM. I see a lot of people saying they won't buy this spectacular monitor because of having to press a button at the back of the monitor. You can use OSD Sidekick to set up a hotkey to switch computers using KVM. Mine's set using Ctrl+Alt+End to change computers.
7. If you are planning to use KVM for a work laptop or computer like me, you DON'T NEED TO INSTALL ANY SOFTWARE TO USE KVM, NOR TO USE THE HOTKEYS YOU SET UP. If you installed OSD sidekick on your personal computer and set up the hotkey, you don't have to download it on your work pc as well.
8. The monitor supports AMD FreeSync premium. You can also enable G-SYNC, even if the monitor doesn't say you can. I have an RTX 2060 with G-SYNC on and it works marvelously.
9. The stand does not support portrait view. You'll need a separate stand in order to do that. For me at least, that is no problem. I use this as main monitor so I always use landscape. The stand tilts up and down, though. Not the most ergonomic of stands, but if you have an arm support stand like me, the original stand won't matter.
10. You can connect a 3.5mm audio device to the monitor, it acts like it is part of the whole KVM thing. You will hear the sound of the active KVM computer through this if you selected the M27Q audio source in your operating system (like any other HDMI or DisplayPort monitor). Just remember that this audio comes from HDMI or DisplayPort sources, so it will NOT carry mic. If you wanted to use the switch for a headset (which has a built-in mic), you will not be able to use the mic unless you connect the headset to the KVM USB ports using a DAC. Since there are only 2 USB ports, I suggest connecting a USB hub for your keyboard and mouse in one KVM port, and connecting your headset with a DAC on the remaining KVM USB port.
11. This monitor supports HDMI 2.0, but NOT 2.1. This means you will be able to use this monitor at 1440p with a max refresh rate of 144hz using HDMI, but not the full 170hz. This is because of HDMI 2.0 limitations. If you wish to use all 170hz, you will need to make use of the USB type C port used by the KVM (USING A USB 3.1+ TYPE-C MALE TO TYPE-C MALE WITH DP ALT MODE COMPATIBILITY) to transmit video. Since the monitor only has 1 DisplayPort connection, I suggest using the USB type C cable with displayport alt mode to get the max refresh rate on both of your computers. If you're WFH and using this monitor for its KVM functionality, and your work pc only has HDMI, you can still use 2k 144hz or 1080p 170hz to work. I don't really have an issue with that, but this is just something to keep in mind.
Let me know if you have more questions. This monitor is great for productivity and WFH workers like me, but also for gaming. It is a godsend!
UPDATE: I just found out that using a DAC + USB 3.0 HUB doesn't work with the KVM. One of the devices will not be recognized, most likely due to the internal KVM not being powered, and the DAC needing more power. Sorry 😐
Most valuable comment. I searched a lot about how KVM works, but most just short it to "Plugin stuff to USB-A, laptop to USB-C and just switch between", with no mention of USB-B or so.
Does this KVM effect input lag - if so, by how much?
I ended up ordering the S2721DGF for $100 cheaper than the M27Q in Australia but this monitor still looks great, especially with that upgraded contrast ratio. Thanks for the detailed review as always
Thankyou so very much!
I couldnt find the M27Q in stock anywhere, but as you suggested got the G27Q instead.
Just finished setting it up. so well built, such a beautiful and incredibly rich image!
Thankyou so much for all your hardwork. I am so glad I spent so long watching so many of your videos.
It was well worth it to make such an obviously great decision!!
Do you have any problem with it after 9 months?
i read about a problem when it goes to sleep the panel backlight does not turn off and about slow bootup time
Searched and dug into every review and spec of different monitors I could and finally decided on this option. It's exactly what I was looking for. Just ordered and it will be here in 4 days. I can't wait! It's $330 on Newegg right now but they only have a few left.
Bro how is your monitor? Any BLB, Dead pixels or not enough contrast or something? would be nice if you give me a short review
Any feedback?
The colors are super vibrant on this montor! There are alot of options to cutomize the picture. I have no dead pixels and this thing can get super bright. Absolutely loving it so far.
@@waterbear2898 u still loving it ? or did it show some dead pixels or anything ?
The fact that it out performs the FI27q-P is outstanding
The funny thing is that I actually can’t tell if this is a joke or not.
@@benbatz382 how big is the difference between those two? (also is there a big difference if it's the fi27q or the fi27q-p?)
I just bought two of them for Black Friday and im super happy to see that it wasn't a bad buy
How much were they on black friday?
@@pljohns526 100 dollars
@David Roy damn makes me not want to buy them anymore lol
Considering the cost of a KVM this is a good monitor overall. Very impressive for its performance and features.
I wonder if that KVM adds input lag to your peripherals though ...
@@NeuroDad2 If you're the sort of user interested in the KVM then you are probably not going to care about the additional input lag from the pass through
It is a nice feature to have, sure, but in my eyes the best quick-switch way is dedicated buttons to switch between devices on your keyboard itself.
Like you can find on the Logitech MX Keys.
A full fledged kvm with multiple display and peripheral inputs to one output can be expensive. What he described here sounded like it was just a usb hub where you can switch the source. I use a Ugreen one that I picked up for like $30 on Amazon. Just press the button when you wanna switch. Works flawlessly and isn’t expensive
for this price it's a steal for americans, too bad it will probably be 450 euros in Europe tho
Thank you! I’ve literally been waiting for someone to review this monitor for forever :)
The integrated KVM means that I can switch from my gaming computer to my work computer in a single button.
Also, I can use the same mouse and keyboard for both, eliminating the need of a second set of mouse and keyboard or the hassle of unplugging and replugging the MKB.
There's also picture in picture so you'll never ever need to take your eye off your work or play tasks should you like to multitask dangerously.
@Garrison Ford One via USB-C
help! in my country the model appears as M27Q-SA, does anyone know if it is the same as what is specified in this video? I have no idea what the -SA means
Kvms cost hardly anything. Wouldn’t call it a killer feature.
@@Knigh7z kvms with some actual features cost as much as a lot of monitors
@@ChristofferLund well, to achieve what the OP is talking about, if you were ok pressing two buttons instead of one you can get a UGREEN usb switcher (~30 USD) and it’s just a matter of pressing the button on that to swap your keyboard and mouse and then swapping the input on the monitor. I use that setup currently and swap quite often throughout the day. Unless I’m missing a feature of this monitor’s KVM it sounds just like one button instead of two.
With the PS5 out, I think a nice addition to these 1440p, 144-170hz monitor reviews would be knowing if they work well with the ps5 (meaning that they take 4k input and downscale it to 1440p or take 1080p input for higher refresh rates). Not every monitor can do that with the ps5 so it would be great knowing if they actually support that feature.
I think the criteria for making use of all monitor-related functions with the PS5 is having HDMI 2.1. Those functions include 120hz and variable refresh rate. Don't take my word for it. Do some research before making a purchase :)
I think ps downgrades to 1080p, thats what i read.
@@Errol246 the 2.0 HDMI support 120hz in 1440p...
Tim is like the Buildzoid of monitors. I don’t understand half of what he’s talking about, but if he blesses it, I’m buying it!
The real fun is watching to the point of understanding. It can be like a youtube version of the Wikipedia rabbit hole, where you watch a video just to understand a single concept or technology.
Granted I'm not anywhere on their level but I do understand most of what's going on and given I'm no Oxford scholar, they must be doing alright.
Apparently this is BGR subpixel layout and I've read some negative things about it. I'm gonna use a secondary monitor that is RGB so I'm not sure.
Your concern about a secondary RGB monitor is 100% justified.
@@johnRivs You can set Cleartype per monitor on windows so its not that big an issue
@@jonathansaindon788 Well it is because not all applications support it.
@@Sergio-sz5yw what is BGR sub pixel layout and how does it matter? I m looking forward to buy this one.
However I can get the LG 27GL 850 for the same price. Shall i go for it?
@@aftab-shaikh It is honestly subjective in how it is perceived. Is there any way you can buy it from somewhere that accepts returns easily? If so, I would say get it and test it out for yourself. If you don't like it return it. And here is a resource explaining the difference between BGR vs RGB. It does a better job at explaining AND showing it than me. Wish you best of luck: www.displayninja.com/rgb-vs-bgr-subpixel-layout/
I bought this monitor a few weeks after your review and have been using it as a daily driver for gaming and adobe suite work. Super happy with it! Thanks for helping me find a nice budget monitor!
Is it still good after a while? I just ordered and am waiting for delivery. Confused if I made the right choice
@@akgurram I'm still happy with it! Some people complain about the BGR subpixel layout, but after using cleartype text looks fine imo
Any chance to do a review of the rev.2.0 of this monitor or at least a short video of the differences? Thanks!
man that KVM right now would be a godsend as I have to share my monitor with my gaming pc and my work laptop
Same setup! I guess someone cared about us at last :)
Truly amazing, especially considering that Gigabyte has only been in the monitor industry for a few years. I'll probably buy this once I upgrade my RX 580
You might want to get. 5500xt rx 590like performance ant lower voltage and similar price to a rx580.
But for 299 I'll suggest you to get the 5600xt best 1440p 60fps card I the market or a 1660 ti slight better performance for %15 more cost
@@markgutierez9922 Why would they get a 5500xt? that is basically a sidegrade. Also 5600xt would be very minimal upgrade, 1440p 60fps on a 170hz monitor is a waste. I imagine if they are upgrading they are going for something like a 6700xt or better.
@@koyomiararagi3018 Yeah, that's basically the plan. I was hoping to get a 6800/XT, but those things are completely out of stock and the AIB models are absurdly overpriced.
@@markgutierez9922 worst upgrade suggestion ever lol
@@markgutierez9922 LOL
This is perfect for those that need to work from home and have a personal rig. I would really love this monitor.
Currently in the US this is cheaper than the ViewSonic on Amazon by $70
Thanks you for reviewing this monitor, I brought it after checking your review and I can say I'm very pleased with my purchase
This is great, I'm curious to see if another OEM can squeeze better performance, as you said, with an intermediate tune, from this panel. I do expect it will be more expensive though. Still, I'll take a 0.5ms lower response time with no overshoot, which is already not really a problem at all, with the great contrast and unbelievably useful KVM switching, at least for me, all at $360.
You forgot the best thing about this monitor, the name M27Q (only 4 numbers/letters), this even I would be able to remember.
Yeah, M for some branding reasons perhaps refresh rate related and panel type, 27 inches, Q for QHD. That's all anyone needs to know at first sight.
You did a great job, I was hesitating between this monitor and the Q32QC and I finally decided to take this IPS one because I was fearing that the ghosting and smearing of the VA one, even if it is probably not that bad, could possibly pose a problem even for someone like me who never had something else than a basic office monitor, I got it two days ago and I am really satisfied, thanks for the help aswell as I thank PCmonitors for their own review too.
Is it still good after a while? I just ordered and am waiting for delivery. Confused if I made the right choice
@@akgurram Yes, for me it is, no issue so far
Rewatching this video on my newly purchased M27Q to tweak the color settings. Love the monitor so far! The default color settings are great, but I'm sort of a perfectionist in some aspects, so I did use Tim's recommended color settings. Again, this is a great monitor! Would recommend it to anyone.
Hey man does it suffer backlight bleeding? Is it good for movies also? Thanks
@@alankeni I haven't noticed any blacklight bleed on my model. Of course your experience may vary. Also since, the color is great in games and online streaming, I'd assume it would be satisfactory for films.
I’m thinking of getting it, how is the stand quality? Or build quality overall? Is it heavy? I need to be able to pick it up often
@@ambulance_bass Well it's got a decent weight to it, but it's not like you have to lift to be able to carry this monitor around. The build quality is solid.
Who is Tim and how i can get him settings?
Have this monitor 1 year...I don't know what is overshoot/undershoot but am using this monitor always on speed mode and always first in COD/CS games... love this monitor 😊
Had this review come out before Black Friday I probably would've grabbed it. Was down to $400 CAD on Newegg Canada, but the Dell was also on sale so still happy with my purchase. Great content as always!
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You should probably mention that this monitor has BGR pixel subsystem instead of RGB which has an effect on text clarity and would be noticeable in a multi-monitor setup when combined with a RGB panel.
Do you know of any way to fix this? I feel like 100 % text scale all is fine, but when increased to 125% - in order to read text better - it becomes a bit blurry. Definitly not as sharp. I have combined my M27Q with an old 1080P monitor.
He mentioned it tho didnt he?
@@BWRaep cleartype can help i dont know how to enable it but google is your friend here
which is strange given rtings score it very high for text clarity
@@ofifgamerz2272 Without chaging the cleartext settings it's absolutely horrible. After that it's fine.
Love that u cover the color accuracy (and other image quality aspects) matter! helps a lot designers and graphic artists here! :) . Specially for those of us *cough* looking for a second monitor, cheap but still somewhat accurate...Hmm.. I think with a hardware calibrator, a colorimeter, this could be useful as a second monitor (for panels, reference, documentation, client docs, etc). BTW, IMO it is more important Adobe RGB, as is mostly the standard in most apps (particularly in Adobe suite). P3 has got heavily used specially in iPads and macs, but even there Adobe RGB is widely used (again, as is an standard in Adobe suite, by default settings!). Anyway, wide color range still, one way or the other, I don't think it'd be much issue to adapt workflows.
BTW, I was expecting worse uniformity in this price range.
Still, I know of a bunch of even 250$ price range monitors that beat this one in color accuracy, uniformity, white balance, etc (though not for much!) , but of course, many of them are crap for gaming!. Slow refresh, some even just 1080p! (believe it or not, I have a pro monitor at that res, hehe, works fine for design/illustration/3D).
So what would you recommend to me in 2023. I'm an illustrator but I also like to game alot also I'm poor. Currently my main screen is my laptop screen (100%srgb)
@@sudoo6987 The old good guys are still good: BenQ SW240 and Eizo 2420 CS. But also lower 100% sRGB - only screens.
Consider that "only" 100% sRGB is good enough for a lot of illustration. You just lose the ability to work with certain intense and saturated tones.
I'd say a external monitor, ie, plugged to your laptop's HDMI *or better*, display port (but non relevant if the screen is only 100% srgb) if it (both the monitor and the laptop) has it, would allow you to work more comfortable (bigger screen size, surely better posture, etc), and also might be better for detail, etc. Also, with extended desktop (setting in Windows settings/Screen), you can then have the laptop to show the references, or a client's document, or simply some menus in there, and the main painting program in the Pc monitor.
The monitor... Probably a Benq of the lower range, but so that it has at least a 100% sRGB. Or other 100% sRGB monitor from Dell (ie, their Ultrasharp line), Asus ProArt, or a good LG. I mean, all of these if you need to use a budget of around 200- 300 euros/dollars, instead of going 500 - 700 for the Adobe RGB monitors (the Eizo and Benq that I mentioned at the beginning of this comment).
I personally find more useful and comfortable to plug my laptop to a good old keyboard (any super cheap PC one) and a regular mouse (ie, not to the tiny ones often used in laptops, not that great for carpan tunnel and other issues). Specially noticeable in long sessions. In terms of keyboard and mouse, people get really crazy, but really a sturdy cheap one like the BASIC Logitech ultra cheap ones, those are good to go. And much better than other brands in usability and endurance.
Whenever you get the cash, get a BenQ SW240 (500 euros in Amazon, now). This one supports well Adobe RGB. Is not an Eizo (my favorite, I have the 2420 CS series, 730 euros right now in Amazon) but it is very good for illustration. But beware, BenQ monitors are often *super bright* (Eizo too! but I found a trick to be able to calibrate it at a very minimum brightness, as the Eizo's software tries to avoid it) , which might be very bad for your eyesight. Be sure to calibrate it or simply manually use the physical controls to lower the bright as much as you need till you are comfortable.
It is always a trade off. Cheaper monitors will have issues with uniformity, not so accurate color, back light leak, dead pixels policy, etc. As much as you become aware of these issues, it's all fine (well... often, even if you don't).
Now, for color calibration. It's around 300 bucks to get the real good thing, an i1 Display Pro, but there's another "good enough" one for around 150 bucks. You can go for the latter.
If, considering the investment of the monitor, that escapes your budget (and I'd definitely prioritize a good monitor first) , you can be a while calibrating by software, with DisplayCAL. But then, though calibrating by hardware isn't easy, by software requires that you will read a few more tutorials than just using a color calibrator, I mean, a colorimeter. By software you can reach a very well balanced image and color in your monitor (even very cheap ones) if you put the time and patience to learn how DisplayCALl is used. It is a free software. You can find it by typing displaycal on google, but if you want to be sure not to land in whatever other page is typing that word in the url field, and then a "." and then "net".
Don't let any of this to deter you from painting and illustrating. You can do art even with a 45% sRGB support screen. You'd just have a lot less control and might need to fix stuff that will only show up once printed or in better screens. But is not like you can't make gig and projects with bad/cheap hardware. I've done graphic design and illustration with terrible monitors at many companies. You just deal with the issues.
If you are in a hurry, though, or have not yet such knowledge about calibration and need to deliver *asap* work and gigs you have pending, in any cheap monitor, there tends to be in the OSD menu (that which you control with the physical buttons in the frame of the monitor) which among its options, you can find on screen a "sRGB" profile. Just set that one, as is thought as a standard, and might be a way to ensure already a good setup. Just like in the more expensive BenQ SW240 or of course, Eizo CS 2420 , they also have it but as well an "Adobe RGB" profile, which would be the one to choose in those (Edit: actually nope. Sorry. In the expensive ones, you'd surely use a colorimeter and let it build a color profile, by you using the colorimeter's or monitor's software properly. You would set "Adobe RGB" as color profile in software like Photoshop. But when *not* having a colorimeter, yep, set Adobe RGB in the monitor's OSD menu, or "sRGB" if it is just a 100% sRGB monitor)..
Despite setting the template... _some_ monitors allow as well to once done that, tune colors a bit, with the buttons. In most cases it's not so, you choose sRGB or you choose "custom". Problem is, in the cheap ones, sRGB is often poorly configured, and often pays better to swap to "custom color" and set the amount of green, red or blue that you see is needed to get things right in color. For this way of tunning the color, a lot of people put besides a screen that they know is well configured. And tune the new one with those buttons (of the new screen, only!!!) until they get it to match. Problem is if the other screen is wrong and they don't know (a hardware calibrator, a colorimeter is much safer).
One good measure, on the very cheap, that yet kind of works for many situations, is ask for some firend's help, a person that owns an iPad Pro, or a macbook pro, or probably even just a current (or last year, or from 2018 or so) regular iPad (not so sure about this last one, though). All these come configured to P3 color space. That's way wider than sRGB (but a bit smaller than Adobe RGB), so, some (veeery few and rare)tones won't show up on the iPad Pro, though such colors *would* show on a professional EIZO, but still, ipads pro come pretty "OK" (not perfect!) calibrated. Or at least, much better than many cheap PC monitors. A cheap PC monitor is much worse than most Apple screens, at least by default before calibration or tuning. That said, I would not change my Eizo for an Apple screen (but that's me).
So, you proceed so : Choose an image with as many range of colors as you can find. Ideally with some intense colors as well as some more subtle: specially people's faces. With the image loaded in both, and in a image viewer that you are sure it displays well color (ideally a Photoshop, or Affinity Photo, etc. As many image viewers are not color managed. In the iPad Pro, in any app) You put the iPad (ideally Pro, even an old one!) besides your new PC monitor (screen). Now you adjust the red, green, blue (and brightness and contrast as needed) in your monitor OSD menu in the new PC monitor as you need to make the image in the PC as close in every color, tone and shade (of greys, too) as in the iPad pro. Pay much attention to the subtle very dark or very light tones, and in the hue color varitions. Like a green that is more blueish or yellowish in one or other screen, or red is too magenta, etc. Not to modify in the iPad Pro, but in the PC physical controls (OSD menu).
Now do the same with a greyscale image with as many values and contrast as you can find. An illustration or photo in black and white with very subtle tones "almost white" and very subtle tones very dark. As well, check how deep black looks in both screens. You don't want black to display like dark grey, although hardly you will get a very rich black in the PC screen, if it is cheap.
Once you get it to show a very similar image with both images (color and greyscale), you at least have now a "not too terrible" PC or laptop-PC monitor to work with. This can be done even with the cheapest screen, it's just that you will notice the limitation, gradient cuts, lack of subtle light or dark tones, uniformity issues (ie, one color looks one way in one area of the screen, slightly different in another area. But I worked with one so, I just knew how to compensate... bosses can be very resistant to get you a proper monitor... :S )
So, there u have it: You have the colorimeter way (best), OR using DisplayCAL, OR doing just with you eye estimation (worst, but often very effective just to make your commissions/gigs).
All the 3 can be made with an expensive or a very cheap monitor. And any of the 3 will improve the situation, just not as effectively with each method, but will be an improvement with any of the 3 ways. With a colorimeter like the i1 Display Pro + The BenQ SW240 or the Eizo CS 2420, you pretty much get a 1:1, full accuracy workflow (not that 100% accuracy is possible, but you get a lot closer than with a regular laptop's screen and no colorimeter).
In this economy, though... you can opt to keep using your 100% sRGB laptop for a while, till you earn some money with illustration gigs, but try to calibrate it with the free DisplayCAL software. If that is too complicated for you and you get lost (reading tutorials and their doc is not that hard, though) , then do the "eye-manual" way that I mentioned as last resort, IF you count on someone with an iPad Pro or a MacBoook Pro (probably as well with a macbook Air or a regular iPad, but dunno if I can be so sure about these two as with an iPad Pro).
Edit: OH! Beware the " *Truetone* " and some other feature of the iPads... If that is activated, it is adapting color and lighting to the lighting of your room, or changes of light during the day. This can make you mad when trying to set an accurate color by comparison, in your PC monitor. In design and illustration, that thing is much better deactivated. But remember to leave it to your friend as it was, it's their ipad pro after all ;).
@@3polygons thank you for a very detailed response. also sorry for a low effort, laid back question from my side, i was just not expecting a response.
starting from my rig: i have a asus laptop(g14), and i think it was factory calibrated as far as i remember. ive been using that as a primary monitor for my art for a like 1.5 years now. the main reason i bought this laptop was bc of its screen(it boasts 100%srgb). i use a a cheap huion pen tab(hs64) i have not upgraded it ever since, i have good mouse and a custom keyboard lol. i had a 15year old monitor of a friend which just died lmfao a couple of hours ago thats why i am worked up a bit lol.
anyway my current setup is now back to a single screen (+my smartphone screen), there's no way i can survive on a single display essentially. i know i had to make a decision to buy a monitor so i had been looking and gathering information slowly but didnt knew this day would come this soon.
as an artist(also a casual gamer) its very hard to find relevant information for us, most of the information i find is mostly spoonfed for gamers. so, i would like to thank you for laying the road map for me.
before this video i basically finished watching this video( th-cam.com/video/wrhTwuXgiHg/w-d-xo.html ). with that i atleast understood that i need more colours. so yeah i had been eyeing on that sw240 from benq too since it boasts 99% adobe rgb and i think now that is relevant to me too as one of my illust is going to become a merch, leaving aside the whole thing of how im drawing it in srgb and its a print material. i think it is time for me to invest on a high colour not necessarily high res display. and start drawing all my illust on adobe rgb(i use csp).
the dilemma i found was either to gamble on a monitor which might not be the best colour calibrated or buy a pen display. i dont necessarily need a pen display, since i can draw looking at the screen just fine but the perks are that i get better colour calibration from the get go. but they are expensive. the perks of the monitor maybe that i can game on them too(yknow all that fancy gaming specs) but obvious downside being high contrast ratio and poor calibration.
i can definitely not buy a colorimeter. al least not now. they are very expensive here, so i was also looking on some ways that i can find one in my city (if they are any) and rent it lol, i do have friends with mac and ipads tho lol.
the third wheel comes in with sw240, it looks very attractive, but i cant game on it sadly enough, i can game on my laptop screen just fine tho since it is a gaming laptop. the thing about m27q that excites me is that it is a gaming monitor that has great colour calibration out of the box and can be improved even without a colorimeter i think but most importantly it has 95%ish adobe rgb. while being cheaper than sw240 or any pen tab for that matter in which i might be interested. i think the 5% trade off is worth it but what do you think im very curious on your opinion!! tbh 27" might actually be an overkill for me both in general and by wallet. im more interested in 24" monitors if i can find any as godlike as m27q. im fine with 1080p i dont think screen res matters much but your insight might change that. since its going to be my second screen not the 3rd so i can maybe buy another one in another couple of years but not anytime soon.
my hot fix to get out of this pinch was straight up hooking the living room tv on to my system lol, the lights are flashbanging me but hey it works for now.
@@sudoo6987 so what monitor did you buy?
@@heroesatwar847 didn't yet I'm saving money thinking of buying a pen display since my current cheap tab is having issues. I might also buy m27q from gigabyte
After using this monitor for a week, upgrading from a 1080P LCD monitor that it looks much sharper. I use the FPS setting at 50 brightness and 50 contrast. Also use the balance speed. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a crisp high refresh rate 1440p monitor.
Has anything happened to the monitor since?
Bought this monitor instantly, looks perfect for all round gaming, cinematic and esports
Is it still good after a while? I just ordered and am waiting for delivery. Confused if I made the right choice
@@akgurram You should be satisfied
@@imkap1278 mine has backlight bleeding. What do I do?
Hardware Unboxed finally review on this model. Best monitor reviewer!!!!
And hope you can review on Lenovo Legion Y27q-20 too.
Please! This monitor is also Nano IPS at 165hz (same panel as LG.) Apparently way better color accuracy out the box compared to the 27GL850-B.
Please do this monitor. I was sad it wasn't on the charts you used
Please do this! 🙌
i want to see this review before i get my G7
No mention to the BGR subpixel layout?
@ConcreteComa calm down bro, take that animosity elsewhere
what is that?
I ended up returning my M27Q after a week. Swapped it for a G27Q instead and I'm very glad I did. Text, especially small text, is so much clearer on the G27Q display. 144Hz compared to 170Hz isn't a noticeable difference.
@@thebookkeeper3508 you reckon the G27 is better?
@@Lordani66 for me, absolutely. If you only care about gaming and movies, maybe the M27 is better technically. But if you use Windows a lot, especially if you don't like a zoomed in interface with big text, I'd go for the G27. It surprises me that the reviews of the M27 aren't more subjective and only focus on the tech specs. KDM switches or whatever they're called are cheap if you really want that functionality.
Best review channel on TH-cam hands down
I know some people say this as a meme, but I’ve actually never clicked on a video so fast before. I bought this monitor for my birthday because of the specs of it to how much it cost and I’ve been having trouble calibrating to color to something that I like. So thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m gonna give your recommendation a shot and see how I like it.
bro, whats your opinion now...?? how is it...??
Yeah how is it? I just got one and I suuuck at color calibration. It looks great though ngl.
Mine will be here on Monday! Researched a lot before purchase. This thing has everything; (insert Stefon from SNL) 170hz, 1ms response time, QHD, KVM, IPS panel. I had already dumped a couple grand building my PC, so this was the perfect monitor budget wise. I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
Is the BGR subpixel layout problem? Its the thing Im worried about with this monitor. Some people complain about it.
Only issue I've had with this was the absurd amount of backlight bleed. Colors are actually very accurate. Sent mine in for a replacement.
@@sricharanpusala2469 Same here.... Backlight Bleed is brutal
I think this is a good concern and should have been addressed in the review. Can’t buy a monitor that does not do a good job on text.
ClearType handled most text once I set it to BGR structure, but a 100% solution is since the mounting is VESA, can flip it even on the factory mount/stand and set landscape orientation and will be 100% RGB.
@@panderalexander that makes the input lag 15ms from 5ms not worth
Your 'BUDGET' and 'ENTRY LEVEL' is my 'DREAM' .
poor
It's reletive to other 1440p high refresh rate monitors
budget for a good 1440p monitor
In the ROG Strix XG438Q review, quite a bit of time is spent lamenting about the BGR subpixel layout. No mention of it in this review! Is a BGR subpixel layout less of a text issue with this IPS monitor? Several people have been complaining about BGR over on Reddit.
For those wondering about ps5 Res, yes it's able to let you play at "4k" (1440p) HDR at 60hz
@@rawdez_ Here I was thinking this was the perfect monitor now I have to worry about this. Problem is: I don't know if what you're saying is a big issue or not. I was 100% ready to buy this monitor now I don't know.
@@rawdez_ Yeah, I knew this monitor was suspiciously cheap for how amazing it is. There’d be essentially no point in getting any other monitor that’s 1440p 144-170Hz. Now I gotta keep searching through these monitor reviews to find one that’s a decent enough all ‘rounder like this one appeared to be.
@@Bestgameplayer10hey, a bit late. But what monitor did you end up with?
Congrats auto-generated captions, you finally nailed the channel name :) Wish this monitor was in stock when I was looking to buy one. I'm very happy with my VG27AQ though!
That's a relief, I literally bought one of these last week.
Ditto
We bought one for our niece for Christmas, excited to hear it's fantastic :)
Me too! You won't regret it! I love mine!
Same here lol I couldn’t find an English review just took a chance.
Tim says that the AMD free sync can work with Nvidia G sync if you know what settings to alter.
Does anyone know what the relevant settings are for someone who has never actually setup free sync/g-sync before? Or preferably a video guide that a youtuber may have made? This monitor seems perfect for what I want.
The M27Q is pretty good especially now that Edge Chromium supports respecting Windows ClearType for BGR subpixels. (It's coming soon for Chrome and other Chromium browsers)
Mine has a narrow blue glow down the left edge of the screen which is a bit annoying and the backlight bleed and screen uniformity is quite a bit worse than my old Asus 27" TN monitor but I can live with it at the current price.
How does this compare to G27Q? Apart from 144/170 refresh rate and absence of speakers?
The G27Q is 165hz OC
Got the G27Q and read some reviews the panel is from AU Optronics but i cannot confirm. This M27Q is from Sharp. Anyway monitor is amazing colors are great.
@@tragicevans4157 what panel is better
I have both the G27Q and the M27Q and based off my (unqualified) testing, the M27Q has much less ghosting on things like the UFO test. Heck, I can't even see any ghosting at all. It has more IPS glow/backlight bleed than the G27Q but the thing I care about the most is ghosting, and besides, IPS glow can be random from unit to unit. So I recommend the M27Q especially when you can get it on sale for like $320-330.
Same my G27Q has no ips glow or bleeding maybe my unit or in general the panel itself. Go for M27Q If you need KVM and 175hz it has higher SRGB 140% vs 120%. These are great value monitor for the price.
I bought the G27Q on blackfriday for 269 euros. The only difference i see is that mine is 144 hz and M version is 170 hz. Pretty happy with it. Good monitor.
This is not the same screen, color is different I think it's not the same panel. Using the hardware unboxed setting color was weird but tweaking using settings from another g27 owner it was much better. Great monitor
Bought this monitor a week ago, and now this video just makes me feel extra positive about my purchase
How do you like the monitor?
@@eleventy70 really dope, I have another 240hz monitor to play competitively but honestly, I've been playing fps on this Gigabyte monitor more cause what's the point of having max framerate if you can't see what's going on
@@slamboy2003 thanks, pulled the trigger on this should be better than the 144hz 1080p monitor I have now lol! Only thing I'm gonna miss is the curve but that's not a deal breaker at all, I mainly play vr now anyway
I got excited for this video as I bought 3 monitors recently and wanted to see how it stacked up, then I realized this is for the M27Q not G27Q
This review needed to come out 2 weeks ago
You're telling me! I'm waiting on delivery of 2 Viewsonic VX2758-2KP-MHDs.
Yeah, i already have LG 27GL850-B :/
Ah, technology.
RTings mentioned a few oddities, the panel is supposedly BGR instead of RGB in terms of pixel layout, which makes text weird in some circumstances and you can work around that by turning the monitor upside-down but then that somehow disables support for g-sync and VRR.
Most people that I‘ve talked to who flipped it upside down said they ended up putting it back properly again and that it turned out it didn’t really bother them, especially after applying windows clear type
Thank you so much reviewing this monitor I got 2 days and with a $40 discount too and so far I’m very impressed with this monitor, thank you for the recommend settings too.
Got this monitor from my girlfriend and I'm surprised that it performs really well. Thank you for an awesome review!
I just watched this video on my brand new Gigabyte M27Q. It came with a few dead and stuck pixels so Amazon is sending me a replacement ;-; but other than that it's an absolutely amazing monitor! Color reproduction, response times, and everything else are stunning, even when compared to my recently-purchased ASUS VP249QGR (same Panda panel as AOC 24G2). Thank you so much for the recommendation!
Is this monitor good right now?
I’m waiting for this moniter to arrive I bought it a few days ago and I can’t wait to use a 1440p high refresh moniter instead of my 1366x768 60hz tv
How did it go for you?
@@LSmashB I love it it's made my experience gaming a lot better and I do play better in games not that much better I'm still trash at the game it wont make me not trash at the game but a bit I can still see the pixels it's not 4k or anything like that but it's still a huge bump from 1366x768 and I can see so much more detail in games
@@aubrynobicop6924 do you have a dual monitor setup? I heard the m27q has some problems with that? I purchased mine today and not sure if im having buyers regret ahah
@@LSmashB no i don't have a dual monitor setup i unfortunately do not have the room for it currently
This monitor is insane for all refresh rates. I'm about to return my ViewSonic and buy this instead
Same here, amazon somehow let me initiate the return on my viewsonic that I ordered in october. We'll see how that goes.
@@TruckerGuy135 let me know how you like it compared to the viewsonic! Im noticed it has worse color accuracy than the viewsonic which is quite worrying
@@ferdlc7757 mine gets here tomorrow, shall see
@@ferdlc7757 turns out I'm returning the m27q, I can't stand the blurry text caused by the BGR subpixel layout. Thought I was going crazy until I googled the issue. Also mine had worse black uniformity than my viewsonic and I think you're right about the color accuracy. I was also not aware the KVM only works if the laptop uses USB C. Oh well.
I have the monitor, I got it for 319.99 on Black Friday. Absolutely no ghosting on my monitor. It also works with gsync!
I literally started yesterday my monitor research and i just saw this review. Now im waiting until the price reaches 300€ at sale to get it. Great video!
I luckily ordered this a week ago before seeing this review and I’m so relieved it turned out to be a great purchase based on your review .
Same, the specs and price looked great. I actually got it for about $30 US cheaper than he mentions in the video. Excited to go home and put it on "Picture Mode". I believe the default is balanced.
@@matthewbusse1059 same. I looked up for reviews before ordering on NewEgg, -nd I only saw a French reviewer who did a second video on English just for global audience. Snagged it after watching his video.
Hahahahah same bro! I was hoping I didn’t just jump the gun and made a horrible decision. Now I see that I just need to adjust my overdrive mode (been using the speed one, oof) and get myself a new graphics card and I am set till 2026.
@@matthewbusse1059 i got mine for 300€ in discount during Black Friday! It felt too good to be true, ngl. I though “where are the cut corners?” Because I didn’t see any obvious ones. Now I just know I got the deal of the year!
@@agustinkrupka I'm reading about wierd colors on text due to the bgr layout instead of rgb. Did you notice the text being wierd?
Was waiting for this review two weeks ago prior to the black friday sale. Well, can't complain about the odyssey g7 I got instead. 🤷🏽♂️
Any flickering issue?
@HAM how do you like it? Looking at that for next gen console gaming and general browsing
Yeah the g7 is one of the best monitors for gaming
@@lclutchl_bladez2277 hi, if you're buying for your XSX everything is okay but if you want to buy for PS5 be careful, pS5 don't support 2k at the moment, you will be able to play only 1080p
@@badman5356 No flickering whatsoever. I did update the monitor to the latest firmware so that must've helped.
Keep 'em coming, the more there are the sooner I can afford one :D
Got one based on your review....very happy. Thanks for all the work you put into these videos gents!
Ended up buying one of these over the LG 27GL850 - the LG was £300 and this one was £330 with a free copy of Outriders. Mainly because this had a higher refresh rate and better contrast according to Tim's reviews.
One thing though is the dude in the shop mentioned they had some open box ones and they'd been returned for backlight bleed issues. They'd sold about 200 of them mind so it wasn't a huge percentage, but gonna keep an eye out for this as excessive backlight bleed does my head in.
Also gonna look into configuring the colours properly now!
Thoughts on how it is BGR and not RGB?
Yeah I just found out about this, I'm not sure now.
I have one. Is an awesome performer. I think is BRG but its alright, no problem with reading text
@@marcelochechik
Ok cool. My main worry about this monitor was text clarity, but if it looks good I'll probably get one.
@@sythos_8653 Have one now - its BGR, but running ClearType tune in Windows makes it no difference from standard panel
@@piotrpuz and regarding google chrome and adobe reader? Text clarity is good?
Will you be checking out the new v2 version of htis monitor?
Could you make a review for Gigabyte G27Q (not QC), IPS 1440p 144hz monitor?
It's basically the same (panel-wise) as M27Q.
It’s the same but slightly worse in every way. That’s basically it.
thanks a lot.
@@SilentButDudley and do you think the differences are worth $80? I can get the G27Q for around $80-100 cheaper than the M27Q (the G27Q is 350 and the M27Q is 440-450) Or is Viewsonic vx2758-2KP-MHD for 380 the better option out of these 3 monitors?
@@SirisCSGO1 That’s for you to decide. Only downside is quality control as dead pixels is kind of a common problem.
Got it as soon as its available and havent regret ever since. Amazing Monitor for gaming & editing.The kvm switch is perfect to have it connected to my macbook pro.
how good is resolution with macbook pro connected? does the usb charge the macbook?
I picked this up for $260 on sale, an absolute steal. Thanks for the recc!
Great review Tim! Really thorough and well summarized. Just curious if I can expect a similar conclusion for the M32Q
How problematic is the BGR layout in adobe and other software that doesn't use windows cleartype?
i have this monitor and it’s not even bad people are just making a big deal on it if you look on reddit, mine looks perfectly fine
@@marvinvasquez4203 It's a problem if you have a secondary monitor that is RGB. But it's more of a Windows problem than anything else.
Finally. Been asking for this review forever ago
I bought this monitor a few days.. its amazing. I love everything about it. Cystal clear and vibrant color.
My god, thank you!!!! I was waiting for ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQ1A 27” HDR Gaming Monitor, WQHD (2560 x 1440), 170Hz to go on sale and it never did. It is $430 and then you guys make this video about a monitor that is on sale at $340. I'm looking to play Apex Legends Competitive and will need a 1440p Monitor for my single PC Build for Gaming/Streaming. Will also be able to use my laptop as a Monitor to read chat thanks to the features reviewed. Awesome!!!
I can see this as a favourite with VFIO enthusiasts.
This review just convinced me to buy it... can't wait!
@@Bckner I havent boought it yet..... sold out in my region waiting for restock
Good review. Did you notice the blue and red color lines by the left and right bezels? Apparently all M27Q monitors have it... Anything to do to fix it? Maybe it's due to BGR pixel layout instead of RGB.
Thanks for such a detailed review. Ive just bought one and hope it lives up to the review. Plan to use it to game with a PS4 pro but building a PC in the new year! Happy Christmas.
love stache and I rely on your reviews for all my monitor shopping I've done in the last 3 or so years. thank you kindly
12 available on Amazon Germany, after this review: all gone, next possible shipment in 1 or 2 month. Fuck my life
don't buy it you will regret it
@Lukas F 1080p videos look bad on it also so much ghosting and looks washy when gaming
@@nathanieltyghe4526 why play 1080p on 1440p?
@@NamTran-xc2ip because must videos are only 1080p max?
I like 240hz 1440p because I can, but this is still huge value
it only costs 50% more than 1080p 144hz monitors used to cost not so many years ago!
Good as 1080p is on the way out now.
It also cost 40-50%less than "premium"IPS desplays cost last year
G27Q Next please! I cant live without your monitor reviews
Yes, because I am now looking that monitor, because this has BGR subpixel layout and therefore it is useless for desktop use.
@@xvnbm It's not useless for desktop use, not by a far. I recently bought this monitor, and text is normal, sharp, as it should be, without adjusting it through cleartype it was a little bit "foggy", but after cleartype, can't really see a difference. This is a perfect monitor for this price.
The color gamut, IPS viewing angles, brilliant response times with whites as well as blacks, makes for a no-brainer buy. G27Q has much worse black uniformity, a LOT of ghosting in overdrive, very bad black smearing at almost 20ms dark response times.. much worse in every aspect other than contrast ratio.
I was about to buy the G32QC but after looking this monitor (M27Q) up, seeing this review, I'm absolutely not regretting the buy. Check rtings.com also for very good reviews/comparisons.
And here I purchased a G27qc 2 months ago and this comes out lol. Don't get me wrong, the contrasts are stunning for watching video but the extra performance of this monitor looks awesome
Just got this monitor and it is everything you said it was. Thank you Tim