That's a bit farther down AUO's high refresh rate pipeline. Reposting from the previous monitor article:
LG has a 27" 4k144 panel in the works.
AUO will be following up on this with 27/32" 1440p240 panels in IPS and 27" 1440p240 and 32 1080p240 panels in VA.
Innolux has 32" 4k144 panels with SDR, 10,000, and 1,000,000 zone HDR in work. Assuming they can get the price down, the latter with ~3x3 pixel dimming zones should squash haloing problems and be competitive with OLED.
TFT Central doesn't have a 2019 update on Samsung's plans; but their fall 2018 one was mostly ultrawide/curved panels.
I'm looking forward to the 32" 4k144 ones. Probably either the cheapest SDR one unless the million zone model is affordable, unless the price premium is low I'll probably pass on the middle one because I'd probably end up wanting a model with a better backlight in a few more years.
I agree that 1080p at 27" isn't great, but I believe the target audience for this monitor is competitive gamers. Most computers cannot display 240+fps at 1440p playing modern games. There are plenty of 1440p 27" 144hz and lower displays already available.This is for a very niche group of gamers looking for the larger screen but still being able to push 240hz. Just my 2 cents.
Cool beans? I always calibrate my monitors down to 120nits. It could peak at 130 nits and I wouldn't care. It's not as if the monitor's backlight technology is capable of local dimming nor is it HDR certified.
Additionally, another way to achieve monitor "brightness" is to make sure your environment isn't overlit anyways. That's easily achieved with some light diffusing curtains and turning off the light in your room, and even a 120nit monitor will look bright and visible, without all the excess light/energy waste.
Only real concern with this monitor is that VA panels, even on high refresh monitors, tend to still have slower pixel response times making them unsuitable at higher refresh rates. I'm not sure what wizardry they're doing to suddenly make a leap in VA pixel response times, but I'm inclined to think that pixel response times will be poorly matched to the factory 240hz mode.
I have a VA 144Hz, and it's very snappy. Though It's "only" 144hz and it's my first 144Hz panel ever. So I have a huge sample size of one for my experience with 144hz xD
What is wrong with you people? All I read is complaints after complaints on essentially all the articles. I was like "Oh, let's go read what the complainers have to say about this monitor now..." And I wasn't even joking.
Stop. Complaining. Go outside, be happy. This monitor is probably just fine, great even. I have a cheap 144Hz VA monitor from Acer and I love it!
I'll soon stop commenting on this website because of the negativity.
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sircolby45 - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Only 1080p at 27" ....No thank you. It needs to be at least 1440p for that size.willis936 - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
1440p240 @ 8bpc requires 21.2 Gbps.HDMI 2.0 goes up to 18 Gbps. DP 1.3 (and 1.4) goes up to 32.4 Gbps. So I suppose the link isn't the limiting factor here.
imaheadcase - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Yah but no one is going to care about 240Hz they could of easily had it much lower and still appeal for masses.hanselltc - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link
And here I am wanting a good 27" 1440p144 monitor on the cheap, waiting for these to force those prices down.DanNeely - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
That's a bit farther down AUO's high refresh rate pipeline. Reposting from the previous monitor article:LG has a 27" 4k144 panel in the works.
AUO will be following up on this with 27/32" 1440p240 panels in IPS and 27" 1440p240 and 32 1080p240 panels in VA.
Innolux has 32" 4k144 panels with SDR, 10,000, and 1,000,000 zone HDR in work. Assuming they can get the price down, the latter with ~3x3 pixel dimming zones should squash haloing problems and be competitive with OLED.
TFT Central doesn't have a 2019 update on Samsung's plans; but their fall 2018 one was mostly ultrawide/curved panels.
https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/blog/innolux-latest-p...
https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/blog/au-optronics-lat...
https://www.tftcentral.co.uk/blog/lg-display-lates...
inighthawki - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Nice links! Definitely looking forward to seeing the 27" 1440p 240hz panels in action. Been waiting for this upgrade for a while.DanNeely - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
I'm looking forward to the 32" 4k144 ones. Probably either the cheapest SDR one unless the million zone model is affordable, unless the price premium is low I'll probably pass on the middle one because I'd probably end up wanting a model with a better backlight in a few more years.SwordDancer - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Agreed! It should be 1080P at 24" or 1440 at 27"!cdart2004 - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link
I agree that 1080p at 27" isn't great, but I believe the target audience for this monitor is competitive gamers. Most computers cannot display 240+fps at 1440p playing modern games. There are plenty of 1440p 27" 144hz and lower displays already available.This is for a very niche group of gamers looking for the larger screen but still being able to push 240hz. Just my 2 cents.koaschten - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
300 nits brightness *laughs*JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Cool beans? I always calibrate my monitors down to 120nits. It could peak at 130 nits and I wouldn't care. It's not as if the monitor's backlight technology is capable of local dimming nor is it HDR certified.Additionally, another way to achieve monitor "brightness" is to make sure your environment isn't overlit anyways. That's easily achieved with some light diffusing curtains and turning off the light in your room, and even a 120nit monitor will look bright and visible, without all the excess light/energy waste.
Guspaz - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
The monitor does not support G-Sync. It's "G-Sync Compatible", which isn't remotely the same thing (especially if you have a GTX 900-series card).JoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Only real concern with this monitor is that VA panels, even on high refresh monitors, tend to still have slower pixel response times making them unsuitable at higher refresh rates. I'm not sure what wizardry they're doing to suddenly make a leap in VA pixel response times, but I'm inclined to think that pixel response times will be poorly matched to the factory 240hz mode.Alistair - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
Yeap VA panels are slowest, especially with dark content. I'm pretty sure this will be a blur fest.AshlayW - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link
I have a VA 144Hz, and it's very snappy. Though It's "only" 144hz and it's my first 144Hz panel ever. So I have a huge sample size of one for my experience with 144hz xDflyingpants265 - Thursday, August 29, 2019 - link
All these monitors are useless for someone who has grown used to 40". I'd be okay with 37" 16:9. 32 is far too small.Drunken_chewbacca - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link
Stopped reading after 1920×1080....AshlayW - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link
What is wrong with you people? All I read is complaints after complaints on essentially all the articles. I was like "Oh, let's go read what the complainers have to say about this monitor now..." And I wasn't even joking.Stop. Complaining. Go outside, be happy. This monitor is probably just fine, great even. I have a cheap 144Hz VA monitor from Acer and I love it!
I'll soon stop commenting on this website because of the negativity.
cwolf78 - Friday, August 30, 2019 - link
Pixel Pitch 0.3113 mm²Pixel Density 81 PPI
Oh God, why? Why would they sell something like this?