Review on AOC C27G1 Frameless DisplayPort Adjustable 1920X1080P: Enhance Gaming Experience with 🖥️ 144Hz Refresh Rate, Height Adjustment, Blue Light Filter, Flicker-Free Technology, Wall-Mountable HD Monitor by Joe Vazquez

People who say "pay more for better" don't know what they're talking about. I checked out every major monitor review site I could find and this seems to be the best 144Hz 1080p VA monitor out there. I'd happily pay more for a better VA monitor, but unfortunately that doesn't exist yet. Yes, it has the problem of smearing high-contrast colors. This is due to the faster transition time from gray to gray in VA monitors compared to IPS and TN monitors. However, moving to IPS or TN is not an "upgrade", it is a replacement of one problem with another. With TN you get much poorer picture quality and viewing angles (to the point where even the frontal image doesn't show up accurately), but a quicker response. That quicker response is quite an exaggeration. I've been playing FPS at high levels for a long time and the TN's faster response only matters because it doesn't have the obvious smearing that occurs in some high contrast areas (eg: white clock with black hands and numbers). The weaknesses of this VA monitor are most clearly demonstrated with concrete examples such as: a chain link fence in a dark place, a bookshelf with colorful books. As you pan, the fence darkens and the bookshelf appears darker/flickering/smeared. Increasing the gamma reduces the effect. The overdrive setting doesn't seem to have much of an impact on this. Using one of the preset profiles makes the situation worse. I tested two $500 240Hz IPS monitors and they had a terrible IPS glow that ruined 1/3 of the screen. This makes this cheaper monitor much better overall. More accurate IPS color is only important for people doing critical color work. IPS also has the same poor contrast ratios as TNs, VA has better image quality and black levels. And this VA has way better viewing angles than the expensive IPS I tested and every TN monitor. In addition, this VA monitor is equipped with disabled overdrive. Setting it to "Medium" greatly reduces high-contrast blur to the point where it's only noticeable in certain parts of some dark games or when scrolling through a webpage with high-contrast sections/features. I also bought the 27" version, but the 24" version is said to be a bit better in that regard. The first monitor I owned had significant bleeding around the edges, particularly in the top right corner. This was very disappointing considering the advantage of VA monitors is the black level. But such a strong black light leak ruins black scenes. I returned it in exchange for a second monitor and was relieved to see that it had a lot fewer BLBs. However, it had a dead pixel in the lower right corner, but it's not noticeable unless I turn the screen to white and look for it. So I take the bottom BLB with a broken pixel from day to day. Unfortunately, the backlight seems to degrade over time. I also noticed that colors may appear uneven (three vertical bars darker/lighter) on the second monitor (night streaming with a white background). shades). But that's only on rare occasions and not something I would notice in gaming and normal PC usage. Motion blur is just as low or lower than the "better/faster" TN and IPS monitors I've tried. And the MBR feature on this monitor seems to work pretty well. Not a fan of the curve, but used to it. Not a fan of this type of stand. The regular flat square ones are much better and allow me a lot more adjustment of monitor position. In one of the pictures you can see how I had to position this. The picture setting is greyed out. Thus, there is no access to the sharpness setting. The OSD control is by far the worst of any monitor. I can't figure out which button is for what. The power button isn't even below the power indicator. Luckily they have software (i-Menu and G-Menu) that manages most (unfortunately not the MBR setting) of the OSD. It tilts up, but mostly not down at all. It rotates from side to side in a very good range. There's nothing wrong with 27 inches at 1080p. Just not as sharp as 1440p. The FPS cost is 1440p, which means you'll pay over $500 per graphics card to get around 100 FPS in new games. Has black borders on the sides where the bezels are would not normally be sure what that is for Has an OSD crosshair and a dedicated button for it Has a "Frames" counter but it is actually a refresh rate counter Player 1 is really blue Players 2 and 3 are nice and almost identical, but the program doesn't show their settings. It's very unfortunate because they drastically change the image and I can't get the custom settings to look the same no matter what I do. They look way better than my custom settings but my custom settings have way less ghosting/smearing/lags so I have to use custom for gaming and ironically can only use "Player 2" and 3" on desktop. Oh , when I look at a specific image, I can conclude that it is a mix of sharpness and saturation (referred to as 'game color' in the OSD). Although I don't see a sharpening setting anywhere. Oh, it's in the image settings menu, which for some reason is not available on all non-VGA connections. Runs in 1440p downscaling in games at 144Hz without the need to create custom timings. The images I included in my review are backlight comparisons. Bleed on my first and second monitor, and then the viewing angles of the first monitor.