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    Any decent VA screens out there with decent blacks?

    As someone once mentioned: Good VA panels start at 32". :bear: It's best not to look for the perfect monitor, but the one that's least annoying for your use case. Darker edges or black crush may be more tolerable than banding in shadows with the room lights dimmed for example.
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    Philips 278E9QJAB (mini review)

    I ordered this monitor from a discounter's online shop. It is a curved VA panel with FreeSync. The package comes with external power supply, audio cable (to be used for VGA connections) and an HDMI cable. Ergonomics Only tilt, about -1°/20°. In any case plenty unless you sit below the screen...
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    Best Reviewed A-MVA Monitor Thread: Read the 1st Post

    Some more testing with http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php revealed something to me. The C27HG70 can be set to 60Hz or 120Hz while the computer is set to 60Hz. When the monitor is set to 60Hz, the horrible overshoot is there, while at 120Hz it isn't. Apparently the firmware does internal...
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    Best Reviewed A-MVA Monitor Thread: Read the 1st Post

    You mean the old purple artifact issue? No that seems absent with this unit and firmware. What I meant was this picture: https://www.digitalmasters.com.au/Calibration_Print_sRGB.jpg (which I assume was carefully calibrated) showing shadows below the strings of the base and the red dress looking...
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    Best Reviewed A-MVA Monitor Thread: Read the 1st Post

    I have the C27HG70 here right now. A repaired unit made in September 2019 (date code "M9"), firmware 1023. I'm recalling all the stories of inverse ghosting, text inversion and dirty screen effect just now and didn't notice any of that here, though I didn't specifically check for dirty screen...
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    Best Reviewed A-MVA Monitor Thread: Read the 1st Post

    It's bits and pieces I found in reviews: "the manufacturer told us our calibration device isn't sensitive enough" - contrast was measured lower than expected, "we only have 2 digits after the decimal place"/"it might have been lucky rounding" - at 0.06 cd/m² measurements contrast calculations...
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    Best Reviewed A-MVA Monitor Thread: Read the 1st Post

    Be aware that not all equipment measures black levels for VA monitors very accurately and that a checkerboard pattern should be used instead of sequential measurements of a black and a white screen. PRAD and ExpertReviews measured a 3000:1 contrast for the Iiyama X2483HSU-B1 for example. A VA...
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    Strange monitor behaviour when calibrating it with the colorimeter

    Now I get the full picture. I agree with you intuitively that reducing green gain should show as green being to low / red and blue being to strong. You'll have to ask X-Rite what's going on there. At the bottom of the panel it shows x,y coordinates where y should be almost proportional to green...
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    Strange monitor behaviour when calibrating it with the colorimeter

    I don't own a calibration device to compare what that slider is showing. Are you just measuring the green or is this showing after calibration as a "remaining color difference"? Is the slider/bar showing "∆E 94" or "∆E 2000" color difference? What is the target color space? AdobeRGB, DCI-P3...
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    Is 144Hz monitor Better than 60Hz one at 60FPS?

    I'd like to make a correction after thinking about this a bit more. Mea culpa! There is a general benefit to a 120Hz refresh rate vs. a 60Hz refresh rate when playing 60fps. kalston was probably hinting in that direction: A monitor running at 120Hz receives pixels about twice as fast as a...
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    2 Monitors same model big difference! Had to create a poll for this one.

    Left has better gamma, right has more balanced colors, IMHO. Black levels are fixed now by switch to display port it seems. Good luck picking the best. :p
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    Good Specs for a 27" 1080p monitor for gaming?

    And I always thought these socket types were applying a lot of pressure equally with those thick metal frames. Looks like the old "male" "female" connections were more solid than these new flat CPUs.
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    Strange monitor behaviour when calibrating it with the colorimeter

    Either that or set the monitor to sRGB and play in SDR. :) Ok, I'll shut up already.
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    Good Specs for a 27" 1080p monitor for gaming?

    I meant 144fps on 144Hz, i.e. making "good use" of the monitor. Mainboards not detecting RAM is really annoying. :-/ Sounds like the 4GB stick is faulty? Try cleaning the pins with alcohol and a cloth that's not prone to static electricity. Or maybe it's a good time to find a matching 8GB stick...
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    Strange monitor behaviour when calibrating it with the colorimeter

    Sure, all the HDR games should correctly use the wider color space.
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