iLLucionist
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There are no other 32" monitors which means it can price itself whatever it wants without competition. And it doesn't matter how much you think it is worth since it is subjective. I know most people are happy with their $70 Walmart bicycles, but every single bike forum on the internet will bash you for even touching those, and instead encourage (forcefully) to get a $500 minimum from a bike shop. The GW2760HS, for example, is a 27" monitor that, before the price drop for the BL32, was literally a quarter the price at around $220. You lose resolution and some screen size, but 27" is still pretty big and not everyone needs the QHD resolution, especially not for gaming. Is 5" more plus about 35% more pixel height and width worth quadrupling the price? You could buy four GW27 monitors and have yourself a nice command center. This forum is focused on gaming after all. If this were a professional CAD/spreadsheet/I definitely need more pixels forum, than it would be well justified. But it's not. And besides the extra pixels and larger size, the screen quality isn't much different than anything else. Doesn't have amazing response times either. If this was an OLED panel, I would glady pay even more than its asking price right now. But it's really just another VA panel, just bigger. The other angle is, I've gone through two televisions which are far bigger than this monitor, which is one of the reasons people are interested in it, for the size. They can be had for less than half the price for a far bigger monitor/TV. They have respectable input lag, and they use the same technologies as those on monitors with the same image qualities, but are way cheaper on a price per inch ratio, and easily available at your local big box store. 32" is my sweet spot though, and most of the 32" TVs are either really poor quality VA panels, or an LG IPS with horrible glow. If you go up to 40" or larger, the panels get far more respectable in quality.
It's just what your priorities are, and your budget. A $700 monitor is still a $700 monitor, regardless of how good you think the price/performance ratio is. That's rent right there for a lot of people. I bought my 32" Panasonic for $600 five years ago, and have been using it as a monitor since. In some ways, I will be paying more for a downgrade. Viewing angles for example. My TV has no IPS glow. I actually bought an HP 27xi a year ago for $240 and returned it. I checked just a few days ago and even after a year, the price actually went up to $295. It kind of sucks that monitors aren't really improving when it comes to price, and haven't really changed that much in half a decade. TVs have gotten amazingly cheap for how large they are, and smartphone and tablet displays are amazing how far they have advanced and how much the prices have been driven down. You can get a QHD 5.1" Amoled display on a $600 korean version of the Galaxy S5, or for $500 you can get a QHD 10.5" Amoled display on a Galaxy Tab S. The display is only a fraction of the cost, although the largest fraction. The iPad Air display can rival a lot of high end $1000+ monitors. Monitors are stagnating because its still just a niche enthusiast thing, even moreso now than a decade ago when everyone didn't have a notebook and tablet and had to buy a monitor for their computer. The only thing I can really say is IPS prices have been driven down, but those crappy glow heavy "AT-W too expensive and it sorta messes with colors so lets not use it!" crap ain't worth it.
Thanks, I didn't knew 27"-ers around 200-300 dollar even exist. For me, things are a bit different as I am a Mac user, I am used paying the 'Apple Tax', so when I see a screen around 600-700 dollars, I find it not that expensive compared to Apple's Cinema Display, which also falls short of its promises at that price point (my experiences: yellow tint, uniformity issues, dead pixels, awful glare, non-adjustable stand). But knowing that you could theoretically buy almost 3 27"-screens for the same amount of money as one BL3200PT is interesting. However, I am far more interested in one properly calibrated screen than 4 mediocre ones (and I need the pixels: coding, research, data analysis).