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X27 Waterblock pre-ordered...I just hope my upside down G-Sync HDR sticker logo does not cause problems down the line!
This monitor's dead on arrival. Making it 27" was fucking stupid. These should have been 31.5" out the gate. No one who has the cash for this or wants these specs wants it at 27".
Seriously, why the fuck would I spend this when I can just get a 40" OLED VRR TV next year? Dumb.
"Fan is not an issue." This is classic honeymooner talk. A year into the marriage, people will be telling horror stories about this monitor. It's painfully obvious.
Ok so for all this... the one thing I haven't seen discussed is: Price. Let's get real here.
Basically 2 grand for most of us mere mortals is a tough sell at best.
Break it down for us Vega, L88, and whomever else.
I can't say I'm real impressed with seeing a fan on a monitor going close to the year 2020, either, and I understand the waterblock is entirely optional but frankly for that kind of money I almost feel like it should have been tossed in as part of the package.
I want to make a smart buy at some point and especially if my bluff gets called on my ten year old monitor.
Where am I going wrong here? Be gentle. *braces self*![]()
You know the answer to your question. We're all just so desperate for a monitor to not be a piece of shit we don't want to believe the truth.
This is a two grand monitor that had to ship with a 5 cent fan and has joystick controls that Vega called "flimsy." Yeah. It needs a FUCKING FAN, and it's a two grand monitor that's already been described as "flimsy."
It's yet more cheap Chinese crap. To top everything off, it can't even do what it's been marketed for without shitty color compression.
Do not buy this monitor, people. Wait for something that can run at 4:4:4 with all the bells and whistles, doesn't need a fan, and is 31.5" or some size that wasn't designed for ANTS. This industry is such a fucking farce it's gone straight into parody territory. 2 fucking grand 27" monitors that are nothing but a set of shitty compromises.
Ok so for all this... the one thing I haven't seen discussed is: Price. Let's get real here.
Basically 2 grand for most of us mere mortals is a tough sell at best.
Break it down for us Vega, L88, and whomever else.
I can't say I'm real impressed with seeing a fan on a monitor going close to the year 2020, either, and I understand the waterblock is entirely optional but frankly for that kind of money I almost feel like it should have been tossed in as part of the package.
I want to make a smart buy at some point and especially if my bluff gets called on my ten year old monitor.
Where am I going wrong here? Be gentle. *braces self*![]()
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This is so obviously honeymooner talk. Monitors don't "renew" people's interest in gaming. Pure hype and bullshit. This monitor is a dud.
You know the answer to your question. We're all just so desperate for a monitor to not be a piece of shit we don't want to believe the truth.
This is a two grand monitor that had to ship with a 5 cent fan and has joystick controls that Vega called "flimsy." Yeah. It needs a FUCKING FAN, and it's a two grand monitor that's already been described as "flimsy."
It's yet more cheap Chinese crap. To top everything off, it can't even do what it's been marketed for without shitty color compression.
Do not buy this monitor, people. Wait for something that can run at 4:4:4 with all the bells and whistles, doesn't need a fan, and is 31.5" or some size that wasn't designed for ANTS. This industry is such a fucking farce it's gone straight into parody territory. 2 fucking grand 27" monitors that are nothing but a set of shitty compromises.
The PG278Q renewed my interest in PC gaming. G-Sync was a real game changer. My PG27UQ will be here by the end of the month.View attachment 80407
This is so obviously honeymooner talk. Monitors don't "renew" people's interest in gaming. Pure hype and bullshit. This monitor is a dud.
This is so obviously honeymooner talk. Monitors don't "renew" people's interest in gaming. Pure hype and bullshit. This monitor is a dud.
Over the years I have lost and gained interest in the gaming hobby, sometimes out of boredom over industry stagnation and other times out of necessity like the time I went to university for 4 years and needed to focus on pussy and grades.
Ya but remember $2K back then when the FW900 came out is like $3K today.
I did some more testing of DP 1.4 since this Is the first display that really pushes the bandwidth limits. With my 24 gauge 15-foot DP cable, I am able to run 144 Hz 4:2:2 4K HDR at 10-bit color. I was afraid that the bandwidth would overwhelm even my thick expensive "long run" DP cable. Pleasantly surprised it worked out.
Looks nice, but I'm most likely going to hold off for 120Hz OLED 4K HDR monitors. After experiencing OLED there hasn't been anything that comes close to it in terms of picture quality. LG spoiled me with their TVs.
Also, going to wait a few months to hear impressions once the hype has had a chance to die down a bit and more people have had time with the monitors for a longer period of time.
It's too expensive for what it is (for me) but I guess you're looking at it from the right perspective. Hell, even if those OLED's come out next year, you can probably sell your used x27 for $1,000. If you look at it from that perspective, $1,000 for a years worth of premium gaming isn't that bad.... but I still can't justify it.I too cannot wait for 4k120 OLED VRR HDR, but in the meantime the X27 will tide me over![]()
What 32" variant? Is this announced? My google skills have failed me.Not sure if you have tried it. So far my opinions are pretty high of the display and it isn't flimsy. Could be Vega's monitor could have defects. The controls on this display are the same as the PG278Q and similar. The joystick feels slightly better if anything. The mode changes are programmable and intuitive, found a lot of use for that so far, didn't make use of it on my X34 since the controls on that were atrocious.
Literally the only annoying thing about this display is the fan and that has gotten less annoying as time goes by. The picture quality in HDR and SDR is the best I've seen for a gaming display. Yes there will be better displays and $2k is a lot of money. But you won't see a new display with these features for probably another 2 years other than the 32" variant coming in Q4 or Q1 2019.
Yes, please. I only know of the 35" ultrawides that are supposed to come out around that time.What 32" variant? Is this announced? My google skills have failed me.
What 32" variant? Is this announced? My google skills have failed me.
Thanks!According to TftCentral AUO will have a professional type (so probably 60hz) 32" IPS 4k HDR600 panel in January. For gaming use 27 and 32" 4k IPS panels with 60/144 hz versions and a ~1000 zone miniLED FALD backlight are due sometime in Q1.
The update also implies that a 32" version of the 27" panel is currently in production, although the wording is ambiguous enough that it could be a more plebeian 32" model instead.
For all of those dates add at least a month or two for them to go from the panel factory to stores; and hope that whatever the massive hangup AUO had with the current 27" model is solidly in the past and won't affect future development.
Unfortunately for people hoping for a less flaky panel source, neither LG nor Samsung (keep scrolling past the AUO update) are reported to be working on 27/32" 4k 120/144 panels for release in the next year or so. They doing 144hz in ultrawide and TV sized panels though.