Well....darn.

[d3sl91]

Second PB278Q got here a week ago, and after some burn in and usage.... it has the same badly non-uniform color as the first. I am really not in the mood for continual "lets play the lottery!" on screens. As it will likely cause me to give up on Asus products (monitors at least). Even though I know they are generally decent. But having this on a 400-500 dollar unit is...discouraging. 

 

So, I need a recommendation:

 

1. $500-600 (ish)

2. 1440p

3. 27-34"

4. Ultrawide = meh, but I'd be cool with it. 

5. Photo-editing worthy color reproduction.

6. 60hz, and "okay" lag/blur for casual gaming. 

7. VESA

8. For mostly work, partly entertainment/gaming. Spreadsheets, emails, multitasking. And then I do photography for a hobby on the side. 

 

AMVA or IPS. IPS glow is quite annoying to me, however. 

 

The BenQ linus just reviewed (XR3051) is tempting. And I feel like a monitor with the same panel and size, just, no gaming stuff (144hz, freesync etc), may be in my pricerange....but I dunno. 

 

Thoughts?

[DarrenP]

Second PB278Q got here a week ago, and after some burn in and usage.... it has the same badly non-uniform color as the first. I am really not in the mood for continual "lets play the lottery!" on screens. As it will likely cause me to give up on Asus products (monitors at least). Even though I know they are generally decent. But having this on a 400-500 dollar unit is...discouraging. 

 

So, I need a recommendation:

 

1. $500-600 (ish)

2. 1440p

3. 27-34"

4. Ultrawide = meh, but I'd be cool with it. 

5. Photo-editing worthy color reproduction.

6. 60hz, and "okay" lag/blur for casual gaming. 

7. VESA

 

AMVA or IPS. IPS glow is quite annoying to me, however. 

 

The BenQ linus just reviewed (XR3051) is tempting. And I feel like a monitor with the same panel and size, just, no gaming stuff (144hz, freesync etc), may be in my pricerange....but I dunno. 

 

Thoughts?

What are you going with this monitor? Like is it for mostly work? 

[d3sl91]

What are you going with this monitor? Like is it for mostly work? 

 

Edited original. 

 

Yes, mostly work, partly entertainment/gaming. Spreadsheets, emails, multitasking. And then I do photography for a hobby on the side. 

[Aytex]

Edited original. 

 

Yes, mostly work, partly entertainment/gaming. Spreadsheets, emails, multitasking. And then I do photography for a hobby on the side. 

if you do photoshop and shit like that, dont get a ultrawide bad bad

[Darth-Marius]

try a lg one, there are alot of options

[MegaDave91]

Willing to use a smaller screen like 25"? Dell's U2515H is 1440p IPS.

[mattkov]

Willing to use a smaller screen like 25"? Dell's U2515H is 1440p IPS.

Pretty sure the op said he didn't want an IPS monitor

[MegaDave91]

Pretty sure the op said he didn't want an IPS monitor

"AMVA or IPS. IPS glow is quite annoying to me, however."

[beavo451]

ABC Q2770P.

1440 PLS panel. No PWM dimming (flicker free).