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★★★★★
Best value 4k monitor I have ever seen
I had gone through several monitors for my flight sim/work/occasional photo editing setup, I started with an old 24" 1080p IPS panel but trying to fly with only one monitor is no fun, it was ok for everything else. I scavenged 3 22" 1080p TN panels that were ok for flying but no good for work or photo editing. I then purchased 3 24" 1080 VA 144hz panels, the high refresh was nice but the color was worse than the TN panels. I returned those and purchased 3 of the 27" 4k IPS AOC panels. Here's the pros and cons
Pros:
-Excellent color compared to everything I've used previously
-Amazing clarity on text and photos
-No noticeable backlight bleed
-Outstanding viewing angles
-Minimal bezel looks great in multi monitor setup
-Color calibration and uniformity certificate with each monitor, and the certified measurements are absolutely incredible at this price point, color average deltaE is 0.4 to 0.5 for the monitors I received and uniformity is almost perfect 100%, one of the monitors has 99% at one of the measurement locations, I know where it from the certificate but I cannot see any deviation in brightness with my eyes
-3 inputs allows me to run my PC, Mac and laptop dock without an expensive triple monitor 4k kvm (I have a basic usb switch to take care of switching the keyboard and mouse)
-Scales lower resolutions really well, 1080 and 1440 have minimal blurring
Cons:
-One of the HDMI inputs is only 1.4 which maxes out at 4k 30hz
-HDMI inputs are not labeled which is HDMI 2.0 and which is HDMI 1.4, also no mention of which is which in the manual (as of now I don't know which is which as my Mac and laptop dock max out at 4k 30, my work ordered a Dell D6000 dock which will do 2 monitors at 4k 60 and the third at 4k 30. I'll try to update this when I figure it out which port is which) - EDIT- HDMI 1 is 4k 60, HDMI 2 is 4k 30
-The area around the inputs looks "cheap" the black plastic cover has some big gaps around the input area so you can see the metal inside and silver tape
-Some ghosting or trailing due to slow pixel response times, really only noticeable when you move a white mouse pointer on a very dark background
Nit picks:
-Only 60hz, but you're not going to find a high refresh 4k anywhere near this price point, you're looking at almost 10x the price for 144hz, at least for now
-Not Freesync or variable refresh, same as above
Notes:
-The panel is 10bit/pixel but I don't think it accepts a 30bit color input, all of my computers indicate 24bit color with no option for 30bit. 24bit is good enough for me so I have not investigated it any further
I am extremely satisfied with these monitors, great value for such an amazing display. At my office I have a different brand 4k monitor that was almost double the price of the AOC and honestly the AOC looks much better
November 2019 · Electronics · verified purchase