CQ27G4H 27" Curved Gaming Monitor, QHD 2K 2560x1440, 1500R VA, 180Hz 0.5ms, AMD FreeSync Premium, Height Adjustable Stand, Xbox PS5 Switch Compatiable, 3-Year Zero-Bright-dot

This is an incredibly good value compared to other monitors out there, even the other budget brands like Z-Edge, who's monitors I've used before. The refresh rate is accurate to the listing, size and resolution are also as expected and look great. 1440p truly does make a massive difference compared to 1080p. The standard VESA mount on the back works great and is only about 1cm recessed, so it should work with most monitor mounts. The brightness is wonderful. Much brighter than other monitors. (though obviously you can buy even more expensive monitors that are still brighter) The settings menu is pretty easy to get used to and the buttons are very clicky and tactile. There were zero dead pixels or bright/dark spots, though if you're really focusing on it you can tell the very edges of the screen on the left and right side will look slightly darker since the panel won't have the best viewing ratio, but that's just generally true for this kind of panel. The color accuracy is great, though mine did come pre-set to "Warm" in color temperature, so make sure to set that to normal or cool if it looks better for your setup. Personally, I think warm looks best in games, and normal or cool looks best for text, with cool looking particularly good in dark mode. Cool seems to be closest color accuracy-wise to most well-tuned displays. It was really easy to set up, and I also appreciate that unlike some other brands, the startup splash screen has a black background rather than a white one, so you don't get flashbanged when you turn it on. The only thing I'd like to see is actually for the monitor to not include a stand, (or at least have the option to) sell the stand separately, but sell the monitor itself for a lower cost. Since most monitors, including this one, are VESA-compatible, once you've got one monitor stand, you'll never need another one, and eventually most people have a monitor break on them and will have a stand left over with no monitor to pair it with. However, that's not really a critique of the product, just a preference :) Overall, for the price, this gets an incredibly solid 5 stars!

I needed a high resolution big monitor. I saw this one as a return. It was in excellent, new shape. It's a fantasic monitor. I didn't really buy it for the curved but I think it helps my vision. It really helps me complete my work better. Since it was a return the price was fantastic. I am using it with a suface tablet and it works perfectly. I really do like this monitor.

Amazing monitor. Great value for money nothing beats it at that price. The interface menus is extremely easy to set up. It works better while connected to displayport using hdmi limits the hertz and brightness. Really crisp colors and the curve isn’t too much it’s just in the sweet spot.

The Good: Great contrast and color. You can play with the settings to make it really pop without touching your graphics card settings. It seems they solved VA black smearing in this cheap model? If there is, I don't see any. I usually test this driving around at night in Cyberpunk 2077 or looking at the stars in No Mans Sky. Even at low FPS (60-70) there is no black smearing but there is more motion blur. At high FPS (120+) it looks absolutely perfect to my eyes. I'm running a 9800x3d + 9070XT and it can push lots of FPS. Gets decently bright too. I had to lower brightness because it was straining my eyes. No dead pixels. VESA mountable. I don't think you can do better for the price. The Bad: HDR is broken. You will not get it to look good no matter what you try. Windows HDR calibrator, monitor settings and graphics card settings will not be enough to fix what is broken. My advice is forget its even an option. SDR is perfectly fine. The stand it comes with is garbage. Get a VESA arm or mount. Other Thoughts: My experience with AOC monitors is hit and miss. Some last 10 years and some last 10 weeks. I'm really happy with this one so I hope it sticks around. Other monitors tried and returned: HP OMEN 32q (mediocre) Samsung Odyssey G50d (beyond terrible). For the money you will not get a better 32.

The monitor is pretty good, but one has to remember it's a VA panel. There is some blacklight bleed as all VAs have, I've not had issue, as it varies panel to panel in production of such. This is the second AOC monitor I've owned in like... 25 years. This monitor is better than my old VA panel Viotech generic brand one which had got in 2018 and went to the digital grave when attempting to use G-Sync or something late 2024. It was also 27" sized screen like this one, but not as "strong" as the 1500R curve as this. This AOC monitor can do HDR if you want, but oh man that hurts my eyes sitting about an arm length away, so I don't. G-Sync/VRR also works on this, but remember this isn't an OLED/QD-LED so high frame rates and ghosting will happen, this is more for cinematic gaming/and browsing web/etc. Color is good, but not OLED/QD-OLED level. Documentation was kind of light, and they do expect you to download the monitor app for more in depth use and firmware updates.

Great quality, it works well with bright color. It’s sturdy and has a good weight to it so it seems like it will last. The size is perfect for my gaming set up and I’ve played hours of games on it without having any problems.

I'm loving it! Massive upgrade from my old Z-display, bless it's heart- still kickin but pixels are slowly dying- This monitor? No dead pixels-arrived safe and well packaged. The high refresh rate is something totally foreign to me and I feel like i'm playing in butter, it's so smooth! The colors are rich, no screen tearing, the stand looked kinda cheap in the photos but is incredibly solid(not worried about the cat bumping into it) and easy to set up. my knowledge of monitors is rather limited but it does not seem to perform well capped at 60fps (in the one game i tested ff14) but setting it to main display refresh rate fixed that- I've only been updating my tech recently from dinosaur stuff XD, so in my experience having high fluctuating frames causes a lot of hitching but that doesn't happen here at all. Very pleased!

Great monitor. Adds 77% more pixels cause it’s 1440p and maintains 180hz refresh rate which is good for casual gaming. A good addition to any set up. I buy AOC for all my monitor set ups.