AOC C32G2ZE 32″ Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor, Full HD 1920×1080, VA, 0.5ms 240Hz, AMD FreeSync Premium, DP/HDMI/VGA, VESA, 3-3-1 Re-Spawn Program, Xbox PS5 Switch,Black

I took way too much time before buying this. Yes, it’s totally worth it.1. The colours are outstanding. Please don’t let people throw you off by remarking on a pinkish hue. For me, I’ve not noticed it. Colors look vibrant, darks are indeed dark and all that jazz. How this translates for you most likely:+you want to play games way too long,+watch movies for way too long,+sink hours upon hours needlessly web surfing.Why? Just cuz. The screen looks that freaking amazing! And you can’t believe it costs under $300.Then there’s the stand. It’s proven more useful than I would have predicted. Sometimes I like to feel super official and read my kindle books on a bigger size screen – especially for DK books or you know, those cool “coffee-table” kind of books I think they are called. Anyway, this monitor is AMAZING for that. I thought adjusting the screen to different orientations would prove more challenging and keep me from wanting to do it often, but not at all. Luckily it doesn’t take massive strength or strain or anything to move the monitor around, and sometimes that allows for experimentation using your monitor in ways that you may not even realized you’d appreciate. Again, for me, that’s proven true in regards to reading kindle books on this monitor. I think I’d now ALWAYS prioritize having a useful, functional stand. I know that monitor arms are a thing, but for some of us, we just want to buy the monitor and be able to use it for as long as possible without having to buy anything else 😉 With this, you have one of the very best monitor stands I could imagine.I also want to mention the warranty – a 3 YEAR WARRANTY that goes so far as to cover ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE in the first year. Now that is value unparalleled, and provided that they folow through on those promises to the customer, it’s really hard for me to recommend anything else. To anyone who is shopping on a budget but wants something that doesn’t feel budget WHATSOEVER, I’d say go this route.When I was monitor shopping, I tried an array of different monitors. Initially I was going for a 42 inch monitor, trying to go for the “best of the best”. The Gigabyte Aorus 43vu, for instance, is a great monitor as is the LG C3 in that size category. I tried 34″ and 32″ inch monitors. Interestingly, even if price wasn’t a consideration, I’d still argue that this 27 inch screen provides the better QUALITY and VALUE, which is kind of crazy to be getting both things at once, you know? I kept thinking that a 27 inch screen wouldn’t be as “fun” as a bigger screen, but as it turns out, for gaming from a desk, I will now ALWAYS choose 27 inches over 32 inches and anything bigger. Basically, I was wrong thinking bigger translates to a more enjoyable experiencd. ! I know these are specific details, but there may be someone else out there going, hey! I love this monitor, but it’s ONLY 27 inches! I can’t tell you for sure that it is enough, but for me, the 27 vs 32 inch monitor debate ends with the 27 being the clear choice. Compared to the 43 and 42 inch sized monitors, I definitely prefer gaming on this 27 inch monitor too, I occasionally game on the bigger television I own. I so prefer gaming on the 27.Look, I don’t want to encourage anyone to buy this who is gonna hate it. I’m sorry if this love letter to this monitor leads you astray and your experiences end up different than mine. But for real, if you want to skip skimming all the reddit forums and the few reviews you can find on this monitor, just take this recommendation. I came in to this skeptical and am seriously blown away.Let me address a couple of things I was worried about:+it being too big, too thick. It isn’t. For me, it’s perfect. It doesn’t remind me of the 1990 CRTV days, and the depth it does have…it just feels right for the picture it creates, as strange as that is to say that way. I have a desk depth of 30 inches. I’ll try to upload photos later in case that will help someone determine if it seems too big.2. pinkish hue: totally don’t see it. Nothing distracts, nothing makes me go oh, this monitor has a bad picture. It’s good. For the money, it’s great! You could tell me this should cost someone $600, and I’d believe it. It performs far above its asking price.Think about that. How often do you buy something that feels really like it should cost twice the price even?Not often enough! Do yourself a favor! Go for it.(To everyone who wants to make a size matters joke, ditto. Enjoy your day and this review!)

As a dedicated gamer, I’ve seen my fair share of monitors promising the ultimate gaming experience, but let me tell you, this 27” Frameless Curved Ultra-Fast Gaming Monitor is in a league of its own.First things first, the design is sleek and modern. The frameless, curved display draws you in from the moment you power it on, creating an immersive gaming environment that’s second to none. The curvature of the screen enhances peripheral vision, pulling you deeper into the action and making every game feel like an epic adventure.But it’s not just about looks—the performance of this monitor is truly exceptional. With ultra-fast refresh rates and response times, every frame is rendered with crystal clarity and precision. Say goodbye to motion blur and lag, and hello to buttery-smooth gameplay that’ll leave you feeling like you’re right in the heart of the action.The 27” screen size strikes the perfect balance between immersion and practicality. It’s large enough to fully appreciate the stunning visuals and intricate details of your favorite games, yet compact enough to fit comfortably on any desk or gaming setup.One of the standout features for me is the color accuracy and vibrancy. The monitor’s HDR technology brings games to life with rich, vivid colors and deep contrasts, ensuring that every pixel pops off the screen with breathtaking realism.Setup is a breeze, with a variety of connectivity options including HDMI and DisplayPort, ensuring compatibility with all your favorite gaming devices.Whether you’re a casual gamer or a hardcore enthusiast, this 27” Frameless Curved Ultra-Fast Gaming Monitor is a game-changer in every sense of the word. Prepare to be blown away by its stunning visuals, lightning-fast performance, and immersive gameplay experience. Trust me, once you’ve experienced gaming on this monitor, there’s no going back. A five-star recommendation without hesitation! 🌟

I have been using the Q27G3XMN for a month now and have been very happy with it. The contrast ratio is amazing, it you play dark games it will make so many more details come out as well as making the colors and light vs dark areas come alive. Even with just the static contrast this monitor has a good HDR experience, with the built in HDR turned on it is the best I have seen. Do not use Windows HDR, it will look terrible, use the one in the monitor settings.I have not had any issues with the color balance, no red shift on mine at all. Have also not had any issues with smearing but I think I have a higher than average tolerance for it. I have overdrive set to medium. It seems to overshoot a little on strong.Speaking of settings I recommend downloading the G-Menu app, it makes changing settings so much easier. Be aware that it fairly often loses sync with the monitor so you may have to flip a setting back and forth a few times before it actually changes. Occasionally I have to close gmenu and restart it to get it to work. Use the Custom Game Mode, ignore the rest.My recommendations for a starting point, tweak to whatever works for you:HDR on (also applies to off):* HDR Picture or Movie (Movie is a bit stronger, Game is too strong)* Adaptive sync on* Low input lag on* Eco Mode standard* LowBlueLight off (Multimedia is the weakest and reading the strongest if you want to use it)* Game Sync off* Overdrive medium* Color temp normal* DCB off (weird color shifts)* DCR off (just set brightness/contrast manually, this tries to set them for you)* Shadow Control 50 (40 if you want deep blacks and shadows)HDR off (gamma, game color, contrast do nothing in HDR because it controls them):* Gamma 1* Contrast 50 (45-55 are ok)* Game Color 10 if you want neutral colors, 11 for some popContrast works almost like another brightness slider and can be used to boost the max brightness or lower the min.

For the longest time I was debating on whether I should empty my bank account on an Oled monitor or not for the deep blacks. I happened to come across mini led in a YouTube video and discovered it also has much deeper blacks than normal Led monitor. Not as deep as Oled but enough to make a huge difference and with all the pros of led as well like higher brightness, vivid colors, and zero burn in. This monitors HDR is absolutely cracked at this price point. I’ve had monitors with HDR 400 and they absolutely sucked and made no difference. With this monitor I’ve made a habit of switching between SDR and HDR in different scenes in games just to see how much better the HDR picture clarity and color vibrancy is for fun. That paired with the darker blacks of local dimming and this MiniLED provides insane value for its price. I also like the stand of the monitor it’s a lot easier to adjust the angle than my old one. Its 180hz which is more than enough for gaming. 10/10 for me.

It’s been a week now that I’ve had the monitor hooked up so I’ll share my experience so far. This is gonna be a long one but an honest review.The stand has long front legs, if you have a smaller desk around 24 inches front to back know that this monitor takes up a lot of room. It would be best suited to go on an arm. It does have height tilt and swivel but no rotation.Out of the box I checked for dead/stuck pixels and there were none. Great way to start off.With local dimming on medium the contrast ratio is amazing. Rtings tested it over 9000:1 and mine easily matches that. Coming from an ips monitor this is a night and day difference, this outclasses any ips monitor on the market. Are you tired of your ips monitor having greys instead of blacks? This Aoc has blacks and they are dark. The black uniformity is so much nicer than ips, it doesn’t have bright spots in the corners or the edges.This isn’t an old Va panel, it’s fast. Response times are great for a Va. It’s slightly slower than most gaming ips monitors but it’s far from bad. Playing dark games like dead by daylight you don’t see black smearing, same with cod, battlefield and rocket league. Black smearing is noticeable on slow Va panels, once again this is a fast Va panel. Think Samsung odyssey g7 fast for half the price. I had a g7 that I returned for qc issues and this monitor is just as good for response times.Brightness- omg this thing gets bright in hdr, over 1,000 nits. Yeah it only has 336 zones but these are mini led and it gets super bright while having very minimal blooming. I got blinded by a flash grenade in cod and instantly felt like faze jev, iykyk. Seriously tho this monitor gets super bright and hdr looks great on here. Pc Gaming in hdr has been a wonderful experience with this monitor, something you can’t get with any other monitor under $300It doesn’t have speakers but who cares, monitor speakers normally suck. It has 2 hdmi and 1 display port. It doesn’t have a usb 3.0 hub, which would’ve been nice but for $279 you really can’t complain about that. They had to cut costs somewhere and I’ll happily deal with that cut being here.Honestly the worst thing about this monitor are the buttons on it. They should’ve put a joystick on it like gigabyte does, that wouldn’t made the experience a lot easier for getting all the settings dialed in.For $279 you get over 9000:1 contrast, 1000+ nits of brightness in hdr, fast response times, low input lag. You can’t get those specs with any monitor for this price.Over the last 5 years I’ve used/tested dell s2721dgf, s2716dgf, gigabyte m27q, gigabyte m28u, gigabyte M34wq, mono price dark matter 34, Samsung g7. This is by far the best out of all of those monitors and some of those monitors cost over $500. Very happy with this purchase, great monitor for pc gaming.