Gigabyte M27Q - burry text :(

Goose · 1 Aug 2021 at 11:15

I bought said monitor the other day and it arrived with a couple of dead pixels so is due to be sent back. I'm in two minds regarding an exchange or refund and perhaps someone might be able to offer some advice. Aside from the dead pixels I do like the monitor a lot except for the fact that text appears quite a bit blurrier than on my old monitor that is the same resolution. I dont know if this is down to some kind of matte coating or other reason nor do I know if there are alternatives to the Gigabyte M27Q that have a similar spec and price but with clearer text.

Any advice you may be able to offer would be most appreciated.

peahead · 1 Aug 2021 at 11:29

Hi

Try running windows cleartype it can help with BGR based panels.

Check the text clarity part of this review it will explain it more for you.

I have had BGR based monitors before and never really found it a problem once cleartype was adjusted.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/m27q

kakarott · 31 Aug 2021 at 14:29

Goose said:
I bought said monitor the other day and it arrived with a couple of dead pixels so is due to be sent back. I'm in two minds regarding an exchange or refund and perhaps someone might be able to offer some advice. Aside from the dead pixels I do like the monitor a lot except for the fact that text appears quite a bit blurrier than on my old monitor that is the same resolution. I dont know if this is down to some kind of matte coating or other reason nor do I know if there are alternatives to the Gigabyte M27Q that have a similar spec and price but with clearer text.

Any advice you may be able to offer would be most appreciated.

Did you end up keeping it? Habe this currently on order...

Phunky · 31 Aug 2021 at 15:37

BGR tends to be awful on windows.

The simplest fix is to just rotate the monitor around and then it'll be RGB, yeah I know...

FoxEye · 1 Sep 2021 at 00:53

Phunky said:
BGR tends to be awful on windows.

The simplest fix is to just rotate the monitor around and then it'll be RGB, yeah I know...

Which apparently increases lag and other undesirable slowdowns. Effectively introduces processing delay to flip the image before displaying it.

Rroff · 1 Sep 2021 at 02:42

Are you using HDR? Windows and HDR is all kinds of problematic outside of movie and game use with problems with fuzzy text.

I've used a few panels with BGR layout (currently have a Philips 436M6 which uses it) and IMO it is only really acceptable on bigger panels (above 40") where you are sitting well back - again Windows tends to handle it badly.

Azrael1 · 2 Sep 2021 at 08:22

Goose said:
I bought said monitor the other day and it arrived with a couple of dead pixels so is due to be sent back. I'm in two minds regarding an exchange or refund and perhaps someone might be able to offer some advice. Aside from the dead pixels I do like the monitor a lot except for the fact that text appears quite a bit blurrier than on my old monitor that is the same resolution. I dont know if this is down to some kind of matte coating or other reason nor do I know if there are alternatives to the Gigabyte M27Q that have a similar spec and price but with clearer text.

Any advice you may be able to offer would be most appreciated.

Did a ton of reading about this and the others are correct as its down to the unusual BGR on this monitor. One of the reasons I never went for it as a spare bedroom one

kakarott · 2 Sep 2021 at 14:42

@Goose did you still have this monitor?

Goose · 3 Sep 2021 at 14:42

kakarott said:
@Goose did you still have this monitor?

No I returned it as it had a couple of dead pixels and I opted for a refund since it was out of stock and I just couldn't adjust to awful text. FWIW it's an excellent monitor in all other respects that i'd happily recommend if the text thing doesn't bother you.

kakarott · 3 Sep 2021 at 16:03

Goose said:
No I returned it as it had a couple of dead pixels and I opted for a refund since it was out of stock and I just couldn't adjust to awful text. FWIW it's an excellent monitor in all other respects that i'd happily recommend if the text thing doesn't bother you.

Got one delivered today and Benq ex2780q so will keep one of them.

saddler · 5 Oct 2021 at 21:02

kakarott said:
Got one delivered today and Benq ex2780q so will keep one of them.

Im currently considering these two monitors, which did you keep in the end?

kakarott · 6 Oct 2021 at 09:29

saddler said:
Im currently considering these two monitors, which did you keep in the end?

Sadly the gigabyte had 5 dead pixels so it went back so ended up keeping the benq