Asus VG278HE

Suarez7 · 4 Feb 2013 at 01:37

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-040-AS&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

Does anyone here own the above monitor? I'm looking to upgrade from my 27" iiyama 1080p to the one above. Also is the difference really noticeable between 60 and 120/144hz?

illuz · 4 Feb 2013 at 07:57

BUY IT! The difference is night and day, to put it bluntly, you'll be amazed and disappointed you hadn't shifted to 120/144hz earlier.

Jas1222 · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:33

Worth buying if you have a tri-monitor set up and 120hz in the middle with 60hz on either side? Won't that look weird

MarkA · 4 Feb 2013 at 22:10

I've had 2 of these and both had awful backlight bleed from both of them. Can see it very badly during bootup and during movie watching. If anyone can confirm that during dark areas and movie watching they cant see blacklight. I may get another one to test.

Suarez7 · 4 Feb 2013 at 22:27

I've heard about the backlight problem and that's what's putting me off. I might wait a few month and see what new monitors are brought out.

Suarez7 · 5 Feb 2013 at 00:11

I'm now just thinking of downgrading size to a Benq XL2411T. After selling my current monitor it will only set me back 30 quid or so.

Mark Rejhon · 5 Feb 2013 at 00:33

I'm now just thinking of downgrading size to a Benq XL2411T. After selling my current monitor it will only set me back 30 quid or so.

I own both a VG278H and an XL2411T. They are both excellent monitors once calibrated.

The XL2411T (and its 1ms sister ASUS VG248QE) have the least amount of inter-frame crosstalk I have ever seen in any LCD display.
This is excellent for any of the following:
-- 3D stereoscopic glasses usage (virtually zero leakage of left eye/right eye images)
-- 2D LightBoost zero motion blur (virtually zero leakage of remnant pixel persistence between frames)

The size downgrade is a really tough decision. If you plan to use 3D and/or LightBoost (feature normally designed for 3D but benefits 2D motion), definitely go for the 24" monitor. Also, be noted about VG278H versus VG278HE if you use either use 3D or use 2D LightBoost -- a person who tried both monitors on the OCN forums mentions it had slightly more crosstalk between refreshes on the HE than the H.

Regardless, all these monitors are all a major upgrade for any 60Hz 27" TN.

Suarez7 · 5 Feb 2013 at 02:34

I've ordered the BenQ as the Asus have terrible backlight bleeding.

illuz · 5 Feb 2013 at 22:23

Enjoy!

Suarez7 · 5 Feb 2013 at 22:37

Hope I can notice the difference otherwise I've probably lost out on better image quality, bigger size and cash. Oh well, I'll find out tomorrow.

Suarez7 · 6 Feb 2013 at 12:35

Monitor installed and the difference is night and day. Does need calibrating though and I don't know where to start as I've never done it before.