ASUS XG438Q 43 inch 120Hz 4K announced

Greebo · 23 Jul 2019 at 07:18

Vega said:
This monitor is using the 120 Hz HDR600 version of the panel. May want to wait for the 144 Hz/HDR1000 version.

Yeah which won’t be until next year. I have never understood how come there is always such a length of time between monitors being shown at shows and actually able to buy it. Seems to be 12 to 18 months nowadays.

I look at the list of upcoming panels and monitors and expected launch dates and think to myself, oh that screen looks like it might be perfect for me and q1/q2 2020 isn’t that far away but then release that means when they are launching it at a show and you won’t actaully be able to buy one for another year so it’s going to be 2021.

ToTheMax · 23 Jul 2019 at 09:07

Vega said:
This monitor is using the 120 Hz HDR600 version of the panel. May want to wait for the 144 Hz/HDR1000 version.

Isn't 144Hz and HDR (10bit) colour beyond display port 1.4 bandwidth? I would think we'd need HDMI 2.1 or equiv DP standard to work.

JediFragger · 23 Jul 2019 at 09:57

ToTheMax said:
Isn't 144Hz and HDR (10bit) colour beyond display port 1.4 bandwidth?

The newer panel has DSC enabled (it's a DP function to allow better compression)

Greebo · 23 Jul 2019 at 10:59

JediFragger said:
The newer panel has DSC enabled (it's a DP function to allow better compression)

Is that just on the Asus version? The ACer version with the same panel requires two DP connectors to be used plus DSC is AMD only atm isnt it
?

JediFragger · 23 Jul 2019 at 18:13

Greebo said:
plus DSC is AMD only atm isnt it
?

IIRC Turing also supports it.

apostolis_kt · 2 Aug 2019 at 09:17

Saw an article mentioning a price of £1099 and release month of August. I think it was this one https://mightygadget.co.uk/asus-rog-strix-xg438q-4k-120hz-monitor-launches-in-august/ not sure where he gets the date and the price from. What do you think?

Will there be a different 1000 nits model?

JediFragger · 2 Aug 2019 at 10:50

apostolis_kt said:
Will there be a different 1000 nits model?

Seems so, and 144hz. Not expecting that til at least early next year, and a bit more ££.

Greebo · 2 Aug 2019 at 11:15

JediFragger said:
Seems so, and 144hz. Not expecting that til at least early next year, and a bit more ££.

Acer model before then and that’s hdr 1000 and 144hz and less money than asus 120hz version

JediFragger · 2 Aug 2019 at 11:52

Greebo said:
Acer model before then and that’s hdr 1000 and 144hz and less money than asus 120hz version

Thought Acer had come out and said 1499 Euros?

apostolis_kt · 2 Aug 2019 at 12:59

Either way i would be happy with any of these on a black Friday deal probably next year as its too close for this black Friday! I almost got the older 49 inch Samsung (the 2x1080p one) for 799 i think it was on black Friday.

apostolis_kt · 2 Aug 2019 at 13:02

Greebo said:
Acer model before then and that’s hdr 1000 and 144hz and less money than asus 120hz version

When would the Acer one be released?
Yes i saw another tech site was saying 1499 Euros for the Acer one.I don't mind much that the asus is only 750 nits haha its better than my 2008 i think LG 1080p monitor

Baddass · 2 Aug 2019 at 20:26

apostolis_kt said:
Saw an article mentioning a price of £1099 and release month of August. I think it was this one https://mightygadget.co.uk/asus-rog-strix-xg438q-4k-120hz-monitor-launches-in-august/ not sure where he gets the date and the price from. What do you think?

Will there be a different 1000 nits model?

ASUS have confirmed that expected release date and price for the UK

Greebo · 2 Aug 2019 at 21:01

JediFragger said:
Thought Acer had come out and said 1499 Euros?

Nope not yet although TFTcentral says it coming out any time soon and will be $1299 so I got it wrong, it will be slightly more expensive than the slower Asus. If the exchange rate hadnt tanked there might not have been much in it.

Legend · 3 Aug 2019 at 04:55

Baddass said:
ASUS have confirmed that expected release date and price for the UK

That's good news. Any word if you'll be getting one to review soon?

Dave2150 · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:20

Baddass said:
ASUS have confirmed that expected release date and price for the UK

Excellent news, I look forward to your review

Baddass · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:31

Legend said:
That's good news. Any word if you'll be getting one to review soon?

i've asked Asus for one but nothing firmed up yet

Legend · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:35

Very keen to see how this turns out, and the pricing could actually be half sensible for once if it's decent... which is surprising from Asus!

sadbuttrue · 5 Aug 2019 at 16:10

43" Matte, VA with no PWM - Slightly overspecced for my intended use as a TV/Media player, but I've been waiting years for something suitable.

caff · 5 Aug 2019 at 18:09

It has a 100x100mm VESA mounting option apparently according to that article above.

Very interesting! The lack of that would've killed it for me, now it's firmly back on my radar.

Legend · 13 Aug 2019 at 15:58

caff said:
It has a 100x100mm VESA mounting option apparently according to that article above.

Very interesting! The lack of that would've killed it for me, now it's firmly back on my radar.

Definitely has the VESA mount visible now, which is good. Likewise, I'd virtually dismissed this when it didn't appear it would feature one. Would have been crazy not to include on a monitor this size though.

I see it's cropped up on some European sites already, so hopefully will make UK appearance soon enough. Keen to see reviews first though. There's also Acer's equivalent offering of course (which is HDR-1000 I think), which I wonder if will come in even cheaper? I was expecting Asus to go nuts with pricing on this, but at £1099 they're actually being sensible for once it seems... assuming it's actually any good!