Gigabyte M28U Release Date

Kaas_Online · 21 Aug 2021 at 22:06

Phunky said:
They have 7 in stock in the Clearance section right now, I picked one up last week and it was in mint condition.

Interesting!

May I ask what was the issue with your monitor being labelled B grade. Missing items / scuffs or anything with the panel?

Phunky · 22 Aug 2021 at 08:19

Nothing, it was just a return.

It had all cables, it had all manuals, nothing was damaged, no dead pixels and all packaging.

Sure, not every one will be like this in clearance. But then you’ve got 14 days to return if your not happy.

Plus if it is physically damaged they’ll arrange to pick it up for you.

EsaT · 22 Aug 2021 at 08:47

Very high GPU requirements in gaming could be reason for some returns.
And some people might not have liked extremely small pixel size.

Kaas_Online · 22 Aug 2021 at 09:04

Phunky said:
Nothing, it was just a return.

It had all cables, it had all manuals, nothing was damaged, no dead pixels and all packaging.

Sure, not every one will be like this in clearance. But then you’ve got 14 days to return if your not happy.

Plus if it is physically damaged they’ll arrange to pick it up for you.

Appreciate your replies.

Really makes me curious why it was returned.
Just seen EsaT message too. Which makes sense.

Phunky · 22 Aug 2021 at 10:58

EsaT said:
Very high GPU requirements in gaming could be reason for some returns.
And some people might not have liked extremely small pixel size.

Good points, it’s a fair jump in res that people might not be aware of. Although you can see most stock in clearance anyway so always chance people just like to try and then return.

It’s certainly worth a try and sometimes you can get a bargain on them. I put in an offer on the M28U which was declined and that lead me to believe that they were in good condition.

Kaas_Online · 22 Aug 2021 at 12:04

Only thing I am apprehensive about is the 90 day warranty.

@Phunky - how is the colour output on the monitor and do you have any backlight bleed?

Phunky · 22 Aug 2021 at 13:09

Once tweaked colors are fine, for some reason gamma is turned off on most profiles by default.

I’ve not noticed any backlight bleed while gaming but happy to do a quick test and post some photos up if you want.

A good review going into colour and brightness can be found below;

https://youtu.be/xnJjuQdQiyo

Phunky · 22 Aug 2021 at 13:26

Dang, harder to take shots like this than I thought

but managed to get my setup almost pitch black however iPhone seem to try and adapt so I’ve taken some with various light levels.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ipBydF89W4BUCWovuo0s5E3w

It looks worse in the pictures than it is in real life, think this shows with the shots with some more light in the room.

Kaas_Online · 22 Aug 2021 at 13:29

Phunky said:
Once tweaked colors are fine, for some reason gamma is turned off on most profiles by default.

I’ve not noticed any backlight bleed while gaming but happy to do a quick test and post some photos up if you want.

A good review going into colour and brightness can be found below;

https://youtu.be/xnJjuQdQiyo

Yep. Watched that review a few weeks back and a couple more times since we started talking about it .

Rtings also have a great review on it.
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/gigabyte/m28u

I'll be using it with my PS5, so other draw back I've seen is that the PS5 restricts it to 4:2:0 colour output.

May I ask what you use on it? PS5, XBOX or PC?

Kaas_Online · 22 Aug 2021 at 13:35

Phunky said:
Dang, harder to take shots like this than I thought but managed to get my setup almost pitch black however iPhone seem to try and adapt so I’ve taken some with various light levels.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0ipBydF89W4BUCWovuo0s5E3w

It looks worse in the pictures than it is in real life, think this shows with the shots with some more light in the room.

Thanks for the pictures. It is always tricky getting a real idea about backlight bleed / IPS glow with photos. Always looks worse.

Phunky · 22 Aug 2021 at 13:39

Only using it on PC and my MacBook at the moment, but do want to try my Xbox series S on it soon but that would be more to test the hdmi 2.1 cables it came with.

Kaas_Online · 22 Aug 2021 at 13:44

Noticed from your pictures.

I've replied prior to seeing that you posted pictures.

Couple things holding me back from pulling the trigger is the fact that I run a dual 27" LG monitor setup - and the gigabyte is 28"...so my OCD won't cope! Cosmetic I know!

Lastly, I am trying to justify getting it for my PS5 as I'm not sure how many games will be running at 4k 144hz. Currently most run at 4k 60fps...

Really appreciate all your feedback.

peahead · 23 Aug 2021 at 20:51

Santoo said:
For only 90 days warranty I would expect it to be 50% of normal price.

The 90 days warranty is with overclockers this is not the same as the manufacturers warranty which is still 3 years.

B-grade items only used to get a 14 day warranty btw.

JediFragger · 23 Aug 2021 at 23:14

Santoo said:
For only 90 days warranty I would expect it to be 50% of normal price.

And that's why they'll sit there for 6 months+ and the entire monitor section is heaving atm and will be for the foreseeable, they just aren't flexible enough with the discounts required to shift them.

peahead · 23 Aug 2021 at 23:14

Santoo said:
So if it was on a 28" I'd assume it the font scaling in Windows would be necessity.

Yeah scaling is set to the recommended 150% automatically when windows detects a 4K resolution and it looks great to my eyes even 125% is doable but 100% the text is super small.

Random Guy Esq. · 24 Aug 2021 at 00:44

Santoo said:
Don't have this monitor but did briefly own a 4K on 32".
The text was too small for me and other family members but using Windows font scaling it became absolutely great - crisp sharp text, great for browsing, programming work, etc.
So if it was on a 28" I'd assume it the font scaling in Windows would be necessity.
Font scaling in Windows has obviously been massively improved since I last used it 15+ years ago.

peahead said:
Yeah scaling is set to the recommended 150% automatically when windows detects a 4K resolution and it looks great to my eyes even 125% is doable but 100% the text is super small.

Thanks guys, good to hear it has been improved upon.

Azrael1 · 24 Aug 2021 at 08:33

JediFragger said:
And that's why they'll sit there for 6 months+ and the entire monitor section is heaving atm and will be for the foreseeable, they just aren't flexible enough with the discounts required to shift them.

Sadly very true. Plus monitors get discounted quite often so you can buy these monitors new vastly cheaper from time to time

Sh4rkie · 2 Sep 2021 at 12:26

New fw has been released and updated mine

https://www.gigabyte.com/Monitor/M28U/support#support-dl-firmware

F06 - Improve the performance and reduce input lag.