Hannspree HG324QJB 32" 1440p 144hz Adaptive Sync

[Phixsator]

So i just stumbled upon this monitor when doing the daily browser for new tech. Its suppose to be a fairly new addition to the market and therefor no reviews outside of 2 on youtube that has been utterly useless. Ive had a viewsonic 32inch ips panel but ended up returning it only due to the 75hz limit i had on it. This however ticks all the right boxes:

32inch,
1440p,
144hz,
IPS, VA product page is wrong click here for correct information
Cost nothing compared to the competition.

So i wondered if anyone has some information about it, preferable some hands on experience. My only gripe with it so fare is the red color at the bottom of the screen but i could live with that if the rest is stellar.

 

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Well im going to see if i can find the money somehow and if i can im gonna give it a go. It seems to good to pass really and my 24" tn dell is just lagging in so many areas.

You can always paint it.
Given the sub £400 price, that red is OK.

My thoughts exactly, if i like it and 100% its a keeper then i will most likely just put black tape over the red bottom bar or something..

 

[Phixsator]

Okay something is off with this monitor, qouted contrast ratio is 3000:1 which would be VA territory and response times are qouted to be 2ms. Usually IPS panels are qouted to be 4 or 5 ms. Yet the product page says AH-IPS. I am going to be so darn sad if this really is a VA panel


EDIT: its a VA, darn it, look here for the full spec sheet.

 

[Phixsator]

The reviewers saying is IPS. The company says is IPS

https://www.hannspree-gaming-hg324qjb.com/#homepage.A



Yet you believe a third part website?

Yes i do and here is why, no ips monitor without local dimming is adverticed as 3000:1 contrast ratio(or higher), IPS panels also arn't adverticed as having 2ms response times but the final and biggest nail in the coffin for me would be the posts i've found talking about the fact that there isn't even a curved 32inch ips panel in production that is capable of 144hz. I'm sure @Baddass would be able to confirm or deny this. If this was truly an IPS monitor then it would be the first of its kind factoring in size and hz. I would imagen it would cost more if this was the case now that i think of it. Don't get me wrong i hope by some miracle that i am wrong but i highly doubt it now.

 

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So you call liers the owners (check the English review), reviewers, the company and the sellers?

Coming on a little strong there buddy , never called anyone a liar, misunderstandings can happen and most "review" these days anyway are just a read of the spec sheet and an endorsement. Very few people/"reviewers" actually know what to look for or how to test. There is a reason why a lot of these youtubers are called influencers and not reviewers/journalists.

This is about logical thinking, which Phixsator is doing here. Look at the facts:

1) All current 31.5" curved high refresh rate 2560 x 1440 models on the market use VA panels. Usually a variant of a Samsung SVA panel, otherwise (BenQ EX3203R) a similar AUO derivative.
2) It isn't unheard of for manufacturers to make a mistake on official product pages or even spec sheets. Copy and paste errors are prevalent.
3) Hannspree have been out of the game with monitors like this for a long time, making errors like this more likely even at press release and post-press stage.
4) They state a 3000:1 static contrast ratio and a colour gamut which coincides very strongly with the 31.5" VA options and completely rules out use of an IPS panel.
5) Reviewers etc. are not 'lying', they have been mislead by the specifications or so-called facts provided by the manufacturer. Much as you have.
6) Last but not least; there are no IPS-type panels of this size and refresh rate in known production let alone on the market.

Given the above, it's fair to conclude this is a VA panel. Believing anything else is naive and a set-up for disappointment.

Well i guess you summed it up better than i could.

 

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Has anyone bought it? More likely I will get one near Xmas time

I'm considering getting one but I want to see if there's any other monitor bargains to be had during Black Friday on November 23rd first.

Please return and give your opinions about it if you end up getting one. I am in particular interested in the pixel response of the darker transitions aka the typical va dark smearing/trailing

 

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On the topic of 32 inch 144hz 1440p va panels, im about to return the viewsonic XG3240C that i got yesterday. Minor gripe is the curved display, but the main issue is pixel response is just to slow. I think it does a good job for a va but it still just to slow for me personally. So im giving up on finding a 32 inch high refresh rate. It's sad when the horrible monitor i'm using as a temp (asus vg245h 75hz tn) feels faster and doesnt blur as much. I think i'm doomed to use high refresh rate tn's as im not willing to pay the insane prices for the IPS panels out there that are of interest to me.

 

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I would like to point out to people doing smear tests on these VAs that it is not just black that can leave a smearing trail but also other colours.. Example would be the XG3240C which does fairly well when testing black text smearing but if you use the colour red instead (red health bar, red blocky text etc etc) the screen would show a black smearing trail after it that was very visible.

 

[Phixsator]

None.

looks good thank you for including that.. Perhaps you could do a collected post of all your tests for future potential buyers.. I'm sure it would help them a lot.

 

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I literally sold my 1080 for a Vega 64 before the Freesync Nvidia support was announced, a bit annoying but I think Nvidia support is not going to be great for anything that isn't certified by them, as demoed by there's video today showing issues with flickering and stuff for unsusuported monitors.

Would be great to hear from you guys how it works when it's out though.

I think the underlying cause for the flinkering that some of these adaptive screens have on nvidia is the same thing that caused them to frameskip on nvidia hardware prior. LG's ultrawide is a worthy mentioning here as they seem to have odd behavior on nvidia cards if you want to use 75hz. Maybe fixable using CRU..