KTC M27T6. My second attempt at MiniLED monitors.

[melmac]

I mean this monitor is IPS, right? Just with local dimming? I sure have a lot of glow, and not great viewing angles. Probably getting this completely wrong.

Does more local dimming or freesync mess with things like ghosting more? This monitor's ghosting is egregious IMO. Overdrive doesn't seem to do much, or does way too much in terms of introducing artifacts, from my amateur testing. What would be the balance there?

It's a VA monitor, not IPS. The viewing angles on a VA monitor are poor. It's best to position the monitor as centrally as possible both vertically and horizontally. I think the severity of Ghosting depends on the Panel Lottery. I had very little on mine. Freeysnc can make it worse, especially if your GPU is struggling.

The overdrive setting is best left at standard, that's based on the various reviews I watched/read. Maybe trying a lower refresh rate say 144Hz. And see what the ghosting is like using the Standard overdrive.

 

[Aigo]

I noticed the ghosting most playing my Switch (a rhythm game where a circle icon was smearing very badly) so I'm not sure I can do stuff like changing refresh rate, maybe the monitor stays to the last hz set via PC? Is it a Fast VA panel at least? If not I would suggest people go for the budget AOC youtube gamers have been promoting the last year or so instead. This monitor is ok for media creation/programming but gaming wise I'd question if there aren't better options in this price range, especially glossy ones that don't have this noisy matte film over it.

 

[melmac]

I noticed the ghosting most playing my Switch (a rhythm game where a circle icon was smearing very badly) so I'm not sure I can do stuff like changing refresh rate, maybe the monitor stays to the last hz set via PC? Is it a Fast VA panel at least? If not I would suggest people go for the budget AOC youtube gamers have been promoting the last year or so instead. This monitor is ok for media creation/programming but gaming wise I'd question if there aren't better options in this price range, especially glossy ones that don't have this noisy matte film over it.

Is it the original switch? If so, then it connects at 60Hz. For 60Hz, you should probably turn over drive off. Also, with the switch, you should turn off local dimming.

When you have it connected to the Switch, play around with the black equalize settings to see if that improves anything.

It uses a fast VA panel.

The AOC model you are talking about also uses a VA panel. You would have the same black smearing when connected to the Switch. When reading around on forums, there are people who have compared both and have preferred KTC, others have preferred the AOC. The problem with these monitors, at this budget, is that you are at the mercy of the quality control gods. You could be just unlucky with yours or you could be to sensitive to ghosting. It varies from person to person.

If you are sensitive to it, there is no point in getting a monitor with a VA panel. You should go for a monitor with an IPS or an OLED panel instead.

 

[Aigo]

All good stuff to know, thanks. Yeah, having an OLED on my laptop, Switch, and Steam Deck, I think I've just become sensitive to smearing/ghosting on non-OLEDs.

I just needed a panel that is decent for gaming but won't burn in during productivity like Blender or web browsing. Got Youtube logo and web browser icon burn in on my laptop heh. I'll get an oled ultrawide down the road purely for gaming/entertainment. Hoping those adjustable curve monitors come down in price soon, as I hate curved for most things.