PG279Q buyer's regret

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Looking for reassurance on my choice of purchasing this monitor at 4AM after a long nightshift...

Reading online, it seems there are a HUGE number of people unhappy with the bleed and QC of these. I'm already using a Crossover IPS from Korea which has barely any bleed and no dead pixels, however I got the Swift for around £50 off what most other places are selling it for.

What are the odds it's a turkey? Someone mentioned ASUS stepped up their QC recently?
 
sadbuttrue said:
It's pot-luck tbh. QC is non-existent on all monitors these days. I suspect anything that switches on with less than a dozen dead pixels gets a pass.

I assume your Crossover is the SIPS version with semi-glossy coating. You may be slightly disappointed as no gaming monitor can match the quality of that display imo. I miss mine (it fell to its death) and currently use an Acer XB270hu, same panel as the Asus.
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Oh god, username checks out :(

I'll be keeping the Crossover as a second screen. As you say, it's absolutely beautiful. It's glossy on the front so colours are downright insane. Crossover will likely be used for productivity and the Swift for gaming.

I'll be furious if there are dead pixels :(
 
eddiew said:
Send it back if so. "Doesn't meet expectations for quality given the price point" is a perfectly legit reason. In fact, the more people who return monitors for bad pixels and BLB, the more pressure we put on manufacturers to tighten up QC. It's gotten lax because so many people just put up with rubbish displays being sold as "premium" rather than demand an actual item of quality :(
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Yep, this is what I'm planning. I'm just worried I'll get jib from the seller on the Bay. Although they've got 70k feedback, you never know...

Rroff said:
Eh adding further doom and gloom my experience with the PG279Q hasn't been inspiring - it might be fixed now but everyone I know IRL that bought one on release has had issues with "scan lines" and while not as common as the PG278Q a couple of people have had the same kind of fuzzy text issues after a few months.

With these panels it is literally pot luck :( the Dell S2716DG is the only one in the high refresh G-Sync department which doesn't seem to have outright problems and a tiny bit better for quality control - still quite a bit of variation for BLB and some people getting 1-2 dead pixels though.
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I've done quite a bit of research on that monitor and although it's not IPS, it seems to get good feedback. Think I'll grab one if the Swift is a turkey.
 
eddiew said:
T'bay is packed with protection mechanisms for the buyer though. Worst case you send it back recorded delivery, can prove for a fact that they received it, and you'll get your refund one way or the other. It's not really worth sellers' times being arsey with you, especially if it's a storefront/brand new item. If anything, there's more cases of buyers ripping off sellers; returning a different (broken) unit and claiming a refund, etc.
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Yeah, fair point. The item was brand new from a retailer with high feedback, so I guess it'll all work out fine. It's coming tomorrow, so I'll know pretty soon.
 
eddiew said:
Yeah, you'll have no problems with proper storefront. They will be bound by the same distance sales regs as any other online vendor, which includes the buyer's option to find the product of unsatisfactory quality :)

(The mystery is why manufacturers and buyers have such wildly different perceptions about 'satisfactory quality'! Strange times.)

Also if it makes you feel better, I'm taking a panel lottery ticket myself right now too. Let's hope we both come up winners :)
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Cool, that's reassuring. Let's see how it turns out. What monitor have you gone for out of interest?
 
eddiew said:
I opted for an HP Omen 32 because it's at a good sale price right now, from a vendor with a good return policy :) I've been dithering over it for a while because it ticked a lot of my boxes, except colour accuracy - but I'm planning to replace my little 13" Cintiq with a 27" Dell Canvas next month, so that will become the all-round graphics screen and I won't need to use the main monitor to do colour proofing any more. Life's a lot simpler when you don't want a screen to be both professional and gaming :D
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Wow, 13"?!

Just checked out the HP, seems pretty good. Comment back once you know whether you've won or lost the panel lottery!
 
GTiPUG said:
Wow, 13"?!

Just checked out the HP, seems pretty good. Comment back once you know whether you've won or lost the panel lottery!
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So the Swift is here, sat on my desk. Absolutely beautiful... Like, Jesus Christ... Gorgeous. Panel is fanastic, no dead pixels and no noticeable backlight bleed. Small bit of IPS glow and a tiny tiny bit of yellowing in the top left, but jeeez it really is gorgeous!
 
wrenaudrey said:
Honestly, it's luck of the draw but really evaluate yourself if it's really unperfect.
First PG279Q i got had no prob, I had that on-the-day of release, I was probably the first "public" to physically have it in the UK.
Second one, that i ended up keeping has absolutely no problem at all.
Dont know if other people are just picky or they really got bad units
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I'd say it's imperfect due to the slight yellow tinge in the top left - Am I willing to moan and cry about it, or more to the point return it? Hell no, I'll get on with it. No dead pixels or BLB is a win for me. :D

Interested that you've got 2 Swifts! That's what I'm hoping to have one day, two side by side :)
 
eddiew said:
Glad you're happy with it in the end @GTiPUG :)

The yellow tinge probably is BLB, but if it's minor enough that you don't care, then it's definitely a win on the lottery ^^
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You're probably right, actually. I've set the temperature a smidge cooler now to correct it. The 144Hz Gsync is worth it :D

When I get my new place I might get a second one, I'm in love!
 
vfdb said:
Enjoy your new panel, my PG279Q's manufacturing date is October 2015 so I suspect once of the first batches? Anyway I have had no problems with it at all and very minimal BLB with no dead pixels. I think it was the later batches the had QC problems.
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Interesting, where do I find that out? Any slight yellow on your panel? Or is it consistent white across the whole thing?
 
vfdb said:
Underneath the monitor there is a sticker with a date on it. I wouldn't say there is a yellow tint on mine but I could possibly have slight BLB on the bottom right corner when the black light is turned all the way up but even then when I move my head to look directly at the corner it goes away so I think it could be my viewing angle and not the panel itself. I'm not fussed either way because I set the back light to 25%
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Ah okay, fair enough. A lot of people recommend setting the backlight to 25%... I tried it but it seemed WAY too dark?!
 
wrenaudrey said:
Noooo nono! I dont have 2 Swifts haha, not that crazy or balling.
I initially returned the first one, but experiencing 1440p, 144Hz, IPS(type) display, I couldnt go back to my 60Hz 1440p(PB278Q) so few months later when they the Swifts dropped a little bit in price, just pulled the trigger again :D

The Date of Manufacture is underneath, where your cables go in to; IIRC
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Ohhhh!! Hahaha, my bad! Was gonna say, I'd be seriously jealous of that :D

Ah cool, I'll check that in a bit.
 
Bleugh...

Just turned on my PC this morning and went straight to a site that uses an all white background. My eyes slip to the pixels right in the centre/bottom of the panel and I notice small blotches of intense white. They're not dead pixels, the pixels change colour with the panel. There are three of them, and also a blackish one with a diameter of around 3 pixels. These pixels also function correctly. It's almost as if it's dust trapped behind the panel distorting the backlight slightly?

Really gutted. Informed the seller and sent pictures, but they're not being too helpful saying they "can't see it". Not sure what to do. If I start a return through eBay does anyone know if I'll come out on top? Not paying over 600 beans for anything less than perfect!
 
Return agreed on the PG279Q. Got a fantastic deal on two XB271HUs, then also a XB271HK. Plan is to run the 4K in the centre of a mount flanked by two 1440p XB271HUs :D
 
eddiew said:
Lol, best of luck with the next set :)

And yeah, Ebay invariably side with the buyer.
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Cheers bud! I'm worrying my 980ti isn't enough firepower to run the sheer number of pixels involved... Even only gaming on one of the side panels! What dya think?!

Might just wait for Volta then grab some mega horsepower!
 
eddiew said:
980Ti for 4k? My hunch is you'll want a bit more... 1080 does pretty well I think.

1440p sure it'll be fine :)
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Oh no, absolutely not. The 980ti will only be planing old games on the 4K - I'm replaying Oblivion at the moment for example.

My concern is more in its ability to play games on one of the 1440p screens while also driving the 4K and 1440p on desktop.

Think I'll cancel my headphone upgrade and grab a second hand 1080ti!
 
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