What 1440 27" monitor?

mattyfez · 6 Aug 2020 at 11:44

Hi all,

Not bought a monitor for years, currently have a bog standard 27" TN screen - don't really want to go much bigger unless the price doesn't go up to much.

My moon on a stick wish list is:

27"
IPS
HDR
Freesync
144hz
1440p
thin bezzel

Budget is circa £300, possibly a bit more, so which features do I drop for the best overall experience?

My system probably isn't up to 1440 @ 144hz, but will be upgrading maybe next year, I plan on having the monitor for some time, like 10 years or something so want to get it right!

Thanks

mods1965 · 6 Aug 2020 at 11:51

Have a look a the new Dell S27 thread. With discount you can get it a little over your budget, but you get possibly the same panel as the LG27-GL850 and three years warranty. This one has just been released and it is worth a look.

snips86x · 6 Aug 2020 at 11:59

As suggested by @mods1965 , the S2721DGF is a very good price on the manufactures site and I'm sure there may be codes out there.

Xelene · 6 Aug 2020 at 12:37

but cross HDR of your list, HDR400 is not worth enabling

mods1965 · 6 Aug 2020 at 12:42

kohlditz said:
but cross HDR of your list, HDR400 is not worth enabling

That is a good point. Forget HDR for your price point. HDR does not work well outside of OLED or FALD. I know as I have the Samsung C27HG70 and I leave HDR off. All games I tried except for Destiny 2 look worse in HDR.

sadat · 6 Aug 2020 at 12:42

You will struggle to get any decent HDR with that budget at 1440 144Hz. As others suggested go for the Dell or LG but these are above your budget of 300. You can shark around for B-grade if that works for you.

mattyfez · 6 Aug 2020 at 12:51

Thanks all, that Dell looks just about perfect - can;t get discount but I might just cough up for it.... tempting...

mods1965 · 6 Aug 2020 at 14:02

mattyfez said:
Thanks all, that Dell looks just about perfect - can;t get discount but I might just cough up for it.... tempting...

Search through the S2721DG thread for page8#159. A good code was posted. I checked and it still works. Please post you thoughts on the monitor in the thread. It will be great to hear what you think about it. I am surprised OCUK have not listed this yet.

mattyfez · 6 Aug 2020 at 15:15

Sweet, just ordered one for £351 which is a bit more palatable!! ... estimated delivery by the 24th

Quick decision but it seems to be about as good as I can get, especially with the discount, so thanks for letting me know about that!

Xelene · 6 Aug 2020 at 15:17

HDR 400 is okay as a spec, but don’t expect to use for HDR content, all it guarantees is a certain coverage of the colour gamut, 400 nits brightness and the ability to take a HDR signal.

the certifications are a mess.

a hdr monitor should be at least HDR 600 and you may go blind using it for productivity

Xelene · 6 Aug 2020 at 15:18

mattyfez said:
Sweet, just ordered one for £351 which is a bit more palatable!! ... estimated delivery by the 24th

Quick decision but it seems to be about as good as I can get, especially with the discount, so thanks for letting me know about that!

Very happy with mine. Delivery seems to be 2-3 days atm.

mattyfez · 6 Aug 2020 at 15:22

Yeh, not massive fussed about HDR TBH but it seems to be a thing people keep banging on about.

My current monitor is this: https://iiyama.com/gb_en/products/prolite-e2710hdsd-1/ so should be a significant improvement for work, and if I have to force the resolution down for gaming so be it