With the falling prices of monitors and the aging small 20" 1680x1050 LCD that I was using I decided it was time for an upgrade.
The Search
The types and models I was looking at were
- 24" 1080p 144Hz (6bit + 2 dithering)
- AOC 24G2 ~179.99
- Viewsonic XG2405 ~179.99
- 24" 1200p 75Hz
- Asus Proart PA248QV ~199.99
- 27" 1440p 144Hz (8bit + 2 dithering)
- Viewsonic VX2758-2KP-MHD ~219.99
- LG 27GL850-B ~346.99
The prices that I listed above are the lowest that I have seen. I went with the Viewsonic VX2758-2KP-MHD due to the increased resolution and screen real estate over a 24" for the relatively small sum of $40 especially since the prices on the 24" monitors were generally higher at the time.
Review
Pros
- Monitor assembled easy
- No dead pixels
- Good color reproduction
- Freesync support with up to 144Hz
Cons
- OSD does not work without input
- doesn't allow you to change inputs
- is somewhat remedied by it auto selecting the active input
- OSD uses the older style non-joystick style button inputs
- Monitor occasionally does not register displayport input and requires a power cord unplug to fix
- Driver install does not work properly (see below)
- No height adjustment, but I did not need this particular feature and is not expected at this price point
- 1ms MPRT/3ms GTG pixel response is a bit of an exaggeration and would only happen at highest overdrive setting which comes with lots of inverse ghosting between 60-120Hz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukKev6cPZhY
- Buttons are on the right side, so not optimal for dual side by side monitors as one monitor will always have its buttons blocked
Monitor Driver install
- https://www.viewsonic.com/us/productresources
- https://www.viewsonic.com/us/vx2758-2kp-mhd.html#downloads
- Unfortunately, the installer will say it didn't find a suitable version, but do NOT hit "ok". Instead go to device manager and have it search the location that the installer decompressed the files to. After that installs the driver, you can then go back and hit "ok" on the installer.
