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Customers like the connectivity of the monitor, mentioning that it's G-sync compatible and has incredible viewing angles. They also appreciate the value for money, saying that it’s a perfect budget entry into gaming monitors. Customers also praise the quality of the screen, saying it’ll not move around without you making. They appreciate the picture quality, saying the resolution is QHD and the picture is crisp and clear. Customers are also impressed with the response time settings, saying there’s no input lag.
Customers like the quality of the monitor. They mention that it's well-made, has no manufacturing defects, and provides a pleasant viewing experience.
"...Everything I've tested has worked, and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast...." Read more
"...The ones included in the monitor are above average and will work for whatever you may need...." Read more
"...stunning bezel depth2) super-rugged stand - -you can swing this thing around and there's zero wiggle.3) easy-to-access ports..." Read more
"...with Motion Blur Reduction turned on, there would be black artifacts from the monitor that would come up from time to time, or microstuttering, and..." Read more
Customers like the color of the monitor. They say the colors look good, deep blacks, and bright contrast. Some customers also mention that the color reproduction is bland, but the monitor works great and delivers a 165Hz refresh rate. The monitor is great for FPS gamers with its great color and response time. The picture blows them away and the minimalist shaped lights are customizable.
"...It had beautiful, vibrant colors thanks to the IPS panel. I was able to play competitive Counter-Strike on it (reported an input lag of 0.6ms! 0.6!!)..." Read more
"...and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast. Get this monitor, it's a beast!" Read more
Customers like the picture quality of the monitor. They mention that it has a high resolution display, a fantastic framerate, and a clear picture. Some say that it's the best 1080p 144Hz monitor they've ever used.
"...Everything I've tested has worked, and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast...." Read more
"...Pros:- The overall picture quality for a monitor in this price range is great for all forms of use (Gaming, work, browsing and shows) One..." Read more
"...Everything is crisp, bold, and refreshes at the speed of thought...." Read more
"High refresh rate, QHD Resolution, suuuuper bright, and deep blacks...." Read more
Customers like the performance of the monitor. They say it performs amazing, notably better across the board, and is the sharpest and best performing monitor they have used yet. They also say it does what they need and is great for gaming.
"...Everything I've tested has worked, and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast...." Read more
"...Especially if you are not into gaming it is great for productivity, I am a college student and have loved being able to have a word document on one..." Read more
"...Altogether - the monitor (the one without issues) works great, looks great, and indeed delivers a 165Hz bright, crisp display...." Read more
"...The IPS panel is still more color accurate but this TN panel is still very good!..." Read more
42 customers mention "Response time settings"38 positive4 negative
Customers are satisfied with the response time settings of the monitor. They mention that there is no input lag, the refresh rate is awesome, and the frame rate is smooth. Some say that the response times don't hinder gaming at all.
"...I am not detecting any input lag when I'm playing CS:GO, in fact it might even be faster than the LG..." Read more
"...Everything I've tested has worked, and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast...." Read more
"...Everything is crisp, bold, and refreshes at the speed of thought...." Read more
"High refresh rate, QHD Resolution, suuuuper bright, and deep blacks...." Read more
38 customers mention "Value"33 positive5 negative
Customers like the value of the monitor. They say it's a perfect budget entry into gaming monitors, with good quality for its price. Some mention that the stand is hefty and premium. Overall, most are happy with the value and quality of the product.
"...I must say ViewSonic does not disappoint. This thing is AMAZING...." Read more
"...This monitor is good quality for its price, i will say you can find the same monitor on Best Buy for almost $100 less and cheaper than this listing..." Read more
"...consideration, however if your hardware can support it it is well worth the investment...." Read more
Customers like the connectivity of the monitor. They say it's G-sync compatible, has an incredible viewing angle, and works smoothly. Some mention that the free sync works great.
"...G-Sync compatibility works automatically with current drivers..." Read more
"...The XG240R offers everything a gaming monitor needs: 144 hz, g-sync/freesync compatibiliy, flexible monitor adjustment both the monitor settings and..." Read more
"...G-sync is pretty awesome, but the difference from a solid smooth 60 fps to 120 fps + was not nearly as revolutionary as everyone on the internet..." Read more
"...with it, and the colors are more vibrant than ever with excellent viewing angles...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the brightness of the monitor. Some mention that it's bright with solid contrast, and can light up almost your entire desk. However, others say that it sometimes too bright, the backlight is a little bad, and the monitor does not perform well in bright environments.
"...(the one without issues) works great, looks great, and indeed delivers a 165Hz bright, crisp display...." Read more
"...-off is the more strobing at a higher refresh rate, the less luminance the panel emits...." Read more
"High refresh rate, QHD Resolution, suuuuper bright, and deep blacks...." Read more
"...The monitor has back facing lights that are not very bright nor extremely customizable...." Read more
240hz, 1ms GTG, G-Sync with incredible viewing angle, and HDR10 (with caveat)!
You have to know what you're getting for your $: it's a 1080p monitor. If you want 4K or 1440, then that's your deciding factor and you already know that you want that increased resolution, and you'll look elsewhere. If you're looking for 1080p with bells and whistles, this is THE ONE. I have a upper mid-range (or lower high-end, if you prefer) self built gaming rig, and the last thing I ended up buying for it was this monitor. I spent a looooot of time working through articles and reviews, bleeding edge discussions, and wikipedia and google searches trying to whittle down my preferred monitor, and only saw this monitor in passing . . . EXCEPT . . . I went to "Blur-Busters" with my current monitor because I wanted to get a feel for what I wanted when I saw the new "Blur-Busters Approved" blurb. I went to the list to see what was there because this is a new thing they're trying to get in the industry, and this was the only monitor on the list (so far). So I looked a little harder at it, and I got excited, a little more research, and I made the plunge. I was skeptical about having only DP1.2 considering it's cranking out a 240Hz refresh with less than 1ms GTG, but reviews were great (except people were talking about about no HDR -- more on that later). Worth every penny!1) The screen is amazingly fresh and stable2) G-Sync compatibility works automatically with current drivers (don't forget to change your resolution to PC - 1080p - 240Hz . . . Win10 defaults to HD - 1080p - 60Hz -- UNLESS you want HDR, read on)3) Color and brightness are very well matched at default calibration without any fiddling with the OSD4) With the tuning the "Blur-Buster" guys did with Viewsonic on the refresh strobing, it's liquid smooth when the 2080 is pumping out serious frames at any refresh. Now, I wanted it all, and posted pics as proof: HDR10 with G-Sync at a 120Hz refresh. DP1.2 CAN run HDR10, even though compliance came out in DP1.4. Stated by VESA guidelines, it's basically all about bandwidth. DP1.2 will run HDR10 if . . . AND ONLY IF . . . you allow enough room on the signal for the 25% extra data that 10bpp has over 8bpp. There are two ways to do this (easily): reduce resolution, or reduce refresh rate. HDR10 will run with a DP1.2 or higher rated cable, if you lower your refresh to 120Hz to allow it room on the bus, because let's face it . . . we're not going to lower our resolution, right?! Tested on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, G-Sync at 120Hz with HDR10 is buttery smooth and amazing! Everything I've tested has worked, and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast. Get this monitor, it's a beast!
Many years ago I owned a Dell Ultrasharp 23" 60hz panel. It had beautiful, vibrant colors thanks to the IPS panel. I was able to play competitive Counter-Strike on it (reported an input lag of 0.6ms! 0.6!!) while also doing graphic design work due to the terrific color accuracy.
But monitor technology was changing and soon enough 120hz and 144hz panels came out. I still wanted to play at a high competitive level in Counter-Strike:Global Offensive, but unfortunately at the time the lowest input lag 144hz monitors were all TN panels. So I had to give up any hobbyist graphic design work. But the BenQ monitors I owned were excellent for CS:GO and using Blur Busters' BENQ Utility tool, you could control how much strobing and crosstalk was displayed on your monitor. The only trade-off is the more strobing at a higher refresh rate, the less luminance the panel emits.
Earlier this year I purchased an LG 27GK750F-B 27" 240hz panel. While this wasn't a huge leap from 60hz to 144hz, it was still enough to be noticeable. While the panel itself had decent color reproduction and no dead pixels, the firmware was broken. You had to download a Custom Resolution Utility application in order to "overclock" the monitor to force it into the correct refresh rate. While this monitor for the most part ran well at 240hz with Motion Blur Reduction turned on, there would be black artifacts from the monitor that would come up from time to time, or microstuttering, and so forth. It seemed that the frametimes could not match up with the display output which would cause the stuttering to occur sporadically. Needlessly to say it was an extremely frustrating experience. There were some "workarounds" to try to keep it stable for awhile before it would act up again. LG never bothered to issue a firmware update after repeated requests on their company's message board.
So I decided to never purchase an LG brand monitor again after the lack of firmware support and pretty much delivering a monitor that didn't function as advertised.
But then I heard about these 240hz IPS monitors on the horizon. I usually frequent the Blur Busters website for the best gaming monitor recommendations. And the owner of the site posted he had calibrated the motion blur reduction of this new ViewSonic panel, and that the strobing at 120hz reminded him of the motion clarity and color of the holy grail of CRT monitors: the Sony GDM FW900.
I owned the Sony GDM FW900 about 5 years ago and it truly deserved the reputation as being the best CRT monitor ever made. (Only the Artisan eclipses it by a hair with photography use). So to hear about an IPS panel that can look as good with the motion clarity of the FW900 had me very excited.
And yep I can say, while not exactly as bright as the FW900 in blur reduction mode (there will be more brightness in the next firmware version I am told), nor having those inky blacks (there is that IPS glow) it is the closest thing I'll get to that CRT in an LCD. Just superb. I no longer miss having the FW900 which is an incredible achievement. For purists, yes this is still an LCD panel and there is just something about the way CRTs present an image that even the highest end LCDs can't match. It is a total shame CRTs were killed off. However I think with the XG270, with the blur reduction enabled, and 99% sRGB/IPS colors, it considerably closes the gap. The FW900 is dead, long live the FW900!
The motion blur reduction in 240hz (it's 241hz in Windows), while there is crosstalk at the bottom, manages to run without a hiccup playing CS:GO, Rocket League, Overwatch, etc. (all games can be set at 240FPS or higher). I am not detecting any input lag when I'm playing CS:GO, in fact it might even be faster than the LG panel I bought earlier. There's no microstuttering or tearing to be had. (I have a RTX2080Ti card and my CPU is i9-9900k.)
The G-Sync option is amazing and here you obviously get much more brightness than you do the motion blur reduction. I actually find G-Sync with Ultra low latency and VSYNC enabled to be pretty good with CS:GO. If you really want to shave off those miliseconds, obviously keep the G-Sync off but I might actually stick with it. For other games that aren't CS:GO, I will probably use G-SYNC and maybe dial down the refresh rate to 120hz since it's difficult for most modern games to hit 240FPS consistently.
The sRGB color temperature setting in the OSD provides the best preset colors IMO. Of course you can adjust it as you wish.
Also the monitor and stand feel very well built, doesn't seem cheap.
TL;DR - Time to throw away your TN panels and upgrade to an IPS panel if you want both motion clarity and color accuracy. I could not be happier. This appeals to me as a serious competitive CS:GO player who occasionally does ESEA to regular casual games. I love having the flexibility of having settings for competitive use and for eyecandy, where I couldn't get that with my BenQ panels.
You have to know what you're getting for your $: it's a 1080p monitor. If you want 4K or 1440, then that's your deciding factor and you already know that you want that increased resolution, and you'll look elsewhere. If you're looking for 1080p with bells and whistles, this is THE ONE.
I have a upper mid-range (or lower high-end, if you prefer) self built gaming rig, and the last thing I ended up buying for it was this monitor. I spent a looooot of time working through articles and reviews, bleeding edge discussions, and wikipedia and google searches trying to whittle down my preferred monitor, and only saw this monitor in passing . . . EXCEPT . . . I went to "Blur-Busters" with my current monitor because I wanted to get a feel for what I wanted when I saw the new "Blur-Busters Approved" blurb. I went to the list to see what was there because this is a new thing they're trying to get in the industry, and this was the only monitor on the list (so far). So I looked a little harder at it, and I got excited, a little more research, and I made the plunge. I was skeptical about having only DP1.2 considering it's cranking out a 240Hz refresh with less than 1ms GTG, but reviews were great (except people were talking about about no HDR -- more on that later).
Worth every penny! 1) The screen is amazingly fresh and stable 2) G-Sync compatibility works automatically with current drivers (don't forget to change your resolution to PC - 1080p - 240Hz . . . Win10 defaults to HD - 1080p - 60Hz -- UNLESS you want HDR, read on) 3) Color and brightness are very well matched at default calibration without any fiddling with the OSD 4) With the tuning the "Blur-Buster" guys did with Viewsonic on the refresh strobing, it's liquid smooth when the 2080 is pumping out serious frames at any refresh.
Now, I wanted it all, and posted pics as proof: HDR10 with G-Sync at a 120Hz refresh. DP1.2 CAN run HDR10, even though compliance came out in DP1.4. Stated by VESA guidelines, it's basically all about bandwidth. DP1.2 will run HDR10 if . . . AND ONLY IF . . . you allow enough room on the signal for the 25% extra data that 10bpp has over 8bpp. There are two ways to do this (easily): reduce resolution, or reduce refresh rate. HDR10 will run with a DP1.2 or higher rated cable, if you lower your refresh to 120Hz to allow it room on the bus, because let's face it . . . we're not going to lower our resolution, right?!
Tested on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, G-Sync at 120Hz with HDR10 is buttery smooth and amazing! Everything I've tested has worked, and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast.
5.0 out of 5 stars
240hz, 1ms GTG, G-Sync with incredible viewing angle, and HDR10 (with caveat)!
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2020
You have to know what you're getting for your $: it's a 1080p monitor. If you want 4K or 1440, then that's your deciding factor and you already know that you want that increased resolution, and you'll look elsewhere. If you're looking for 1080p with bells and whistles, this is THE ONE.
I have a upper mid-range (or lower high-end, if you prefer) self built gaming rig, and the last thing I ended up buying for it was this monitor. I spent a looooot of time working through articles and reviews, bleeding edge discussions, and wikipedia and google searches trying to whittle down my preferred monitor, and only saw this monitor in passing . . . EXCEPT . . . I went to "Blur-Busters" with my current monitor because I wanted to get a feel for what I wanted when I saw the new "Blur-Busters Approved" blurb. I went to the list to see what was there because this is a new thing they're trying to get in the industry, and this was the only monitor on the list (so far). So I looked a little harder at it, and I got excited, a little more research, and I made the plunge. I was skeptical about having only DP1.2 considering it's cranking out a 240Hz refresh with less than 1ms GTG, but reviews were great (except people were talking about about no HDR -- more on that later).
Worth every penny! 1) The screen is amazingly fresh and stable 2) G-Sync compatibility works automatically with current drivers (don't forget to change your resolution to PC - 1080p - 240Hz . . . Win10 defaults to HD - 1080p - 60Hz -- UNLESS you want HDR, read on) 3) Color and brightness are very well matched at default calibration without any fiddling with the OSD 4) With the tuning the "Blur-Buster" guys did with Viewsonic on the refresh strobing, it's liquid smooth when the 2080 is pumping out serious frames at any refresh.
Now, I wanted it all, and posted pics as proof: HDR10 with G-Sync at a 120Hz refresh. DP1.2 CAN run HDR10, even though compliance came out in DP1.4. Stated by VESA guidelines, it's basically all about bandwidth. DP1.2 will run HDR10 if . . . AND ONLY IF . . . you allow enough room on the signal for the 25% extra data that 10bpp has over 8bpp. There are two ways to do this (easily): reduce resolution, or reduce refresh rate. HDR10 will run with a DP1.2 or higher rated cable, if you lower your refresh to 120Hz to allow it room on the bus, because let's face it . . . we're not going to lower our resolution, right?!
Tested on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, G-Sync at 120Hz with HDR10 is buttery smooth and amazing! Everything I've tested has worked, and been stutter, tear, and blur free, with amazing color and light and dark contrast.
I use it for gaming. So nice, the quality of the stand really “stood” out. The vertical and slanting is amazing set it up exactly the way you like it 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽