At the end of September, ViewSonic announced a number of new monitors. Two of them were from the Elite series. The ViewSonic Elite XG2405 and the ViewSonic Elite XG2705 are designed to offer a balance between essential gaming features and affordability. Both displays are equipped with 3-side borderless IPS displays with 1080p resolution and offer 144Hz refresh rate (AMD Radeon FreeSync) and 1 ms response time. The...

18 November 2019

With the release of its latest GeForce Game Ready driver, NVIDIA offers support to three new G-Sync Compatible monitors with which nearly 60 displays are validated for G-Sync Compatible gaming. The three new additions are: Acer Predator XB273U Acer Nitro XV273U Asus TUF Gaming VG259Q The two first monitors are from Acer's Predator and Nitro XV3 series, respectively and are not announced with their full...

16 November 2019

If you're a professional in the photography and video production field and you need a desktop monitor for colour critical applications then you might consider the NEC MultiSync PA311D. This beast of a monitor costs USD 3,000 and in Europe, it is priced around EUR 3,600. With this monitor, you get real 4K resolution (4096 x 2160 pixels) on a 31-inch high-performance IPS display panel with a 1400:1 contrast ratio and...

14 November 2019

If you're in search for a classic 27-inch monitor, you might want to check out the latest offerings from Dell. The company has announced the Dell P2720DC and the Dell P2720D. The two models are very close in terms of specifications, however, the C-ending one offers a USB Type-C port, so let's begin with it. The Dell P2720DC is equipped with a USB Type-C port that transmits power, data and audio at once. You can even...

13 November 2019

As of today, gamers have yet another temptation to resist or indulge in. The Asus TUF Gaming VG289Q is a 28-inch 4K UHD gaming monitor with an IPS display panel and HDR10 support. You can choose from multiple HDR modes to adjust monitor HDR performance based on the current viewing scenario. The 38240 x 2160-pixel panel covers 90% of the DCI-P3 colour space. The monitor arrives with AMD Radeon FreeSync technology and...

13 November 2019

The latest offering from the Philips B-Line series of monitors is the 34-inch curved Phlips 345B1CR. This monitor is equipped with a curved SVA panel from Samsung (1500R curvature) and a W-LED backlight. It supports 8-bit colour and has a resolution of 3440 x 1440 pixels. The display panel covers 119% of the sRGB colour space and 100% of the NTSC one. 300 nits of typical brightness and 3000:1 contrast ratio are also...

12 November 2019

Acer Predator XB273 X is a new 27-inch gaming monitor native NVIDIA G-Sync support for up to 240Hz refresh rates. The model currently circulates the Chinese and Taiwanese media without being properly announced. Whether it will visit Europe and/or the USA remains unknown. The monitor has an IPS panel with 400 nits typical brightness and 1000:1 static contrast ratio. It covers 99% of the sRGB colour space. The GTG...

12 November 2019

Acer has launched the high-end Acer Predator CG437K P in the US via Amazon (for the time being) as well as in Australia and South-Pacific Asia. On Amazon, this gaming monitor is priced at USD 1,500. Online retailers in Australia list it for AUD 2,500 (USD 1,710). This is a huge model with a 43-inch diagonal size and a 4K UHD resolution (3840 x 2160). For shutter-free visuals, it supports up to 120Hz refresh rate...

12 November 2019

This morning LG Electronics said that it will unveil "the best gaming monitor at G-Star 2019." G-Star is the largest gaming festival in Korea and the LG UltraGear 38GL950G "is a premium gaming monitor that delivers the ultimate gaming experience with overwhelming performance." The model has a 38-inch Nano IPS display with a 21:9 aspect ratio and WQHD resolution (3840 x 1600). It supports refresh rates of up to...

12 November 2019

Sharp has announced that it has developed a rollable 30-inch 4K OLED display in collaboration with the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). The unit on display is a prototype that uses a flexible 30-inch film substrate that's the world's largest colour filterless flexible 4K OLED display. There is no colour filter because it uses a vapour deposition technology which allows the formation of elements that emit light...

11 November 2019

The Asus ROG Strix XG43VQ was announced at Gamescom 2019 in August but it was until today that the device received an official listing and more specifications were detailed. This is a curved gaming monitor with a huge diagonal size - 43.4 inches, and a 32:10 aspect ratio. The resolution of the VA panel is 3840 x 1200 pixels and refresh rate of up to 120Hz is supported. The model is AMD Radeon FreeSync 2 HDR...

10 November 2019

ViewSonic VG2448-PF is the latest offering from ViewSonic and offers one important rare feature - a built-in privacy filter. This filter allows you to view the content on the screen clearly only if you're positioned in front of it. If you're viewing the display from the side, the visibility is blocked. For additional comfort, the stand offers full-array of adjustments - height (130 mm), pivot (90º/90º), swivel...

8 November 2019

Today MediaTek and TSMC have announced that the MediaTek S900 - the industry's first 8K digital TV chip - has entered volume production. Built on TSMC's low-power 12nm FinFET Compact (12FFC) process, the MediaTek S900 is a flagship smart TV SoC supporting 8K resolution. It features a proprietary AI processor unit enabling next-generation AI picture quality (AI PQ) and MiraVision-Pro, supporting a variety of AI...

8 November 2019

After the official announcement of the Mi TV 5 and Mi TV 5 Pro series on November 5th, Li Xiaoshuang, Xiaomi's General Manager of the TV division, held a question and answer session with Chinese media. Among all topics of discussion, it became clear that Xiaomi will definitely launch an OLED TV and the targeted time frame is Q1 of 2020. Xiaomi plans on also introducing 8K TVs, MINI LED TVs, etc. For sure there will...

7 November 2019

ViewSonic launched a number of new monitors that originate from different series, size and price class. Let's start with the model that has the highest price and more interesting specifications - the ViewSonic VP2785-2K. This is a 27-inch monitor priced at USD 661. Its IPS display panel has a WQHD resolution (2560 x 1440) and covers 99% of the Adobe RGB and 96% of the DCI-P3 colour spaces and is suitable for...

7 November 2019

Amidst the heavy smartphone crisis, the only market that was alive and kicking and registered growth in the past few years was and still is - India. This country was the trampoline for many Chinese smartphone brands and it seems that the Indian market tempts to tap in the smart TV business as well. Xiaomi and its sub-brand Redmi, Huawei, OnePlus have all released TV sets and among those Xiaomi was the first...

7 November 2019

At the Adobe Max conference, Dell unveiled a high-end PremierColor monitor aimed at professionals. The Dell UP2720Q arrives with a built-in colorimeter and you will need a CalMAN calibration software in order to calibrate it to your liking. The monitor arrives with a 27-inch 10-bit IPS panel with a 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) which covers 100% of the Adobe RGB, 98% of the DCI-P3 and 80% of the BT.2020 colour spaces...

6 November 2019

The Xiaomi Mi TV 5 series of smart TVs has also been unveiled in parallel to the Pro series. Unlike the Pro versions, these units have 4K UHD displays and offer smaller NTSC colour space covers - 85%. They also offer less RAM and storage - 3GB and 32GB, respectively. In addition, there's no MEMC support. The Dolby audio and DTS HD sound support remains intact. The Xiaomi Mi TV 5 series arrives in the same screen...

5 November 2019

Xiaomi has just announced the Mi TV 5 Pro series of smart TVs. It includes three display sizes - 55-inch, 65-inch and 75-inch. Each of the three features a QLED panel with HDR10+ support, MEMC (Motion Estimation and Motion Compensation), 8K decoding ability, 108% coverage of the NTSC colour space. In terms of audio quality, the series arrives with Dolby audio and DTS support. Processing power relies on a 12nm...

5 November 2019