ASRock PG27QRT1B: Reddit's VA Panel Debate Reignited

Curved VA at 1500R. Black smearing galore..

VA Panel

No sRGB mode AT ALL! Not even a fake broken one. So any potential buyers be aware of this. The expected outcomes are overly pink skin tones, red sand in deserts instead of brown, etc. It is disgusting that the display industry still RARELY sells displays with a working sRGB mode. Remember, that for most people almost all content consumed is sRGB content. YouTube: almost entirely sRGB. Gaming? Almost entirely sRGB.

sRGB can be clamped by the graphic driver.

Certified VA Moment

I wouldn't trust sRGB mode on a budget monitor to be accurate anyway, unless you have a colorimeter.

After my last interaction with Newegg I'm done with them for good. Terrible company, terrible people working there.

27 inch 1080p VA? Great choice if you want to simulate being farsighted.

IPS is the standard, and more and more affordable. People may jump on this assuming they're getting an IPS panel.

I remember when people were agonizing about prices ($200 vs $250 vs $350) for this class of monitor and now they are all consistently so cheap. Good to see.

You could find similar spec IPS panels a year ago for $10-20 less. This isn't very good of a deal, unless you prefer VA.

Most of the other companies also know nothing about making displays either. They're just buying panels and slapping it into their chassis. Just like how corsair doesn't actually know how to make PSUs or how all OLED panels are made by Samsung and LG.

I bought that MSI one a few months back and I don't notice the high refresh VA issues. I think it bothers some more than others and also probably depends on the company doing it and their implementation.

27" is bigger than most people like for a 1080p monitor, but having used a 27" 1080p for a while, a 21-24" looks better, but it's not terrible, especially if you have it a little further away than the usual arm's length.

Damn AsRock out here making monitors now

I was ready to pull the trigger until I read this (about black smearing).

1080p at 27" is horrible. Everything will look blocky. There's a reason this is $100.

Amazing how far panels have come. Paid over 800 bucks for a high end IPS 1440p monitor 6 years ago. Worse than these frequently under 200 displays in every way. Hope the trend continues for OLED, mini-LED and micro-LED panels, but never take these things for granted.

Nice, has IPS. Good find!

Not all of them are bad. Some of the higher end VA 240Hz panels from Samsung are actually pretty decent with virtually no black smearing.

I'd bet anything they don't actually make the monitor, just a rebrand.

They still make good mobos. The Taichi Lite are arguably the best value if you're looking for a high end mobo, as it's basically a $500 mobo without some of the aesthetics.

I don't like that pixel density but my god that is tempting.

This one has higher brightness (400 vs 300) which is useful if your PC is in a well lit room. Otherwise, fairly similar.

FHD? Come on….

Yeah I picked up the PG27Q15R2A model for less than $100 a few weeks ago and I love it.

I don't know how cheap you need a 1440p 144hz+ monitor to be. Costco has them for $150 and other stores are like $160. This list doesn't include prices from off-brands like KTC where you can get a 1440p 200hz IPS for ~$165, or a 1440p 100hz for ~$100.

I bought this last year on Black Friday. I kept having bad VRR flickering issues that wouldn't resolve no matter what I did. I returned it and bought an AOC panel instead. I've been in gaming bliss ever since :)

I bought the same, PG27Q15R2A, a couple weeks ago, mine was $118. It is a very nice monitor.

It depends heavily on the panel. There are some that are very good, usually high-end ones from Samsung have very low response times and minimal ghosting/blur so they look good. Low end ones absolutely suck though.

Yeah not a fan of VA panels, but they are cheap... Currently on an OLED, so I'm spoiled... IPS 240hz would be the better pick and microcenter has the hyperx 240hz IPS on sale occasionally for $129, that is 100% the better buy.

It is a scam, I thought I was doing well with my VA 144hz, then I checked out laptops in bestbuy with oled and ips displays and saw how much more clean and smoothly just moving windows around looked.

You can still find a KTC IPS monitor of the same spec for around this price.

Problem with ASRock is I NEVER find any of their products here in Southeast Asia. Like their motherboards are always the recommended brands but their monitors aren't here.

High refresh VA is such a scam.

Curved and VA...oof move along boys

As an owner and enjoyer of a curved ultrawide, I don't get the point of curved 16:9 monitors, but to each their own.

I like some of the asrock motherboards, what the fuck do they know about making monitors.

I ended up getting the Asrock and honestly I have no complaints so far.

I have one of these, solid monitor, especially for the price.

Let's just hope it don't blow up like their motherboards.