my review of the Samsung u28 590d marked
the beginning of reasonably priced 4K displays but while the ASUS pb287q took
an extra 6 weeks or so to arrive I guess
it goes to show what a little bit more incubation time can do for a product
because this is one heck of a
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or modus.com this 28in display actually uses the same
panel as the Samsung one that I just mentioned so that means that yes it is
TN but with its th to1 contrast ratio
and support for 10bit color using frame rate control dithering it's one of the
best TN panels I've ever seen it is still not IPS so there's noticeable
color and contrast shift when looking from the top or bottom and I even
noticed a subtle color shift with pure whites turning a bit yellowish at the
edges when using the monitor normally but frankly it's the kind of flaw you'll
notice for a few hours then completely forget about unless you go looking for
it once you're actually using the thing let's just put it this way ASUS thought
it was good enough to put their PB branding on it and I agree with the
decision that is to say the monitor looks pretty darn good but while it's a
godsend for video and photo editors who want to spread out all their tools with
all them pixels it's not suitable for professional color work the added TN
benefits though of better than average ghosting performance and only around 11
milliseconds of total display leg including input and pixel response is a
big bonus though for gamers get ready for a beautiful gaming experience with
less than one frame of total display leg
another thing that comes along with the PB branding is robust build quality the
bezel is reasonably thin but much more
importantly it has a durable matte finish hold on not that durable but but
durable so it won't get covered in fingerprints then instantly get covered
in micros scratches when you try to wipe them off compared to the Samsung value
4K ausus offering is an obvious buy for
me for this reason alone but it actually gets better the pb287q has 15 cm of
height adjust 120° of swivel 25 Dees of
tilt and even 90° pivot and if that
isn't enough for you it has a vase amount on the back so you can mount it
to a wall or a multi-display ARM or whatever else you want and all of that
is without costing extra being able to position the monitor correctly is not
only great for ergonomics but also for countering the inherent TN viewing angle
limitations well done ASUS on the back
behind the removable cable cover we'll find power in an audio input for the
unexceptional built-in speakers and a headphone pass through a DisplayPort
1.2 input which supports 4K at 60 HZ
with a single tile and by the way the SLI issue with single tile 4G displays
is now resolved as of today and two HDMI inputs that are limited to 30 HZ because
HDMI is just too slow for 60 HZ speaking
of which for a laugh I ran this monitor at 30 HZ for the first two days to see
if I could get used to 30 HZ I can't it's horrible do yourself a favor and
don't buy any of the 4K monitors that run at 30 HZ it'll be fine for movies
but it's just not enough for gains or for me even General desktop use where
there are simply better options available like this one one interesting
thing about the HDMI inputs is that this monitor supports picture in picture and
picture by picture if you uh really like having a separate computer for things
instead of having another window running on the device that you're already using
for some reason and it also supports MHL so you can play content from your phone
if you feel like doing that Neato now before we dig through the otherwise
excellent onscreen controls i' have something to get off my back a use this
rearm mounted button nonsense is the worst thing ever LG's joystick is better
benq's capacitive buttons are better and heck so is this it's hard to figure out
which button is which without feeling out the entire row or shifting my head
to the right to align it from straight on so yeah please stop otherwise it's
really excellent ASUS's Splendid video
modes range from very useful with srgb being my favorite these days as a
content creator but standard also looking pretty good all the way to
totally useless with reading mode being unfortunately horrible but don't worry
guys dark room mode is a good alternative it also reduces the blue
light output just like reading mode but doesn't monkey around with the sharpness
so it looks quite a bit better the usual brightness contrast Etc options are in
here and under image we get some really cool stuff including five levels of
overdrive control and four levels of sharpness enhancement with the all
important off option available for both of them very nice under system setup you
can dim the backlight to save power turn off the power LED lock the power button
on overlay AC crossair for no scoping
all them noobs seriously though this is basically cheating and no competition
will let you use it but I mean I guess it's cool to have it on there and you can change the DisplayPort mode from
1.1 to 1.2 which is basically the first
thing you should do when you get the monitor 1.1 doesn't support 4K at 60 HZ
now because I had a bit more time with the pb287q compared to Samsung's
offering I decided to try using it a few different ways I already mentioned that
I tried it at 30 HZ but what I also tried was with 150% scaling and with no
scaling at all for a couple of days each and this is where I feel like for the
first time in a while these software guys Microsoft and application
developers have a lot of work to do to catch up with the hardware unscaled the
extra screen real estate is really nice but it felt like I was doing an eye exam
the whole time cuz cuz I was straining a little bit and without LG's handy
virtual screen splitting app using stock Windows multi- window management tools
like Aeros snap either gave me tons of white space or didn't leverage the extra
pixels other than in applications that support zooming really nicely where the
fonts look like really great and really smooth I'd recommend picking up
something like display fusion though so you can create your own virtual desktops
if you're planning to use it unscaled but most people won't want to any way
particularly without Vivid pixel which I bumped up to 25 to improve text
sharpness a touch I could use it but it just wasn't comfortable like that and
this is the double-edged sword of a whopping 157 pixels per inch in
supported applications like games the image is so crisp that you can't even
really see anti-aliasing beyond 2 to 4X I mean man it's beautiful so it hurts
that much more when you turn on scaling to 150% to make text sizes comfortable
but then many applications don't scale correctly causing their text to be
blurry and crummy looking but when she looks good man she looks good and the
applications that work correctly are coming slowly but surely now that the
flood of 4K desktop and other highdensity displays has really started
picking up speed and truthfully going with Windows 8.1 can actually help with
that already one of the you know for some of the purists out there are few
things that Windows 8.1 truly does do better than previous operating systems
now one thing that actually helped make the non-scaled scenario somewhat usable
for me with this monitor was the DC LED
backlight versus the more traditional pwm control that causes subtle
flickering at anything but 100% backlight I've only seen this on a few
monitors so far but it really does make the display less tiring to look at which
for me means my vision is less likely to blur as the day wears on particularly
when you're using very large monitors I find my eyes do get quite tired normally
now the conclusion for this product is pretty simple as you'd expect it uses
the same panel as Samsung's offering which means it's good enough for any
general consumer but not good enough for serious color work and has some subtle
but occasionally noticeable inconsistency on uniform light
backgrounds but it has a very long list
of great features and improvements over the Samsung model that earn it a must
buy rating for anyone looking for for a reasonably priced 4k monitor it's
flicker-free backlight genuinely makes it more comfortable for me to use than pwm controlled monitors and at the same
price you get 60 HZ support Vasa mounting a solidly built ergonomic stand
with all the usual adjustments better gaming performance and outstandingly
comprehensive on-screen display and a three-year warranty with onee of zero
bright dot coverage which is pretty solid not as good as Dell's three-year
bright dot warranty but a lot better than Samsung's basic 1-year warranty so
I feel like it's a really well balanced package so there you have it my feelings
about 4K versus 3440 x440 21x 9 monitors
like the LG 3495 haven't changed but right now the
3495 is the only option available in that form factor and while it's IPS and
I prefer the lower pixel density it's po included stand and input leg of around
17 to 25 milliseconds are definite points against it not to mention it's
much more expensive so from the perspective of a gamer or a value
Shopper who's looking for an 8 megapixel
4k monitor this is it folks it's time to
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