- [Cameraman] Are you Mario Karting? ( man laughing)
- So it's 2022, you've got to buy a new monitor. Do you go 4K or do you stick with 1440 P,
or are you upgrading from 1080 P and you don't know what to get?
Well, ViewSonic has a new monitor for us and it's 1440 P, 240 Hertz,
which is pretty impressive, honestly. Big box.
( man grunting) It's got all the stuff that you kind of expect
from monitor manufacturers these days. But pretty much everyone's got G-sync,
low-latency, input lag. Actually, this was not that bad
for telling me all the random extra stuff it has on it.
I don't know what RGB alliances but yeah, it's got 240 Hertz refresh rate.
It's got a one millisecond response time and elite RGB. I hate this name, the XG271QG.
Guys, please just, I don't understand monitor names.
It's confusing. Why can't you just do it Samsung does and go with like the Odyssey Neo G9.
Like I don't know. Sure that has a skew name as well, I'm pretty sure, but at least it's really easy.
ViewSonic Elite? I think it's too broad. - [Jono] Have you ever used a ViewSonic monitor?
- I've never actually had the pleasure of using one.
First of all, I've usually been pretty broke. So, I'm usually finding whatever, like the cheapest option is.
Oh. Okay, that was cool. That's actually neat. My big problem with a lot of monitor boxes is getting
it back in the box. If you've ever got to sell it or return it or do whatever,
it's kind of a pain in the ass. Whereas this is great.
Cause I can just now grab this whole box, however I want and move it out.
We've got some DisplayPort cables, USB B to A for the monitor to the PC.
Power cable, Mickey Mouse plug.
Oh, it's got a big brick. Ah, this thing is huge. - [Jono] That just means the monitor's gunna be small.
- That's what I'm hoping for. Yeah, because if all of the power stuff is in here
and not in the back of the panel. I'm really hoping it's kind of thin.
This is nice. Ooh and it is light.
Like I'm holding this with one hand and I'm not even worried. See how there are a couple side controls,
but Jono pointed this up before I even realized it. They've got the navigation nipple on the bottom
and that's like basically all they've got. Which is great cause that's all you need.
Someone out there is gonna complain and say, "No, I need all my extra buttons",
but I don't think so. Oh, these are a little nifty cable management things.
I think their cable management. I don't know what else they'd be. You can like rotate them and stuff
to get different angles for things. That's pretty neat. Unfortunately, you're probably going to want
to use DisplayPort. It doesn't have HDMI 2.1. It's not ideal,
but the HDMI standardization committee is working on it.
Not really. That's a whole thing that people are getting upset about.
I'm upset about it. Thank you for purchasing a ViewSonic Elite gaming monitor.
Your new monitor features RGB integration that can be controlled
by either using the elite display controller or by downloading key partners software.
Oh, that's cool. So this whole thing on the back here is an RGB badge. It kind of looks like the cooler master logo.
Like the shape, at least. Cool. I'm gonna peel this off.
Luckily, most graphics cards have DisplayPort at this point. HDMI 2, HDMI 2, DisplayPort, headphone port,
USB B to A, which is for your PC and then USB, USB.
I actually don't know what the green stands for for USB A.
Is green USB A 2.0? I haven't seen a green port in forever.
It says 3.2? - [Jono] Yeah. - Okay, so the specs say a USB 3.2.
I just haven't seen anyone use green for a USB port in a long time,
but it's - Except Razer. Razer's whole thing is being green.
On the back, I mean, you've got like a Kensington lock, which is great for schools, I guess.
Although I don't know what school needs a 240 Hertz monitor.
- [Jono] The best school. - The best schools, yeah, the elite. Panel itself looks okay.
The bezels are super minor. Like they're nice and thin. The bottom is what it is,
but we're seeing a lot of this like big bottom and then - The chins.
yeah, the chins. I love that term. I think it's pretty apt. Won't really know, at least not from this angle
or not until it's turned on, how big of a bezel is on the inside.
All right, let's turn it on. - [Jono] No, no, no. You can't turn it on. You've got to assemble it.
Oh, you're right. (beeping) I didn't even. (both laughing) I didn't even put the stand on.
I really do think for the most of, for the most people that like 27 inches
is basically the optimal gaming monitor size.
Like even at home 27 inch was great for a really long time until my desk got bigger.
And then once I had a bigger desk and I was sitting in additional, like, I don't know, six inches away from my monitor.
That's when I wanted something bigger. - [Andy] Are you Mario Kart-ing?
(everyone laughing)
- I never even thought of it that. This totally does look like a racing wheel or something.
It's so cool. It just slides in there and then you screw it down.
Like most of them have this, probably a bolt, I guess, not a screw.
But with this little handle here that you can flip up and down to twist it.
Yeah, it's toolless. Yeah, it's invasive mountable a hundred by a hundred, like most monitors that aren't obnoxiously large.
Nice. Yeah. And then you can just attach it with this little lever here.
Ooh I like it. So light. Cooler master hexagon, cooler master hexagon.
All I'm thinking when I'm looking at this thing is cooler master. I don't know why they were so obsessed
with this hexagon design. - [Andy] It's cooler!
- It's cooler, eh, (man laughing)
I work with PC parts all the time. So that's probably why the branding is
so in my face I guess. I like the little elite badge on the back.
Not that anyone will ever really see it, but that's kinda nice.
The actual stand is, it's pretty robust. It's got a good amount of like up and down this swivel.
It's actually good amount of swivel and then tilt.
Yeah. It's not bad. Oh baby.
It goes sideways. My favorite feature. Probably more RGB strips.
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I'm sure that when it's pointed at your desk, it looks fine at emits a nice glow
on the bottom of the surface. But looking at this strip,
I was really excited thinking this whole strip was either going to be its own missive.
Kind of like this guy here, or it was at least going to be like a lot more LEDs.
The back looks good. See that's what that's what kind of kills me is they crushed
it with the back. It looks exactly like I was hoping for.
- [Andy] Ooh wow. - Where it's. Yeah. It's like a nice solid blue all the way around. Hey.
- [Andy] Yeah. - Yeah, it looks awesome. And then this bottom strip is just so disappointing.
Like why, you were so close, ViewSonic.
Oh, I didn't cable manage. Aw, this is going to kill me. Okay. Sorry. One sec.
I liked the stand at first. I'm not nearly as sold on it.
Now that it's on the desk, I would really strongly prefer if it was out back here.
I guess, you know what, actually, this would look great if I cable managed my mouse
and keyboard up through there as well. And then all my cables will be running along
this like black channel and then up out the back.
So, okay. I guess in the right setting, it can look pretty good.
60 Hertz. No, no, no, no, no. 239.970 baby. Oh man.
That's smooth. It looks great. There's like hardly any smearing or anything.
Like you can, yeah. You can see the halo around the mouse when you do that. But like, oh my God, 240 Hertz.
So it's HDR 400, which is okay.
These days you really want more like 600 or 800 or 1,000.
400 is not as impressive as it could be.
Let me just make sure HDR is on and Windows use HDR.
Yeah, I like it all looks good. I just, I wish it was a touch brighter.
It's not bad HDR. It just could be a little better I guess.
It's the biggest problem about working here, is I always work with and see the latest and greatest,
like especially with CES coming up, all I'm seeing are all these cool press briefings for all
this new stuff coming out. And I just spent like eight, 900 dollars on a monitor,
- [Andy] Either you see the thing and you don't spend money, or you really like a thing and you spend tons of money.
- And you spend way too much. This one doesn't boast color accuracy all that much. It's really about the 240 Hertz refresh rate,
at 1440 P, which is pretty good. There's not a ton of 240 14, 40 P monitors out right now.
And this thing does look good. Like as soon as you go back to like 60 FPS
or a 60 Hertz display or a 30 FPS game,
you just, (man scoffs) I don't know. It just looks bad instantly to you,
and you can't like put a finger on why until you're like, oh, it's 60 Hertz
or like, oh, it's like running it really low frame rate. I don't know. So I'm looking down at the bottom.
At the base here. And I can see that it's like four or five LEDs.
Can you see that on the camera? - [Andy] Yeah I can see that. - I was really hoping that it would be diffused enough off
of everything that I wouldn't be able to pick that up, but I can still see that it's like four or five little LEDs.
Come on you guys. Like you did perfectly on the back.
It looks awesome. If the stand wasn't there, like directly underneath it,
it might actually just bleed out nicely onto,
onto like a mat or something. But because it's almost a mirror finish
on the bottom of the stand, I can clearly see that that's just like five LEDs instead of
this actual bar lighting up. Which is just, (man scoffs)
it's kind of this. Yeah. See, like when it's not something reflective, you can, like it diffuses nicely.
That's a little disappointing. We mentioned the bezel earlier.
The outside bezel is super thin. The inside bezel is pretty average. I would,
I wish it was a little thinner, but honestly it's not that bad.
This is pretty standard. It's kind of what you're going to see. This is part of why this chin is so big.
See how there's almost nothing on the bottom. It's covering a bunch of that.
This looks awesome. There's no tearing, like at all.
See, I'm looking around. Like I know you can't really see this through the screen recording and even the camera,
isn't going to pick it up perfectly, but man, it's, there's no tearing.
Like, you know, probably if we freeze framed, we could see a little bit,
but it just looks smooth, like 240 Hertz.
My God, please don't tell me. Wow, that was bad.
Do I want 240 Hertz? Yes. Do I need it? I mean, not really, but man,
does it ever look nice? And it just smooths out your game experience.
And the refresh, like the response time moving at a higher refresh rate,
with a fast monitor, like what are we getting? We're probably getting like, yeah,
like 300, 250 frames per second. So we're really utilizing this thing.
Okay. Let's talk price. That's probably the big elephant in the room here.
27 inch monitor, 1440 P 240 Hertz refresh rate.
And it might be color accurate, but it does not boasting about it anywhere.
So it's probably okay. It's 940 dollars.
I just paid like 900 Canadian
for a 32 inch 1440 P 165 Hertz.
Very color, accurate monitor. Jono just bought a 4k 1 44 Hertz display
for like 1000 Canadian dollars.
940 man. I can't, I just, even for that extra, like what, 80 Hertz.
I don't know if I can justify paying that much more for
this display while also shrinking and screen size. Now the point is I think that if
you ever find this thing on sale, like even just 150 bucks off,
it becomes a lot more worth it. But at full price?
I don't know. I just don't think I can justify it.
It's beautiful. I like that they've got the power outside so that this is a little like slimmer and lighter.
The design is great. I'm still iffy on the stand. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't.
It really depends on I think your cable management would make a huge difference.
But I think if you're looking for the best bang for your buck,
maybe it's not quite the ViewSonic Elite time yet.
Thanks for watching. If you liked this ShortCircuit, make sure to check out the other one we did.
We just unboxed and ASUS monitor that I really liked as well.
I think it was 4k 120 Hertz. Pretty nice.
But you need HDMI 2.1. If you want to play with your consoles on it.
At the full frame rate.