Wow, sorry to hear it was such a bad experience for you. It definitely looks bad in your comparison photos. I would have to see one in person to determine how much the matte coating would affect me. I have basically gotten used to the coating on my XL2720Z, but I remember noticing the splotchy look of LCD antiglare coatings after moving from a CRT. I would certainly prefer to not have that at all.Sirius wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 06:22I'm coming back to you especially because you were interested in my opinion on the asus VG27AQL1A and it's an instant NO.
On this one, no need to test it for more than a week, only 2/3 days were enough for me, honestly the anti-reflective treatment and the overall sharpness is so weird, my eyes have trouble looking at moving elements and it gives me eye strain, after comparing this Asus to my wife's Acer XV272UX, the coating is oddly too grainy in comparison (this is what causes my eye strain and horrible readability in games)
In comparison, my LG C1 55" TV (glossy, and OLED) is absolutely incredible to look at. If I put a black background on the screen and move the cursor to the edge, the TV looks to be off and there is just pure inky blackness. The reflections aren't that bad either.
I think what would solve all my display concerns would be a glossy\semi-gloss 30-32" 4k OLED 240Hz... but also an affordable one. Kind of like the scam Dough is selling people, only... you know, not a scam.
If it were possible to have such a thing I would probably adapt my usage patterns and my room layout to take advantage of it, simply because the image quality would be worth it.
Still, I hope the Gigabyte M27Q-X Rev. 2 will be better than some others.
I would probably still test one from Asus just to see what I thought, but I really don't like having to buy, test and return products all the time.
Wouldn't mind just finding something real cheap that fit my needs\wants just to see if it'd be suitable. That was why I bought the Xl2720Z as a refurb all those years ago. It was like $250 and I figured it'd at least be worth that much (I think it was $500 new?), even though I knew the color quality, blacks, viewing angles and motion clarity would all be worse than my old CRT.