ASUS TUF Gaming 27" 2K HDR Monitor (VG27AQ1A) - WQHD (2560 x 1440), IPS, 170Hz (Supports 144Hz), 1ms, Extreme Low Motion Blur, Speaker, G-SYNC Compatible, VESA Mountable, DisplayPort, HDMI

The display is amazing for it has a feature set to customise the brightness and contrast with shadows and highlights which i've never had on a display before so all my games pictures and videos look stunning. It's incredibly bright, it is a bit too intense at the highest settings which is great for shade range.

I've had this monitor for a month. After much research, I settled on this as the best wqhd screen that would give some boost in gaming and also work better for office work. I generally sit 2ft from the screen. Firstly, the G-sync works flawlessly, so that's good. Secondly, the colour reproduction is as good as you can reasonably ask for outside of monitors specifically designed for graphics editing. Gamma is a bit off out of the box, but that's easily fixed. Movement is very smooth. I wasn't sure if the upgrade from 60Hz to >100Hz would be worth it, but it's actually really nice. Even having jitter free dragging in office environment is nicer than 60Hz. Third, the stand does everything you want, like not wobble, tilt, rotate to portrait mode etc. The only negative is that the downward facing input sockets are positioned to be really hard to plug anything into. Still, you don't do that too often (I suppose). HDR is a waste of time, but I didn't expect otherwise. ELMB Sync works, but honestly the downsides (altered colour profile, ghosting) aren't worth the upside (blur reduction) for me. I find blur much more acceptable than ghosting, and I'm also fussy about colour profiles. If you hate blur, you'll like ELMB With trace free, and naturally good latency, I honestly find blur suppression to be very good anyway The monitor comes with a host of gaming features I don't use, from a variety of wildly unrealistic colour profiles, to 'vivid pixel' which just applies a mass sharpen filter to your screen, to superimposed crosshairs and what have you. I just don't use these things, so can't really comment. There is at least a quick access menu so you can toggle them on and off with ease if that's your thing. The blue light filter is useful - but it's easier to do that in your OS. The biggest negative is IPS glow. It's noticeable in the corners, being red tinted on the right and blue tinted on the left. It disappears with a more square viewing angle, but sitting 2ft away it's quite noticeable on a plain background or dark screen. Sitting 3 feet away reduces it considerably.

Not a bad monitor and certainly has led to a sharper PC gaming experience. 2 frustrations: (1) the monitor stand is functional and although it has good tilt / pivot functionality the ability to change the screen height is limited; (2) lack of operating instructions within the box to understand how to change display settings. My first impression of the monitor wasn't the best. The default display settings look dreadful (in my opinion) and the monitor buttons have limited functionality and ability to change these. Without operating instructions I ended up searching online for a manual (which I found) but this still didn't help change the display settings. By chance I found an ASUS widget which I downloaded and this did the trick - enabling me to access the display settings and customise. My frustration is why didn't ASUS include some kind of link to this really important information in the box? It could have saved me a couple of really frustrating hours and certainly hasn't endeared me to the brand.

Works but it has an area of defective pixels, easy to see when the screen is black. There’s a discolouration around the area and when the screen is black it clearly shows an area of blue dots. Less blue dots visible with the naked eye but still a concerning amount