UPERFECT K118 18" Monitor Review! 144Hz of Retro Gaming Free Sync Fun! A Great Portable Monitor
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Everyone keeps asking me to talk about the different monitors I use for MiSTer FPGA and retro gaming and my workflow so....let's review the UPERFECT K118 gaming monitor! It's a legit great portable gaming monitor that works amazingly well with my MiSTer FPGA and RetroTink 4K with BFI mode, has Freesync up to 144hrz refresh rate and allows for some really fun MiSTer FPGA video modes to work! Plus its obviously great for modern PC gaming and let's me edit videos for the channel when I am NOT at home (which does happen)
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I like the idea of you reviewing monitors and other gamer centric tech.
I may do more. Controllers, monitors, etc. this is as much a test as anything :)
I appreciate you doing a review like this.
Glad you enjoy. I’m trying new things on the channel while also giving people what I’m known for
Always nice to have an easy portable monitor for dual screen productivity.
ESP one that’ll stand up for TATE lol
Just bought one of these two weeks ago and I’m super impressed. Tested it against my PVM and it’s less than a frame lag for me too. The one I bought is slightly smaller (15.9” and 1080p) but it was also less than $80
A solid price for sure
these monitors are fine, they also have a build in nintendo switch dock
I bought one of these a while back and have found more use with the mister than anything else! It’s perfectly acceptable for a sit down and play sort of gadget
It’s great for MiSTer hence my showcasing it here. Love it
i use a 144hz monitor like this as my second monitor on pc. clears up a lot of desk space and is great for mister when the power goes out. doesnt take too much power to run so i hook it up to a battery backup along with the mister. i use the arzopa 15.6". it's only $130 at the moment but not 2k like this one, only 1080p but has great pixel density because of the size
What weird timing. My power JUST went out. Only for a minute but that hasn’t happened in like a year
lol. it goes out whenever we get strong winds because of all the trees and old school power lines. only happens a few times a year but mostly in the same 2-3 month span. it sucks but at least i have the battery backups. i just got an analogue pocket and it can play shrek on the gba core so now i have something to watch🙂 @@VideoGameEsoterica
That’s how I grew up. In the woods of VT. We’d lose power damn near every week
Wow that pen trick is a cool optical illusion 😂😂
What pen? (And it disappears. Like magic)
@@VideoGameEsoterica 🤯🤯😂🤣😂🤣 mind blown
🤣
Thought it would be more discounted in my country but it's the same price. I do wish this had the bells and whistles of other monitors of this price like touch screen and 4k. It's interesting that they're finally making > 60hz panels on these things. Will probably buy the Rokid follow up if ever
Very cool momitor. I'm waiting for the checkmate monitor to be finished so I can stick my Mister in there.
I’ve seen those. Interesting stuff
6:35 That game is awesome. So glad to see it part of the M2 Shot Triggers line. Also, I take apart my portable monitor’s cover to sit on a tablet stand so I can have it in TATE mode.
M2 does great ports
I'm going to pay $700 and get a big 120Hz later this year probably. It's absolutely not needed, atm. I'm quite happy with my mounted TV, and even without BFI, it's very nice. I also don't have a RetroTink 4k. March 9, 2024...
BFI is fun and it’s been great on this panel / as a feature in general
@@VideoGameEsoterica
I didn't mean to be obnoxious about spending '$700', it's just something that needs to be done for the best end-result. And, I'm a videophile, so I'll enjoy it.
Didn’t seem obnoxious at all :)
I too are one of those people who has a cable for everything lying around 😂 Have a mini HDMI cable as I bought one for the NeoGeo mini, even though that thing looks horrible on a TV. Informative review👍🏻On the go Tate, that's hardcore!!🤪
Tate everywhere, all day all the time lol
@@VideoGameEsoterica HaHa yeah man, rock n roll!
Really glad to know about this thanks 👌
Glad you enjoyed!
That monitor is my daily driver. All my monitors are portables. UPERFECT is generally pretty good though one of their 16in 2K monitors I have acts weird sometimes with input resolutions besides the native and the 180 degree rotate ends up fuzzy. Got the 18in one as a substitute and it's fine. I also have their 4K OLED which is decent but when used in gaming it can pull too much power when the screen goes all white suddenly and goes out for a few seconds.
Oh that’s right I remember you talking about those on discord
I just ordered the oled o 4k and the k118. I'm super nervous but they had a 10% off everything deal. I can't decide which one I want 😅
Nice. Enjoy them!
First! (I get more points right?)
Lol it’s Sunday. That’s double VGE points day. I’m awarding 20
@@VideoGameEsoterica nice
You may be the points leader
_"Got a fun and random episode for you guys this friday"_. Had to check if it was friday today.
Lol now you know the scheduling woes. I moved this from Friday to today so I could talk about Turbo OutRun Reimagined. I try NOT to say the day of the week in the VO for that reason but it happens sometimes
When you're doing your lag testing of the screen, you expect a standard LCD (oriented in the chassis normally) to take 16.66 ms to draw the whole 60hz screen. When you measure the top and get 5.5ms, it means it takes approximately 5.5ms before it begins to draw whatever you sent it. When you measure at the bottom, it should take a lag-free monitor 16.66ms to draw the whole screen and so your reading should be consistent with your top reading (top reading 5.5ms+16.66ms~~22ms). Making multiple measurements aside from the top doesn't tell you anything extra. If it takes the very first line it can physically draw 5ms to get addressed, it's 5ms of lag. What multiple readings do tell you is if the panel is mounted in a non-standard way. For instance, a cheap i***** TV might have the panel mounted upside down in the chassis, but the panel doesn't care and so the image draws from bottom to top. That means your bottom reading would be the 5.5 and top would be 22 in that situation. You can also have fun stuff where a panel is mounted perpendicular to the chassis. An example would be a 16x9 handheld using a portrait screen. Now your screen can be drawing on the left or right of the panel first, meaning all 3 of your mrlaggy readings would come out the same. Vertical (or horizontal?) tearing on those 90 degree offset monitors manifests particularly uglily.
TLDR: The bottom lag reading on a standard monitor should read predictably higher than a top reading with the exception of bizzarre panel mounting and crazy tech like plasma.
Cheers
So many things are mounted wrong. Glad to have this one correct in the case
@@VideoGameEsoterica I just found your wording a little funny is all. I'm a stickler for language but I can never edit myself properly lol. I can't imagine making as many videos as you do and at such a high quality.
It’s just how I tend to explain things. Stepping down the test points. In the end people get that it’s sub frame
Sweet! Even better that it works with the Retrotink 4k with BFI mode enabled. How well is that setup working?
Very nicely on the Tink side. Firmware is very mature
I support this review. Cool monitor!
Glad you enjoyed. It’s a legit monitor. Both on the gaming front but honestly on the laptop front. Not having my inspector window always open in Resolve drives me insane when I’m editing on the go
@@VideoGameEsoterica I've had an extra usb monitor for my laptop for years and it's a great thing to have. My wife steals it all the time too lol
Something you don't realize how much you'll use it until it's an option
Haha I’ve thrown this monitor next to me on a small table in the living room and played MiSTer while my wife watches tv shows I’m not huge on. Def a good use case scenario
Actually really cool this has HDMI. Way more useful than just USB. Now to carve out the budget 😂
Yes multiple inputs is a huge bonus
VRR is mandatory for these displays IMO. If it doesn't have it, i wouldn't consider it. Thankfully, this does. 👍🏾
VRR is a great feature for something like this especially on MiSTer
Where's my damn stationary bike review!???
Lolol I passed on that. They wanted me to pay shipping. Big nope
@VideoGameEsoterica nooooooo.. I have honestly been waiting and wondering
But can't hate on you... I know peolle on RUclips are finicky and may not get its mostly a "joke"
Haha I can sell a joke. Plus it would have been an intensive mod to get a stationary bike to read speed inputs for Prop Cycle. But once they hit me with the shipping I was out
@VideoGameEsoterica yeah I'm sure shipping was a high price tag too...
Probably Included most of the bikes cost tbh
Yeah it felt that way. A but bait and switch
Now if we could just get some 144hz retro game patches
That would be a fun thing to see
Looks good Does it display the current frequency of the source? If so, try to play mortal kombat on mame and see if it's a perfect no tearing 54.7hz. Mame supports freesync monitors automatically.
I’ll have to see how it handles it
Has anyone found one smaller than this with about the same level of input lag?
Not that I’ve seen
I am a little sad to see you don't cover the refresh rate on this monitor with MiSTer and it's sometimes odd refresh rates.
So can this thing actually run the odd ones like wonder swan natively?
I covered it with arcade games and said it’s free sync. Handles it fine
That's testing on low latency hdmi mode output? If so how does it handle the more obtuse display frequencies?
I threw in 57hrz for ESP Ra De and it was sub frame
I’m still furious you can’t just use an iPad as an external monitor.
That is a stupid Apple restriction for sure
Maybe it was the camera but it didn't look nearly as good as the specs would have you believe.
Monitors never photograph as good as they look in person. Same with CRTt vs
Wall wart?
Eh?
I do not see in any review freesync working. At least AMD software showing that it is working.
I just got the UPerfect C2 monitor. 1600p/120Hz. Can't get FreeSync/VRR to work on my Mac, Steam Deck, Xbox Series X or PS5. Seems completely non-functional to me.
@@megahurtzlive4673 Yes, i think it's a big lie that VRR feature. Thanks for sharing your experience.
True retro gamers put their pvms in their backpacks on vacation (jk this is cool)
Haha trust me I’ve got PLENTY of PVMs here
What I did wrong...
Huh?
@@VideoGameEsoterica I think I replied with a link. But I was saying I've been using the 10 inch iPad screen replacements Mister has a resolution mode just for those which is the max res Mister supports.
Also this might be up your alley. Arcooda finally restocked the 20 inch 4:3 lg LCD
Ahh yes links get auto eaten by the filter. Not me
That’s one weird ass looking IPad ..
I can’t even find messages on it
@@VideoGameEsoterica take it back to the radio shack you bought it at asap!
RIP Radio Shack
You short for time. Slow down man.
Just my speech pattern
Eh I think portable projectors are better.
I have one of those too