One brave monitor company should cry "Hold my beer" and start naming their models with the same names as other companies. Otherwise, you're right; without that, it couldn't get any more confusing.
@@SteelKreel GPUs are quite easy to understand once you know the naming scheme or follow the hardware news. Admittedly, it looks like AMD will change their with their next gen, but they will line it up with Nvidia so... Maybe even fewer names to learn. When Nvidia releases next gen GPUs - you will know that 5080 is better than 4080. And you will also know that 5080 is better than 5060. You will know MORE OR LESS what price/performance tiers they are (not 100% the case, but most of the time it at least has some logic behind it). But with monitors, you can follow all the news, be up to date with everything, then they drop a new monitor and the name alone doesn't mean anything. Sometimes you get the panel size, but there are numbers that are not sizes in many model names so you still have to double check it. Discussing monitors with anyone is hard because you have to google every single thing you talk about. When someone asks me what GPU I have, I can answer right away. When someone asks me what monitor I have, I have to look up the receipt because it's just a string of random characters.
The time and effort and mental focus required to keep track of this many monitors and their weird AF names takes a lot of time, effort and genuine love for the craft. Really really appreciate the quality you have brought here. Absolutely amazing work here! Happy new year!
Great video, Tim! This is quite a showcase example of how to properly conduct these sort of S,A,B,C...F rankings, regardless of product involved. Greatly informative about all the monitors ranked, their main strengths and weaknesses, and explaining/justifying in proper detail how those pluses and minuses make each one land in the final asserted position between the competitors. Awesome.
Yes me to and if you register it with msi you even receive a coupon for $30 steam gift card Also, it came with a very old firmware on it, but updating it was simple and improved the performance a lot.
For those interested in the Odyssey G9 but prefer to avoid integrated "smart" TV functionality, a variant free of Tizen OS nonsense is available. It's called G93SC, ships with the standard Odyssey monitor OSD instead, and is cheaper to boot!
Even though they have reviewed all other monitors with the same panel. Just wondering if they have problem with Samsung this year. No Samsung monitor review 😁
The g80sd is top tier 32" qd OLED. 240 hz. Excellent hdr with bright white highlights, 10 bit color. Very clear motion. Comes with solar charging remote with apps. Frequently discounted so i got mine in October for $950 usd. It's A tier at least. Everything i play is orders of magnitude more immersive than my 1440p 28" gigabyte ips. The smart tv aspect is snappier than my roku ultra.
This video made feel really good about my purchase, the Asus ROG XG27AQDMG! S tier is very reassuring, I got the monitor for about $700 including a best buy 5 year oled warranty (considering asus’ track record with warranty claims) around 500 not including warranty!
"considering asus’ track record with warranty claims" I will never purchase anything ASUS again, 1200 AUD monitor went 1 month outside of WTY, they basically told me bad luck. I know ASUS make good stuff, but if you can't back that up with good support its a major turn off for me, and to be fair if it was a $200 monitor, i'd have been like fair enough, but man to be treated like that on a 1200 monitor just left me jaded.
@@cerunos What's the problem? You were outside of warranty and they didn't honor it.. so? As long as they are honoring the warranty within the warranty period, with minimal hassle, means that the warranty is good. If you started having issues after the warranty ended, that is 'tough luck, sorry that happened' indeed. The warranty is there to guarantee you a specific usage time out of the product without issues, and nothing more.
Do you also rank the OLED monitors or show if they have a feature to disable the pixel shifting? I'm not a fan of it as I'm really sensitive to any slight image changes, though I understand the risk of burning in the image. I would trade that off by running the cleaning cycles more frequently.
I got the PG23UCDM this year and it was definitely worth the money. Content looks good but wasn't as big of an upgrade as I expected, but gaming on it is unreal. Games that support HDR look insane
Thanks for all the great reviews this year. Was really helpful with my impulse Black Friday Buy. Originally went for a Gigabyte 27” 1440p display as it dropped into the low 500s, but found a screaming used deal from someone that wanted out of their 321UP. Sacrificed a few hertz and dealing with a larger size but love it for $600
I was anxious about DP v1.4a on my 321URX, but after almost a year, I did not notice any image quality issue during work or gaming in 4k and sitting close to the display.
This is better than all the S tier monitors for anyone that is interested. Reason: It is way better calibrated than PG32UCDM and the 32IURX. This makes HDR actually HDR and even in SDR mode it is well calibrated so it looks beautiful. The only advantage of the other monitors is the 480hz but I would take the better monitor performance on everything else all day.
Picked up a refurb on black friday sale for 600 USD. Have been very happy with it. Came perfect, like new. Straight from dell, all the other options where 800+
6:30 got that one...but don't like the lack of menu fiddling options (many greyed out?!). Also brightness is very high (even when dropped), need to have lights turned on during night time.
Great work brother I really appreciate all of your research. I will continue to link your content to all my friends who are looking to purchase new hardware
It's an awesome monitor. I love the color temperature. It has beautiful warm color pallet and it pops more than AW3225QF that I have next to it. It even looks perceptibly brighter to me than the Dell model, even though its peak brightness is 200nits lower. 800 vs 1000.
@@dolan_plz The peak brightness doesn’t tell the full picture. The AW gets up 1300nits in the 1% window, but goes down to 400ish at 10% which is arguably more important. It means only tiny highlights get that HDR impact. The C2 is significantly brighter on the 10% window at around 700ish. It also doesn’t suffer from the oddly calibrated Samsung PQ Curve, which overly darkens mid tones in bright scenes and makes any scene that isn’t dark way dimmer than it should be
I look at this and I can't help but think about this product segment......the fact that there is so much competition in this market and the result is that we see lots of good products with lots of new/great features with most being relatively decently priced.
Excellent review! Tried MSI 321UPX, outstanding monitor. Never seen such impressive images and vivid colors, perfect movement, plenty of options for image. However, QD-OLEDs causes severe eye-strain at least for me (terrible text fringing making very hard to focus on texts, reflections and purple tint). Replaced with the only not so expensive alternative: W-OLED LG 32GS95UE. Now, no more eye strain, perfect matte cover minimizing reflections, and much, much more text clarity (which is not mentioned for the ranking). I'm losing HDR quality? Yes. It's not so vivid and bright? Yes. But, honestly, for me, almost all the time in SDR it's a nice tradeoff. And please, forget about high peak levels of brightness in the specifications, as brightness above certain levels it's not healthy for the eyes neither sustainable in the long term. Let's see what 2025 bring us.
That's what i want to know. Its been available for about 6 months. I bought mine with no reviews i basically bought blind. But its been great so I've been lucky
@@toonnut1 bro me too! exactly the same, blindly bought it cause its an early 360hz monitor with decent price. and yeah sadly barely any big reviewer looked into that
As an owner of the AW3225QF, I wanna add a few specific elements (I don't know how the equivalent OLEDs from ASUS or MSI compare for all of this): - DSC is forced ON, the only way to get rid of DSC is going through a specific HDMI mode. DSC is often called on this channel a non-issue because we cannot see any image degradation, but it is not really about that. With DSC, you are stuck with predefined resolutions, that means no custom resolutions, DSR or DLDSR. - really poor packaging leading a lot of brand new units covered in micro-scratches (sometimes not just micro...) - VRR flickering can be real bad in some scenarios (this is a global OLED issue, but I believe this model is still the worst on that regard) - don't plan to connect a blu-ray player with 24Hz output: crazy flickering (very similar to VRR flickering even though it is not VRR related), the monitor image is just unstable with sub 30Hz signal
Bought the XG27UCG-W. Love the option to have FHD high refresh rates but still be able to do 4k work on it. (my laptop won't handle 300+ refresh rates at 4k or QHD). So perfect option for me without spending 3x the price on an OLED version! Gold standard for me would be a 5k Ultrawide 21:9 40-inch OLED at 240+Hz but need a PC (and bank account) upgrade for that lol! Thanks for all the reviews been super helpful.
47:55 Rating the non-HDR Dell above the AOC Q27G3XMN just because the Dell is "really cheap" is just crazy. The Q27G3XMN is without exception the cheapest monitor anyone should consider buying for gaming, the HDR performance you get is as good as monitors worth 5x more from a few years ago. Where the Dell G2724D is best suited is as an office monitor, high refresh and wide viewing angles are still valuable in the office, whereas HDR has near zero value in text editing so it makes sense to save a few dollars by omitting a feature you'd never use.
Agree 100% I actually own both monitors and would say the AOC is much better. I've used both for 40 hours a week for office work and gaming. The picture quality, contrast, and HDR on the AOC are far superior. The navigation buttons are worse and possibly the stand, but those are low value metrics. The Dell is $150 vs $280 though.. can't go wrong with either honestly
@@au343 Problem is the AOC Q27G3XMN is worth well over $130 more than the Dell. Putting the G2724D just below the Q27G3XMN would make sense, but tossing it into the upper A-tier is just nonsense The AOC Q27G3XMN is "The" highest value-per-dollar monitor on the market bar none (at least until some OLEDs drop below $400).
I ended up going with a 32" 4K IPS screen you haven't tested, the Acer XB323QK V3, I've been really happy with it. I think it's a solid B-tier, or even A-tier. It doesn't have any of the benefits of OLED, but it doesn't have any of it's problems, either. I'm not thrilled at the style of monitor stand, but I use a quality monitor arm, so that's a non-issue for me.
I love watching your videos that involves the pg27aqdp because it just reassures me that i made a good purchase. My only problem with it is that sometimes i get vrr flicker in some menus with gsync on.
I think LG 32GS95UE deserved at least A tier. I tried few 1440p models that have a bit worse picture than 32GS95UE. Picture quality is amazing, and for people that prefer matte screen over glossy its S tier
I got one open box for around 800ish usd. It's a great monitor at that price but for the original msrp it would be a hard sell. Not having common features like usb c or kvm don't make sense. Back light strobing would be nice to have. To me the standout feature are the awesome built in speakers!
Its the 32gs95 or pg32ucdp for me but in germany the Asus never goes below 1550 while i can get the LG for 1100 or below 1000 if i get the UX version with weaker speakers. A 30% price difference will prolly make me order the LG after ive seen whats announced at CES.
So, would you consider the magenta tint issue on the QDs bad enough to pick a C4 42"(935EUR) over a 321UPX (869EUR) as main monitor for gaming, video editing/grading and content consumption? Or is the motion performance and color vibrancy better all around, plus the tint not that bad of an issue?!
Great to see the FO32U2P ranked so high. I got the standard version during black friday sales for £900. Same panel, just lacking dp 2.1 and 65w usbc charging which i don't care enough about anyway.
Just purchased the 39gs95qe for 700$ i think the ppi issue on the 45 inch version is definitely a thing, but its really not bad on the 39. Extremely happy with my purchase.
What does it mean when a monitor says WOLED but also says QHD in the description? Says it on Amazon for the PG27AQDP but then the 321URX says QDOLED says UHD asking about QHD and UHD
I was really bummed when I saw the specs for the 39inch LG monitor. That curve and the lack of 4k killed it for me. I have a 38inch LG that I have loved but wanted to upgrade. Fingers crossed that we get to see something coming soon at CES.
I got the xg27aqdmg during sales as an upgrade from my xb271hu I had for 8 years. I was already looking at it, but your reviews helped me decide in the end. It's been a great move even though I would prefer the better pixel cluster from qdoled for text clarity. This will work for now
Watching this on my OLED G9. Got it for $1314 since it launch back in Aug 2023. Zero issue so far apart from well know weakness such as raise black (but still better than my previous AW3423DW). For text reading I think I'm OK with. Doesn't feel the different between it and 32" 4K VA at my workplace. Calibrate it with X-Rite i1 display pro plus and it is perfect for SDR but we still have a long way before HDR calibration is possible.
Got the Samsung 49" on black Friday. This monitor is amazing, and the image quality is truly impressive. Never had an issue with the interface of functionality using an AMD GPU (7900XTX).
For an S tier monitor, the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM is plagued with a black screen issue during gaming that requires you to power cycle it to get working again.
I agree. I chose this over the Asus PG32UCDM. I paid the full $1399, (Micro Center matched all the recent sales which put it right at around $1000 US). I have no regrets at all. I'm not sure how it earns "B" tier even after he gave his reasons. He clearly states in the beginning of the video that if you want a premium tier gaming monitor... to buy some sort of QLED or OLED monitor. Then places it in B tier after some 1440p monitors that are not necessarily superior? I'm not sure about that ranking. Additionally, there is a white model of the LG, "32GS95UV-W.AUS" that ran for $999.99 US for much of December at Best Buy. The only difference? I had the usual crap 7 watt speakers or whatever, vs. the pixel sound included on the black LG.
@@tappthegreat7775 And i'm not hiding it. Let’s face it-QD-OLEDs are undisputedly the best display technology right now. Why settle for anything less than perfection?
@rejectdiorr dude I have them both side by side in the dark you cannot tell the difference, but under the daylight the samsung blacks are slightly purple when comparing to LG. what perfection are you talking about if my screen is purple during the day?
I've tried both WOLED and QD-OLED, and the claims about raised blacks in QD-OLED in many videos are often exaggerated. Unless you're intentionally shining a very bright light directly onto the monitor, it's not a noticeable issue. Taking that into account, I the ranking is fair.
I just got the PG32UCDM. I have 0 clue what settings i should use lol I had the Curved G7 1440p VA panel before and when i first put on the Asus it looked like the center of the screen curves towards me and the edges curve away from me when it's on. Of course it could be an optical illusion because I'm coming from the G7 and sitting very close to the screen but that distracts me extremely. Furthermore, the white appears to be more of a creamy yellowish color.
Pre-ordered my 321URX before any review was published, which I never ever do for any product. Super happy with it after almost a year. But I won't do this blind shot again.
if not using HDR for the AOC 27 mini LED monitor, what would the ranking for this monitor be in terms of overall picture clarity, colors, speed and all of the good stuff.
Its not the best in that department, there is a decent amount of black smearing, there are several VA monitors better than it in terms of speed, response and smearing. Its high value comes from the HDR capabilities which at just $300 are amazing. AOC does offer faster VA panels at higher cost of course, though not that expensive, around $300-350 you can get a super fast VA panel with standard HDR, which is quite good on VA panels anyways due to their high contrast ratio.
The 321UPX is missing proper power delivery on the usb-c vs the 321URX. Not unimportant imo since they are very similar other than that and it could cause laptop users to buy the wrong one
Perhaps it would be better to grade monitors on a variety of points (eg. Display: 5/5 Features: 3/5 Cost: 1/5, ect) by putting that data into a spreadsheet and then have a separate interactive tier list that's populated by said data. It's even possible to input deductions for certain negatives in a pragmatic way. Buttons would allow a user to select from different criteria (Best overall, best value, ect). This is certainly possible with Google Sheets, excel, libre office, ect (although cloud would be preferred so anyone could use it). Doing it this way has a few advantages: 1) It enables you to view the data from a variety of Criteria 2) It's more accurate. It requires you to input an equation for each criteria to determine the ranking of a product, thus providing a more objective measure of a monitor. A person doing a tier list one by one is going to have a problem comparing all the factors of a product to others at once and remembering each little detail. Comparing like monitors by hand is a mostly a crapshoot as well, the above method does away with that problem. Each product has all their plus and minuses fully accounted for so long as it's done correctly. In fact you could even create a spreadsheet at the start of the year and record the important points of a monitor and it's score while it's freshest to make doing a tier list extremely easy 3) It enables a more interactive presentation, whether it's more public to the community or just used for a video. Tier lists have the issue that you must select a single criteria but it's possible to make the single criteria interactive.
They would need the same amount of support as the Xiaomi monitor. I don't think they are as cheap in other regions like the SEA region where they are very accessible.
the struggle to put Xiaomi G Pro 27i in correct tier was real :D here in EU its already cheaper than AOC Q27G3XMN ( 400 euro vs 330 euro) , but i feel it can get much lower than that . lowest i saw AOC was under 300 during black friday good options both tbh
What would be your recommendation for a Macbook Pro Office Monitor recommendation? I feel like on a Macbook you can't go larger than 32" because then the Pixel Density gets too low for the scaling. In order to get around 220 ppi (Retina) it's 5k 27" or 6k 32" And even next year when finally some high resolution OLEDs will come out, it won't be anywhere close to that density. What's your take on that?
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Monitor names cannot get any more confusing. Incredible industry
One brave monitor company should cry "Hold my beer" and start naming their models with the same names as other companies. Otherwise, you're right; without that, it couldn't get any more confusing.
I feel this way with so many products. Monitors, GPUs, watches, etc.
@@SteelKreelGPU? Cards are pretty easy
90..80…70….60….50 the higher the better
@@SteelKreel GPUs are quite easy to understand once you know the naming scheme or follow the hardware news. Admittedly, it looks like AMD will change their with their next gen, but they will line it up with Nvidia so... Maybe even fewer names to learn.
When Nvidia releases next gen GPUs - you will know that 5080 is better than 4080. And you will also know that 5080 is better than 5060. You will know MORE OR LESS what price/performance tiers they are (not 100% the case, but most of the time it at least has some logic behind it).
But with monitors, you can follow all the news, be up to date with everything, then they drop a new monitor and the name alone doesn't mean anything. Sometimes you get the panel size, but there are numbers that are not sizes in many model names so you still have to double check it.
Discussing monitors with anyone is hard because you have to google every single thing you talk about. When someone asks me what GPU I have, I can answer right away. When someone asks me what monitor I have, I have to look up the receipt because it's just a string of random characters.
@@callhimedu3193 haha unless you're talking about AMD which they cant even get their Radeon naming scheme stuff together changing it every 3 years! 😂
This video is so useful! A lot of work went into it! Beautiful B-rolls on all products! You feel the difference between products! Amazing! Thank you!
Thanks for the support
It's not useful, it's just full of paid lies.
@@monitorsunboxed If Asus ROG Strix XG27ACS and dell g2724d are the same price. Which one should I get. Please help me
I’m stuck
Thanks for taking the time to give in depth reviews to all of these monitors. You provide a lot of great info that is hard to find elsewhere
Watching on my 60Hz monitor.
1080p 60hz VA gang where u at
Cringe
Fr 💀
@@matosvetlik8611 i upgraded from 60hz for the first time with with aoc 24g4 few days back... man it feels so good try it!
Upgrade to oled already
The time and effort and mental focus required to keep track of this many monitors and their weird AF names takes a lot of time, effort and genuine love for the craft. Really really appreciate the quality you have brought here. Absolutely amazing work here!
Happy new year!
Thank you for making these rankings
Great video, Tim! This is quite a showcase example of how to properly conduct these sort of S,A,B,C...F rankings, regardless of product involved. Greatly informative about all the monitors ranked, their main strengths and weaknesses, and explaining/justifying in proper detail how those pluses and minuses make each one land in the final asserted position between the competitors. Awesome.
Down to the wire in Aus for NY. I hope you're celebrating with friends and/or family, you go great work.
Managed to get the MSI 321URX in Europe for €899 on sale recently. Excellent value for such a great monitor!
Yes me to and if you register it with msi you even receive a coupon for $30 steam gift card
Also, it came with a very old firmware on it, but updating it was simple and improved the performance a lot.
U sure it is the URX and not the UPX. Ive never seen the URX below 1200 Euros here
@@Valac-he8mv Yep 100%. Paradigit had them on sale for €899 just before xmas
Any thoughts or plans on checking out the Samsung G80SD?
I decided to go with XG27AQDMG and 24G4 combo, I will buy it in next month or two, thank you for the video 🤝🏻
What about XG27ACDNG i think it’s an update to thar monitor
@@junyaiwase Thanks for the info, I'll check few days before buying in case there's an newer version and get it.
@@junyaiwase no its not an update , one is 240hz WOLED and the other is 360hz QD-OLED , so completly diffrent products
Happy New Year Tim!
I've had my aw3225qf since launch and it's been awesome. Love it
For those interested in the Odyssey G9 but prefer to avoid integrated "smart" TV functionality, a variant free of Tizen OS nonsense is available. It's called G93SC, ships with the standard Odyssey monitor OSD instead, and is cheaper to boot!
Should be on post office today... Hopefully it's good 😂
Hopefully there's one similar to the G80SD but with DP 2.1 and no smart TV functionalities
I’m pretty sure that the smart TV funcionality is pretty useful though. You should be able to access all kinds of settings through ColorControl.
Got it for $1400 CAD, and no regrets. It’s a quality monitor without the looming OS obsolescence that smart displays typically bring.
@martytu20 Sweet! I'm waiting for CES to decide. Which I'd recommend everyone do. It's so soon, and they might reveal next gen panel tech
Literally just ordered the PG27AQDP an hour before this video, nice to see it’s ranked pretty high
I just got mine 2 days ago, happy to see it perform well!
@timeless8285 ces is literally in less than a week with new monitors being released 💀
@JakeySurani doubt I'll see any oleds at £499
Best OLED on the market
@@varph_ still new monitors always bring in a market correction for prices
Just bought xg27aqdmg ytd. I am so happy with my purchase. Seeing it on your S tier. Justified my purchase even more.
Great video. Keepitup!
Why don't you guys review or include the Samsung G80SD or Samsung G60SD monitors?
Only so many displays one can review that use the same panel. Likely just didn't fit in with timings and/or logistics.
Even though they have reviewed all other monitors with the same panel. Just wondering if they have problem with Samsung this year. No Samsung monitor review 😁
The g80sd is top tier 32" qd OLED. 240 hz. Excellent hdr with bright white highlights, 10 bit color. Very clear motion. Comes with solar charging remote with apps. Frequently discounted so i got mine in October for $950 usd. It's A tier at least. Everything i play is orders of magnitude more immersive than my 1440p 28" gigabyte ips. The smart tv aspect is snappier than my roku ultra.
Yeah planing to take this monitor but no 3rd review anywhere
@@TuanLe-gl4yt where are you taking it?
AW3225QF gets my vote for price alone compared to other 240Hz 4K OLEDs. The curve is quite nice and is very subtle.
This video made feel really good about my purchase, the Asus ROG XG27AQDMG! S tier is very reassuring, I got the monitor for about $700 including a best buy 5 year oled warranty (considering asus’ track record with warranty claims) around 500 not including warranty!
same bro :')
"considering asus’ track record with warranty claims"
I will never purchase anything ASUS again, 1200 AUD monitor went 1 month outside of WTY, they basically told me bad luck. I know ASUS make good stuff, but if you can't back that up with good support its a major turn off for me, and to be fair if it was a $200 monitor, i'd have been like fair enough, but man to be treated like that on a 1200 monitor just left me jaded.
@@cerunos What's the problem? You were outside of warranty and they didn't honor it.. so?
As long as they are honoring the warranty within the warranty period, with minimal hassle, means that the warranty is good.
If you started having issues after the warranty ended, that is 'tough luck, sorry that happened' indeed. The warranty is there to guarantee you a specific usage time out of the product without issues, and nothing more.
Got my XG27AQDMG on BF for 500£ (625€) and I consider that a good value for money all things considered. Deadly screen.
@@theSato Exactly ^^ - if its 1 day i would be "damn the could have closed an eye on it" but ... 1 month. And then flame at Asus for it?
The fact the LG 32GS95UE is B tier calls into question this whole tier list.
I love mine. I would think A-tier myself. Probably the best mixed usage OLED of the bunch though.
His recent videos have been heavily QD OLED bias. Also, how can the Asus version be higher when it lacks speakers?
Will you be reviewing the MSI 341CQPX soon?
Do you also rank the OLED monitors or show if they have a feature to disable the pixel shifting? I'm not a fan of it as I'm really sensitive to any slight image changes, though I understand the risk of burning in the image. I would trade that off by running the cleaning cycles more frequently.
I got the PG23UCDM this year and it was definitely worth the money. Content looks good but wasn't as big of an upgrade as I expected, but gaming on it is unreal. Games that support HDR look insane
Thank you for this!!
Thanks for all the great reviews this year. Was really helpful with my impulse Black Friday Buy. Originally went for a Gigabyte 27” 1440p display as it dropped into the low 500s, but found a screaming used deal from someone that wanted out of their 321UP. Sacrificed a few hertz and dealing with a larger size but love it for $600
I want 4k High Refresh rate and full Dp2.1!
I was anxious about DP v1.4a on my 321URX, but after almost a year, I did not notice any image quality issue during work or gaming in 4k and sitting close to the display.
Gigabyte FO32U2P
you cant even tell the difference between DSC and "full" DP2.1, this is borderline psychotic to complain about at this point.
@@therealpureessence2437 is that one actual full DP 2.1 4K240hz or only part DP 2.1? I can't remember
How is 240hz not high refresh rate
LOVE my Dell Alienware AW3225QF! Never been happier with a monitor. Such a great experience.
You re gonna review the MSI MAG274QRFQDE2?
Got the AW3225QF for 600€ after discounts and Cashback a month ago. Coudnt be happier with this monitor for that price!
Wow! Bought this at list when it came out. Still great 😊
That's why it's top of the "S" tier in my book unless money is no object for you.
got the 27GS95QX for 540€ on black friday, very happy with it (also sold my 2y old 27gp850 for 180€) so paid 360 basically 😁
This is better than all the S tier monitors for anyone that is interested. Reason: It is way better calibrated than PG32UCDM and the 32IURX. This makes HDR actually HDR and even in SDR mode it is well calibrated so it looks beautiful. The only advantage of the other monitors is the 480hz but I would take the better monitor performance on everything else all day.
Picked up a refurb on black friday sale for 600 USD. Have been very happy with it. Came perfect, like new. Straight from dell, all the other options where 800+
Got the MSI 4K QD-OLED 165hz 321UP for $699 on black Friday! It's AWESOME!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Got a good deal on the FO32U2P and couldn't be happier with it.
A monitor tier list???? Christmas has come late!!
It's actually next Xmas super early
I'm excited for this video - I'm going to watch it slowly throughout the day!
6:30 got that one...but don't like the lack of menu fiddling options (many greyed out?!). Also brightness is very high (even when dropped), need to have lights turned on during night time.
Nice to see the fo32u2p receiving a high grade by an expert. Bought it as it was the cheapest (similar to the aw3225qf) here.
I've purchased the AOC Q27G4X (not on your list) in summer 2024 for about 200€. This one is also quite satisfactory for QHD gaming at that price.
Love my 321URX got it on launch.
Great work brother I really appreciate all of your research. I will continue to link your content to all my friends who are looking to purchase new hardware
Can you do office monitors ranking too? For programming and stuff?
Yes please. Most of these monitors ranked here are not good for text clarity.
This is a gaming gear channel....
@@fourtii8707 Do you know if there are office monitor channels?
@@kwazar6725 i think if u are looking for text clarity u are basically looking at a high ppi ips monitor and thats all there is to say
Prob the hdr ips monitor he recommends
Still rockin' that LG C2 42in. Probably the best "monitor" I've ever bought!
It's an awesome monitor. I love the color temperature. It has beautiful warm color pallet and it pops more than AW3225QF that I have next to it. It even looks perceptibly brighter to me than the Dell model, even though its peak brightness is 200nits lower. 800 vs 1000.
@@dolan_plz The peak brightness doesn’t tell the full picture. The AW gets up 1300nits in the 1% window, but goes down to 400ish at 10% which is arguably more important. It means only tiny highlights get that HDR impact. The C2 is significantly brighter on the 10% window at around 700ish. It also doesn’t suffer from the oddly calibrated Samsung PQ Curve, which overly darkens mid tones in bright scenes and makes any scene that isn’t dark way dimmer than it should be
@@noidsuper thank you for the explanation 👍
I look at this and I can't help but think about this product segment......the fact that there is so much competition in this market and the result is that we see lots of good products with lots of new/great features with most being relatively decently priced.
Great Video :) do you recommend a 45” OLED monitor ? Or should I wait till better monitors get released? The g9 has too little vertical space for me.
Excellent review! Tried MSI 321UPX, outstanding monitor. Never seen such impressive images and vivid colors, perfect movement, plenty of options for image. However, QD-OLEDs causes severe eye-strain at least for me (terrible text fringing making very hard to focus on texts, reflections and purple tint). Replaced with the only not so expensive alternative: W-OLED LG 32GS95UE. Now, no more eye strain, perfect matte cover minimizing reflections, and much, much more text clarity (which is not mentioned for the ranking). I'm losing HDR quality? Yes. It's not so vivid and bright? Yes. But, honestly, for me, almost all the time in SDR it's a nice tradeoff. And please, forget about high peak levels of brightness in the specifications, as brightness above certain levels it's not healthy for the eyes neither sustainable in the long term. Let's see what 2025 bring us.
Very happy with my PG32UCDM, chosen only after watching your review!
where its hard to find review on samsung odyssey g60sd
That's what i want to know. Its been available for about 6 months. I bought mine with no reviews i basically bought blind. But its been great so I've been lucky
@@toonnut1 bro me too! exactly the same, blindly bought it cause its an early 360hz monitor with decent price. and yeah sadly barely any big reviewer looked into that
@shaflian there's a new firmware update just released. Just incase you didn't know. I'm not sure what it does though lol
As an owner of the AW3225QF, I wanna add a few specific elements (I don't know how the equivalent OLEDs from ASUS or MSI compare for all of this):
- DSC is forced ON, the only way to get rid of DSC is going through a specific HDMI mode. DSC is often called on this channel a non-issue because we cannot see any image degradation, but it is not really about that. With DSC, you are stuck with predefined resolutions, that means no custom resolutions, DSR or DLDSR.
- really poor packaging leading a lot of brand new units covered in micro-scratches (sometimes not just micro...)
- VRR flickering can be real bad in some scenarios (this is a global OLED issue, but I believe this model is still the worst on that regard)
- don't plan to connect a blu-ray player with 24Hz output: crazy flickering (very similar to VRR flickering even though it is not VRR related), the monitor image is just unstable with sub 30Hz signal
Bought the XG27UCG-W. Love the option to have FHD high refresh rates but still be able to do 4k work on it. (my laptop won't handle 300+ refresh rates at 4k or QHD). So perfect option for me without spending 3x the price on an OLED version! Gold standard for me would be a 5k Ultrawide 21:9 40-inch OLED at 240+Hz but need a PC (and bank account) upgrade for that lol! Thanks for all the reviews been super helpful.
Did you ever take a look at the Dell Ultrasharp 40" ultra wide.
1:10:34 I appreciate you Rank Daddy Tim.
What about LG 27GR83Q?
You have recommended it in a lot of videos?
47:55 Rating the non-HDR Dell above the AOC Q27G3XMN just because the Dell is "really cheap" is just crazy.
The Q27G3XMN is without exception the cheapest monitor anyone should consider buying for gaming, the HDR performance you get is as good as monitors worth 5x more from a few years ago.
Where the Dell G2724D is best suited is as an office monitor, high refresh and wide viewing angles are still valuable in the office, whereas HDR has near zero value in text editing so it makes sense to save a few dollars by omitting a feature you'd never use.
I bought that Dell for multi use. Mostly office but some gaming. It's perfect for gaming and I would say for a budget 150 bucks it deserves some love.
Who gives a shit about hdr, it's trash software tech
Agree 100% I actually own both monitors and would say the AOC is much better. I've used both for 40 hours a week for office work and gaming. The picture quality, contrast, and HDR on the AOC are far superior. The navigation buttons are worse and possibly the stand, but those are low value metrics. The Dell is $150 vs $280 though.. can't go wrong with either honestly
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Problem is the AOC Q27G3XMN is worth well over $130 more than the Dell.
Putting the G2724D just below the Q27G3XMN would make sense, but tossing it into the upper A-tier is just nonsense
The AOC Q27G3XMN is "The" highest value-per-dollar monitor on the market bar none (at least until some OLEDs drop below $400).
Great review!
I ended up going with a 32" 4K IPS screen you haven't tested, the Acer XB323QK V3, I've been really happy with it. I think it's a solid B-tier, or even A-tier. It doesn't have any of the benefits of OLED, but it doesn't have any of it's problems, either. I'm not thrilled at the style of monitor stand, but I use a quality monitor arm, so that's a non-issue for me.
I love watching your videos that involves the pg27aqdp because it just reassures me that i made a good purchase. My only problem with it is that sometimes i get vrr flicker in some menus with gsync on.
I think LG 32GS95UE deserved at least A tier. I tried few 1440p models that have a bit worse picture than 32GS95UE. Picture quality is amazing, and for people that prefer matte screen over glossy its S tier
I agree
I got one open box for around 800ish usd. It's a great monitor at that price but for the original msrp it would be a hard sell. Not having common features like usb c or kvm don't make sense. Back light strobing would be nice to have. To me the standout feature are the awesome built in speakers!
Its the 32gs95 or pg32ucdp for me but in germany the Asus never goes below 1550 while i can get the LG for 1100 or below 1000 if i get the UX version with weaker speakers. A 30% price difference will prolly make me order the LG after ive seen whats announced at CES.
Yeah very ASUS bias here, i think asus should be -1 or -2 tiers just for their poor software and scamming
@@ChristianGuadalupe13you can get software backlight strobing with a program called BFI!
It’s amazing how great monitors are this year!
So, would you consider the magenta tint issue on the QDs bad enough to pick
a C4 42"(935EUR) over a 321UPX (869EUR) as main monitor for gaming, video editing/grading and content consumption?
Or is the motion performance and color vibrancy better all around, plus the tint not that bad of an issue?!
Great to see the FO32U2P ranked so high. I got the standard version during black friday sales for £900. Same panel, just lacking dp 2.1 and 65w usbc charging which i don't care enough about anyway.
Just purchased the 39gs95qe for 700$ i think the ppi issue on the 45 inch version is definitely a thing, but its really not bad on the 39. Extremely happy with my purchase.
I only use mine for gaming and like you extremely happy with it. 👍
Please state clearly when you are talking about MiniLEDs, not just panel type, thanks :)
Happy new year guys
Your voice is really soothing
What does it mean when a monitor says WOLED but also says QHD in the description? Says it on Amazon for the PG27AQDP but then the 321URX says QDOLED says UHD asking about QHD and UHD
i was looking to see if you had this exact type of video yesterday and you uploaded it today awesome
I bought a AW3225QF because it was readily available and not overpriced like its competitors were in my region. Zero complaints so far.
How's the MSI MAG 321UP looking? It seems to be pretty good in theory at least...
I was really bummed when I saw the specs for the 39inch LG monitor. That curve and the lack of 4k killed it for me. I have a 38inch LG that I have loved but wanted to upgrade. Fingers crossed that we get to see something coming soon at CES.
I got the xg27aqdmg during sales as an upgrade from my xb271hu I had for 8 years. I was already looking at it, but your reviews helped me decide in the end. It's been a great move even though I would prefer the better pixel cluster from qdoled for text clarity. This will work for now
Watching this on my OLED G9. Got it for $1314 since it launch back in Aug 2023. Zero issue so far apart from well know weakness such as raise black (but still better than my previous AW3423DW). For text reading I think I'm OK with. Doesn't feel the different between it and 32" 4K VA at my workplace. Calibrate it with X-Rite i1 display pro plus and it is perfect for SDR but we still have a long way before HDR calibration is possible.
Got the Samsung 49" on black Friday. This monitor is amazing, and the image quality is truly impressive. Never had an issue with the interface of functionality using an AMD GPU (7900XTX).
I'm looking forward to the the upcoming LG 45 5k/2k Ultragear with adjustable curve. It gets announced next month at CES.
For an S tier monitor, the Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM is plagued with a black screen issue during gaming that requires you to power cycle it to get working again.
Please rank Samsung OLED G6 27" or the S32DG800SU
about the 32 Lg monitor. Honestly i think it deserves S tier. also in my countrys it's 999 dollars which is cheaper then the 321urx or PGUDCM so yeah
I agree. I chose this over the Asus PG32UCDM. I paid the full $1399, (Micro Center matched all the recent sales which put it right at around $1000 US). I have no regrets at all. I'm not sure how it earns "B" tier even after he gave his reasons. He clearly states in the beginning of the video that if you want a premium tier gaming monitor... to buy some sort of QLED or OLED monitor. Then places it in B tier after some 1440p monitors that are not necessarily superior? I'm not sure about that ranking. Additionally, there is a white model of the LG, "32GS95UV-W.AUS" that ran for $999.99 US for much of December at Best Buy. The only difference? I had the usual crap 7 watt speakers or whatever, vs. the pixel sound included on the black LG.
Yeah, the rankings don’t make sense. Especially for the 32 inch 4k models
Heavily bias towards QD OLEDs and it’s obvious.
@@tappthegreat7775 And i'm not hiding it. Let’s face it-QD-OLEDs are undisputedly the best display technology right now. Why settle for anything less than perfection?
@rejectdiorr dude I have them both side by side in the dark you cannot tell the difference, but under the daylight the samsung blacks are slightly purple when comparing to LG. what perfection are you talking about if my screen is purple during the day?
What about g8 odyssey its on sale for 690 is it worth to buy
Yep, great monitor, brought when on special, easy to drive as not 4K. Worse point is "extra" TV features.
So its best for money huh? I like the remotr u get
Impressive work! 😮
Interesting ranking the UDCP below the UDCM. I just couldn't live with the purple blacks in lighted environments.
Right? How does the monitor with more features rank below the one with fewer. And in dark environments the panel coating is irrelevant
I've tried both WOLED and QD-OLED, and the claims about raised blacks in QD-OLED in many videos are often exaggerated. Unless you're intentionally shining a very bright light directly onto the monitor, it's not a noticeable issue. Taking that into account, I the ranking is fair.
7:00 is the version of this without the MN the same thing? Or is it just not available in my region?
I just got the PG32UCDM. I have 0 clue what settings i should use lol
I had the Curved G7 1440p VA panel before and when i first put on the Asus it looked like the center of the screen curves towards me and the edges curve away from me when it's on. Of course it could be an optical illusion because I'm coming from the G7 and sitting very close to the screen but that distracts me extremely. Furthermore, the white appears to be more of a creamy yellowish color.
Pre-ordered my 321URX before any review was published, which I never ever do for any product. Super happy with it after almost a year. But I won't do this blind shot again.
Great video, lots of options to consider
Got the Asus PG32UCDM for 1099€ early december and I'm really happy with it so far.
if not using HDR for the AOC 27 mini LED monitor, what would the ranking for this monitor be in terms of overall picture clarity, colors, speed and all of the good stuff.
Its not the best in that department, there is a decent amount of black smearing, there are several VA monitors better than it in terms of speed, response and smearing. Its high value comes from the HDR capabilities which at just $300 are amazing.
AOC does offer faster VA panels at higher cost of course, though not that expensive, around $300-350 you can get a super fast VA panel with standard HDR, which is quite good on VA panels anyways due to their high contrast ratio.
@ perfect answer thank you so much!!!
The 321UPX is missing proper power delivery on the usb-c vs the 321URX. Not unimportant imo since they are very similar other than that and it could cause laptop users to buy the wrong one
thanks for another year of great reviews.
Perhaps it would be better to grade monitors on a variety of points (eg. Display: 5/5 Features: 3/5 Cost: 1/5, ect) by putting that data into a spreadsheet and then have a separate interactive tier list that's populated by said data. It's even possible to input deductions for certain negatives in a pragmatic way. Buttons would allow a user to select from different criteria (Best overall, best value, ect). This is certainly possible with Google Sheets, excel, libre office, ect (although cloud would be preferred so anyone could use it).
Doing it this way has a few advantages: 1) It enables you to view the data from a variety of Criteria 2) It's more accurate. It requires you to input an equation for each criteria to determine the ranking of a product, thus providing a more objective measure of a monitor. A person doing a tier list one by one is going to have a problem comparing all the factors of a product to others at once and remembering each little detail. Comparing like monitors by hand is a mostly a crapshoot as well, the above method does away with that problem. Each product has all their plus and minuses fully accounted for so long as it's done correctly. In fact you could even create a spreadsheet at the start of the year and record the important points of a monitor and it's score while it's freshest to make doing a tier list extremely easy 3) It enables a more interactive presentation, whether it's more public to the community or just used for a video. Tier lists have the issue that you must select a single criteria but it's possible to make the single criteria interactive.
Are you able to review Budget monitors such as Titan Army, Koorui?
They would need the same amount of support as the Xiaomi monitor.
I don't think they are as cheap in other regions like the SEA region where they are very accessible.
You made me buy the ASUS 4k OLED :) thanks for the help to make me choose. Got it for just under 1k on BF-sale.
where would the alienware dwf fit in this tier list compared to these newer monitors?
PG32UCDM has been nothing but awesome so far, almost 8 months.
The AW3225QF is awesome.. If anyone is worried about the curve, don't. It's so subtle. You wont even notice it after a a few hours
the struggle to put Xiaomi G Pro 27i in correct tier was real :D
here in EU its already cheaper than AOC Q27G3XMN ( 400 euro vs 330 euro) , but i feel it can get much lower than that . lowest i saw AOC was under 300 during black friday
good options both tbh
in france the aoc is at 300€ without blackfriday... got mine 2 weeks agos
27 i is clearly the better buy with less smearing and VRR flickering
@@CDAProst it's only better if you focus of fast paced games but for films and solo games the aoc is better
@@mygale562 i got the 27i for 270 euros new on spain
@@mygale562 No VRR Flickering is bad for all games
Happy New Year ,have you done review on this model?LG UltraGear 32GS75Q-B 31.5inch 180Hz QHD IPS
Msi mag 274QRF QD E2 what about this budget 1440p monitor???
Where is the mag274 QPX ??? And which tiers would you put that monitor ??
Still using the UC3899 when it just came out in 2016. Dont skimp out on peripherals! They can last you a long time.
I saw you put the MSI MPG 271QRX at A-tier. Will the MSI MAG 271QPX also be classified as A-tier?
Could you make a flow chart for monitors. I know what specs I want there are so may options.
What would be your recommendation for a Macbook Pro Office Monitor recommendation?
I feel like on a Macbook you can't go larger than 32" because then the Pixel Density gets too low for the scaling. In order to get around 220 ppi (Retina) it's 5k 27" or 6k 32"
And even next year when finally some high resolution OLEDs will come out, it won't be anywhere close to that density.
What's your take on that?
Tim. For the love of God can you please review the AOC AG326UD.
All 4 of my monitors since 2020 I've purchased on your say so.