I personally like the lg monitors over the asus ones since I have heard of so many quality control issues with asus it is insane. idm that the LG ones are a bit dimmer, aslong as the monitor lasts for years and burn in on it takes more time to form for LG, I will always take it over asus personally.
@@oswaldjh It's downward price creep. The original 27" 1440p 240 Hz Asus OLED was around 1200 € (or more?) when it released. This is 1100 € despite the inflation and more premium performance. Still quite much, but the direction is good.
haha right? it says a lot about this space when a few years ago if I heard a flagship monitor was $1,000 id be flabbergasted that anyone would consider buying it, but now i hear that price tag and my first thought is "...wait that's actually a lot more reasonable than i expected" ☠️ maybe ill grab one in a few years when 600hz OLED drives the price down lmao
@@manoftherainshorts9075 did you even watch the video? He literally showed a graph of the pixel response time, and overshoot, along with slowed down footage so we can compare different monitors
You can't be serious boys. Just about any competitive game you can name can hit that 480 on a higher end PC build. CS2, Valorant, League of Legends, Rocket League, Dota, Siege. The only way to justify a monitor like this is for playing competitive games, and all of the top contenders are extremely optimized.
They got em selling for cheap on ebay I sold my 32 in 2k 240hz for $300 on it a lot of them sell around that so for even low specs you can get cheaper. I wouldn’t go too old tho.
Its probably true, im saying probably because i am on 280hz, and sometimes the monitor defaults itself back to 240hz, and i can even notice that. Dont get me wrong its not like 144hz vs 240hz noticeable, but i still do. On the other hand 144hz really does feel like a slideshow right now after 5 years of 280hz
I really appreciate that you use slow motion to really show the smoothness differences between the refresh rates. I don't really see that being done in other places and it's one of my favourite part of your reviews of these high refresh rate panels.
Except he didn't tell you what the subjective effect is, did he? You can do exactly the same demonstration (fluid vs "slide show) with any frame rate, it just depends what kind of slowing down factor you choose. These demonstrations show nothing, except that they visualise the ratio between 480 and 240.
@@DrakonR it's very noticeable, especially if you play high movement tracking shooters. Motion clarity matters when you have fast movement. If you play anything else on the monitor, it's literally pointless. You don't need the extra motion clarity at all when everything already moves slowly.
@@changen4125 Blind tests were conducted and some individuals did not have a great success rate in discerning between different refresh rates (and those tests were run at much lower frequencies than 240Hz, i.e., where the differences are easier to detect).
Love your videos man, you're clearly knowledgable about displays and waste no time for the viewer who is mostly just interested in learning about these crazy new monitors. Appreciate you.
Alex, if someone is considering a 1000$ monitor, it is highly likely they will have a pc capable of running games at 480fps. Competitive shooters are not difficult to run at 1440p with the current hardware that is out. Also why tf you telling ppl what they need or don’t??
the ASUS software is slow and buggy. Being forced to use DSC and swapping from 480hz to 240hz to play certain games with a second monitor was insanely annoying. And it takes a full 2 seconds to alt tab at 480hz when the M10S takes half a second to alt tab at 480hz. ASUS has notoriously bad customer service and slow repair times. Do not buy ASUS. The M10S is MUCH BETTER
4:20 This is actually an issue that has plagued Nvidia GPUs for ages now (specifically DSC). This behaviour is because of full-screen applications together with DSC, if only the company worth trillions could sit down and fix it like AMD has.
@@nathsabari97 adds input delay/lowers fps, less noticeable on newer hardware but it's still there. spending this much money on a monitor and losing out on noticeable performance from running on windowed fullscreen seems very silly
@@ezwz4267 This was only true a while back. Dx12 and windows dwm have improved a lot and most games skip exclusive full screen option and even the fullscreen options are actually borderless these days
Alt tabbing with DSC taking ages is a nvidia driver bug that has been known for years at this point. AMD doesn't suffer from this. Maybe pitch that to a nvidia contact if you have one so they fix that.
I was wondering why it only started when I upgrade to my samsung g6 (1440 360 oled)... annoying asf in games like valorant or when you are just trynna stream to some friends
@@sharkscanplay2890 true but i guess that forces u to alt tab less and focus more on the game lol but if thats the draw back for a 480hz 1440p oled then i think thats worth lol
@sh1nenkai258 I mean the issue is it causes problems sometimes Like altabbing out of val it would cause my mouse to be stuck on the screen and anytime I click it would alttab me again. Seemed to be far worse on win11 than win10. On win10 honestly I haven't had any major issues besides just running 2 monitors at 2 different resolution and refresh rates which has always caused problems anyways
@@sharkscanplay2890 for me (aw3423dw), this seemingly only happens if the game is running a different res or refresh rate than what is on desktop. Or hdr program to non hdr desktop. Not sure if thats true for you guys though.
I actually think the lower brightness on the elmb mode would not be an issue to me. It always surprises me how bright everyone's pc is. No display I own goes over 30% brightness, except for my phone when I'm outside.
Haha same. When u read the comments there are people everywhere complaining about OLED brightness - have they ever even seen an OLED in real life or do these people just use sunglasses in front of their screens? Otherwise: they literally burn their eyes...
I’m on the pg27aqn after watching your review of it so I definitely won’t be upgrading 360hz to 480hz but it’s crazy how it was all 144 or 240 for the longest time and now we have 480 at 1440p
Man for real, I have the Alienware 360hz oled and I never thought I’d even consider 240hz. I’m curious if the clarity is better on this 480hz like he said.
I think people start to forget the times of sub 720p 30 fps Battlefield 4 on ps3 on an old tv with 50mbit internet plan. Just shows how much better off we are now
@@Squidmoto3Jesus that’s terrible in my area they have 2.5 gigs per second for a relatively affordable price your probably in a rural area if I had to guess
@@smugbiz honestly , do not buy anything other then Asus, i’ve been through nearly every OLED brand and ended up on ASUS and nothing is even close, it’s hard to tell online as reviews and youtube comparisons look the same. but there’s something about the ASUS WOLED that genuinely looked so much better then my QD OLED 360hz alienware, like i mean WOW, night and day lol. its pricy but honestly , just get the asus woled if your looking to spend , if not just get IPS, i wouldnt get one of the cheaper QD OLED, the brightness is honestly unusable in the light, and the glossed coating they use is complete terrible in the light, it was borderline unusable with the way the text colour fringes.
i got this monitor like a week ago. i cant explain how smooth, clear and instant it feels. im comming from a 390hz ips display and was impressed how much of a difference it actually was. colors look amazing and i was shocked by the deep blacks that made me think my pc doesnt boot even though it was a black loading screen... Really a massive upgrade for every esports junkie.
@@NochaGaming yeah you need kind of a high end gpu to get those frames, but what also helps is the diffrence between oled and lcd, since oled had quicker pixel response times, so you get less ghosting
I agree about the size, but OLED is far from perfect for "everyday use". Burn-in and diminished text clarity haven't been addressed yet (the panel of this new 480Hz monitor still has a "W" pixel in the subpixel layout that messes with text clarity). Even for gaming, VRR flicker would be unacceptable to me. I'd take a lighter background level any day (IPS).
Edge of a wide angle lense + pulled his shirt up strategically. He works out but the amount of effort he puts into showing off makes him seem insecure. 5/10
@@saphricpcgaming5182to me and I’m sure many others, you seem like the insecure one here. If you had arms like that you’d understand that sometimes sleeves pull up without you trying.
dude idk what it is but this video felt like I was there in the studio with optimum and he was just my friend talking about this crazy monitor. And I dont mean it in a bad way, it was great to watch, relaxing, informative, professional and yet it had that casual vibe that makes it more appealing and easier to follow and keep your interest. I dont know what it is but keep doing what you do cause the last vids have been great man!
You probably won't not in the near future if at all the only way for that to happen if more fps gamers use 4k monitors and how things r standing that' won't happen since majority that plays 4k prefer 32 inch+ and sadly not Many wants to play 4k 27 inch but im😮 not one of em I do want 4k 240 Hz 27 inch
@ hi mate, I didn’t end up getting. Second monitor due to going travelling, I will most likely get the PG27AQDP when I’m home in 6 months. Please let me know your thoughts on it when it arrives. But the UCDM is unreal - just amazing honestly. It would be great to have both.
I very much appreciate how you do reviews/videos. You're not screaming, jumping up and down, acting like a fool, or anything else that would distract from the review and or substance. I stopped watching channels like ltt for these reasons. They were no longer about the tech and more so about what got the click. Keep it up and thanks again.
@@DrakonR Yeah, I don't think your "burn" is as good as you think it is. You obviously watch these "salesmen" as well, I just prefer ones that don't act like idiots to keep the money rolling in. And honestly, how things are on RUclips, it is revolutionary to want something that's different than 90% of the other channels out there. I think it's weird that you felt the need to say something though.
Got super lucky and just grabbed one from the official Asus website flash restock before preorders sold out again this morning, given that it's extremely hard to find stock right now. About to box and sell off my Ultragear for this substantial upgrade, I'm absolutely hyped now. Endgame-tier monitor that will carry my setup well over 4 years if I stick with 1440p gaming.
This "slide show" nonsense is unhelpful hyperbole. I rather would have liked to hear what the subjective difference is, ideally using a blind test. How reliably can he pick between a 240Hz and a 480Hz setup? Using normal gameplay, not special testing? I'm not saying it won't be possible to differentiate 480Hz from 240Hz, but I'd like to see the receipts.
@@coolcat23 Let me help you: "what the subjective difference is": When you are tracking a moving object, you will perceive the width of the smear as exactly half that it was at 240fps. And when a motion is relative to your eyes position and you see a trail of sharp afterimages, you will perceive those to be separated by exactly half the spatial length than they were at 240fps. "How reliably can he pick between a 240Hz and a 480Hz setup": probably 100% of the time in less than a second of moving the camera with the mouse.
Only classy true gentlemen notice this. I am with you on that sir. Feels like these products are being built in a circus rather than multibillion dollar high-tech companies.
00:00:14 My question for all these high refresh rate monitors would be: How low your online game ping must be in order to fully leverage this technology? I assume that for a 480Hz display, it should be equal or less than 2ms. (roughly 1s/480Hz= 2,1ms). If not, you're wasting refresh rate in a game that is lying to you.
Although it would be ideal to have low ping as well, the increase in motion clarity makes it easier to pick out details, aim, dodge, etc. This benefit is about providing the same information in a clearer way to human eyeballs. Then in terms of ping, true if you have 200ms ping you are seeing info from 100ms ago, let's say your machine's total input lag is 20ms, using a 240hz monitor, trimming the ping delay+input lag from 120ms by 2ms, while strictly beneficial, won't be very noticeable. However, let's say you're playing on 60ms ping. Now you're talking about cutting 50ms total by 2ms. Still not huge, obviously, but a 4% difference.
Let's put it this way: It does not matter what latency your PA-system has. Latency that matters is the one between your instrument and monitor. Just wild guess that music performance might be more up your alley.
I truly don't understand what he's on about with the SDR brightness not being enough. My LCD monitors are not particularly bright and I have them set them to like 25/100. Bro is burning his retinas the fuck out.
Nah its an issue with all oleds during daylight or in a bright room. The monitors simply arent bright enough is sdr unless you play in a dimly lit room or use HDR. You won't understand until you use one. Seeing my odyssey oled g6 at 100% brightness next to my pg27aqn with 60% brightness is clear.
As someone who never had my phone brightness above 25 percent (OLED). I own the 240hz OLED anf i was the same boat but its not bright enough. I ran my old monitor at like 50-65 brightness and dont like bright monitors, but these lg WOLEDs look their best with some brightness. I play in a normally lit room and i run my monitor at 100 all the time and wish i could turn it up another 20. It just doesnt pop like my phone or my OLED tv. The brightness issue is real, there is a reason every single reviewer mentions it
I returned the 4K 32 inch 480hz LG due to lower brightness/uncertainty and I kind of regret it. Absolutely insanely good monitor. 480hz is AT LEAST twice as good as 240hz imo, not due to response time or latency but motion clarity. But I want to wait for a monitor that is a little bit better or for the prices to go down and get an even better sale than the one I originally got. The monitor I have now is 1440p and I do miss that 4K but I like the brightness. We are so spoiled with monitor choices nowadays. Even the $200 budget-ish gaming monitors are crazy good
@@Whiss8They are both soooo good, you can't really go wrong. I think it depends on what you play. If you want to do 4k gaming/desktop use too the LG is the better option. I think I am going to wait for the prices to go down or a better woled/monitor _with higher brightness._ dp 2.1 might enable them to push higher spec. + The new parsec module means lower prices. I don't know which coating I prefer yet also I used a Rtx 3080 5800x3d for reference, I didn't really feel too limited by my system much besides Halo Infinite. My primary game is Overwatch and it was so amazing in both 4k240hz and 1080p480hz. If you do decide to get a monitor now rather instead of waiting make sure to use a price checker website to see if you can predict and grab it when on sale. I wouldn't pay more than $1200 if you are in the US for the LG. Asus is a bit more affordable and equal in quality just better at different things. I have heard some RUclipsrs like Hardware/monitors unboxed say they expect LG to be aggressive in their pricing discount Either way you'll probably be really happy. These monitors are mostly god tier besides the brightness, maybe a little bit more color volume and non dp 2.1. The monitor I went back to the older Samsung G7 Odyssey qhd 240hz is still pretty amazing too and I will be happy using it in the meantime
@@willwunsche6940 thanks for your reply. I play mostly fps games thats why I am thinking the aqdp is maybe a good choice. I just got a 4090 though, so I am also thinking maybe its a shame to have a 4090 but not have a 4k display with it. When you were using the 480hz mode, was the drop in quality really harsh on the 32" or how was it
@@Whiss8 It really depends on what game you are playing. Different games handle lower resolution better or worse depending on things like their art style, anti-aliasing technique, level of texture quality, and geometric detail. A game like Overwatch handles lower resolution pretty well. While 4K does look a lot better on the heroes, menu artwork, emotes, extremely casual matches; in the heat of an actual comp game I don't really think about/mind 1080p too much versus the awesomeness of 480hz. Slight competitive advantage of visual clarity to qhd in fights vs 1080p _very slight._ A game like Halo Infinite handles it really bad though. It looks horrible at 1080p if I am remembering it right. I might've had dynamic resolution on making it worse but the game still looks a little bit blurrier at native res than other games. Although it having a good HDR mode helps a ton. The game features a TAA implementation that makes things blurry while moving and it is worse at lower resolutions. It also heavily relies off geometric detail and texture quality that looks blurry at lower resolution. Halo Infinite is a more extreme example though, most games including fps handle 1080p better/fine. Meanwhile just for comparison some older or pixelated games like Minecraft or Mario Kart Wii are barely impacted and look great even at extremely low resolution. I don't have as much experience with it but I imagine something like Apex Legends would be roughly in the middle of Overwatch and Halo Infinite. QHD probably helps you when seeing enemies far away a little. Same with Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefield. 1080p isn't too bad but qhd is nice. I say trust your gut and go with what you think will be best. If I hadn't experienced 4k or 32inch the Asus monitor would probably be my only choice. If you want to go with the 1440p480hz that is a perfectly valid option. Still a top tier monitor I say go for it if you want it! I want to reiterate what I said in the beginning. They are all so good still you really can't go wrong with either or if you wait for a new one
@@Whiss8 --a tiny bit less confident in my second reply, but I did my best to gather my thoughts based off my memory.-- nvm I edited it until I was mostly happy with what I said
Depends on how lucky you are with the GPU you got. My launch 10gb 3080 makes a little bit of coil whine but I never usually notice it even at full tilt.
@@willwunsche6940 i had a 3080 and around 12 different 4080/4090s every GPU has coil whine, it just depends on the application apex legends has by far the most, which is why i had to cap it at 200 fps, above that, the coil whine just is too loud also most people have really bad hearing ...
Having left behind my 20s recently I really can't stand the 'Gamer' oriented designs anymore. Just give me plain and simple stuff. No RGB madness, no 'cool' slogans or logos. Just give me boring. Boring is calm and calm is king.
Sure I buy a 480hz monitor and afterwards I cap my fps in game to 480…oh wait literally no game is running on stable 480fps and I got a i9-14900 and a 4090. Maybe when the 5090 gets released I buy one 😂
@ Nah not stable. I played a lot of CS, Valo and Fortnite on it. I have all my settings competitive like low on most stuff, depending on the game ofc. I have 850-900 fps in Valorant while standing still at the spawn if I uncap. When it gets chaotic it drops all the way down to 400-500, sometimes even 350. In Fortnite it’s even worse. I have 1100+ FPS on a plain 1v1 map. During stacked cash cup end games I am happy about 200+. Some pros and streamers have similar setups and equal numbers.
480hz is overkill for 95% of people 360hz is more then enough for "most" 240hz is a wonderful experience IMO 165hz is good for like 75% of gamers Also, that's a bad ass monitor & super impressive. Buy what you want. I play on a 4k 240hz oled. It's amazing
For me, overkill will only be when we reach life-like motion. And that's still very far away, we're talking tens of thousands Hz to solve motion portrayal on finite refresh displays. Until then those arguments are pretty pointless imo.
@@TheRealDlo You mistook an uneducated opinion you found on the net for a proof. The science of motion portrayal is settled. What I said is an irrefutable fact. It just happens to not be well known by the public.
I watched a lab do a study on the subject. It wasn't uneducated, as they were a professional group. I may be wrong about the hz to be fair, but my recollection was 360hz was plenty for a majority of the public 👍 Either way, the motion on a monitor between 360hz & 480hz is unrecognizable by a majority of people. That's my point man. Wasn't trying to take it to the extreme & argue the simple law of persistence or regurgitate blurbusters. You do you man. 🍎 v 🍊 conversation
4:19 my monitor does a similar thing, you can avoid the issue by running games in borderless window mode or if the games borderless window mode still causes the issue (I'm looking at you, project zomboid) you can use a program called "borderless gaming" while running the game in regular windowed mode.
This seems like the best monitor currently out. Incredible. I’ll probably wait a few more years to upgrade from my 360hz alienwares once there are 720hz monitors or something
Great video. I would be really interested to see you do an entire video talking about the future of tech hardware (GPU's CPU's) and periferals maybe even how regenerative AI can be used in new GPU architecture based on your broad experience and tech knowledge. Could be a good way to look at cutting edge tech that was a standard at the time compared to now and what could be in the near future. Thanks for the quality content as always👍
I bought the AQDM a year ago and it's wild to watch the new releases coming out almost every few months. Brightness is the main selling point for me, so I don't feel any desire to upgrade yet, but very curious to see where OLEDs are two years from now.
I already have the monitor of my dreams at my current budget. At this point half the reason I still watch these is to indulge in Optimum's insane Tracer clips.
Would have like to see some discussion on the coating. Especially since it seems LG has 2 or 3 different coating options at this point on their monitor. If it's the grainy old Vaseline finish it's a huge no from me.
The biggest news here to me is the subpixel layout. Are there larger lower refresh rate monitors using this yet? I need the text clarity for programming when not gaming.
Companies make innovative,absolute masterpiece monitors and then name it by letting their cat walk on their keyboard
bro it's easy PG means per gamers 27 is my inches AQDP means Aquarium Deep Plunder
Wow@@Galexlol
@@Galexlol just because there is a meaning to it doesn’t mean it makes sense to include it in the name
@@oGurkit was obv a joke lol
I dont mind the names!
ASUS & LG are really killing it with their oled monitors. I also love that this monitor includes a heatsink which will add to its longevity
LG is garbage, they don't even put heatsinks in their monitors and have the obsession of ruining their panels with god awful matte coating.
LG makes the panels. ASUS just adds the UI and Gamer Aesthetics
I personally like the lg monitors over the asus ones since I have heard of so many quality control issues with asus it is insane. idm that the LG ones are a bit dimmer, aslong as the monitor lasts for years and burn in on it takes more time to form for LG, I will always take it over asus personally.
I wonder can you even drive 480 hz with hdmi 2.1 1440p ? I think its only DP 2.1
@@Djuntas hdmi 2.1 I Think your fine, dp 2.1 would be better optimally though and I still don't get why companies haven't switched to this yet lol.
1K is surprisingly cheaper than I expected
Still a lot of money but a lot less than I thought
fym das like a '05 honda fr
That upward price creep is how they normalize inflation.
A few months ago I thought I'd never spend $1000 on a GPU, but here we are.
@@oswaldjhinflation or just price gouging?
@@oswaldjh It's downward price creep. The original 27" 1440p 240 Hz Asus OLED was around 1200 € (or more?) when it released. This is 1100 € despite the inflation and more premium performance. Still quite much, but the direction is good.
haha right? it says a lot about this space when a few years ago if I heard a flagship monitor was $1,000 id be flabbergasted that anyone would consider buying it, but now i hear that price tag and my first thought is "...wait that's actually a lot more reasonable than i expected" ☠️ maybe ill grab one in a few years when 600hz OLED drives the price down lmao
I appreciate that there is no intro and outro and no begging for likes/subscribes. Straight to the point and keeping it to the point.
so expensive
Too bad that there are no scientific tests.
thats why i like optimum
@@manoftherainshorts9075 did you even watch the video? He literally showed a graph of the pixel response time, and overshoot, along with slowed down footage so we can compare different monitors
He is god
honestly insane i was expecting you to say it was like $1600 dollars at the end not $1000
In my country it cost 1200$ on sale
@@nuggis that is the price I would have expected to pay for this monitor before taxes
This monitor isn't worth more then 400 dollars, the refresh rate doesn't mean anything since no computer on earth will reach 480 fps in any game.
@@alexalexandru4114 so true and definitely not in 1440p unless its valorant or games that is not hard to run better spend that money on a gpu
You can't be serious boys. Just about any competitive game you can name can hit that 480 on a higher end PC build. CS2, Valorant, League of Legends, Rocket League, Dota, Siege.
The only way to justify a monitor like this is for playing competitive games, and all of the top contenders are extremely optimized.
0:23 "480hz make 240hz looks like a slide show"
bro STOP 240HZ IS LITERALLY MY DREAM MONITOR FOR NOW T-T
They got em selling for cheap on ebay
I sold my 32 in 2k 240hz for $300 on it a lot of them sell around that so for even low specs you can get cheaper. I wouldn’t go too old tho.
Its probably true, im saying probably because i am on 280hz, and sometimes the monitor defaults itself back to 240hz, and i can even notice that. Dont get me wrong its not like 144hz vs 240hz noticeable, but i still do. On the other hand 144hz really does feel like a slideshow right now after 5 years of 280hz
@@opfreakopfreak found in the wild. I see u comment everywhere. U play any paladins nowadays?
cries in 60hz
That stuff is all copium 480hz is hella overkill dont care what anyone says lol
I really appreciate that you use slow motion to really show the smoothness differences between the refresh rates. I don't really see that being done in other places and it's one of my favourite part of your reviews of these high refresh rate panels.
Except he didn't tell you what the subjective effect is, did he? You can do exactly the same demonstration (fluid vs "slide show) with any frame rate, it just depends what kind of slowing down factor you choose. These demonstrations show nothing, except that they visualise the ratio between 480 and 240.
He's selling you on it like a door to door salesman. At no point is this difference that perceivable.
@@DrakonR it's very noticeable, especially if you play high movement tracking shooters.
Motion clarity matters when you have fast movement.
If you play anything else on the monitor, it's literally pointless. You don't need the extra motion clarity at all when everything already moves slowly.
@@changen4125 it isn't. I've tried it. Go sell BS to someone more ignorant. 👍
@@changen4125 Blind tests were conducted and some individuals did not have a great success rate in discerning between different refresh rates (and those tests were run at much lower frequencies than 240Hz, i.e., where the differences are easier to detect).
Love your videos man, you're clearly knowledgable about displays and waste no time for the viewer who is mostly just interested in learning about these crazy new monitors. Appreciate you.
I bought this one in 240hz with a glossy panel and it’s craaaazy good. The colors are amazing!
I've been waiting for THIS review since the monitor was announced. I am not disappointed. Finally time to upgrade!
do you have a graphics card that can do 480 fps? No? Didn't think so. So you don't need/want to buy this foolish waste of money garbage monitor.
Alex, if someone is considering a 1000$ monitor, it is highly likely they will have a pc capable of running games at 480fps. Competitive shooters are not difficult to run at 1440p with the current hardware that is out. Also why tf you telling ppl what they need or don’t??
the ASUS software is slow and buggy. Being forced to use DSC and swapping from 480hz to 240hz to play certain games with a second monitor was insanely annoying. And it takes a full 2 seconds to alt tab at 480hz when the M10S takes half a second to alt tab at 480hz.
ASUS has notoriously bad customer service and slow repair times. Do not buy ASUS. The M10S is MUCH BETTER
@@alexalexandru4114stop projecting weirdo, commenting on everyone’s post with the same bs.
4:20 This is actually an issue that has plagued Nvidia GPUs for ages now (specifically DSC). This behaviour is because of full-screen applications together with DSC, if only the company worth trillions could sit down and fix it like AMD has.
Why not use windowed boderless? It supports all features like vrr and hdr and alt tabbing is so seamless.
@@nathsabari97 adds input delay/lowers fps, less noticeable on newer hardware but it's still there. spending this much money on a monitor and losing out on noticeable performance from running on windowed fullscreen seems very silly
@@ezwz4267 This was only true a while back. Dx12 and windows dwm have improved a lot and most games skip exclusive full screen option and even the fullscreen options are actually borderless these days
With Windows 11 there is no difference in input lag between full screen and windowed, this is an old topic now
@@97andreaas do you happen to have proof of that? i feel like i can still a difference still but it may just be placebo
Alt tabbing with DSC taking ages is a nvidia driver bug that has been known for years at this point. AMD doesn't suffer from this.
Maybe pitch that to a nvidia contact if you have one so they fix that.
I was wondering why it only started when I upgrade to my samsung g6 (1440 360 oled)... annoying asf in games like valorant or when you are just trynna stream to some friends
@@sharkscanplay2890 true but i guess that forces u to alt tab less and focus more on the game lol
but if thats the draw back for a 480hz 1440p oled then i think thats worth lol
@sh1nenkai258 I mean the issue is it causes problems sometimes
Like altabbing out of val it would cause my mouse to be stuck on the screen and anytime I click it would alttab me again. Seemed to be far worse on win11 than win10. On win10 honestly I haven't had any major issues besides just running 2 monitors at 2 different resolution and refresh rates which has always caused problems anyways
@@sharkscanplay2890 for me (aw3423dw), this seemingly only happens if the game is running a different res or refresh rate than what is on desktop. Or hdr program to non hdr desktop.
Not sure if thats true for you guys though.
who alt tabs? i run everything windows full screen
finally been waiting for a new video for so long 😭
Just ordered it! Can't wait :D
I actually think the lower brightness on the elmb mode would not be an issue to me. It always surprises me how bright everyone's pc is.
No display I own goes over 30% brightness, except for my phone when I'm outside.
Same. My Asus LCD 27" 280hz monitor is literally at 0 brightness AND I use f.lux for the red tint
Haha same. When u read the comments there are people everywhere complaining about OLED brightness - have they ever even seen an OLED in real life or do these people just use sunglasses in front of their screens? Otherwise: they literally burn their eyes...
For real lol I literally use my IPS monitor at 3% brightness
elmb is only available at 240 hz btw
That reminds me, my laptop spends the bulk of its operation at minimum backlight.
I’m on the pg27aqn after watching your review of it so I definitely won’t be upgrading 360hz to 480hz but it’s crazy how it was all 144 or 240 for the longest time and now we have 480 at 1440p
Man for real, I have the Alienware 360hz oled and I never thought I’d even consider 240hz. I’m curious if the clarity is better on this 480hz like he said.
Do you prefer the pg27aqn over the MSI MAG 271QPX QD-OLED, 27 he mentioned in his best monitors to get now vid.
@@robinkingyt748 i Have the same question
@@robinkingyt748 yes but it depends like what Optimum said whether your pc can pump out enough fps on the games you play
I use pg248qp for counter strike 2, 540hz is better, and native gsync is so much better
I think people start to forget the times of sub 720p 30 fps Battlefield 4 on ps3 on an old tv with 50mbit internet plan. Just shows how much better off we are now
brother 50mb is x10 more than the fastest offered at my house - and im in the US. some people are still living in those times
You lost me at 50mbps
@@Squidmoto3 your situation is not the norm
@@Squidmoto3Jesus that’s terrible in my area they have 2.5 gigs per second for a relatively affordable price your probably in a rural area if I had to guess
@@Squidmoto3 get starlink farmer john.
Another great day when optimum uploads
Cool. I'll add this to my wishlist.
Ill probably buy it 5 years from now.
Watching this on my PG27AQDP that just came in today. I'm blessed
can you turn off the asus logo on the bezel or it’s always on? i prefer more minimalistic look but i haven’t seen anyone discuss this
@@smugbiz yes you can turn it off, you can turn off the red light so its just black
@@Snxgur yo thx 🙏🏼 i’m debating now between this and the lg that is supposed to come out but tired of waiting haha
@@smugbiz honestly , do not buy anything other then Asus, i’ve been through nearly every OLED brand and ended up on ASUS and nothing is even close, it’s hard to tell online as reviews and youtube comparisons look the same. but there’s something about the ASUS WOLED that genuinely looked so much better then my QD OLED 360hz alienware, like i mean WOW, night and day lol.
its pricy but honestly , just get the asus woled if your looking to spend , if not just get IPS, i wouldnt get one of the cheaper QD OLED, the brightness is honestly unusable in the light, and the glossed coating they use is complete terrible in the light, it was borderline unusable with the way the text colour fringes.
@@smugbiz Only problem with the asus 480hz WOLED is that it’s sold out everywhere here. So even if you want one, you can’t get it
i got this monitor like a week ago.
i cant explain how smooth, clear and instant it feels.
im comming from a 390hz ips display and was impressed how much of a difference it actually was.
colors look amazing and i was shocked by the deep blacks that made me think my pc doesnt boot even though it was a black loading screen...
Really a massive upgrade for every esports junkie.
Can you please tell me how good the 25 Mode is ?
What GPU do you have? I feel like you would need a 4090 to achieve those frames needed.
@@NochaGaming yeah you need kind of a high end gpu to get those frames, but what also helps is the diffrence between oled and lcd, since oled had quicker pixel response times, so you get less ghosting
how did you get it a week ago? it just released today when this video came out and not even available to order yet?
jump for lcd and oled is a lot for sure
Lets just be real here
27" is just the perfect monitor size for everyday use
Just got the 240Hz version of this in 27" after using 24" for years, I totally agree!
27" 1440p 144hz+ is all anyone really needs lol.
I agree about the size, but OLED is far from perfect for "everyday use". Burn-in and diminished text clarity haven't been addressed yet (the panel of this new 480Hz monitor still has a "W" pixel in the subpixel layout that messes with text clarity). Even for gaming, VRR flicker would be unacceptable to me. I'd take a lighter background level any day (IPS).
after going to 32 i can't go back.
@@RelaxSimmerYeah I'm about to try 32" 4K after running 27" 1440p for years. My gpu can't really run 4K but with dlss should be fine (3070)
*Got a license for those guns? **01:00*
Edge of a wide angle lense + pulled his shirt up strategically. He works out but the amount of effort he puts into showing off makes him seem insecure. 5/10
@@saphricpcgaming5182to me and I’m sure many others, you seem like the insecure one here. If you had arms like that you’d understand that sometimes sleeves pull up without you trying.
@@saphricpcgaming5182someone is jealous lol
@@saphricpcgaming5182 LOL go workout buddy
Good to see that modern monitors are finally achieving crt motion clarity
That price is unexpectedly reasonable
dude idk what it is but this video felt like I was there in the studio with optimum and he was just my friend talking about this crazy monitor. And I dont mean it in a bad way, it was great to watch, relaxing, informative, professional and yet it had that casual vibe that makes it more appealing and easier to follow and keep your interest. I dont know what it is but keep doing what you do cause the last vids have been great man!
Still praying to see one day a 4K 27" 240Hz (or beyond) incurved OLED monitor
Me and youm both!
You probably won't not in the near future if at all the only way for that to happen if more fps gamers use 4k monitors and how things r standing that' won't happen since majority that plays 4k prefer 32 inch+ and sadly not Many wants to play 4k 27 inch but im😮 not one of em I do want 4k 240 Hz 27 inch
@@XeqtrM1 But there is already non oled 4K 27" so I have hope to see the same thing for OLED, but I think we'll have to wait and see ^^
@@kaneyo0 yep we just gotta hope and wait
@@kaneyo0 I get what you mean but does didn't sell well I think I general if I remember correctly
Really looking forward to the Ncase M2 videos!
Hopefully soon
An amazing review as always ! Take care
Finally, been using the PG32UCDM for a month now and love it, but really want this one as a second monitor. Can’t wait to get it
How is the UCDM compared to the PG27AQDP if you have both? I’ve ordered the PG27AQDP but considering getting x2 for work and gaming…
@ hi mate, I didn’t end up getting. Second monitor due to going travelling, I will most likely get the PG27AQDP when I’m home in 6 months. Please let me know your thoughts on it when it arrives. But the UCDM is unreal - just amazing honestly. It would be great to have both.
I very much appreciate how you do reviews/videos. You're not screaming, jumping up and down, acting like a fool, or anything else that would distract from the review and or substance. I stopped watching channels like ltt for these reasons. They were no longer about the tech and more so about what got the click. Keep it up and thanks again.
Lol. You went from one salesman to another. How revolutionary.
@@DrakonR Yeah, I don't think your "burn" is as good as you think it is. You obviously watch these "salesmen" as well, I just prefer ones that don't act like idiots to keep the money rolling in. And honestly, how things are on RUclips, it is revolutionary to want something that's different than 90% of the other channels out there. I think it's weird that you felt the need to say something though.
@@wtlyons1 I literally don't watch the videos, but keep coping. 👍
@@DrakonR you just go to the videos to comment on them? that is somehow more embarrassing and cringe than admitting you watched them lmao.
@@slymiw8391 it's public? And recommended? What's cringe is you reviving a dead comment section.
0:20 me with a 60hz monitor:
1080p 60hz gang
6:20 the colours are fuckin nuts, insane videography
Got super lucky and just grabbed one from the official Asus website flash restock before preorders sold out again this morning, given that it's extremely hard to find stock right now. About to box and sell off my Ultragear for this substantial upgrade, I'm absolutely hyped now. Endgame-tier monitor that will carry my setup well over 4 years if I stick with 1440p gaming.
incredible as always, thanks for the content man
When people say the only reason to own a rtx 4090 is a 4k monitor, they just don't know.
I cannot wait to get my hands on this mointor.
"480hz makes 240hz look like a slidehow" *laughs in 60hz*
ong
Stop motion.... Lol
This "slide show" nonsense is unhelpful hyperbole. I rather would have liked to hear what the subjective difference is, ideally using a blind test. How reliably can he pick between a 240Hz and a 480Hz setup? Using normal gameplay, not special testing? I'm not saying it won't be possible to differentiate 480Hz from 240Hz, but I'd like to see the receipts.
@@coolcat23 its the same as how you can tell 30 from 60 or 60 -120
@@coolcat23 Let me help you:
"what the subjective difference is": When you are tracking a moving object, you will perceive the width of the smear as exactly half that it was at 240fps. And when a motion is relative to your eyes position and you see a trail of sharp afterimages, you will perceive those to be separated by exactly half the spatial length than they were at 240fps.
"How reliably can he pick between a 240Hz and a 480Hz setup": probably 100% of the time in less than a second of moving the camera with the mouse.
Lets go I was really hoping optimum made a video about this monitor
you make the best videos especially explaining to the avg person wow
My only gripe with the design is the damn LED under the screen, I hate it so much it's incredibly distracting for me and is a deal breaker
You can turn the light off
Leg by itself also shit, I'd prefer XG27AQDMG style one's.
Only classy true gentlemen notice this. I am with you on that sir.
Feels like these products are being built in a circus rather than multibillion dollar high-tech companies.
@@Kargaka Well if your target audiance are clowns, you might aswell adapt the product.
100% True story
480hz monitor: 😊
480fps pc: 💀
don't forget the "comp games that actually support above 240fps" T_T
480fps on wqhd 💀💀
@@ryanreviews8566which dont? Usually you can force higher fps trough some cfg file even if it natively isnt supported
its not that hard in esports like cs and valorant tho
@@maxzett don't some fps games caps at 300fps? I recall R6S does so
00:00:14 My question for all these high refresh rate monitors would be: How low your online game ping must be in order to fully leverage this technology? I assume that for a 480Hz display, it should be equal or less than 2ms. (roughly 1s/480Hz= 2,1ms). If not, you're wasting refresh rate in a game that is lying to you.
Although it would be ideal to have low ping as well, the increase in motion clarity makes it easier to pick out details, aim, dodge, etc. This benefit is about providing the same information in a clearer way to human eyeballs.
Then in terms of ping, true if you have 200ms ping you are seeing info from 100ms ago, let's say your machine's total input lag is 20ms, using a 240hz monitor, trimming the ping delay+input lag from 120ms by 2ms, while strictly beneficial, won't be very noticeable. However, let's say you're playing on 60ms ping. Now you're talking about cutting 50ms total by 2ms. Still not huge, obviously, but a 4% difference.
Well isn't CS2 supposed to be coded so you have to aim at the lie?
Let's put it this way: It does not matter what latency your PA-system has. Latency that matters is the one between your instrument and monitor. Just wild guess that music performance might be more up your alley.
If that was the case the. You’d need like 20 ping to notice 60hz to 144hz which obv isn’t the case
the production quality is always amazing
Your videos are really great man
I truly don't understand what he's on about with the SDR brightness not being enough. My LCD monitors are not particularly bright and I have them set them to like 25/100. Bro is burning his retinas the fuck out.
Nah its an issue with all oleds during daylight or in a bright room. The monitors simply arent bright enough is sdr unless you play in a dimly lit room or use HDR. You won't understand until you use one. Seeing my odyssey oled g6 at 100% brightness next to my pg27aqn with 60% brightness is clear.
As someone who never had my phone brightness above 25 percent (OLED). I own the 240hz OLED anf i was the same boat but its not bright enough. I ran my old monitor at like 50-65 brightness and dont like bright monitors, but these lg WOLEDs look their best with some brightness. I play in a normally lit room and i run my monitor at 100 all the time and wish i could turn it up another 20. It just doesnt pop like my phone or my OLED tv. The brightness issue is real, there is a reason every single reviewer mentions it
I returned the 4K 32 inch 480hz LG due to lower brightness/uncertainty and I kind of regret it. Absolutely insanely good monitor. 480hz is AT LEAST twice as good as 240hz imo, not due to response time or latency but motion clarity. But I want to wait for a monitor that is a little bit better or for the prices to go down and get an even better sale than the one I originally got.
The monitor I have now is 1440p and I do miss that 4K but I like the brightness. We are so spoiled with monitor choices nowadays. Even the $200 budget-ish gaming monitors are crazy good
What would you recommend between this 27” 480hz at 1440p or the LG with dual mode
@@Whiss8They are both soooo good, you can't really go wrong. I think it depends on what you play. If you want to do 4k gaming/desktop use too the LG is the better option.
I think I am going to wait for the prices to go down or a better woled/monitor _with higher brightness._ dp 2.1 might enable them to push higher spec. + The new parsec module means lower prices. I don't know which coating I prefer yet also
I used a Rtx 3080 5800x3d for reference, I didn't really feel too limited by my system much besides Halo Infinite. My primary game is Overwatch and it was so amazing in both 4k240hz and 1080p480hz. If you do decide to get a monitor now rather instead of waiting make sure to use a price checker website to see if you can predict and grab it when on sale. I wouldn't pay more than $1200 if you are in the US for the LG. Asus is a bit more affordable and equal in quality just better at different things. I have heard some RUclipsrs like Hardware/monitors unboxed say they expect LG to be aggressive in their pricing discount
Either way you'll probably be really happy. These monitors are mostly god tier besides the brightness, maybe a little bit more color volume and non dp 2.1. The monitor I went back to the older Samsung G7 Odyssey qhd 240hz is still pretty amazing too and I will be happy using it in the meantime
@@willwunsche6940 thanks for your reply. I play mostly fps games thats why I am thinking the aqdp is maybe a good choice. I just got a 4090 though, so I am also thinking maybe its a shame to have a 4090 but not have a 4k display with it.
When you were using the 480hz mode, was the drop in quality really harsh on the 32" or how was it
@@Whiss8 It really depends on what game you are playing. Different games handle lower resolution better or worse depending on things like their art style, anti-aliasing technique, level of texture quality, and geometric detail.
A game like Overwatch handles lower resolution pretty well. While 4K does look a lot better on the heroes, menu artwork, emotes, extremely casual matches; in the heat of an actual comp game I don't really think about/mind 1080p too much versus the awesomeness of 480hz. Slight competitive advantage of visual clarity to qhd in fights vs 1080p _very slight._
A game like Halo Infinite handles it really bad though. It looks horrible at 1080p if I am remembering it right. I might've had dynamic resolution on making it worse but the game still looks a little bit blurrier at native res than other games. Although it having a good HDR mode helps a ton. The game features a TAA implementation that makes things blurry while moving and it is worse at lower resolutions. It also heavily relies off geometric detail and texture quality that looks blurry at lower resolution. Halo Infinite is a more extreme example though, most games including fps handle 1080p better/fine.
Meanwhile just for comparison some older or pixelated games like Minecraft or Mario Kart Wii are barely impacted and look great even at extremely low resolution.
I don't have as much experience with it but I imagine something like Apex Legends would be roughly in the middle of Overwatch and Halo Infinite. QHD probably helps you when seeing enemies far away a little. Same with Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefield. 1080p isn't too bad but qhd is nice.
I say trust your gut and go with what you think will be best. If I hadn't experienced 4k or 32inch the Asus monitor would probably be my only choice. If you want to go with the 1440p480hz that is a perfectly valid option. Still a top tier monitor I say go for it if you want it!
I want to reiterate what I said in the beginning. They are all so good still you really can't go wrong with either or if you wait for a new one
@@Whiss8 --a tiny bit less confident in my second reply, but I did my best to gather my thoughts based off my memory.-- nvm I edited it until I was mostly happy with what I said
the gpu coil whine with this will be through the roof...
It should be at the frequency of the monitor so it should be a higher pitch, may be less of an issue at that point.
Depends on how lucky you are with the GPU you got. My launch 10gb 3080 makes a little bit of coil whine but I never usually notice it even at full tilt.
@@willwunsche6940
i had a 3080 and around 12 different 4080/4090s
every GPU has coil whine, it just depends on the application
apex legends has by far the most, which is why i had to cap it at 200 fps, above that, the coil whine just is too loud
also most people have really bad hearing ...
1:49 those widow shots damnn
Been waiting for this one ❤
Me: "Cool"
Me when I see it's ASSUS: "Oh, anyway."
what's wrong with asus? i had an asus monitor and it was insane. even extremely durable, panel took a LOT to break.
@@dxrrkass customer service
Having left behind my 20s recently I really can't stand the 'Gamer' oriented designs anymore. Just give me plain and simple stuff. No RGB madness, no 'cool' slogans or logos. Just give me boring. Boring is calm and calm is king.
All this just to get clapped by some kid in India in Fortnite playing at 30hz
nah that they too focus to work hard for microsoft support 💀
0:16 These slowmo comparisons don't actually provide much value imho
I see alot of value in that. idk how you cant see any value in that comparison lol.
@@DeShnicky good for you lol.
Just ordered one, been waiting for this monitor for 2 years
But it's not glossy >,
@@Shadowsmoke11yeah i was hoping for that too but i have given up on it
Yeah this thing is sick. I love. Upgraded from ULMB2 1440p 360hz IPS and it’s noticeable
Sure I buy a 480hz monitor and afterwards I cap my fps in game to 480…oh wait literally no game is running on stable 480fps and I got a i9-14900 and a 4090. Maybe when the 5090 gets released I buy one 😂
Literally most e-sports games hit 500+ fps. This monitor isn’t for AAA games…..
@ Nah not stable. I played a lot of CS, Valo and Fortnite on it. I have all my settings competitive like low on most stuff, depending on the game ofc. I have 850-900 fps in Valorant while standing still at the spawn if I uncap. When it gets chaotic it drops all the way down to 400-500, sometimes even 350. In Fortnite it’s even worse. I have 1100+ FPS on a plain 1v1 map. During stacked cash cup end games I am happy about 200+. Some pros and streamers have similar setups and equal numbers.
He literally showcased 480fps in the video of Overwatch 😂. It is possible!
@@Shadowsmoke11 Nope it’s not. Show me a i9, 4090 setup that runs stable 480fps during a stacked competitive Fortnite endgame. He did not show that.
Lmao bc ur on Intel get a 7800x3d or the new 9800x3d intels been falling for years
gotta hate that gamer aesthetic lol
480hz is overkill for 95% of people
360hz is more then enough for "most"
240hz is a wonderful experience IMO
165hz is good for like 75% of gamers
Also, that's a bad ass monitor & super impressive.
Buy what you want.
I play on a 4k 240hz oled. It's amazing
For me, overkill will only be when we reach life-like motion. And that's still very far away, we're talking tens of thousands Hz to solve motion portrayal on finite refresh displays. Until then those arguments are pretty pointless imo.
@@hastesoldat it's been proven that there are MASSIVE diminishing returns over 360hz
BUT to each thier own
@@TheRealDlo You mistook an uneducated opinion you found on the net for a proof. The science of motion portrayal is settled. What I said is an irrefutable fact. It just happens to not be well known by the public.
I watched a lab do a study on the subject. It wasn't uneducated, as they were a professional group. I may be wrong about the hz to be fair, but my recollection was 360hz was plenty for a majority of the public 👍
Either way, the motion on a monitor between 360hz & 480hz is unrecognizable by a majority of people. That's my point man. Wasn't trying to take it to the extreme & argue the simple law of persistence or regurgitate blurbusters.
You do you man.
🍎 v 🍊 conversation
Sure its overkill if u only play single player game 😂
I'm droooling.... Awesome review as always optimum, thanks! Keep it up!
Wooting 80he Review next banger video !!
been waiting for this video, because I've ordered one and I'm so pumped :D HYPE israel
I am getting this thing so excited thank you
waited for this monitor since you mentioned it few months back
ive expected this to be >1.5k, so 1k even if its steep its less than i anticipated
Amazing review short and sweet thanks Optimum 👍
love to see how much you’ve improved at overwatch!!
I love you, u are the greatest youtuber/creator in this category and im not joking i honestly think u are....
Saving up to build out my setup in about a year, I can't wait to see how ASUS and LG innovate by then.
4:19 my monitor does a similar thing, you can avoid the issue by running games in borderless window mode or if the games borderless window mode still causes the issue (I'm looking at you, project zomboid) you can use a program called "borderless gaming" while running the game in regular windowed mode.
imagine jumping from an old dell business monitor to one of these. it'd be like taking drugs
ALT+Tab black screen is usually caused by HDR being enabled to my understanding
Nice review !!! Love it !!!
I love your video length, that’s one of many reasons I like u over LTT
This seems like the best monitor currently out. Incredible. I’ll probably wait a few more years to upgrade from my 360hz alienwares once there are 720hz monitors or something
Dude you seem really good!
Any ideas on Australian release date?
OUR GOAT FOREVER CASUALLY DROPPING THE GROSSEST OW CLIPS!!!!!!
I've been waiting for this
Great video. I would be really interested to see you do an entire video talking about the future of tech hardware (GPU's CPU's) and periferals maybe even how regenerative AI can be used in new GPU architecture based on your broad experience and tech knowledge. Could be a good way to look at cutting edge tech that was a standard at the time compared to now and what could be in the near future. Thanks for the quality content as always👍
Keep in mind using dsc adds artifacts in motion so it would be best to use this at a lower resolution and hz since the tech isn’t good enough yet
The one more smooth thing you didn't mention for this monitor is your aim :) its awesome ^_^
I bought the AQDM a year ago and it's wild to watch the new releases coming out almost every few months. Brightness is the main selling point for me, so I don't feel any desire to upgrade yet, but very curious to see where OLEDs are two years from now.
2:22 Background music link please
I already have the monitor of my dreams at my current budget. At this point half the reason I still watch these is to indulge in Optimum's insane Tracer clips.
Do you plan on putting the new 16g zeromouse for sale ? and if so when please ?
Would have like to see some discussion on the coating. Especially since it seems LG has 2 or 3 different coating options at this point on their monitor. If it's the grainy old Vaseline finish it's a huge no from me.
Ooo this w-oled sounds fucking amazing, I was always concerned about the colour fringing but that's epic! :D
best part of optimums videos is watching him just absolutely cook everyone in fps games
Is this the only oled monitor with the clear text subpixel layout?
Can you review the new acer 540 hz monitor?
Make a video showing us your setup! Hugs from Brazil!
I have been 1440p gaming for a while now and it’s a significant update over 1080p got a 270hz version not too long ago and it’s great
Why are bezels thick on OLED monitors?
Hey where are all the people that said the eye couldn't see faster than 30fps?
I would like to see this compared to the upcoming LG 27GX790A, 27 in OLED 480 hz monitor.
A new optimum video? I haven't clicked faster.
The biggest news here to me is the subpixel layout. Are there larger lower refresh rate monitors using this yet? I need the text clarity for programming when not gaming.
i bought the aqdm like when it came out and this type of increase in that short time is INSANE
you can just use borderless mode to avoid the alt tab switch delay right?
still rocking my XL2546 I got refurbished from BenQ, 1 dead pixel all these years later and I hardly notice it anymore.
okay its sweet. now where do i get one from? i've looked for hours and i cant find this specific monitor anywhere on sale