27” 1080p Monitors – Do they suck? Viewsonic XG2705 Review

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For years I’ve reviewed 1080p, 27” monitors, and I’ve almost always steered clear thanks to the lower pixel density, but it’s been a while so lets see if they are still not great, or if something like this Viewsonic XG2705 is worth picking up. But first, if you haven’t already, consider subscribing for more videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday!

So, what’s the big deal? 1080p 24” look fine, so what’s a few more inches? Well, a fair bit. When sitting at a pretty normal distance, it’s rather easy to see the pixels, it doesn’t look crisp especially when looking at text and even video content. When i say “you can see the pixels”, i mean that the pixels are so large that it’s pretty easy to see each one. At 24”, 1080p pixels are around 0.27mm square, whereas at 27”, they are 0.31mm. For context, 27” 1440p pixels are just 0.23mm square, so you are looking at what 30% larger pixels for the same size display.

What I found interesting is that while browsing the web or watching videos, it was pretty obvious, when I fired up CSGO and started playing, I stopped noticing. I was able to play both up close and from a distance without having the density bother me at all. It helps that this monitor in particular is a rather nice one. It’s 144Hz and IPS, with an impressively low input lag time of around 8ms at the center of the panel, and a black to white response time of around 3ms, although its release time, going from white to black, was a fair bit longer at between 11 and 14ms, meaning you’ll see more trails when going from a light image to a darker one, but not dark to light. 

Ghosting wasn’t too bad either. While it’s not perfect, it’s mostly the trailing edge of the UFO, and was fast enough that I didn’t notice any while gaming, so that definitely helped. Of course being IPS, it’s colours are pretty nice to look at too, giving a bit of vibrance to games, further masking the lacking crispness. Using my spyderx, it reported a near 100% coverage of the sRGB spectrum, and around 75-80% for both DCI P3 and AdobeRGB, which isn’t bad. As for brightness, it peaks at around 340nits which while not enough for any level of HDR is still plenty for gaming and content consumption.  

Freesync is also a useful addition, keeping your games smooth and tear free, working well alongside the 144hz refresh rate to keep you immersed in the game, rather than staring at the pixels. 

So, if you spend most of your time gaming, it seems like you can get over the density problem, but what about the price? This XG2705 is selling for around £300 at the time of filming, in the UK, which is well over £100 more than most 24” 1080p 144Hz – even IPS – options, and for that you don’t seem to get all that much. Sure, the stand has plenty of adjustability, the usual height, tilt, swivel and rotation for portrait mode which since the viewing angles are good isn’t a bad option, but for inputs you only get a displayport and two HDMIs, no USB 3 hubs here. There aren’t any extra bells and whistles to this – which I’m sure some won’t mind – but I’m struggling to see why a less desirable panel should cost this much more. 

Personally, I’d much rather pick up something like the AOC 24G2U and have a more crisp and enjoyable experience, or splash out a bit more and get something like gigabyte’s FI27 – a monitor I will hopefully have a review of fairly soon – and have an even more crisp and sharp panel, at the same 27” size. 

While I am surprised just how little the density bothered me in games, I still can’t overly recommend this form factor for 1080p monitors. With that said, I’m only seeing this from my perspective and I know there are plenty of other viewpoints on this so I’d love to hear them in the comments below, because I know there is a market for this, I just don’t understand why.