So the only thing this monitor can do is game. Content at 1080p 31" will look so blurry and pixelated. I donot see how games are not going to look pixelated at this low resolution and size.
Don't be ridiculous, the image certainly will not look "blurry and pixelated." Maybe you were born recently but there was a time when 1080P displays were all that was available and at sizes bigger than that didn't look bad.
At normal viewing distances from a computer monitor a 32" 1080p will look fuzzy. If you are using normal viewing distances for TVs then yeah you really won't notice the pixels until you get to 65"+ sizes.
>30" displays have been far beyond 1080p for a long, long time. TVs have not, but TVs are viewed from >3x the distance of a PC monitor. Anything less than 96ppi gets genuinely problematic for text rendering and similar things that require sharpness, no matter your eyesight - a blurry or jagged display makes it harder to see things properly with poor eyesight after all.
Still, this is obviously a budget high frame rate gaming oriented display, and text rendering sharpness is likely not a consideration whatsoever. Probably good for its use case.
You absolutely can drive 1440p to 180hz and even around 240hz EASILY with modern display I/O that's standardized: Displayport 1.4, HDMI 2.1, & eventually Displayport 2.0.
I think the point is that video cards even the best struggle to play that high at 1440p.
I would counter that monitor purchases usually last through multiple video card upgrades and even full systems. The featureset, like refresh rate, up as high as they can. Or at least people shouldn't make purchases like this monitor in anticipation of what comes next.
But the bigger point is I have a 1440p, 32", curved monitor. 144Hz. I am a huge fan of it. But even at 1440p I would say that the resolution isn't great for a monitor of this size. Its a really good compromise and I got the monitor specifically because I wanted something less GPU intensive as a 4k monitor. But I could not see myself using the same monitor with a 1080p resolution. That res at that size at a normal sitting distance would make a monitor look like an old CRT.
This monitor has 69.96 PPI which will look horrible. Personally I would never use a 1080p monitor over 24" in size as at that size you get 91.79 PPI which happens to be the same as a 32" 1440p monitor.
Do you sit 6" from it? I have a 27" 1080 on my desk at work and it is just about perfect, I can see it clearly without scaling. I have a 24" next to it (since, why buy two when there's already a perfectly good working display, right?). Test and images are no clearer on the 24" 1080 than they are on the 27" 1080. Not everyone has Superman eyes, but really I only see the pixels in the 27" if I am close enough to see it without my glasses. At normal working distance, there are no visible pixels. I have a 27" 1440 on my workbench computer at home - at normal working distances, it's too small for me at 100% scaling. Luckily I mounted it on an arm to save desk space and can pull it close as needed. My other computer has a pair of 23" 1080 displays, I want to replace both of those with the same sort of 27" 1080 I have at work, just so I can see them better. Yes, i can see the difference between my old iPhone 3G and the 8 Plus I have now.
At work I sit 2-3ft from my 24" 1080p monitors and I can see the pixels. That being said they are small enough that it doesn't bother me. When looking at 27" 1080p monitors it looks quite fuzzy at the same distance and I wouldn't want it on my desk. With my 34" Ultrawide 1440p at home and sitting 3-4ft away I cannot see the pixels.
If you sit 2-3ft from a 24" monitor and you think it's comfortable reading at 100% scale, then you are not the norm. The only way 1080p would look fuzzy is if you have- 1. bad video card (several nvidia cards are to blame for this), 2. You don't know how to adjust your monitor, 3. You don't know how to adjust your OS. If there is a 1080p signal going to a 1080p display, there is nothing to make fuzzy. It's pixel perfect. No one ever has said fuzzy if it's set up correctly.
Where are the 31.5" flat monitors? You know not everyone wants a curved? I used a 40" and 55" as my desktop monitor for ages, tiny monitors are a joke by comparison.
Looks like a nice enough budget "almost a small TV" gaming monitor. Refresh rate is nice, as is the gamut, but the brightness is disappointing. Still, I can see this being a hit among students/kids/people wanting a lege secondary monitor for gaming. Definitely on my list for the latter.
Only a headphone jack and no integrated speakers means people would have to BYO when it comes to audio to get sound out of the thing if they plan to use HDMI inputs for certain non-PC applications.
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Makaveli - Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - link
31.5' 1080p Hard Pass!prophet001 - Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - link
Yeah that's weird.Steelbom - Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - link
Yeah, I thought jeeze 180Hz 2560x1440 seems all right. Then I see the "1080p"... but why?Korguz - Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - link
why not ??crimson117 - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
This monitor prioritizes framerate over resolution. It's nearly impossible to drive AAA games at anywhere close to 180 fps on a 1440p monitor.sharath.naik - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
So the only thing this monitor can do is game. Content at 1080p 31" will look so blurry and pixelated. I donot see how games are not going to look pixelated at this low resolution and size.lilkwarrior - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Gaming is a reach w/ its abysmal nits (laughable they said HDR-ready missing the mark on getting the minimum recognized VESA HDR rating).smartthanyou - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Don't be ridiculous, the image certainly will not look "blurry and pixelated." Maybe you were born recently but there was a time when 1080P displays were all that was available and at sizes bigger than that didn't look bad.schujj07 - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
At normal viewing distances from a computer monitor a 32" 1080p will look fuzzy. If you are using normal viewing distances for TVs then yeah you really won't notice the pixels until you get to 65"+ sizes.Valantar - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
>30" displays have been far beyond 1080p for a long, long time. TVs have not, but TVs are viewed from >3x the distance of a PC monitor. Anything less than 96ppi gets genuinely problematic for text rendering and similar things that require sharpness, no matter your eyesight - a blurry or jagged display makes it harder to see things properly with poor eyesight after all.Still, this is obviously a budget high frame rate gaming oriented display, and text rendering sharpness is likely not a consideration whatsoever. Probably good for its use case.
lilkwarrior - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
You absolutely can drive 1440p to 180hz and even around 240hz EASILY with modern display I/O that's standardized: Displayport 1.4, HDMI 2.1, & eventually Displayport 2.0.Topweasel - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
I think the point is that video cards even the best struggle to play that high at 1440p.I would counter that monitor purchases usually last through multiple video card upgrades and even full systems. The featureset, like refresh rate, up as high as they can. Or at least people shouldn't make purchases like this monitor in anticipation of what comes next.
But the bigger point is I have a 1440p, 32", curved monitor. 144Hz. I am a huge fan of it. But even at 1440p I would say that the resolution isn't great for a monitor of this size. Its a really good compromise and I got the monitor specifically because I wanted something less GPU intensive as a 4k monitor. But I could not see myself using the same monitor with a 1080p resolution. That res at that size at a normal sitting distance would make a monitor look like an old CRT.
schujj07 - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
This monitor has 69.96 PPI which will look horrible. Personally I would never use a 1080p monitor over 24" in size as at that size you get 91.79 PPI which happens to be the same as a 32" 1440p monitor.rrinker - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Do you sit 6" from it? I have a 27" 1080 on my desk at work and it is just about perfect, I can see it clearly without scaling. I have a 24" next to it (since, why buy two when there's already a perfectly good working display, right?). Test and images are no clearer on the 24" 1080 than they are on the 27" 1080.Not everyone has Superman eyes, but really I only see the pixels in the 27" if I am close enough to see it without my glasses. At normal working distance, there are no visible pixels. I have a 27" 1440 on my workbench computer at home - at normal working distances, it's too small for me at 100% scaling. Luckily I mounted it on an arm to save desk space and can pull it close as needed. My other computer has a pair of 23" 1080 displays, I want to replace both of those with the same sort of 27" 1080 I have at work, just so I can see them better. Yes, i can see the difference between my old iPhone 3G and the 8 Plus I have now.
schujj07 - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
At work I sit 2-3ft from my 24" 1080p monitors and I can see the pixels. That being said they are small enough that it doesn't bother me. When looking at 27" 1080p monitors it looks quite fuzzy at the same distance and I wouldn't want it on my desk. With my 34" Ultrawide 1440p at home and sitting 3-4ft away I cannot see the pixels.Dug - Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - link
If you sit 2-3ft from a 24" monitor and you think it's comfortable reading at 100% scale, then you are not the norm.The only way 1080p would look fuzzy is if you have- 1. bad video card (several nvidia cards are to blame for this), 2. You don't know how to adjust your monitor, 3. You don't know how to adjust your OS.
If there is a 1080p signal going to a 1080p display, there is nothing to make fuzzy. It's pixel perfect. No one ever has said fuzzy if it's set up correctly.
CharonPDX - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Yet if they prioritized framerate, they should have gone with something higher than 180Hz.There are now 144 Hz 4K displays that can do 1080p at perfect pixel mapping..
del42sa - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
stupid...yetanotherhuman - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Yeah. This is literally the same thing as everyone else is thinking. This was a waste of a click.lilkwarrior - Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - link
SMFH… These monitor manufacturers are wasting monitor material this year at this point releasing something like this in 2020.p1esk - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Dell has been shipping 32” 8k monitor since 2018. MSI announced a 1080p model in 2020. Geez...Korguz - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
and your point is what ?? not every one wants or needs 4k or 8k.. and better yet . how much does that 8k monitor cost ??lilkwarrior - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
The point is that the pixel ratio is horrible for the size of this panel.Small Bison - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
"one of the industry’s first displays with a 180 Hz maximum refresh rate."Does that mean much when there are multiple 240 Hz monitors available?
flyingpants265 - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Where are the 31.5" flat monitors? You know not everyone wants a curved?I used a 40" and 55" as my desktop monitor for ages, tiny monitors are a joke by comparison.
Valantar - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Looks like a nice enough budget "almost a small TV" gaming monitor. Refresh rate is nice, as is the gamut, but the brightness is disappointing. Still, I can see this being a hit among students/kids/people wanting a lege secondary monitor for gaming. Definitely on my list for the latter.PeachNCream - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Only a headphone jack and no integrated speakers means people would have to BYO when it comes to audio to get sound out of the thing if they plan to use HDMI inputs for certain non-PC applications.Lithium - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
but 3 of them in nvidia surround for driving simulator gamesdriving chair from distance
mama mia on budget
Kastriot - Thursday, February 6, 2020 - link
Expensive piece of crap.