AOC Q27B3CF2 review

Monitors tin person nan fanciest features successful nan world, but yet location are 4 things that matter: image quality, resolution, connectivity and price. So while I’ll show you up beforehand that nan AOC Q27B3CF2’s onscreen show is difficult to navigate and its features are stripped backmost to a bare minimum, nan cardinal is that its 27in IPS sheet delivers beardown colors pinch accuracy, packs 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and includes a USB-C connector – each for £200.

I opportunity beardown colors, but I don’t opportunity a wide colour gamut: by modern standards 82% of nan DCI-P3 colour abstraction isn’t wide. However, I’d beryllium very happy to usage this arsenic my mundane show because photos and videos still look great, and its colour accuracy is exceptional, pinch an mean Delta E of 0.25. You tin move to sRGB if you want purer whites, though you will curse nan aforementioned OSD while doing so.

Other monitors besides spell brighter than nan 370cd/m2 I measured, but that’s acold beyond what astir group need: instrumentality to 200cd/m2 (around 70% successful nan monitor’s settings) and you’ll besides trim your powerfulness demands from nan maximum 27W to a much sensible 17W. A opposition ratio of astir 1,600:1 adds other punch, but what separates this show from £200 rivals is that 1440p solution - which is nan cleanable lucifer for a 27in diagonal.

Features are barer than a politician’s lies, but you get what matters: HDMI and USB-C ports (the second delivers up to 65W of power), an adjustable tallness guidelines and a 100Hz refresh rate. It besides supports adaptive sync and a sub-1ms consequence time, truthful gamers should find overmuch to bask here. There’s moreover a brace of tinny speakers, but nan 2 USB-A ports are much welcome.

The ports are tucked distant astatine nan rear, and pinch nary swivel aliases pivot you won’t find them easy to access. Also, a informing to those considering buying 2 aliases 3 Q27B3CF2s for a multi-monitor setup, particularly if they spot nan building “ultra narrow” borders connected AOC’s website. They are narrow-ish, astatine 10mm, but that intends a 20mm spread betwixt screens if you spot them broadside by side.

Despite this, I would beryllium tempted to bargain 2 aliases moreover 3 of these monitors astatine this price. For £200, nan AOC Q27B3CF2 is 1 of 2024’s existent bargains.

We besides classed nan champion business monitors.