AOC P2779VC - Review 2022 - Sanders Frethe

The AOC P2779VC ($249.99) is a relatively affordable 27-inch monitor that lets y'all wirelessly accuse your Qi-compatible telephone or tablet by placing information technology on a tray located on the base of operations of the monitor stand. It uses Aeroplane to Line Switching (PLS) console technology (like to In-Plane Switching or IPS console technology) to deliver very night blacks and wide viewing angles, simply information technology'south missing a few basic features, including USB ports and an ergonomic stand, If you lot need wireless charging, it'south worth a look, but you'll get better color and grayscale performance from the Philips Brilliance Full HD Curved LCD Monitor (279X6QJSW).

Design and Features
With its black-and-gold color scheme, the P2779VC stands out in a field crowded with matte-black monitors. The 27-inch PLS panel has a non-reflective blanket and is framed past very sparse (quarter-inch) blackness bezels on the top and sides, while the lesser bezel is a flake wider, at a one-half-inch. The stand offers tilt adaptability, but lacks hinge, peak, and pivot adjustments.

The P2779VC's cabinet is one-half matte-blackness and half glossy-blackness, and the stand has a aureate, rectangular base of operations that has a built-in charging pad that, like the Dell S2317HWi, volition wirelessly accuse Qi-compatible devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy S6 Border. There's a + sign in the middle of the base of operations that marks the charging pad, and a tiny LED on the front edge of the base that glows amber while a device is being charged and white when the device is fully charged.

The console has a maximum resolution of 1,920 by one,080, which is incomparably low for a 27-inch monitor. It has a peak brightness of 300 cd/g², a one,000:i dissimilarity ratio, a 5-millisecond (gray-to-gray) pixel response, a 60Hz refresh rate, and a 16:nine aspect ratio. I/O ports are deficient; effectually back, facing outward, are 2 HDMI inputs, a VGA input, a headphone jack, and a power jack. You don't get whatsoever USB ports with this monitor, nor practise you get a DisplayPort input.

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Under the front bezel are four function buttons that are used to navigate the settings menus, and a power button. In addition to Brightness and Contrast settings, there are 3 Gamma settings and six picture presets, including Standard, Text, Cyberspace, Game, Movie, and Sports. Other settings are made up of Dynamic Contrast Ratio (DCR), Clock, Phase, Sharpness, and v Color Temperature options (Warm, Cool, Normal, sRGB, and User). In that location's as well a setting to enable or disable Qi charging capabilities, likewise as settings for AOC's Dynamic ColorBoost option, which will enhance all colors or merely sure colors, such as skin tones, greens, or blues. I'd recommend leaving this characteristic disabled unless you savour oversaturated colors.

AOC covers the P2779VC with a 3-yr warranty on parts, labor, and backlight. Included in the box are HDMI and VGA cables and a Quick Beginning guide.

Functioning
The P2779VC turned in mixed results in our testing. The PLS panel produced very night blacks, but had trouble displaying the darkest shades of greyness in the DisplayMate 64-Step Grayscale test. Instead of gradually transitioning to black, the 3 darkest shades of gray appeared pitch black, which accounts for the dirty shadow detail in my examination images. Low-cal-grayscale performance was adept, even so, and viewing angles were broad, with no noticeable loss of luminance or color shifting.

Colour accuracy was less than ideal out of the box. On the chromaticity chart below, color measurements are represented by the colored dots, and the ideal CIE color coordinates are represented by the boxes. As shown, but blue is close to being correctly aligned with its CIE coordinates, while red is merely outside of its zone, and light-green is completely misaligned. I didn't detect oversaturated colors in my examination patterns or while watching Marvel's Antman on Blu-ray, but there were traces of green tinting in my grayscale tests.

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While not designed for gaming, the panel's five-millisecond pixel response did an acceptable job of handling fast-action sequences, merely there were nonetheless occasional instances of move blur in my Crysis 3 (PC) and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (Sony PlayStation four) tests. Pocket-size screen violent was also present. The panel'southward ten.3-millisecond input lag, as measured by a Leo Bodnar Video Signal Lag Tester, was curt, but not quite as brusque every bit our leader, the BenQ SW2700PT (9.v milliseconds).

The P2779VC consumed 27 watts of power while operating in Standard mode (it does not offer a power-saving mode). The Philips 279X6QJSW consumed 24 watts in Standard manner and has an Economy style that reduced usage to xv watts. The Dell UltraSharp 27 InfinityEdge Monitor U2717D also used 27 watts of power, and like the P2779VC, it lacks a power-saving mode.

Determination
The AOC P2779VC is unique in that it features a born wireless charger for devices that are equipped with Qi charging applied science. Its black-and-aureate finish besides sets it autonomously from other displays. That said, information technology's not the best performer out there. It had trouble displaying the darkest shades of gray in our tests, and its colour accurateness is questionable. Moreover, it lacks features like USB connectivity, an ergonomic stand, and a DisplayPort video input. If wireless charging is non a priority, our Editors' Choice for affordable big-screen monitors, the Philips Brilliance Total Hd Curved LCD Monitor (279X6QJSW), is a much ameliorate choice. It, too, lacks USB ports and an adjustable stand up, but information technology delivers very accurate colors and solid grayscale operation, and it has a curved screen, with support for AMD'due south FreeSync anti-fierce engineering, for just $50 more.