Friday, September 24th 2021
ViewSonic Launches 28-inch 150 Hz 4K Monitor with PS5 Support
ViewSonic's new VX2882-4KP seems to be the 4K gaming monitor for those looking for a no-nonsense design, as it could be mistaken for a Dell office monitor. That said, not everyone is keen on the over the top designs some gaming monitors of late have featured, so it's nice to see something a bit more normal here, especially for those that use their PC for more than just gaming.
Unfortunately the only stand-out spec is the 150 Hz refresh rate, which lands somewhere between most 144 Hz 4K monitors and the two or three that can do 160 Hz. It's not an overclock setting in this case, as it's the official refresh rate of the VX2882-4KP. ViewSonic went for an IPS panel here, although it only has a brightness of 300 nits, which is not as impressive as much of its competition, neither is the HDR10 rating.
It also looks like ViewSonic has sourced what can only be considered as a "cheap" panel these days, as it's not even a true 8-bit panel, as it uses 6-bit + FRC, which you don't see on many 4K IPS monitors today. ViewSonic claims to use flicker free backlight with low blue light. On the other hand, the VX2882-4KP is said to be PS5 Ready, which suggests that ViewSonic has had it approved by Sony and it's also said to work with the Xbox Series X/S.
The good news is that it comes with two HDMI 2.1 ports, two DP 1.4 ports and a USB-C port with DP Alt mode, all of which support refresh rates of up to 150 Hz. The monitor is AMD FreeSync Premium certified and the FreeSync range starts at 30 Hz for the HDMI ports and 48 Hz for the DP and USB-C ports. Further connectivity includes two USB-A 3.2 ports and one USB-B 3.2 port, although we presume these are of the 5 Gbps variety. There's also a 3.5 mm audio jack and a barrel jack for the external power adapter. Finally there are a pair of built-in 2 W speakers.
So far the VX2882-4KP only seems to be on sale in Japan and there it retails for a fairly steep US$830. We're expecting that price to be more competitive in other markets.
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ViewSonic
Unfortunately the only stand-out spec is the 150 Hz refresh rate, which lands somewhere between most 144 Hz 4K monitors and the two or three that can do 160 Hz. It's not an overclock setting in this case, as it's the official refresh rate of the VX2882-4KP. ViewSonic went for an IPS panel here, although it only has a brightness of 300 nits, which is not as impressive as much of its competition, neither is the HDR10 rating.
The good news is that it comes with two HDMI 2.1 ports, two DP 1.4 ports and a USB-C port with DP Alt mode, all of which support refresh rates of up to 150 Hz. The monitor is AMD FreeSync Premium certified and the FreeSync range starts at 30 Hz for the HDMI ports and 48 Hz for the DP and USB-C ports. Further connectivity includes two USB-A 3.2 ports and one USB-B 3.2 port, although we presume these are of the 5 Gbps variety. There's also a 3.5 mm audio jack and a barrel jack for the external power adapter. Finally there are a pair of built-in 2 W speakers.
So far the VX2882-4KP only seems to be on sale in Japan and there it retails for a fairly steep US$830. We're expecting that price to be more competitive in other markets.
31 Comments on ViewSonic Launches 28-inch 150 Hz 4K Monitor with PS5 Support
I've compared prices of electronics for a long time and Japan is never competitive. Yes they might not be the most expensive place in the world, but because they're a bit of a special market, a lot of things are more pricey there. A bit like Australia and New Zealand I'd say.
Europe is in general cheaper than all three.
Taiwan is in general not very cheap either, I've found certain things cheaper in Europe and the general selection is often better. The mentality here is often that the cheap one is the best one, which means many normal products are luxury goods here.
www.umart.com.au/Asus-ROG-Strix-27in-4K-144Hz-G-Sync-Gaming-Monitor--XG27UQ_54666G.html 1299 AUD
www.pccasegear.com/products/54689/samsung-odyssey-g7-4k-uhd-144hz-freesync-hdr-ips-28in-monitor 1299 AUD
www.computeralliance.com.au/43-asus-rog-swift-pg43uq-4k-va-gaming-monitor-with-speakers 2199 AUD
www.videopro.com.au/p-14335-lg-48-oled48c1ptb-self-lit-oled-4k-ultra-hd-smart-tv-2021.aspx 2180 AUD
Why do I have an LG 48 inch C1 OLED? They are really good.
120 Hz OLED has better motion and speed than 150 Hz LCD. Zero smearing on OLED and instant pixel transistion.
42" OLED in 3-6 months (CES 2022 release) .. these are going to sell well for PC market I think. More desktop friendly. Next level image quality.
It's sad that PC monitors in general are at least 5 years behind TV market, in terms of image quality..
HDR on PC monitors especially is lacking and the ones that do it "okay" has an insane price tag. It's mostly a gimmick on PC monitors.
PS: Linus of LTT will do a video soon about how his oled already has a crosshair after ~6 months irc from the 4 window zones he's using - you can say he is using it wrong, for me that's just using it which makes the technology inappropriate for monitor use
All good things come to those who wait.
The machines had auto-hide taskbar, an active screensaver, and aggressive sleep timer of 15 minutes set on the display but sadly a lot of applications share common screen elements and we had burnt-in shadows of the minimise/restore/close icons, a visible dimming of the image where the scrollbar would usually be and browsers/viewers/windows explorer all seem to have common horizontal line elements in their menu interface that lead to a collection of shadows one UI "row" down from the top edge; Even across different applications, the effects of an address bar of some type with distinct icon blobs to the left and right of that address bar seem to be almost a standard layout for many different applications.
I wouldn't buy OLED for a PC or a console, and I'd have reservations about using it for content with a regular logo in the same place.