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This review was first published in PC Pro issue 339.
The AOC has made its credibility to collect high quality monitor for high price, and what is exactly what it is here. The thing that raises the Q27V5CW in addition to the AOC products in the previous mainstream is that it offers USB-C docking with HDMI and display port input, which is noteworthy enough for the price: a clear rival HP is the E27D G4, which costs about $ 500.
In terms of panel quality, AOC is definitely a match for HP. Both offers 27,560 x 1,440 resolution in these verses, and Q27V5CW is a dynamic offer with an average delta of 0.33 with 94 % coverage of the DCI-P3 gaming. If you prefer SRGB color space, then go to the AOC (clumsy) OSD, which switchs to a fixed brightness of 255 CD/M.2. This is a drop from the top of the screen of 336cd/m2 But it closes you on SRGB Games: 95 % of the 96 % volume with 0.43 on average Delta E. They are ideal personalities.
Like HP, the AOC also includes a webcam. But where the HP sticks to 720p, it goes to 1080p. Overall, I was impressed: Many details and solid colors need the most people. There are no fancy AI features here, such as following you during the calls, but it supports Windows Hello Login. Dual microphones are just fine, as they work lightly, but the 5W speaker pair is good enough to listen to music. However, audio files will not be happy with the lack of boss and detail.
The USB-C Port provides electricity up to 65W, so 100W is not the best docking monitor, but mostly for laptops. More than the USB-C is not only reduced to the cable disorder, but also triggers four USB-A ports that collide in the rear. However, this is not a USB-B input, so you can’t share the keyboard and mouse between the two connected computers.
I easily access the ports of the ports to the well -constructed stand axis option, and it also offers a height of 130 mm in height adjustment and plenty of swamp and tilt. It increases an excellent everyday screen, and while the AOC does not offer high refresh rate-75 HHTS-4MS gray from gray to gray response time means comfortable gamers should be satisfied. But the original prize here is 30 330 asking price, which is amazing for a high quality 27IN USB-C docking monitor.
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