AOC Q3277FQE 32" QHD 2560x1440 Monitor, 10-bit MVA Panel, 5ms, DisplayPort/HDMI/DVI-D/VGA, FlickerFree, VESA

I needed a monitor that had more screen space, so I started checking out the lower priced 1440p monitors (2560x1440). I didnt want 4K (consumer level is 3840x2160) as I would need a better graphics card to really run 4K well. So 2K or WQHD would do nicely. I also knew I wanted a larger size, so that the PPI would remain close to the same size as my then-current 24" 1080p. I didnt want all of my text to be drastically smaller, nor did I want to mess around with font scaling. So 32" was the perfect size to keep a nice 91ppi, which is the same as my 24" 1080p. This AOC is a good value! AOC has actually been around quite a while; I can remember buying a AOC CRT back in the day. I know they arent the top tier of mfgs, but as long as the monitor was good, Im okay with not going top brand. Happily, the monitor was good. The only design change I would do is change the cable connectors from horizontal into vertical-oriented connectors; that could ease some strain long-term on the connector. Here are a few tips about the monitor: 1) You really need DisplayPort or DVI cables to run full 1440p. Your VGA and older HDMI connectors wont do it. 2) If you use DVI, make sure you can support Dual-Link DVI-D (not DVI-I). You must have Dual-Link to get the full resolution; single-link will not work. 3) Its not a touch or a MVA screen (per Amazons description as of Sept 9, 2018); it is, however, a nice matte IPS screen. 4) It doesnt have built-in USB ports, Type-C or otherwise; nor does it have standard VESA mount points. 5) I didnt test for color-calibration myself, so YMMV. Final caveat - Ive had two of these monitors with a single dead pixel near the top left, around 3" inches in and 1.5" down. Weird coincidence - another one had no dead pixels at all. But at the $249 price I paid (Sept 9, 2018), it didnt bother me too much.

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This is an excellent general-purpose PC monitor with an MVA panel with picture quality as good as the AOC 28" IPS panels it replaced. Pros: excellent picture quality wide viewing – good as my previous IPS panel uniform field colors from edge to edge 10 bit – no banding built-in power supply – no power brick no dead pixels/bright pixels no light bleed clean and uncluttered design aesthetic perfect resolution for 32" panel – invisible pixels, no "screening" (IMHO) comes with 60" DVI and DP cables (also includes an HDMI input) autosensing inputs inexpensive – it beat the competition by at least $100 and in some cases $200 for nearly identical specifications Cons: fairly wide bevels (no larger than the competition, but still, compare with HYC Computer Monitor 2K (2560x1440) 32-inch borderless HDMI/VGA/DVI IPS LED sold here on Amazon) includes a sticker on the lower bevel that is difficult to take off without leaving heavy glue residue includes 2 physical on/off switches – forget one and you think you have a DOA Go to the AOC website for exact dimensions and other specifications. Otherwise, ask me in the comments if you have any questions EDIT: still going strong as of September 2018. The only thing I would change is that off angle viewing is not as good as my previous IPS panel from the same manufacturer. As someone else here as noted, contrast is diminished off angle, but colors remain accurate. I would not accept this in an HDTV. For PC monitor where I mostly sit directly in front of it, no problem. I still havent removed that stupid sticker on the bottom bezel. :-)

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Excellent monitor if you want 1440p on a reasonable budget at 32". It has a great contrast ratio. Pretty sure the numbers in the description might be meaningless, but from eyes on viewing it is quite excellent. Viewing angle is very good and while it does take a little contrast hit when you go off center 20 degrees it doesnt take on a cast or color shift....just loses some punch. Backlight uniformity is good. Originally, when sitting very close tot he screen, I thought there was some edge uniformity issue, but I think it was the slight red shift which was more noticeable at the edges of the screen pre-calibration. Post calibration, I no longer see any issues here. I bought this for a gaming PC, on which I will play mostly strategy and simulation games. Total War, Planet Coaster etc....so Im no in need of seriously fast response times nor do I care i there is a little motion blur. Having said that, I havent noticed an blur or ghosting yet, but havent had a chance to test it in all conditions to this point. I do feel confident that anyone looking for this size and resolution will not be disappointed with this monitor.

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This monitor is SUCH a step up from my old 22" Asus, and my old Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 has no trouble at all pushing the maximum resolution (2560 x 1440), Hz (75) and color depth from my Ubuntu Linux desktop over DisplayPort (using a new Syncwire 6.5 DP 4K cable for about $11). I have my work laptop connected via HDMI at max resolution (1440p), as well (using a newer 6 Amazon Basics HDMI 4K cable for about $7) . For $250, I couldnt be more pleased. Delivery was fast with no damage, whatsoever. The color depth is truly amazing, as is the clarity, and I prefer the matte surface that this monitor has to the glossy, reflective surface that so many others are making. I think its important to note that the Amazon description says this is an MVA Panel, but its actually an IPS Panel, which is obvious from the sharpness, color depth and clarity from multiple angles and, of course, the detail description from AOC included above. Also, the pictures dont properly show the actual inputs/output on the back of the panel-- Looking at the back of my panel, only the power connection is to the left of the pedestal stand and all the other connectors are side-by-side on the right. The power connection, by the way, is a standard C13 3-prong connector like youve seen on any power supply or monitor (not shown in the pictures for the product at the time of my review). My only regret is that when I work from the office, I now have to look at what I KNOW are 3 inferior monitors. Perhaps I can find a way to get my employer to allow me to buy one of these for the office...

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Hooked this display up to a MacBook Air (2013) using a Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort Cable ($7.99 ICZI Amazon). The display came on correctly while the computer was still booting. Had nothing to set or change except I did turn down the brightness. Super nice. I did use the Wall mount which was quite easy to do. Remove the 4 screws and pull the base arm out. The same 4 screws will work for the VISA mounting. I switched over and booted in Windows 10 and of course had to fiddle with the display settings for a bit but thats Windows. Works at full resolution 2560 X 1440. text is nice and crisp. Well worth the price. I have found nothing that I dislike. Update: Tried the monitor with a thunderbolt/display port to HDMI adapter. Works properly but I think the best way is to buy the $&.99 Cable.

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Ive had this monitor for just over a month. Its exactly what I needed to add some more screen real estate to my 27" iMac. Im glad I decided on making my 2nd monitor the same size and resolution as the iMac and using this monitor in particular. There are two quirks with it that I dont think are necessarily the monitor itself (well, maybe one). After an extended period of time where I dont use the monitor, or if its just been in sleep mode a long time, Ill have two issues. The first is the color pallet for the monitor ends up going back to the default. This is really an OS thing, but over time the color profile for the monitor has become to get duplicated. This is very infrequent compared to the next issue. The second issue is that when I wake the computer the AOC monitor doesnt always "wake up" either. It looks like its trying to as Ill see it turn on with a "No Signal" message, then turn off. This is what happens more often than not. And this issue seems to happen no matter how long the monitor was sleeping. Occasionally it wakes up as it should, but thats more like a 2 in 10 chance. Its a simple fix to turn it off and turn it back on, but it is annoying. Whether these are the monitor itself, or the iMac, I dont know. Ive never had a multiple monitor system. And I dont think Ive really ever sat in front of one for that matter. As far as the look of it, its nice. There seems to be a bit more contrast than the iMac. This is after calibrating it with the OS X calibrator and making a few monitor settings adjustments. I almost prefer it over the iMacs native display. Im still giving it 5 stars for being a 2560 x 1440 27" monitor that makes my workflow much smoother. The price is right and Im happy with it. After calibrating it, the colors are a close enough match for what I need. If you need an exact match, then youll probably need to spend more money. Im also happy with it not having speakers. I already have that with the iMac and also some external speakers, so they arent necessary. If you need the speakers, then youll need to get a different monitor or invest in some speakers.

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Pros: Really nice colors and resolution is very nice. The base is solid metal and very sturdy. This is really a lot of screen area. The 2560 X 1440 resolution works really nice for the MMOs I play. And make my browser much easier to read as well. Words are clear and crisp. For this money this is a really good buy without having to spend alot of money. Oh and I am using the Freesync on the monitor with my Nvidia GTX 1070. Yes you can do that with the newest Nvidia drivers 417.71 and you have to use a Display Port cable. Then the option to setup Gsync appear in the Nvidia control panel. And it works on this one. Cons: Only had one con. I had a hard time getting this monitor to work with the display cable at first. I ended up hooking up a HDMI cable to get it working. Then I removed the HDMI cable and put the Display Port cable back on and everything was fine from that point on.

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This monitor does not disappoint. I bought it primarily to use when I work from home—mainly typing word docs in Microsoft and doing research. I could not be more pleased with the size and resolution. The only problem with the resolution is that it is so good that font sizes that cannot be adjusted are a bit too small (e.g. the text on the tab in a google chrome window). I also do not own a TV, so I use this monitor and it works great for that purpose. The display is great. The boarder around the screen is not giving me any problems (I read another review that complained that the glossy finish on the plastic was distracting, I am glad I didnt let that review dissuade me). The stand for the monitor is perfect. It is very easy to adjust the height of the monitor—its yet another underrated feature that makes this such a great purchase.

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Im a professional fine artist, and I use this monitor while painting. It is enormous and beautiful, so much nicer to use instead of my smaller laptop screen. I have a 13" 2013 Macbook Pro, so this huge monitor is quite a step up to the laptop screen Ive been using all this time. It seems dumb I hadnt upgraded yet, but I was only considering buying a larger laptop, which is far more expensive than just getting a second larger monitor, so once I thought of that, this was the perfect solution. It works perfectly with my Macbook, though I had to buy an adaptor for the HDMI cable - I got an HDMI to Thunderbolt, and just plugged it into Thunderbolt port on my Mac and voila. I also LOVE that this monitor can be used vertically as well as horizontally (see photos). Thats a credit to the mounting arm I bought, but my Mac also had a setting for rotating the orientation of the monitor, so thats a quick setting change any time I want to flip it vertically for a while and then back again to horizontal. Note: in my photos, the monitor looks way brighter and washed out than in real life (taking a photo of a monitor with my phone yields inaccurate color/brightness), but in real life its perfect, with a slew of adjustment settings to fine tune it. Overall excellent monitor, totally worth the price.

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Sets up easily, numerous interface options so I am able to use DVI to my legacy Dell which must be around 10 years old by now. [edited, see below: Overall quality is good, but I cant award the full five stars, because of a screen artifact (see photo).] Actually, I migrated this over to a newer laptop and I am now running this over HDMI at its recommended resolution. The artifact which I mentioned earlier disappeared! So I am pleased to award this a five-star rating - the combination of price and quality is excellent! My primary motivation for this purchase is to cut down on eye-strain; I use the computer for office work 8+ hours a day. Im finding this is more comfortable than my 27 inch. I have positioned this further back, and Ive got it on a small table sitting behind my desk, lowering the bottom edge of the monitor almost to desktop level.

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