ASUS ROG Swift PG258Q 24.5” Gaming Monitor Full HD 1080p 1ms 240Hz DP HDMI Eye Care G-SYNC Esports

First off, Amazon shipped me this monitor terribly packed, but advertised as new. The foam on the instead was torn up, so the monitor was jumbled in the box with the wires touching the screen. I was shocked that the screen was not scratched upon opening the item. Second, my monitor did come with a stand, just the panel. Amazon really screwed up with my order. I had to go buy a wall mount so I could use this. Third, I re-arrange things in my room, and mount the wall mount on my wall. I finally turn the monitor on, and it has TWO DEAD PIXELS IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN. This is a 550-600$ dollar monitor. This is absolutely unacceptable, and I will NEVER buy an ASUS product again. What an absolute joke. Do not waste your time and money with this monitor, BUY ANOTHER BRAND.

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Ill start my review saying this is a good gaming monitor. Input lag and response time are really low and G-Sync works very well. The colors are vibrant and viewing angles really not bad for a TN panel. Now the issue: My first monitor came with a dead pixel. Got a replacement and it has a very bright stuck blue pixel. I really liked the monitor, but my question to Asus QC folks: Will a 3rd monitor work for me? For the high price, this should be perfect on the first time!!

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Why cut so many design corners on such an expensive monitor. If you are paying this much for a monitor I would expect things like: - Not using the cheapest flimsiest possible clips for the back cover that break in the first week - Not adding useless jutting out components in your mounting design requiring the purchase of an additional mounting adapter to ACTUALLY use a VESA mount - Creating any sort of intuitive mount in the first place to remove or attach mounting arms If you want 240hz congrats you can get it. Just dont be surprised when all of the plastics break and fall apart and it is impossible to mount the monitor on anything other than the included stand. Make sure to check out the mounting options and remove the back panel more than once within the return window, I made the mistake of thinking the quality would match the price and am stuck with this garbage.

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Paid well over $500 for this monitor, had issues with it almost immediately. A bright pixel appeared after 1 day of use, and the lightbleed was terrible. Maybe I was just unlucky, from my research is looks like TN panels are hit or miss, but its the price you pay for 1 ms response time. I ended up going with another brand (Alienware) with the same specs but it was ~$60 cheaper in the labor day sale. Thank god for amazons return policy, otherwise I would have to deal with Asus to get this fixed, who are notorious for their horrible customer service. I also had an Asus gaming laptop that caught on fire after 2 years of use; I thought they were at least reasonable at manufacturing monitors. Dont let the E-sports endorsements fool you, this is a poorly made product.

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Read the specs carefully, cause I didnt. The contrast on the monitor is 1000:1. Thats not a typo, you didnt read it wrong. One-thousand to one. Well every thing that was super lit up looks pretty good, anything leaning towards black looks awful. Darker colors look like someone took a camcorder into a movie theater and then compressed that video.

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The monitor worked great until the last week of use. I recently returned a 1440p asus ROG because of the same issue I’m having with this monitor. There’s a defect that causes a LINE down the middle of the screen, almost as if the panel is slightly offset a pixel or two vertically. I have to turn the monitor off to reset it. Sometimes two or three times. I’m also getting a center screen duplication around the borders/bezel of the monitor. Literally, whatever is displayed on the center of screen, it’s like that is scaled up 100% and is pictured as a border to the overall screen. Super annoying. For $500, and my 2nd Monitor into the asus ROG line, I thought I’d be taken care of. Unfortunately my window for return expired last week and I can’t go a different route. Had this monitor not had those glitches and defects, it’d have been way beyond my expectations. 240hz is nice, the quality of the actual stand and cable management is nice. The design is cool.

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