AOC CQ27G4H 27″ Curved Gaming Monitor, QHD 2K 2560×1440, 1500R VA, 180Hz 0.5ms, AMD FreeSync Premium, Height Adjustable Stand, Xbox PS5 Switch Compatiable, 3-Year Zero-Bright-dot

After using for almost quite a full year, and forgot to write a review many months ago…
The monitor is pretty good, but one has to remember it’s a VA panel. There is some blacklight bleed as all VAs have, I’ve not had issue, as it varies panel to panel in production of such. This is the second AOC monitor I’ve owned in like… 25 years. This monitor is better than my old VA panel Viotech generic brand one which had got in 2018 and went to the digital grave when attempting to use G-Sync or something late 2024. It was also 27″ sized screen like this one, but not as “strong” as the 1500R curve as this.This AOC monitor can do HDR if you want, but oh man that hurts my eyes sitting about an arm length away, so I don’t. G-Sync/VRR also works on this, but remember this isn’t an OLED/QD-LED so high frame rates and ghosting will happen, this is more for cinematic gaming/and browsing web/etc. Color is good, but not OLED/QD-OLED level. Documentation was kind of light, and they do expect you to download the monitor app for more in depth use and firmware updates.

Awesome monitor
I needed a high resolution big monitor. I saw this one as a return. It was in excellent, new shape. It’s a fantasic monitor. I didn’t really buy it for the curved but I think it helps my vision. It really helps me complete my work better. Since it was a return the price was fantastic. I am using it with a suface tablet and it works perfectly. I really do like this monitor.

Nice monitor, but hilariously crooked and unwieldy stand
This review is for the CQ27G4H 2K 27″ 1500R 180Hz curved gaming monitor. Paid about $199+tax for it around the time of Black Friday 2024.Full disclosure, was searching for a new monitor for both PS5 and PC gaming and was previously using a 1080p Vizio HDTV from like 2010. Any monitor nowadays would probably be an upgrade compared to that.Of what I tested, the visuals looked great for PS5 gaming. Supported 2K resolution with HDR at 120 Hz while playing supported games. No dead pixels or flickering; looked solid out of the box.Unfortunately, I stopped testing there and didn’t attempt to max out the performance by plugging in my gaming PC… Because, the monitor stand was hilariously crooked to the point of being unplayable. Notice the levels on the stand legs, and on the top of the monitor – this picture wasn’t taken at a weird angle, it’s taken from the front! This is NOT the type of stand that features rotating the monitor to portrait mode, too – and the piece that goes into the monitor is hard fixed to the stand stem, so there’s no adjusting it. (Checking Reddit and doing Google searches reveals that the monitor stand quality of AOC monitors can be very hit-or-miss.) The stand’s base is also a very sharp-angled V as opposed to a regular rectangular or round island shape, which I imagine can definitely get in the way and take up a strange amount of space on your desk.My options for the crooked stand were to attempt to unscrew some of the screws on the plate to try to realign it (but didn’t do that because I didn’t want to risk voiding warranty), or to contact AOC customer service. Contacting AOC’s customer service on their official website requires you to create an account, which is where I decided to throw in the towel and return the monitor. I had read a lot of customer service reviews with this company and seen many hit-or-miss stories too.I realize I also could have bought a third party 100×100 VESA mount stand, as this monitor does support that… But why should I have to immediately discard the stand that comes with the monitor and buy a replacement stand unless it were defective?This was my first time buying from this brand. Again, the monitor seemed fine for gaming, but the stand was very crooked and it wasn’t worth the extra effort for me to come up with a solution so I could keep it.

Very nice monitor
Great montiorWonderful refresh rate and clarity.The stand is a little awkward in terms of its footprint, but im assuming its to best distribute the weight.Easy to setup and ability to raise/lower, turn and tilt.For this size of a curved QHD monitor, its a great deal