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The AOC AGON AG493UCX ships in a dark box, with a large image of the screen visible on the front, next to the words ‘buff your play.'
The first thing you need to know about this screen is just how large it is. The 49in panel means, from edge to edge, the AG493UCX measures about 1.2m across, so you will certainly need a desk large enough to house it comfortably.
As for the actual styling of the screen though, it is relatively understated – I think AOC wisely decided having a screen of this size and aspect ratio was enough of a statement on its own, without adding loads of RGB lighting and other ‘gamer-y' design elements. We can see a bezel-less approach to the top and sides of the screen, while there's a 15mm chin at the bottom with a brushed effect.
On the back, we can see a small red AGON logo above the stand, but other than that and a horizontal line going across the rear panel, it's otherwise plain.
The included stand mounts using a VESA 100 system, so swapping it out for a custom arm or stand is easily done. However, we get up to 100mm of height adjust, swivel 15.5 degrees left and right, as well as tilt from 3.5-13.5 degrees with the included stand, so I'd say that is pretty good going.
It's also good to see a healthy set of inputs. There's 2x HDMI 2.0 and 2x DisplayPort 1.4 connectors, as well as 1x USB-C which carries a DisplayPort signal. Next to the video inputs we find 1x USB upstream port, and then three downstream ports, the yellow one being ‘always on'. Thanks to integrated KVM hardware, it's even possible to hook up a keyboard and mouse and share them between two systems connected to the USB-C and DisplayPort 2 ports. Lastly, we can see 1x 3.5mm audio jack, and a pair of 5W speakers.
Under the right hand edge of the screen we can note five buttons which can be used to control the OSD. However, as we see on the next page, a remote control is also included which is much easier to use than these buttons.
