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The ASUS VG278HE 27” 144hz monitor arrives in a colourful box featuring an image of the product and key selling points. The box is quite heavy, weighing 11.6kg. It measures 732 mm x 560 mm x 176 mm (WxHxD).
The bundle includes the heavy base, a dual link DVI and VGA cable, power cable, audio cable, quick start guide and warranty card.
The base has the letters ‘3D' emblazoned on the surface, and underneath it is attached to the main stand via two large thumbscrews.
These thumbscrews are totally tool-less and can be laid flat so the base can rotate on its axis.
The ASUS VG278HE is a TN, rather than IPS LCD panel. There are very few IPS based 120hz+ screens available right now. It is an expensive looking screen. We like the glossy bezel and base, although they both easily attract finger prints. The monitor weighs around 8kg. It measures 643 mm x 438 mm x 250 mm (WxHxD) when assembled.
There are two 3W speakers installed in the VG278HE which will be useful for basic tasks, although they won't be replacing a dedicated set of speakers.
When assembled, the panel can tilt between +15°~-5° and it can also swivel.
There is a height adjustment on the stand and ASUS have included a VESA wall mounting 100mm x 100mm location in the central area of the rear of the panel, shown above.
The ASUS logo takes pride of position centrally at the bottom of the panel, as shown above.
On the left of the screen is an ‘HDMI' logo. Along the right of the screen are a series of indicators for the buttons underneath. These adjust the onscreen menu, turn the screen off/on, and change the input connector.
We like the fact that ASUS have adopted physical buttons on this screen, rather than touch sensors which can often fail to work intuitively. The power button is larger than the others, so it is easy to ‘feel' the difference with a finger tip.
There is a power connector on the left side of the screen, and a DVI, HDMI (1.4), VGA and PC Audio input via a 3.5mm Mini Jack. This DVI port is a Dual link DVI-D version so it can properly support the 144hz refresh rate (full NVIDIA 3D Vision support). There is no DisplayPort on the VG278HE.
Ive never been impressed with a 3D gaming monitor outside of 3D gaming. they always seem to have poor backlighting consistenty
3d monitors suck, I have yet to see one I would use for everything, not just gaming.
Yeah im not a big fan of 3D monitors either, waste of cash.
I wouldnt say they were a waste of cash, they just have to make a lot of compromises at times to get the 3D working well. Even the high end 3D televisions have many weaknesses, unless you opt for a full backlit version, rather than edge lit, but they cost twice as much. OLED will transform this industry when the price comes down.
OLED is still some time away in the mainstream – still expensive. I agree it would make the whole industry wake up to better quality screens.
A bit of confusion here. The “extra” processing is in the video card. 72 fps is easy to do and requires 144 Hz input to do 3D. GPUs can easily do over 60 fps in 2D and dropping down to 60 fps to sync with a limited refresh rate of 120 Hz is a bit of a trade off. The additional frames are not the extra 24 Hz of refresh bandwidth but the 16 frames that match the magic number for motion fusion. Hope this helps.
I’ve yet to see a reviewer (or gamer) apart from me and my friends that actually notice why else you would be a 120hz or 144hz monitor….. SMOOTHNESS.
I don’t use and I actually hate 3D but 120+ hz is smooth as silk, you notice the jerkyness of a 60hz monitor after using a 120hz monitor in 2d mode wow…. I would never go back. EVERYONE seems to miss that point?
First off, the monitor is not intended for Photo Editing. This is made obvious by all reviewers except for this one. 2nd, the audience for gaming is much bigger than you think. And most people buying this monitor are not going to use the 3d function. We are more interested in the FPS and lack of tracers when firing your weapon etc which is why it is a gaming Monitor. If you are doing photo editing then this is not the monitor for you. I love mine and it was worth the upgrade. I was using a 60hz 24″ Dell ultrasharp so i definitely saw an improvement since my Dell Monitor is about 8 years old.
for heavy gamers like myself and many others, this is a essential peace in improving your gameplay, because with a powerfull pc, and this monitor, you can turn V-sync on and be locked at 120FPS or 144FPS and for ppl that don’t know what that brings, its an incredible smooth/fluid movement tracking, and that means you can aim ALOT better, and all small movements will be more noticeable simply because, there will be no lost frames and no screen tear. if thats not apealing to you, then well, don’t buy this monitor, but I can leave without it.