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AOC Q2770Pqu review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £389
inc VAT

A 27in monitor with a 2,560 x 1,440 resolution and superb picture quality

You’d expect a large, 2,560×1,440 display to be overly expensive, but that isn’t the case with the AOC Q2770Pqu, one of the cheapest 27in, 2,560×1,440 monitors we’ve seen. It’s also one of the best, as our colour calibrator showed it was already displaying 100 per cent of the sRGB colour gamut at its default settings, so you don’t have to calibrate the monitor to get the best image quality.

AOC Q2770Pqu

This is partly because the Q2270Pqu uses a Super-PLS LCD panel, which is an evolution of IPS panel technology. Generally speaking, IPS screens have excellent colour accuracy, but Super-PLS panels supposedly produce even better colours. Super PLS panels we’ve tested in the past haven’t always conformed to this theory, though, a case in point being the Philips 272P4QPJKEB/00, but we were pleased to see the Q2770Pqu was an exception.

Super-PLS panels are also meant to have wider viewing angles than IPS monitors. This was certainly true with the Q2770Pqu, as we were able to see the screen clearly even when we were looking at the screen side-on.

Unsurprisingly, the Q2270Pqu looked fantastic in our subjective image tests. Our solid reds, greens and blues all looked as rich and vibrant as our reference monitor, and the monitor’s low black level of 0.28cd/m2 meant that blacks looked deep all the way across the screen. We didn’t see any traces of backlight bleeding either, and whites were clean and bright.

AOC Q2770Pqu

We were pleased with the monitor’s contrast levels, too. We measured a contrast ratio of 931:1 with our colour calibrator, which isn’t far off AOC’s claimed figure of 1,000:1. A few of our high contrast test images were a little dark in places, but on the whole we were able to pick out a great level of detail in all our test photos. Night shots were particularly well-illuminated, but we did notice a very small amount of glare onscreen when the monitor was facing direct sunlight. This made it a little difficult to see the detail in particularly deep shadow areas, but the monitor’s flexible stand made this very easy to correct.

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Basic Specifications

Rating*****

Physical

Viewable size27 in
Native resolution2,560×1,440
Contrast ratio1,000:1
Brightness300cd/m²
Horizontal viewing angle178°
Vertical viewing angle178°
Response time5ms
Response time typegrey-to-grey
Screen depth20mm
Base (WxD)245x245mm
Screen elevation130mm

Features

Portrait modeyes
Wall mount optionyes
Height adjustableyes
Detachable cablesyes
USB hub2-port USB2 hub, 2-port USB3 hub
Integrated power supplyyes
Kensington lock lugyes
Display extrasheadphone output
VGA inputyes
DVI inputyes
S-video inputno
Component inputno
Composite inputno
HDCP supportyes
Audio inputs3.5mm line in

Environmental

Power consumption standby1W
Power consumption on25W

Buying Information

Price£389
Supplierhttp://www.debenhamsplus.com
Detailswww.aoc-europe.com
Warrantythree years RTB

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