Hazro HZ27WC review

The downside is that this glossy finish picks up reflections, and in an office environment with harsh overhead lighting this can be a curse. To be truly appreciated, the HZ27WC should be used in a dimly-lit room – the natural habitat of the gamer – so it’s no surprise to find that gamers are one of Hazro’s target markets for the display. The monitor has fairly low 6ms response times, which makes it suitable for fast-paced action.

One thing we haven’t mentioned so far is movies, and there’s a reason for that: the HZ27WC doesn’t support HDCP, so you won’t be able to play Blu-ray discs from your PC on this monitor. You’ll be fine with downloaded HD content such as that from iTunes, though.

On paper, you might think that a £419 monitor without any image controls (apart from brightness), no HDCP and a single input would be poor value, but the HZ27WC’s image quality has to be seen to be believed. IPS panels seem to be coming down in price, long overdue in our opinion, but until they are more widespread the HZ27WC is one of the cheapest ways to take advantage of the technology’s superior image quality. It wins our Ultimate award.