TDLR: That this is one of the cheapest 144 Hz monitors does mean it will not be good at most things, but will do well for fast-paced gaming. I owned this item for over a year, so you should find typical issues below.
Before color and contrast corrections, my monitor color replication was off enough to be noticeable and distracting even while gaming. After color and contrast corrections (2 hours of effort), this monitor can be described as having between okay and decent color reproduction. This is one of the trade-offs for the price. If you are interested I set the following first before doing further corrections in Windows software: Contrast: 35, Brightness: 10, Gamma: Gamma3, Overdrive: Medium, Red: 48, Green: 50, Blue: 38. YMMV as every device is slightly different, but hopefully this is a good baseline.
The screen has no stuck pixels after a year. Max brightness can be extreme for this monitor (hence why I've set a brightness value of 10 above). Min brightness is significant if in a dark room, but I have managed to offset this by using f.lux's brightness change function (alt+page down, this is a monitor color and brightness software). Finally, there is a visible change in white saturation when going from this monitor's 60 Hz setting to 144 Hz. For more beauty oriented games (i.e. Skyrim) I recommend swapping to the 60 Hz mode, as low input lag is not really necessary for that game and the color enhancement is significant.
The 144 Hz aspect is obviously working and working well. Doing the UFO test yielded significantly stable frame rate with low to no jitter. Another obvious test, especially if you have a second monitor that is 60 Hz, is viewing the tail of your mouse cursor when moving quickly. Leveraging this in game has, in my opinion, significantly improved the ease of aiming for hitscan weapons (flicks and tracking), but this is expected for all high frequency monitors.
Now the problems section. The software for this monitor is buggy, and there appear to be some charge build up problems sometimes. The software bug manifests as the monitor continually seeking for a signal instead of shutting down/ entering power saving mode when your computer is turned off. This manifests as long periods of displaying black followed by a few seconds of bright white light from the "No Signal" notice. Because of this, if your gaming setup is in the same room as where you sleep, you will need to flip the power switch off. The charge build up issue manifests as the allowed frequency that the monitor can be driven at. This issue appears after playing for large periods of time (4+ hours) at 144 Hz. After turning off your computer and turning it on again, without turning off the monitor, the monitor will not allow a 144 Hz display port signal ("No Signal" will be displayed), but will respond to a 60 Hz signal. The reason I believe this to be charge build up is that flipping the monitors power switch to off while still plugged in will resolve the issue within 30 minutes. However, flipping the switch and disconnecting the power cable will cause the issue to last far longer (greater than 4 hours), which points to the charge build up not having an easy way to dissipate due to no ground connection. It can be said that the fix for the software glitch also resolves the hardware problem.
Despite the above issues, I still believe this is a great entry level 144 Hz monitor given the price.
| Standing screen display size | 24 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 4 |
