ASUS TUF Gaming VG289Q1A 28” Monitor, 4K UHD (3840 x 2160), IPS, Adaptive-Sync/ FreeSync, Eye Care, DisplayPort HDMI, DCI-P3 HDR 10, Shadow Boost, Black

It is great for gaming haven’t a single complaint

Great monitor and excellent price to value ratio product. This monitor doesn’t have any backlight bleeding problem which is even common on other high end IPS monitor I had. The color coverage and brightness level put it comparable with other HDR400 certified monitors. At least I didn’t notice any difference between the HDR content generated by this and Acer XV 282K (it has peak brightness around 450 nits).

The gaming experience is great overall, especially you play 3A games instead of FPS games which require higher refresh rate, but highly recommend to set the monitor to higher level overdrive to reduce response time. The only down side is its relative low refresh rate. You will notice some lags in motions when playing competitive FPS games.

Watching shows and daily work (like programming, Word, Excel) are also very enjoyable on this monitor. I feel like the contrast ratio is better than the stated measurement when I watch shows, perhaps because it doesn’t have any backlight bleeding problem.

The experience with this monitor makes me feel other high-end monitors are way overpriced. I even bought another Acer XV282K to compare with, but I only kept this one.

The monitor looks great, and functions really well, in all the ways you’d expect. I use it mostly for work, with the occasional foray into Google Stadia games, and I have thoroughly enjoyed having such a big, beautiful, high res monitor to get things done and do some light gaming. For the price I haven’t seen anything else close to this good.

My only issue is that there seems to be a problem with the sound when run through the monitor. I have tried running both PC and Mac through the 1/8″ jack in the monitor, and it just doesn’t seem to work. Sound is incredibly quiet, and adjusting the volume of the monitor itself (which is weirdly buried in system menus) seems to have no effect whatsoever. I’ve tried adjusting all kinds of settings on my computers, but nothing works.

In any case, most of the time I’m using headphones or can just run the sound direct from the computer headphone output to my speakers, bypassing the monitor altogether. It works fine, it’s just odd that this function of the monitor seems to be broken when everything else about the monitor is excellent.

I’m switching from 2021 Sam sung 4k 28″ monitors that both failed right after the warranty expired. I’ve always had good luck with Asus products, so I chose to go back to Asus on my monitors as well. No regrets with buying two of these to replace them! 1st improvement is that these do not have wall warts or power supply bricks, so cabling was a breeze with the standard PC 3-pin power cables. 2nd feature I like is the super thin, almost frameless design. While the viewable size isn’t the size of the actual display when off, it adds for a sleek look, especially when running two side-by-side. The image quality is excellent, brightness is good, and response time is perfect. I have a gaming PC connected to both, A PS5 to one, and a Raspberry Pi 4 and MS Surface connected to the other. The monitors transition seamlessly from one input to the other as things are powered on.. a feature with my Sam sungs that was a pain because I had to cycle inputs manually behind the monitors. The stand has 4 screws holding it in that can be used for the VESA mounting which is a great design. Last but not least, these have a gaming mode.. so playing hardcore in COD, the displays have a customizable and adjustable on-screen sight to assist. Love it!

You should buy this one, it’s best for the price. Try using SVP software, it made my monitor look 10 times better after adjusting brightness, contrast & saturation settings in my media players (you also need to setup the proper codecs in media players or HDR will not work at all, google how to get your media players to work with SVP to get HDR to work… mine wasn’t even working even though I thought it was). I seek through the video to a dark spot and set your brightness, contrast and saturation in the media player there. After this, the darks and brights are so unbelievably awesome because there is 60 times more color than SDR, and the rest of the colors makes a difference too. I never had a clue it could look this good!! Use the DisplayPort Cable they give you in the box (it is superior to hdmi). Also, make sure you go Windows > Settings > System > HDR Option (turn on), and click above that option for more HDR options. There, the windows “HDR/SDR brightness balance” slider controls the SDR still visible (only the HDR pictures and videos can be HDR, so the rest is SDR, and therefore that slider does not affect the HDR at all.

Change settings in monitor before switching to HDR mode in Windows, because you cannot change any monitor settings in HDR mode. (choose different modes in “GameVisual” category, I think Cinema Mode and Racing Mode or something allows you to change brightness, contrast, and even saturation.)

After that, you never would have guessed it could make such a difference! Just remember to turn the HDR back off and on.

Also, it literally gives off any heat at all somehow even though it’s so huge and powerful! It even has cheesy speakers don’t expect much there though haha.

The DisplayPort cord they gave stopped working (or something? idk haha) It’s just a cheap cord, you should buy a good one!

Overall, since I always use headphones, not the speakers, I give this monitor 10 out of 10 in everything else.