Asus PB287Q vs PB279Q

[doctor8ball]

Big difference in price between these two monitors, the larger (although larger by just one inch) being far cheaper.

Both are capable of 4k (3840x2160) at 60Hz.

PB279Q retails around £560
PB287Q retails around £370

So what's the other main differences between these two?

https://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/PB287Q/specifications/
https://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/PB279Q/specifications/

 

[Gingerbread]

The 279 is IPS which provides better picture and viewing angles.

 

[doctor8ball]

The 279 is IPS which provides better picture and viewing angles.

Thanks, also the IPS panels have longer response time than TN panels.

If I'm always looking and using the monitor directly in front, no viewing angle required, then the PB279Q would be a waste of investment?

 

[Sakkura]

The 279 is IPS which provides better picture and viewing angles.

Thanks, also the IPS panels have longer response time than TN panels.

If I'm always looking and using the monitor directly in front, no viewing angle required, then the PB279Q would be a waste of investment?

Not quite. You will always view different parts of the screen at different angles, and that's enough to produce a slight color shift on a TN panel. And the color accuracy of an IPS panel will already generally be better.

The TN panel may have less ghosting/motion blur when things are moving across the screen though.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Not all IPS have perfect contrast uniformity. This one is decent however. If both are 60 Hz, then there is no argument that's valid for response time... The only true 1 ms monitors are those with lightboost, and even then, you'll have to push 100 plus FPS for it to be effective. So that argument is based on lies, and lots of misinformation. Out of the two, the IPS is going to give you a better experience, provided you can live with backlight bleed and glow, problems which are obvious on IPS, but not TN.

 

[Sakkura]

The only true 1 ms monitors are those with lightboost, and even then, you'll have to push 100 plus FPS for it to be effective.

The relative difference in response time still remains - the TN panel is most likely significantly faster. And once you're at 60FPS on a 60Hz monitor, more FPS won't help in this area at all.

 

[Gingerbread]

Response time is not the same as the refresh rate of the monitor. It is usually g2g (grey to grey) and it is the time it takes for the picture to go from the darkest color to the brightest to the darkest again. As long as it is below 8ms, doesn't really matter.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Grey isn't the darkest. Testing and comparing stills is completely different from real world use. If what you're saying was true, then we wouldn't need 144 Hz TN's. But they still ghost, in refresh rate and response time go hand in hand in LCD's. There is a 60 Hz TN with no ghosting, if you're using lightboost on it, but you can see it flicker, just like a CRT. Have you guys actually used monitors or are you thinking that the testing on blurbusters for instance applies to real world use?