Question Is it possible to get rid of black smearing on VA monitors ? (AOC CU34G2X)

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Im using AOC CU34G2X and mainly playing WoW.Black smearing isnt "that bad" but im a person who likes to keep everything perfect if possible.I tested different settings and tried UFO test,its not that bad but somehow in wow i can still notice it.Overdrive settings didnt matter in game,but in ufo testing only.

 

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It's the same as the situation with Color wheel DLP (which use thousands of tiny mirrors)--if you are one of the unfortunate people that see flashing sparkles everywhere on a DLP projector, then DLP is not for you.

With VA, some people can see a purpling in blacks that mostly appears as you barely move off-axis from dead-on perpendicular. It really depends on how sensitive your eyes are to it. I can't see it so prefer VA over IPS, but if you can see it the only workaround is to angle the monitor further off-axis. Otherwise if it bothers you, VA is just not for you.

Specs can be misleading, and VA is just as fast as IPS for full black-to-white response time so if this the only spec you see, well it doesn't tell the whole story. VA tends to have far slower response times when slightly changing shades and can be over 100ms for something like black to dark gray, causing visible ghosting for only dark colors, which is commonly called black smearing. It's obviously not going to be an issue for office use or watching movies, but can be for gaming or watching sports--which is why TN is still generally recommended for those especially if you can't afford OLED. Some manufacturers use an Overdrive circuit just as with IPS (which is the technique of blasting extra voltage at the pixel until it does change to speed this up, then strongly reversing it after) which can cause overshoot artifacts and accuracy issues unless done perfectly, and of course is hardware so something that must be added when the monitor was made. Bottom line is if this bothers you for the uses you are using the monitor for, then that monitor or even VA in general is not for you.