Question Looking for a monitor with even backlight and colors

owoc12

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I'm trying to buy a monitor but I'm returning every one I get. Now I'm on my 5th and also thinking about returning it. Every one of them had uneven colors. On white background the sides are darker, one unit had blue hue on the left and pink on the right. I cannot unsee this and please tell me, are there any monitors with even colors? Where on white background I would see the same white no matter at which part I look? Or is every monitor uneven like this? I just don't know what to get anymore. I'm looking at monitors in about 250€ price range. It has to be 2k at min 144hz.

The ones I already tried:
- philips 27" 27m2n5500/00 (3 units)
- Lenovo R27ge
- AOC Q27G4X

Right now I'm thinking about MSI MAG 274QRFW
 
All IPS panels suffer from some form of backlight variance. Blue or yellow highlights are common, Pink maybe related to a particular IR filter. Many panels have a purple tinge when off which I believe is a manganese based coating if memory serves.

G27Q seems to top Rtings charts in that price range for an IPS panel:

I added black and gray uniformity to their table.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/table/137078

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JPrYcf/gigabyte-g27q-270-2560x1440-144-hz-monitor-g27q

Perhaps this VA with a Micro LED backlight:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7Q...-p3-270-2560-x-1440-170-hz-monitor-umhxxaa302
 
You're going to have to go OLED (or higher end IPS/VA marketed to artists rather than gamers) to get significantly more consistent and higher quality color. Either way, your budget isn't going to be sufficient.
 
I'm trying to buy a monitor but I'm returning every one I get. Now I'm on my 5th and also thinking about returning it. Every one of them had uneven colors. On white background the sides are darker, one unit had blue hue on the left and pink on the right. I cannot unsee this and please tell me, are there any monitors with even colors? Where on white background I would see the same white no matter at which part I look? Or is every monitor uneven like this? I just don't know what to get anymore. I'm looking at monitors in about 250€ price range. It has to be 2k at min 144hz.

The ones I already tried:
- philips 27" 27m2n5500/00 (3 units)
- Lenovo R27ge
- AOC Q27G4X

Right now I'm thinking about MSI MAG 274QRFW

i use

LG UltraGear Gaming Monitor 27GS75Q, 27 inch

the colour is decent your going to suffer with some issues on any monitor.

other then that you may want to try a 10 bit panel over a 8 bit which can even the colours out due to a broader range.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-M...mzn1.fos.10e259bf-5156-4635-9851-d093c487e62a


https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Gamin...INHOUSE_INSTALLMENTS:UK_IHI_5M_AUTOMATED&th=1


there isnt a easy answer for this and even amazon may refuse a refund as theres technically nothing wrong with your monitor but your proception of it.
 
It seems crazy to me because my old lg ips from 2016 had none of these issues and it cost like 100€. And all these new monitors look worse despite costing over 2x more