Hp Omen 34c user here. I’m quite happy with it, even though HDR is not the best. it does a pretty good job in general and is fairly well balanced for the asking price.
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I have that Asus XG27ACS, bought it a couple of months this ago. I've been very happy with it. I've not used the stand it came with as I have desk mounted arms. The screen itself is very nice and works for both a free sync gaming monitor and the colours are good for my photo editing. It didn't cost a fortune either. I think its the cheapest monitor I've bought in 20 years but it's as good as any I've had before.
The monitors unboxed youtube channel does really good in-depth reviews and includes mixed usage. They also have good buying guides at various price points.
They also said in their last Q&A that there isn't a non oped monitor on the market that they can recommend for this use case ☹️
Yeah, so from them (Monitor Unboxed) and Rtings I had gotten to the point to purchase the DELL G2724D but unfortunately that ended in bad luck.
There is some risk of burn in, but it's pretty manageable for modern OLED monitors with normal usage. Like, it should last closer to a decade than a year, especially if you lower the brightness a little.
As you rightly point out, both IPS screens and OLED screens (plus related technologies) have their problems. Unfortunately, IPS still has that glow effect and OLD risks burn-in for productivity work. Since there is no readily-available technology that fixes both of these issues, you will ultimately have to consider what you value more and make a compromised decision. Take a look at comparison articles (example linked here is authored by one of the people from Hardware Unboxed) to see what they recommend within various categories of monitors.
I have an LG 38GN950-B, 1600p Ultrawide, IPS, 144Hz, and really like it.
For productivity, I think Ultrawide is great. WFH on this is really nice.
For gaming, it's kinda hit-and-miss. Many games just don't support UW, so you're stuck with black bars or have to mess around with mods, fixes or tools. While not a dealbreaker, when I upgrade in a couple of years, I'll probably just go back to 16:9, because of that.
IPS glow is there, but not really noticeable. I'm usually in a well-lit room, so that cancels out any glow I could notice out anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
I've been using VA Panels for a long time because of that IPS glow. My current main monitor is a iiyama GCB3480WQSU-B1 and I'm pretty happy with it.
How’s gaming on the monitor? I kept reading about how VA isn’t good for gaming due to black smearing and motion blur issue.
Yeah, the IPS glow is a major issue. When I bought the 24G2 4 years ago, it was on a whim and probably had luck. Now it’s tough to find a good IPS monitor.
I absolutely love my VA monitor. Never had an issue with motion blur (although I always turn it off in games) nor smearing to a noticeable degree, but I wonder if higher refresh rates can help alleviate it. I have a 165hz for reference
Gaming is fine, I haven't noticed any issues but I have to admit that I'm a casual gamer at most. The monitor supports FreeSync and refresh rates up to 165Hz.
I haven't compared VA to OLED yet, but the latter costs at least twice as much where I live. For me personally, I don't think that's worth it. My previous monitor was a Samsung CF791 with Quantum-Dot but honestly I find the iiyama to have nicer colors. That's highly subjective of course and the CF791 was released roughly 10 years ago, so take this with a grain of salt.
There are some high performance VA panels that are good for gaming. Samsung Odyssey Neo G7/G8 for example.
Are there really no mini-LED monitors in your country? I'm a really big advocate of them. As close to OLED HDR performance as you can get without burn-in and with better peak brightness. I'm currently using a Cooler Master GP27Q that I got for cheap as an opened box, which has been a really solid monitor for the cheap cheap price I got it for (couple hundred euros).
I think a 27 inch 1440p monitor with 2000+ dimming zones will be the sweet spot between performance and affordability, though none like that are on the market yet.