AOC has simply unveiled its new C27G4ZXE 27-inch gaming monitor, which not solely boasts some strong esports-centric specs, but additionally contains one actually easy addition to assist enhance the lives of players on a price range and with restricted area. Fairly merely, it has a small stand.
This easy innovation means players have extra space to maneuver their mouse, in addition to extra room to reposition their mouse pad, keyboard, and mouse. There’s no assure that AOC‘s new show shall be the most effective gaming displays obtainable, however its stand design is a straightforward little tweak that might tip the shopping for stability for some.
Particularly, AOC has thought of how players typically like to drag their show ahead and place their keyboard at a cushty angle. The general dimensions of the stand’s base – which AOC doesn’t truly state – don’t look like dramatically smaller than some monitor stands. Crucially, nevertheless, as a substitute of being rectangular, the entrance corners of the stand are angled again. This offers extra room to place your peripherals as you please.
That is all in stark distinction to the numerous V-shaped stands we’ve seen on gaming displays over time. Whereas this fashion of stand does admittedly look fairly elegant, it’s impractical in a number of methods. Not solely can the factors of the V form encroach on the area on your keyboard, mouse, and mousepad, however it will also be a ache to slot in and across the different objects in your desk.
V-shaped stands may even make the show much less regular. On some shows, if the top of simply one of many V legs slips over the sting of the desk, the entire show will come crashing down. With a easy flat, sq. (or, on this case, rectangular) stand, way more of the stand has to slip over the sting for the show to fall.
That will sound like a distinct segment consideration however there are a number of situations the place it might come up. Perhaps you’re cleansing your desk or putting in and organising a show for the primary time. Maybe you’re packing it away for promoting or transferring your own home, or rearranging the workplace. There are many events the place you may place a monitor down with out full forethought or maybe nudge into one.
Again to the C27G4ZXE, this show is remarkably just like AOC’s different only in the near past introduced 27-inch gaming show, the C27G2Z3/BK. Each sport a 1080p decision with a 280Hz most refresh price, and as much as a 1ms gray-to-gray response time with a 0.5ms movement image response time. The latter is achieved because of a backlight strobing blur discount mode.
It makes use of a VA panel, which is historically thought of the slowest-responding of the LCD panel varieties – so not usually supreme for esports – however these response time figures above recommend it’s a succesful panel (we’ll have to check it to search out out). Furthermore, that VA panel will get you a excessive 4,000:1 distinction ratio that ought to outcome on this show producing deep blacks and offering a punchy, partaking picture. Adaptive sync can be included to take away picture tearing and stutter.
There’s one draw back to this show, although, which is that whereas its stand is compact, it doesn’t embody peak adjustment or some other adjustment than tilt. So, paradoxically, chances are you’ll must both use a monitor arm as a substitute of the stand, or need to stack it on some books (or a monitor riser corresponding to this one), to get it to your most popular peak.
The AOC C27G4ZXE launch date is in July 2024, and its value is £219.99 (~$225) within the UK. It’s not clear which different areas shall be getting the brand new show, however hopefully it would make its strategy to US shores too.
Within the meantime, for those who’re uncertain about which LCD monitor kind is best for you, take a look at our IPS vs TN vs VA information to search out out extra.
