Watch out Asus, ViewSonic is gunning for you
Thanks To the aggressive prices of the latest UHD TVs, the value proposition of any given PC monitor is pretty parlous. Take the new ViewSonic XG2703-GS. For around $700, you get a paltry 27 inches of LCD panel, and a mere 2560x1440 pixels.
In UHD TV land, the astonishing reality is that $250 will buy you 40 inches and the full 4K complement of 3840x2160 pixels. That’s nigh on one third the money for roughly twice the screen, by the major metrics.
Of course, UHD TVs are not directly comparable with PC monitors. What’s more, ViewSonic’s latest looks pretty clever next to what is arguably its nemesis, the Asus ROG Swift PG279Q. Both monitors check an awful lot of the same boxes. We’re talking 27-inch, WQHD resolution, IPS panel technology, 165Hz refresh capability, and support for Nvidia’s G-Sync adaptive frame synching tech. And yet the new XG2703-GS comes in at a full $100 cheaper than its Asus competition. Nice.
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