AOC C32G2 32 Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor FHD, 1500R Curved VA, 1ms, 165Hz, FreeSync, Height adjustable, 3-Year Zero Dead Pixel Policy, Black

I got this monitor about a month ago. I put off this review because i was skeptical. All those specs for under 400. Pros: cheep, great picture quality, good size, and great specs. Cons. It has an aqward pixel resolution. So the pixel resolution looks great. The only thing that makes it aqward is not all games even newer ones have a setting for it. But i have found its not much of a problem you just need to spend time getting as close as you can on the game settings. The main game i had a problem with was overwatch 2. The best i could get is good and not a problem for a casual player. But i still have two small black bars on the side on it. Do i recommend? Yes. Absolutely. My brother has the neo g5 and spend about 100-200 more on it then i did on this one. This one is not only cheep but from what me and my brother have found is that it also preforms better then the g5. The build quality is great, the specs are compeating with a lot of the higher grade monitors. Highly recommend

Pros: - That price! $450 for these specs is a steal. - 3440 x 1440 resolution at 144hz is absolutely stunning. The added screen real estate in games and desktop use is phenomenal. - Freesync appears to work almost flawlessly in most games tested I have tested. - This monitor comes calibrated from the factory, and AOC even includes a calibration report. Mine was calibrated in SRGB mode, which I would assume most others will be as well. They claim delta Es under 3, averaging 0.51. I dont have the gear to test this claim, but by eye it appears to be very accurate. - The contrast is about where you would expect a VA panel to be, which is always good. - Gets plenty bright for those of us who like to use their computers in bright rooms. - This monitor shows up as having 10 bit color depth, though it is potentially 8 bit with dithering (which is still great). - Great uniformity. There are no issues with grey uniformity and the screen brightness is very uniform. - More options than most monitors! Always good to see. - If you like black frame insertion, this monitor has it. - Setting up the stand only requires 1 screw and it attaches to the monitor tool-less. - Has all of the useful adjustments you would want in a monitor. - Standard AC power cord! By all means, this is a minor point, but its a very nice convenience. - Basic HDR support is technically a pro. Cons: - HDR support on this monitor doesnt do much, 400 nits isnt terribly bright for HDR, theres no local dimming and Windows support is terrible. Maxing the brightness will probably give you a less buggy experience than what HDR adds. - Black uniformity, while better than most monitors (especially curved ones), does still have a very small amount of clouding mostly around the left and right edges of the display. - Response times. I dont consider myself someone who notices ghosting much, but I can notice some of it on this monitor. Setting the overdrive to medium gets rid of most of it, though if youre more sensitive to ghosting you will likely still notice it. Setting overdrive to strong will give you overshoot, but not as much ghosting. - AOCs decision to continue to use 4 buttons along the bottom of the display for the OSD is extremely unfortunate. A joystick would have been far better. You can somewhat circumvent it by downloading the G-Menu software from their website, but you shouldnt have to install software to change settings easily. - The construction is mostly plastic. I dont think this a deal breaker, and it feels sturdy by plastic standards, but it is worth mentioning. - Viewing angles arent as good as an IPS display if you frequently work off-center or have a multi-monitor setup. - BFI noticeably dims the monitor, and it cannot be used with adaptive sync. If you would like both of these features, the ASUS VG27AQ allows this, though that display is not an ultrawide.

My son loves it! He games constantly, on PC and PlayStation... This monitor is fantastic. Excellent fps for all the action scenes, amazing color, and that curve is sleek. Excellent price. Definitely buy the thing.

When the monitor isnt getting a signal, it makes a slight buzzing sound, which is super annoying. This happens when it is turned off, or when in sleep mode. Does anyone else have this problem? Other than that, the picture quality is great. I had the prior generation also, and it didnt make any such buzzing sound I decided to return the item since the clicking/buzzing annoyed me. others dont seem to have this issue, so perhaps its unique to my unit. wont be trying with another of the same model

Definitely the best bang for your buck, the screen is huge and it’s super responsive.

(The images are a little deceiving since theres glare and the curved screen looks smaller from the angle but the left and right monitors are both 27 inch. Also laptop is a 13 inch. Excuse the clutter, was still setting up.) So far so good, day 2. Love the slanted usb ports that are on the bottom right hand side of the screen (behind screen) and the cable management is clean/easy. Picture is clear and the refresh rate is great. Upgraded from a 27 inch 2k 144hz non curved Dell and I dont think Ill go back to a non curved screen ever. Already using it for both work and gaming rig, changing inputs is a tiny bit annoying just because the buttons are more recessed than previous monitor. But overall a very easy process. The snapping of multiple windows on the screen is absolutely a game change for me, the screen size basically gives me two screens and for working/multitasking it has been fantastic. The gaming side I havent dont much yet but ran one game of rocket league and already in love with the field of view difference. Of course thats expected since Im moving up 7 or so inches in monitor size. All in all Im very happy with the purchase and I love the monitor. Just tinkered with the PIP and PBP this morning, excited to use it and can see some instances (probably non productive) where that will be handy and neat. Edit 1 3/18/21: finally got some gaming in and it is nice. Rocket league, EVE and some warhammer. Nothing too fancy but the refresh is nice, the field of view is honestly just so much to get used to but in a good way. Feels great and looks awesome. Im sure this would be pretty gnarly for fpss and other games.

The monitor is very nice. I had no issues with using it, besides the OSD being a bit finicky. The few reason I bought this are because of the price point and the warranty. I bought it for around $430 and it was great. Give it about 4 months and I accidentally scratch the screen pretty badly. I think “well, okay I’ll just use their 1-year 1-time accidental damage warranty to replace it.” My first call to customer service and they had construction work in the background and my voice echoed so bad I had to put them on speaker. I ask to use my one time warranty, and get this- they didn’t ask me for order invoice, address, serial number- none of that. They ask what damage it was so I told them the screen was scratched. They proceed to tell me that the accidental damage warranty only covers cracked screens, which I say “BS” I’m on their website and they claim it covers “all accidental damage including monitors falling on the floor, acts of God, or even nuclear war. One incident covered, for up to 1-year from the date of the purchase.” So I say “you’re telling me the warranty covers nuclear war and all accidental damage but not a scratched screen?” And he says “I guess so.” So now I paid $430 for a decent monitor and a scam of a warranty. An absolute scam and a blatant lie. Either that or they need to fire that man and actually maintain their reputation.

The image quality is superb. Both for gaming and for videos. The design is elegant and really doesnt take upo as much space as I expected. Its just an amazing monitor for the price

Does everything advertised. Instruction manual in several languages but lacks content. Monitor is bright colors are vivid. Have not seen any dead pixels yet. Recommend the product a great monitor for the price.

For me, its LG then everything else as it relates to quality. PC Monitors are just terrible. Im not saying that PC Monitors can barely be made out, but it just really sad that out of all the budget monitors, this is probably the best. Now Im not saying that there arent any 4k monitors are good, but really 1440p monitors w/high refresh monitors are really gaming monitors. 1440p is highly efficient with high refresh rate. To me if youre going 4K, you really need to get an LG monitor. Getting a 4K LCD really doesnt make sense. So since I dont have OLED LG money right now, Im going for the 1440p ultra wide. I make and build content for youtube on transformational gaming. So Ultra wide is what Im looking for. Sadly, this is the best 1440p wide monitor there is as far as budget. This has a high refresh rate and all the bells and whistles with gSync. But the bad news is that the color and picture are terrible. And when I say terrible I mean compared to OLED. I have the CX 65 inch in my living room. When I come back to this monitor, it just looks that much worse. I wish they can do updates to this tv like the LG. Im sure there are some calibration they can do to make it better. But wow... if you want a wide screen with high refresh rates at 1440, you have to settles for this monitor. You can go for a 2400x1440 if you play games but again I need ultra wide at 3440x1440p for content creation. So eventually Im going to get a 4K OLED monitor but right now to me its this one that has everything I need and its the only brand that has it. So its almost like a monopoly at least at this price point. Ill make a video about this product soon. Lastly, if youre moving from one place to another, my advice is to keep the box that it came with and put the monitor back in the box while moving. Anything else and youre going to end like me and have to replace it. Thats right, this thing cracks like an egg. Ill talk about this more on the channel.