HP 27-inch QHD Gaming with Tilt/Height Adjustment with AMD FreeSync Premium Technology (X27q, 2021 model)

It’s been a while since I last upgraded my monitor, an upgrade I thought was not as worthwhile as say a whole new computer, or a shiny new keyboard. It appears I was wrong to underestimate the power of a monitor upgrade. One of the main features of the HP Monitorx27q is that it reduces blue light, allowing one to partake in long sessions of gaming, online shopping or essay typing without the eye strain that other monitor screens may give you. Previously, I would have to wear Anti Blue Light glasses if I wanted to sit at the screen for more than 30 minutes without bringing discomfort upon my eyeballs. Now, I haven’t worn those glasses once, not even during a long, Saturday night gaming marathon. My eyes have sung many songs of joy, being free of the restraints of blue light. As for general quality of life improvements I experienced: 1. Adjustable height and angle, rather than just the angle 2. Button placement in vertical order on the backside, rather than having to fumble around on the underside looking for the right button 3. Large screen for greater immersion 4. Just looks nicer visually, both the monitor itself and whatever it’s displaying.

I gave this 5 stars because of the speed of delivery, especially during Christmas week. He had it 4 days earlier than expected. I cant attest to the quality or anything else because I havent used it. Ive asked him how it works and if hes happy and he smiled and said yes and anyone with a teen knows thats as good as it gets. Hes been gaming for 4 years and has a YouTube channel so Im assuming that he knows what hes talking about.

Bought two of these to pair up with a 4070 Ti video card. They arent true HDR, but theyre nice.

For the price I paid of roughly 150 dollars you cant do better.

Excellent Value

This is a very new 165Hz gaming monitor and as such there unfortunately isnt many reviews for it out there so I decided Id write a few words regarding my experience with it thus far. I have been using the HP X27q for a few days now and so far I absolutely love it. The screen is absolutely beautiful and in my personal opinion it feels like 27 seems to be a pretty good sweet spot for the QHD (2560 x 1440) resolution that this monitor provides. The Height Adjustment mechanism is very smooth as well. It was very easy to setup and it came with a DisplayPort cable in the box which was a nice bonus. For my use case I mostly use the monitor connected via DisplayPort to my desktop computer with an AMD graphics card. However, I did temporarily connect it to my gaming laptop which uses Nvidia and while the monitor uses AMD FreeSync Premium and isnt listed as G-Sync compatible I manually enabled G-Sync within the Nvidia software on my laptop and it seemed to work just fine in my limited testing. (I should note that the G-Sync option will only appear when the monitor is connected via the DisplayPort.) I also tested my laptop connected to the monitor’s HDMI port using a premium Cable Matters HDMI cable and was getting a 144Hz refresh rate at the maximum resolution in the few games that I tested. The only very minor annoyance that I have is that you have to reach your hand around the back of the right side of the monitor to access the controls.

Got it from recent Amazon treasure truck deal. It had everything specs I wanted. IPS/ 1440P/ 165HZ(I was happy with 144hz so it was plus)/ Vesa/ Fast response time/ No crazy gaming monitor design which is perfect for work + gaming set up/ HDR/ Gsync (Not certified but it works)/ and above all crazy good price. I set it up right next to the AOC cq27g2 which I have been used about 1.5 year. It did not had dead pixel and there were bit of IPS light bleeding but not too crazy and was not impacting my gaming at all. No issues for QC. However It didnt really gave me better experience compare to AOC CQ27G2 which priced very similar to this HP X27Q. It had more like very similar color and clearness and gaming performance with AOCs VA panel. I hoped IPS gave be different feeling and experience than VA but I am not seeing much Upgrade. Also when I turn on HDR I also getting high pitch sound as other reviewers mentioned as Coil whine and HDR didnt make any difference watching movies/ videos. Look other if you really into HDR. For the price I am very very happy with HP X27Q. Recommend for entry level IPS gaming monitor.

Ive received six of these so far – a mix of the LIM111 (1x), LIM101 (1x), and BIM111 (4x) revisions. Both LIM revisions appear identical in all aspects that I can see, while the BIM revisions have some serious quality differences. See attached photos for a comparison (LIM on left and BIM on right). The stock color difference is not as extreme as it looks, thats just distortion on camera due to the anti-glare coating, its only roughly half as bad. LIM111/LIM101 (LG): • No flickering • Good anti-glare coating and no visible graininess • Beautiful and vibrant color • Strong and accurate whites/grays • Great viewing angles • Moderate IPS glow BIM111 (BOE): • Flickers a lot (more on that below) • Excessive anti-glare coating that causes visible graininess on the screen • Weaker color vibrancy • Weaker whites/grays • Poor viewing angles • Minimal IPS glow For those who have a mix of BIM and LIM revisions, I recommend trying out custom RGB on both – (245, 255, 255) on LIM and (255, 255, 255) on BIM. Theres still a noticeable difference, you cant get them to match without drastically hurting color accuracy on LIM, but its a decent improvement. Do not install an ICC profile on the BIM revisions unless its specifically tuned for it. 3 of the 4 BOE panels that I received flicker, including replacements from different warehouses. The flickering is like a momentary 20-30% drop in brightness, and it happens in batches of 2-3 times over the course of several seconds, generally reoccurring every 5-30 minutes. I couldnt find any settings that helped, including reducing the refresh rate and disabling adaptive sync, nor swapping the cables with a LIM panel that didnt flicker. It seems like theres possibly a flicker lottery going on here too...

Probably the best 1440p monitor you can get for the price. Comes with DP cable (No HDMI). Colors look great and I haven’t had any issues with dead pixels or backlight bleeding. Definitely should go with this if you’re balling on a budget.

You arent going to get a better monitor without spending double. There are cheaper monitors on the market, but they tend to have really dim light and poor color quality. This monitor is very bright, smooth, and has amazing color quality. It has some small backlight bleed, but it isnt much and of course you arent going to get rid of it with out spending at least double. Dont buy something cheaper, wait a while and get this one!