AOC U27V4EA 27″ 4K IPS Monitor Review

Performance

The first thing you’ll notice about this panel is that the picture is just awesome right out of the box! It may only be 27″, but that’s plenty for the majority of desktop users. Plus, at 4K, the pixel density is fantastic and gives you a LOT of fine detail that’ll really work great for gaming.

Albeit, at this resolution and panel size, I do recommend 150% scaling in Windows 10, as some elements may be a little small otherwise, but that’s no big deal as it’s easily resolved.

The panel does away with some of the more advanced features such as being curved, HDR, etc. However, it’s got the fundamentals right. It can deliver 350 nits of brightness, 83% of Adobe RGB, and 112% of sRGB. That’s not pro-monitor grade, but certainly pretty sweet for a work and gaming monitor, things are going to (and do) look great on this panel.

IPS means great colours and stability of the colours over a longer period of time. Plus, you get great viewing angles and black levels right out of the box too. The built-in profiles are easily switched too, but just setting the picture to warm1 will net great results for most users.

The 4ms response time isn’t eSports ready, but for kicking back playing some Elder Scrolls Online, and a bit of Forza Horizon, and a lot of Flight Simulator, I can’t say I had any issues really. Plus the 4K resolution and colour reproduction made all the games look stunning.

Just look at that view!

There are some built in speakers too, hardly enough for movie night, but for basic system noises and the occasional video on social media, they’ll get the job done.