6 reviews for GIGABYTE M28U, 28 Inch (71.12 Cm) 144Hz 4K 3840 X 2160 Pixels, LCD Gaming Monitor, Ss IPS Display, Freesync Premium Pro with Kvm Feature, 1Ms…
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siddharth –
This is an excellent monitor, being 4k 28” ppi is very high, one cannot see any pixels on screen.
Before this monitor I tried Benq EW3270U (~30k) and PD3200U (~60k) but both of them had issues EW one had very poor color reproduction, backlight bleedig and ips glow, I returned it and ordered PD3200U the panel was internally damaged when it was delivered moreover it was 60hz 100% sRGB and only these features for 60k in my view are not justified.
On the other hand M28U is 4k 144hz, playing games on this monitor is a very good experience, on color side it comes factory calibrated (120% sRGB) and has the best colors of all the monitors I have used in the past, monitor control features are nice and handy.
Being 4k and 28” is not a limitation for reading text for me, I am a software engineer so most of my time is spend on reading text which with high ppi helps very much here, I sit closer to the monitor that is also one of the reasons I don’t feel text to be too small, I use linux with no scaling, text rendering does not suffer at all in linux which was my concern before ordering 4k at 28”.
All in all this monitor is excellent and only product with these features in India, I would say go for it, I look at monitor screen for 8 hrs a day so it is a tool on which I would not compromise.
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Dhaisa –
Many units have a few dead/stuck pixels on arrival so be careful.
Monitor itself is simply fabulous.
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Somnath Banerjee –
Sound: Not so good at 3Wx2 not much to expect anyways. But it does basic purposes.
Experience with Macbook pro 14″ – Need an 8K 60Hz USB-C to DP 1.4 cable – 144Hz 4K works without any tweaks – HiDPI scaling options available – Could charge the laptop with 18W (maybe a cable fault, don’t know yet)
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Satya Prakash –
This is one of the best monitors I have ever used in a 28 inch form factor. The build is great and the the stand is sturdy. Works great with Mac using a thunderbolt 4 cable also supports powder delivery. But the unit that I received was damaged and this is out of stock as of now hence will be returning it. Overall it’s a good buy if you receive it in good condition.
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Somnath Banerjee –
Works well with my laptop as well as my android phone (Samsung S21 Ultra)
Only drawback till now is that there is no option to turn off USB C Power Deliver and it continually micro-charges the laptop as it has only 15w charging power. This type of charging is not good for laptops and there should be a setting to turn charging off. If I find the setting, I will amend the review.
Local Dimming and HDR is mostly useless and not expected to work useably at this price point.
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Amazon Customer –
My unit had a scratch on chin. People will start thinking about 1440p vs 4k. I say 1440p is trash for text intensive tasks. The text looks so sharp that I want to just look at my emails/code all day. If you can see retina displays are around 218ppi and this is having ~163ppi. So that is essential. I would say go for it. Kudos to Factory Calibration too.
siddharth –
This is an excellent monitor, being 4k 28” ppi is very high, one cannot see any pixels on screen.
Before this monitor I tried Benq EW3270U (~30k) and PD3200U (~60k) but both of them had issues EW one had very poor color reproduction, backlight bleedig and ips glow, I returned it and ordered PD3200U the panel was internally damaged when it was delivered moreover it was 60hz 100% sRGB and only these features for 60k in my view are not justified.
On the other hand M28U is 4k 144hz, playing games on this monitor is a very good experience, on color side it comes factory calibrated (120% sRGB) and has the best colors of all the monitors I have used in the past, monitor control features are nice and handy.
Being 4k and 28” is not a limitation for reading text for me, I am a software engineer so most of my time is spend on reading text which with high ppi helps very much here, I sit closer to the monitor that is also one of the reasons I don’t feel text to be too small, I use linux with no scaling, text rendering does not suffer at all in linux which was my concern before ordering 4k at 28”.
All in all this monitor is excellent and only product with these features in India, I would say go for it, I look at monitor screen for 8 hrs a day so it is a tool on which I would not compromise.
Dhaisa –
Many units have a few dead/stuck pixels on arrival so be careful.
Monitor itself is simply fabulous.
Somnath Banerjee –
Sound: Not so good at 3Wx2 not much to expect anyways. But it does basic purposes.
Experience with Macbook pro 14″
– Need an 8K 60Hz USB-C to DP 1.4 cable
– 144Hz 4K works without any tweaks
– HiDPI scaling options available
– Could charge the laptop with 18W (maybe a cable fault, don’t know yet)
Satya Prakash –
This is one of the best monitors I have ever used in a 28 inch form factor. The build is great and the the stand is sturdy. Works great with Mac using a thunderbolt 4 cable also supports powder delivery. But the unit that I received was damaged and this is out of stock as of now hence will be returning it. Overall it’s a good buy if you receive it in good condition.
Somnath Banerjee –
Works well with my laptop as well as my android phone (Samsung S21 Ultra)
Only drawback till now is that there is no option to turn off USB C Power Deliver and it continually micro-charges the laptop as it has only 15w charging power. This type of charging is not good for laptops and there should be a setting to turn charging off. If I find the setting, I will amend the review.
Local Dimming and HDR is mostly useless and not expected to work useably at this price point.
Amazon Customer –
My unit had a scratch on chin. People will start thinking about 1440p vs 4k. I say 1440p is trash for text intensive tasks. The text looks so sharp that I want to just look at my emails/code all day. If you can see retina displays are around 218ppi and this is having ~163ppi. So that is essential. I would say go for it. Kudos to Factory Calibration too.