Nereus
 
Update: I set the monitors up side-by-side and my old PB278Q had a much MUCH better picture - more vibrant, sharper, more depth.. no matter what I tried with the PG279Q settings I couldn't even get it close to the PB278Q. Then I watched a movie on the PG279Q which happened to be mostly darker night scenes, and noticed more BLB in small patches on the left side of the screen - it just looked like I was viewing a sub-standard cheap monitor, certainly not something worth $750, more like $100, if that.
 
Certainly makes me appreciate my PB278Q more lol! The only thing that was better with the PG279Q was playing BF1 - the higher 144Hz rate was a significant improvement, but overall the PG279Q was a fail.
 
Amazon are giving a full refund, plus covering all shipping costs including UPS pick up, which is awesome. I will have a look on Tuesday to see if there are any deals (Amazon Prime Day), but for now I may just stick with the PB278Q until QC and monitor manufacturing standards improve, or a better tech comes out.
 
Very disappointed.
 

redleader00
I have the PG279Q and I have no problem with it now and I'm very happy. Long story short, before I got my current unit I had to send back 4 previous units that had several kinds of problems including too much back light bleed, yellowish tone on all colors and faulty firmware.
So, if you buy a PG279Q (or the Acer version) online, or any place where you can't test what you buy before you bring it home, expect to replace it several times before you get a good sample you can keep.

Nereus

VasekBk
Hi guys... Just want to add some info to this topic...
Well Ive built a new rig, after being forced to live with Mac for 3yrs (it wasn't that much bad), well 1080ti and here it comes, 4K is pointless on the 27inch, so it should be 1440p with 144hz...
Went trough 6 predators - all had BLB (ips glow doesn't worry me as long as I sit in the center of the screen and don't see it), one had misaligned panel, one developed fuzzy text which kinda burned into the panel (same as old plasmas )... yeah weird. So currently Im on my 6th one and deciding if its a keeper... 
About the tn panel - I Don't know which panel uses PG278Q, but Ive had Dell s2716dg (144hz TN) and it had horrible banding, overwatch/sky in witcher and generally all darker scenes in games looked horrible... Ive did a little research and found out its something in the way of dithering via Nvidia card (basically Nvidia doesn't do dithering, thats why we are able to see a lot of banding on tn panels)...
Well my question is, Nereus, you didn't spot any banding issues in games? I spot it almost instantly...
And now Im just deciding if I should pay 100usd more to get PG279, or keep the predator... or try another predator... its kinda annoying...

 
I agree 4K is a bit much for 27", whereas 1440p with 144Hz seems to be the sweet spot, at least for now, particularly for text.
 
The PG279Q and the Acer Predator use the same panel supplier apparently, so you're likely to continue playing the panel lottery whichever one you try, unfortunately, but maybe you'll get lucky. I suspect it's got to the stage now where some retailers are spending a lot of the time just cycling out returned monitors as new in the hope someone accepts them as is. Having to repeatedly return $799 monitors for poor quality control is simply not acceptable, but I expect this will continue until new tech comes out or ASUS and Acer get a new supplier - more likely new tech will come first though, imho.
 
The PG278Q and Dell S2716DG are almost identical in specs, although I'm unsure if the panels come from the same supplier. I believe with the Dell S2716DG the issues depend on the revision number, which can be found at the end of the serial number.. there were banding and other issues with revisions -A01 and -A02, but apparently that was improved in revision -A03 and much improved in revision -A04, although there's always going to be exceptions. I almost purchased a BNIB Dell from EBay but then the PG278Q turned up on EVGA marketplace so I scored that instead (I am very wary of anything through EBay btw). Banding does not appear to be an issue with this PG278Q at all, in games (Battlefield 1 mostly) I haven't notice any banding whatsoever, and if you have a look at this gradient (banding) test [], the transition is smooth when viewed on my PG278Q. A bit of fiddling with the inbuilt Windows gamma display calibration may help with banding (under control panel > color management > advanced tab > calibrate display) so try that.
 
I'm not the bearer of good news for you re Predator vs PG279Q panels, sorry.
 

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Nereus
 
Ouch, no my PG278Q has nothing even remotely like that banding you have in IMG_0127.JPG, wow that's pretty bad...
 
The BLB on your Predator isn't anywhere near as bad as PG279Q screens I had [], but yeah it always seems to be the lower right hand corner that is the worst in most cases I've seen. I tried to watch a movie that was mostly night scenes on my 2nd return and it just sucked.. no way was the monitor worth the price when it looked like that, although it was ok gaming. I've certainly seen much worse than yours, but in my mind for $799 (or $920 for you) I would be very hesitant to accept it even at that level. I gave up in the end and went for the TN instead. Having said that, I have a PB278Q which is pretty much perfect with no BLB, no dead pixels, and no noticeable IPS glow.. if only that monitor was 144Hz and not 60Hz!
 
 
 

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Nereus
Ouch, no my PG278Q has nothing even remotely like that banding you have in IMG_0127.JPG, wow that's pretty bad...
 
The BLB on your Predator isn't anywhere near as bad as PG279Q screens I had [], but yeah it always seems to be the lower right hand corner that is the worst in most cases I've seen. I tried to watch a movie that was mostly night scenes on my 2nd return and it just sucked.. no way was the monitor worth the price when it looked like that, although it was ok gaming. I've certainly seen much worse than yours, but in my mind for $799 (or $920 for you) I would be very hesitant to accept it even at that level. I gave up in the end and went for the TN instead. Having said that, I have a PB278Q which is pretty much perfect with no BLB, no dead pixels, and no noticeable IPS glow.. if only that monitor was 144Hz and not 60Hz!

Well to be honest, idk... in darker games, its pretty disturbing, especially at nights (and I play a lot at night even when Im 24yrs old :D)...
Anyway I see you have 980ti in your rig, maybe I will give the 278qr a try... btw did u try some darker games where you could see some banding ? Overwatch is kinda sensitive to banding issues... Im including pic how Dell looked in Bioshock (banding again)

specialwrks
The Panel in my ASUS PG279Q seems to be flawless, no BLB and performing great 11 months in, and it came with a 4 year warranty as well (but I'm based in Asia)
prices have dropped recently here in HK as well
here's a piece put out by ASUS  confirming their QC stepping up in the US.
written by former-TechReporter Geoff Gasior

PietroBR
Saw this topic for the first time now.
And here I am, wishing to import one of those Monitors (Asus/Acer) to Brazil.
Don't know what to do now, since QC is just that bad for both companies.

Nereus

fergusonll

PietroBR
Saw this topic for the first time now.
And here I am, wishing to import one of those Monitors (Asus/Acer) to Brazil.
Don't know what to do now, since QC is just that bad for both companies.

I got my PG279Q from BestBuy and as such would've been a 2 mile drive to return if I had to, not sure I would've attempted to get a good one having to import one.

Same. When it is not unusual to have to return some of these monitors 3 times before getting a decent one, the costs of shipping from Brazil to USA (or wherever) probably wouldn't be worth the risk. Is there a Brazil version of EBay - maybe try to pick a used one up locally? I ended up buying a used one from another EVGA forum member, and I've had no problems with it at all, so maybe check the EVGA marketplace too.
 

EVGATech_AlanT
Coworker said he had good luck with a used IPS from bhphoto so I took a shot on a PG279Q with a 8+ bhphoto rating... perfect condition except the beat up box, slight BLB on the left side, no biggie...dealbreaker was the coil whine! No idea monitors could coil whine in this day and age...I mainly game with headphones so I considered keeping it, but I watched a movie and couldn’t do it. Going to do a “cross-ship” with bhphoto, which just consists of buying another used (better rating this time) and Return RMAing the first one.... faintly considered the Acer but I’ve had a bad history with those types of menu buttons.