As much as deals excite me (I promise you), I’m pretty relieved that Amazon Prime Day is over for the year. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but notice that one of the most appealing deals of the event, which was a hefty discount on the already very affordable KTC H27T22C-3 1440p gaming monitor, has dropped even further today.
The short version: that KTC panel is currently going for AU$177.64on Amazon, down from AU$208.99. It’s much better than the AU$216.50 it was going for during Prime Day.
This, by the way, is our favourite budget 1440p monitor. It has a silky smooth 210Hz refresh rate, which is very good value in this price range. It has an IPS display, Freesync and G-sync compatibility, a 1 ms response time and 450 nits of peak brightness.
Honestly, it’s above and beyond what you should expect in this price range.
Do keep in mind that this model seems to have received a cut to its RRP between now and early July: it used to be AU$289.99 at full price on Amazon, now that’s dropped to AU$208.99.
In his review, Jeremy Laird praised this monitor’s “punchy IPS panel” and the 200Hz refresh rate, while criticising its “limited” HDR capability and tilt-only stand. It’s well worth reading the review if you want a fuller picture, but the H27T22C-3 is also a bit lacking when it comes to connectivity.
“The fear with a low cost monitor from a less familiar brand is that it might suffer from some or other really obvious flaw,” Laird wrote. “Maybe the calibration is a mess, the overdrive doesn’t work or the backlight is horribly dim. But none of that applies here. This isn’t a perfect display, but it is pretty nice by any reasonable metric. And in the context of the price, it’s pretty darn brilliant.”
If that’s not what you’re after, check out our list of the best gaming monitors.
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