AOC I2790PQU - 27 Inch FHD Monitor, 60Hz, 4ms, IPS, Speakers, Height Adjust, FlickerFree (1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz, 250cd/m², HDMI 1.4 x 1, DisplayPort 1.2 x 1, VGA, USB 3.0 x 4)

The design of this monitor is brilliant - the panel itself and the bezels (or lack thereof!) are all very high quality, and it looks beautiful. It slides up and down very well on the stand, feeling balanced and not jerky, and I enjoyed the way the rotating base was circular instead of the standard rectangle shape. The cable management slot was helpful, and the base itself looked like a much higher quality metal than the plastic it was actually made of.However, for a 27" screen, I think the 2k resolution is now too low, and it seemed like wasted screen real estate for the size due to the resolution not being higher. The quality of the panel seemed lower because at this resolution and at this size, the pixels are definitely visible if you look for them.Also, the controls on the back are absolutely appalling! Having to reach across the desk and fumble about behind the screen to change the brightness and turn the blue light filter on or off (a great feature, incidentally), using a little "joystick" sort of button, was just far too irritating. I have a Mac, and there are no Mac drivers to allow you to control the brightness and colour temperature through software. I wanted to adjust these things maybe 3 times per day to reflect the ambient light levels in the room and to use at night, and doing this through the terrible physical controls was a horrible experience. This was ultimately far too annoying to deal with, so I sent this monitor back, and went for a different QHD (2560 x 1440) screen instead.I'm impressed with AOC on the whole though, and I'll keep an eye on them in future when next in the market for a monitor (provided their usability issues improve!)

Great picture quality and a nice finish to the product all around. As mentioned in other reviews, the monitor can wobble if it is not placed on a secure base but since it is sitting on a firm desktop for me, this is not an issue.Having to install software to be able to control the monitor's settings feels a bit dated to me, since all of my monitors over the last decade have had on-board controls but at least the settings can be accessed from the monitor's control knob once the software is on your PC.