Our Overall Score:
8.8/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the PC monitors category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £265
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Asus or alternative products in the PC monitors category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor
ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor scores 8.5/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with PC monitors. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for PC monitors, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any PC monitors? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor scores 9.5/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the PC monitors category was £4299.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £69.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the PC monitors category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the PC monitors category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the PC monitors category. This was £407.25 from the 174 products we found in that category. So ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor actually comes in below average at £265.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £4299.00 and the least expensive, which was £69.99. In total we found that of the 174, 83 were more expensive and 90 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor.
Prices of products from Asus
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Asus. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Asus, which was £524.30 of the 114 products we found. So ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Asus was £12.99 with the most expensive coming in at £4299.00.
Prices of products from Asus and in the PC monitors category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Asus that sit specifically within the PC monitors category.
For this we found that the average price was £609.49, making ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor at £265 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £4299.00 with the lowest priced item being £89.00. In total there were 17 items that were more expensive and 11 that was less expensive.
Reviews of ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor
ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor scores 8.5/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor is.
Overall score
ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor scores 8.8/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Asus so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor
- Brand: Asus
- Model Number: VG278Q
- Full HD 1920 x 1080pRefresh rate: 144 HzResponse time: 1 msInput: HDMI / DisplayPortBuilt-in speakers
- EAN: 4712900747171
- Description: Top features: – GameFast Input Technology improves reaction times, boosting your chance of winning – AMD FreeSync keeps your display smooth and tear-free – GamePlus hotkey offers handy in-game overlays to improve precision and more – Ultra-Low Blue Light enables extended play free from headaches and eyestrain GameFast Input Technology Get the upper-hand against friends and challengers, with the ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor. Whether it’s FIFA or a multiplayer shooter, milliseconds can often be the difference between victory and defeat. That’s why the ASUS VG275Q uses GameFast Input Technology, reducing the delay between pressing a button and its on-screen effect. With this crucial advantage you’ll be able to act quicker, shoot quicker and plan further ahead. Improve that K/D ratio with a little help from your screen. AMD FreeSync Choppy visuals and screen-tearing can ruin your immersive gaming experience, making it near-impossible to win. The ASUS VG278Q uses AMD FreeSync to solve this, so frame-by-frame transitions are never less than seamless. GamePlus Hotkey The ASUS VG278Q’s GamePlus hotkey is perfect for honing your gaming skills, and also lets you check up on the performance of your console or PC.Choose from a range of screen overlays including crosshair, ideal for first person shooters. Timer lets you see how much game time has elapsed, FPS counter shows how smoothly your game’s running, while Display Alignment makes it easy to build the perfect multi-screen setup.Ultra-Low Blue LightWhen you’re enjoying a marathon gaming session, your monitor’s blue light can sometimes cause headaches and eyestrain, forcing you to switch off. The ASUS VG278Q Full HD 27″ LED Gaming Monitor has Ultra-Low Blue Light Technology, offering you a choice of four different filter settings designed to improve every game and task. And with Flicker-Free Technology too, you’re able to play for however long you like without straining your eyes.
- Product ID: 21992669345
