ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel: Difference between revisions
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The user-reported inferior performance of the new panel, the lack of any indication of a change (except service menu), combined with the glowing reviews of the original monitor, has led some people to make the unsubstantiated claim that it's possible that ASUS may have kept the exact same model number to intentionally deceive consumers who read reviews and discourage reviews of the new panel. However there is no direct evidence that ASUS deliberately intended to deceive the consumer or review sites. | The user-reported inferior performance of the new panel, the lack of any indication of a change (except service menu), combined with the glowing reviews of the original monitor, has led some people to make the unsubstantiated claim that it's possible that ASUS may have kept the exact same model number to intentionally deceive consumers who read reviews and discourage reviews of the new panel. However there is no direct evidence that ASUS deliberately intended to deceive the consumer or review sites. | ||
The same model number also meant that while no one seems to have actually measured the performance of the AUO panel version, TechSpot made the monitor [https://www.techspot.com/products/monitors/asus-vg259qm.217665/ " | The same model number also meant that while no one seems to have actually measured the performance of the AUO panel version, TechSpot made the monitor [https://www.techspot.com/products/monitors/asus-vg259qm.217665/ "Best of 2022"], directly referencing the 2020 Tom's Hardware review of the VG259QM with the old Qisda panel. | ||
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