ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel: Difference between revisions
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There was no indication on any website or the packaging that this change happened. The product retained the exact same model number after the panel change, the only indication of the panel change is in the service menu. | There was no indication on any website or the packaging that this change happened. The product retained the exact same model number after the panel change, the only indication of the panel change is in the service menu. | ||
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 | 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 | 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 toms hardware review of the VG259QM with the old Qisda panel. | ||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||