AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD - cheapest OLED we've ever seen!

[@ytjimmysingh4820]

The panel analysis was fascinating - 1 nit is really good to see for old tech. The ABL was always a problem, as the screens can look patchy when you see sections brightning up

[@FrankLeCross-fo5kr]

Yeah they have updated some of the interface in this panel to help compensate. It’s clever

[@Everychillitsjustlife-cz8zz]

Great review, I remember these first gen OLED screens were thousands. time flies.

[@KitGuruTech]

They've certainly come down a lot!

[@KitGuruTech]

PLEASE REPORT SPAM ! ---- UPDATE: Since filming we have heard from AOC that the price will be at £499 for at least the next two months, and it's possible this will be new permanent price! We found it on Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C2C9693V?ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_CCDA0456G4EVT03F9QW0

[@napoficial7123]

Samsung pay people to comment..I had this monitor and it no good and so on. Tell Samsung not to spam 😂

[@barbusbogdan7]

Actually found it at Argos at some point for £450, then with voucher you could get it down to £413, crazy.... i didn't know if my finances would be ok to get it so i regret it now. I am looking to get it for black friday or Christmas. If it won't go down in price i will go for mai mag 271qpx qdoled

[@kendrickMartinez4238]

Really loved this review, very positive but covered all the problems these early panels have, I had one and loved it tbh. tech has moved on, but there are really no bad OLEDS

[@Hudson234]

I love kitguru and monitor/hardware unboxed for good accurate testing - some people dont use the right tools and give poor results, thanks !

[@KitGuruTech]

thank you!

[@Hudson234]

@@KitGuruTech Welcome!

[@WarrenHernandez5833]

I remember buying one of these at the time for 1,500. amazing to think they are now 1/3 the price in a few years, amazing

[@Edward001]

For gaming - OLED is the way to go, the other issues wont annoy most people tbh, but i appreciate the detail in key areas

[@Ernest3834]

Good review Dominic - love your monitor reviews, I bought an OLED already based on your testing months ago, thank you !

[@KitGuruTech]

Great to hear!

[@iskconpremi]

@@KitGuruTech ❤❤

[@fatebeats203]

technically its not going to break any records or win awards, but these W OLEDS were always decent for the day. solid cheap option

[@canarychrome7012]

Hey really cool idea - nice to see cheap tech on offer for deals

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad you like it! Got more reviews of more affordable monitors coming up

[@canarychrome7012]

Awesome thanks Dominic 👌🏻

[@mdqmusic9]

runs warm, but its not bad - looks like a decent screen for the price

[@Eleanora577]

Thanks for the great review, epic stuff!

[@Linusfikfaps-ez2qg]

the inherent capabilities of oled overrides the issues. At this price point a WOLED will be a fantastic first introduction for people who never had an oled. Fantastic pricing

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SarahBytesBack-s4e]

Love these reviews, not even in the market for a new monitor but the videos are entertaining!

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad you like them!

[@deepakchandra5648]

Uniform bright mode is a clever add on - I had one of these WOLED panels and that issue was always a concern for me - glad they added that on and it seems to work a bit

[@KitGuruTech]

Yup it's a must have feature for one of these panels!

[@DavidLeBon-qq9vr]

Great feature to add. Based on what I saw in the review it needed it

[@bobsmithson8592]

@@DavidLeBon-qq9vr They did fluctuate a lot - so I read, never owned one . so good to see them trying to address it with some new options.

[@geofftatesmate7748]

Yeah rewatched and saw that. Missed it first time

[@grayson8414]

Text fringing is obviously bad - thanks for highlighting that dominic, very good!

[@KitGuruTech]

Welcome!

[@johnerikson2443]

looked quite bad up close in the video review

[@grayson8414]

@@johnerikson2443

[@nightcorepeter]

OLED for the win - love the technology, still saving for one soon

[@ryanrichardson7285]

Great testing - thanks !

[@larwiemcdonnel5322]

Great tech. Nice to see it at this price even if it’s old gen oled.

[@KitGuruTech]

Agreed!

[@Nelson-gv1mc]

Excited about 2025/2026 and what OLED panels we will have for 500 price points - cant wait to look back and see how things develop from now to then

[@mattdrifts]

It's a year or two away not much will change

[@chrismyers6081]

I would buy it for gaming, seems its done well in Dominics tech - no lag even on an old screen like this

[@riccardo9280]

I wasnt too bothered, the text issues seem a bit poor, but the gaming aspects and getting pure black looks incredible to me. I am really interested in this

[@bobsmithson8592]

Good to see prices dropping - not a bad option for the money !

[@Bo2atps3]

This is the best video for a monitor breakdown that I have ever watched.

[@Necromancerbob-zp7us]

Thanks for the analysis. Always good to get technical background on what is good and reasons way it might not work for someone. That text issue is the biggest one for me. Hard to tell how it looks with me in front of it but zoomed in it looks hideous.

[@KitGuruTech]

Obviously zoomed in it’s more noticeable. But it’s still there. Everyone sees things differently.

[@lucasw4766]

3 year warranty burn in - thats pretty good, was surprised they would offer that, especially on a budget panel like this one

[@fredericknewman6338]

Wow, your calibration on the panel was amazing, turned it from something average to brilliant ! why dont they apply these out of the factory a bit better??

[@KitGuruTech]

A lot of it would depend what colour space you are using - if an OLED like this came calibrated to sRGB like the results I showed, it would look relatively desaturated compared to its native wide gamut

[@fredericknewman6338]

@@KitGuruTech Okay I undestood!

[@Nishude855]

Thanks Dominic and Kitguru, was a good watch, I dont think i would invest in an old WOLED panel today, id rather save up a few more hundred and get something a bit more modern

[@KitGuruTech]

Fair enough!

[@gaeljames6225]

it has a lot of selling points - not sure why people say this isnt good, its amazing for the price, if it dropped to 400 would be bargain of the year

[@Jimmmmm3h]

Just ordered mine for £470

[@YorkshireFlea]

​@@Jimmmmm3h How is it?

[@bishopDavis2115]

Did your test monitor get hot to the touch Dominic? I had one of these and returned it, it was really so hot after 1 hour of use in my room. I dont even live somewhere hot

[@prabh...jot...999]

I just bought a Corsair OLED - cost a fair bit more than this - but im very happy with the quality - huge step up from my previous TN panel I had for years

[@KitGuruTech]

Was it the 27QHD240? If so they both use they same panel - glad you're happy with it

[@fletcher3431]

These first gen LG OLED panels are not bad. I still have one in a bedroom I use from time to time - technology have moved on - I would try and wait a year for prices to drop on new tech

[@KitGuruTech]

fair enough

[@fletcher3431]

@@KitGuruTech

[@justrandomgamesandotherthings]

You should review KOORUI 27E8QK. It came out last year and has the same specs as LG 27GS

[@powermaster5004]

It’s a pretty great set of results for old tech. Shows how advanced and ahead of the time oled has been.

[@goshapi6067]

Interesting to see your test results Dominic, thanks - I think my friend actually bought this last week, so weird timing

[@rdx________suraj__302]

I am very happy with this panel, the tech might be a few years old but the image is still great. I cant say I even notice the fringing on the text - maybe it would be more obvious if I saw a new OLED

[@nicola8473]

Looks like a great gaming monitor - cant see this being beaten for 500 - HDR seems a bit hit and miss sadly

[@infinitypower-kl5yg]

Nice to see the return of the WOLED to the budget OLED market - nice to see they updated the OSD to offer some brightness stability options as well

[@KitGuruTech]

Yes indeed!

[@samshawn4887]

Learned a lot there, didnt even know anything about WOLED - LG seem to be right at the start of this technology, I thought Samsung started it all back in teh day

[@Andrew-ks7zj]

viewing angles of an OLED are amazing - if thats important to you, great if you run 3 at angles which I used to do a lot for work

[@marco1704]

If the HDR was better this would be a superb gaming monitor - the setup looks massively out based on the results

[@justindavis7600]

It’s a really good price. Looks like there is very little wrong with this screen for the price.

[@KitGuruTech]

It’s a good one for the money

[@Blake846]

There are a lot of issues with WOLEDs that people wont remember, and it hasnt really changed with this screen. For the money though its not too bad

[@JulianTurner2019]

I remember 27" OLED screens costing something like £1500.. crazy the way prices drop in tech 😂

[@SimonBennett-fw6zq]

Makes the price point all the more tempting 😁

[@hothardwareforthewin-he4fz]

Great analysis. So much work in this man. 😮

[@KitGuruTech]

Much appreciated!

[@pixelkid4]

sub 500 OLED - its starting - in another 2 years, the better stuff will filter down the list a lot

[@KitGuruTech]

Yes definitely

[@hairsprungdutchtechnique9626]

Hope so myself

[@BlaiseMiller14]

Does this unit have a fan inside it to keep it cool?

[@EricDavidson-cx7bz]

£499. Absolutely great for an oled. No one can argue that.

[@KitGuruTech]

Well you could always argue they could be cheaper right ? 😎

[@RegenDegen-jq3wm]

Love the rear of that monitor looks very unusual.

[@KnightRider-lq5yb]

It’s a clever business decision to offer this at the price. Great stepping stone for a lot of people. Buy this. Keep it for a few years. Then upgrade to a new oled 🍺

[@KitGuruTech]

That’s one way of doing it yes.

[@DilkhushSaini600]

Thanks Dominic, great review, I might see if I can get one of these on a further sale later in the year on black friday

[@KitGuruTech]

Thanks!

[@GeordiLaForgery]

Very tempting, great review Dominic.

[@KitGuruTech]

Thanks for watching!

[@allensmall5448]

sRGB color controls would be good as Dominic said

[@jamey89k83]

I get it why people would want glossy finish for movies and stuff, but for work on a desktop? some companies like Apple charge more for a matt finish

[@thetechdevil-jn1vo]

What a brilliant review Dominic. Thank you

[@KitGuruTech]

My pleasure!

[@sortingoutthebills-dy6td]

Really good value. You wonder though are they clearing old stock they have had for a long time and trying to make it look sexy when it’s just old tech. Oleds should be well under 500 already in my view

[@KitGuruTech]

Could well be doing that but it’s not a bad thing.

[@Darknightsandwetdays-lb9ko]

Super article. Nicely done Dominic

[@KitGuruTech]

Thanks

[@KianR]

just bought this for £450 as an upgrade for my Odyssey G5 (which has horrible ghosting) so hopefully its a worthwhile purchase 🤞

[@KitGuruTech]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@અનિલરાઠવા-દ6ય]

Those results surprised me - it did very well considering the age of these WOLEDs, didnt think they were even around to sell anymore

[@KitGuruTech]

1st monitor WOLED really isn't that old, the first 1440p models came out around 18 months ago

[@RehanskffGameer]

Good review thanks. was thinking about buying one of these a while ago, info is useful

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad I could help

[@DavidLeb-e6v]

That uniform brightness is a useful feature get annoyed with weird brightness fluctuations you get depending on window size.

[@geofftatesmate7748]

That rear is a bit messy looking, but I guess you dont look at it when its running - overall seems like not a bad purchase - especially for people who want their first OLED

[@huxley3775]

I love OLED - wouldnt go back. I never saw the older WOLED’s so this is the first ive heard about them tbh

[@Vonklieve]

OLED monitors now starting to head to sane pricing. Hopefully the days of £1000.00 plus OLED 27 inch (and 1440p) monitors are soon to be behind us.

[@KitGuruTech]

Agreed!

[@AloaVa-ew5qm]

Like that design aesthetic they have used throughout the monitor with that same recurring shape.

[@Simplyswish-xx6wr]

First gen oled. Seems quite good. If a little janky with osd and some features.

[@Daniel-zl9im]

I would not touch this screen now, it has a lot of problems. Mine failed and I never replaced it, fought to get my money back

[@JackCh91]

It’s £449 right now, I’m so tempted! Never had OLED as it’s always been a bit pricey…

[@arachnida-hr4sc]

Its a good screen, and while its an OLED< there are some great screens around the same price, or a little more like some QD OLEDs too for around 700-800 bucks

[@PMVault]

Been using this monitor for months with no real complaints, 240hz OLED at 1440p is very reasonable at its price fitting within the market segment quite well.

[@KitGuruTech]

Glad you are enjoying it!

[@shortshins]

I bought this monitor on amazon last week for £500 and i love it.

[@KitGuruTech]

Great to hear!

[@shortshins]

@KitGuruTech if you're after an oled for reasonable price this is fantastic value.

[@RainbowSunset-uq2hs]

It’s not just a rebadged old panel. They added things like uniform bright mode etc. people need to watch the review. Brill review Dominic

[@KitGuruTech]

Thank you

[@Accuaro]

Thanks for the review! Actually not that bad of a monitor solely due to the price, especially in AU/NZ :) One thing that annoys me about this monitor is that I can't have it run the pixel compensation/cleaning after 16 hours (or if the display is in standby/off). So it gets kinda annoying every 4 hours lol

[@KitGuruTech]

are you on the latest firmware? I didn't have that issue during my testing

[@fahadassiry224]

what do you think about the new one aoc qd oled AG276QZD2 same price in my country

[@sureshmurai7730]

The OSD is really naff - but its not a deal breaker - pretty good idea to sell this old tech to people who want a deal and get into the OLED market

[@jamest484]

Does anyone own one of these, are viewing webpages ok, or is the text hard to read - like does it shimmer ? I saw the close up in the video and it looks awful

[@danielwells1734]

This looks like it'd be quite a step up from my current TN panel (HP 27XQ, i think). I had an OLED TV for about 5 years. During that time, it never suffered from burn in, as i was very vigilant. I would hope that this panel is not particularly vulnerable to it IF one takes good care of it. 🙂

[@KitGuruTech]

It would be a huge upgrade over a TN for sure!

[@danielwells1734]

@@KitGuruTech then I will definitely consider it. The TN can do 1440p at up to 144hz.

[@guneshdhake]

OLED is great, nice to see some cheap options arriving for some people now

[@KitGuruTech]

Agreed!

[@Mikele-fs8vd]

Very in depth review thanks for this. Not sure what CCT is though?

[@KitGuruTech]

that's effectively average colour temperature, testing over a range from black to grey to white. 6500k is the standard, above is cool and below is warm

[@Praireboy-hg8ip]

It’s a good screen shame about the hdmi ports not being the latest standard but for this screen I guess it’s not critical

[@SantoshRathod-fk3ly]

Interesting to see how the panel suffers the more white is on screen - seems quite limited in some areas

[@M_K_302]

A fair review and covered a lot of scenarios - why is the text so bad - is that just the old tech?

[@KitGuruTech]

It's the nature of these WOLED panels, as they have a RWBG subpixel structure

[@CatherineMitchell-br8dx]

Cant believe the days of oled going for this cheap have arrived!!

[@christophermullins7163]

I have so many things id rather upgrade becore the monitor but thid price is getting better and better. Maybe in 5 years theyll start to become mainstream and be price just a bit over the ips counterparts. Oled is incredible there is no doubt.

[@jameskane6273]

Shame about the text fringing - that ruins it for me, everything else seems great

[@Sanjaralam-vb4pv]

It did well in the technical analysis section - was expecting it to be a disaster - not perfect, but id say acceptable by most people

[@KitGuruTech]

Very acceptable I'd say!

[@DarwinBrookes-ss6on]

looks ok - guess there are compromises with the pricing its at

[@Doxxii]

what are ur RGB calibrated settings?

[@Raul-id9gp]

Its annoying they are trying to fool us by using a poor mode to get the high nit rating to put on the box

[@Maxverstappenracing-dz3pt]

Hard to knock it for the price. Good to see prices dropping. Forgot all about WOLED panels. 😮

[@KitGuruTech]

👍🏻

[@amandagraphx4508]

OLEDs colour gamut is just amazing. Every time its almost 100% colour space.

[@KitGuruTech]

yeah pretty close, except for Rec.2020 but that's understandable!

[@taomahNEGEV]

AOC has done it right again.

[@KoolKarl-qq2pr]

Pixel shift etc doent work to prevent burn in. Any game which has the same info in the same area is going to burn the image into the screen eventually.

[@weston1701]

‘A little bit creaky’ - I think that sums the product up

[@allyeric6112]

Panel longevity overall is a bit of a worry still with OLED. Dont they dim over time?

[@KitGuruTech]

not necessarily, burn-in is probably the main concern but as shown in the vid, there are monitor features to mitigate this

[@Novasuper-jm5zy]

Does OSX have the same issue with the subpixel layout that windows has?

[@vladyslavkorenyak872]

Would you be so kind to share the calibration values to adjust our screens, from 09:44?

[@Wilfred4815]

Why are they putting in so many poor HDR modes - what a mess - just to say 1000 nits

[@Eralee-qb4qs]

That asymmetrical stand would drive me absolutely bonkers.

[@browntrousersforsafety-el2bo]

Me too 😂

[@billy9245]

Didnt know they had a heavy matt coating, surely thats good though for anti reflection? would be a bonus to me

[@KitGuruTech]

Yeah it is, it's very much personal preference but for OLEDs you don't get as perfect black levels with a matte finish

[@billy9245]

@@KitGuruTech Okay!