When comparing ViewSonic XG2701 vs ASUS PB278Q, the Slant community recommends ASUS PB278Q for most people. In the question“What are the best monitors?” ASUS PB278Q is ranked 58th while ViewSonic XG2701 is ranked 203rd. The most important reason people chose ASUS PB278Q is:
Headphone jack and microphone port available.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Highly responsive
The ViewSonic XG2701 is an excellent option for the fans of action gaming thanks to its high responsiveness. It offers high native refresh rate, low input lag, and fast full pixel response time which allows the XG2701 to perform on par with the most responsive gaming monitors available on the market.
Pro Audio I/O
Headphone jack and microphone port available.
Pro QuickFit Virtual Scale
PB278Q has the ASUS exclusive QuickFit Virtual Scale that allows for previewing documents as they would appear when printed.
Pro Sharp, color rich screen
ASUS PB278Q is among the first non-Samsung monitors to use PLS. PLS (plane-to-line) is a Samsung-developed update on IPS. It has a 5ms (grey-to-grey) response time, 16.7 million colors, 1000:1 contrast ratio and is LED-backlit.
Pro DVI, DisplayPort, VGA, HDMI connections
DVI is dual-link with HDCP.
Pro Lightweight
ASUS PB278Q weighs about 8kg. Because of this it is easier to find VESA mounts.
Cons
Con Doesn't look good in a dark room
When placed in a dark room the ViewSonic XG2701 fails to reproduce deep and inky blacks. Its blacks look washed out because of the low-quality TN panel the monitor has.
Con No USB ports
There are no USB ports.
Con Poor stand
Although the footstand is wide it's rather flimsy.