Gigabyte’s latest OLED gaming monitor looks like a dream, but living with it was more complicated
Gigabyte MO27U2: Two-Minute Review We’ve seen many glitzy gaming monitors over the past few years, so it’s almost refreshing to see a premium model that eschews all the in-your-face RGB lighting and pointy bits for a more sober option that better suits a mixed work-and-play environment. But is the Gigabyte MO27U2 actually worth buying? It’s a tandem QD-OLED screen with a multi-layer OLED structure that boosts brightness and efficiency, while Gigabyte’s OLED Care features help reduce burn-in risk. Its latest-gen sub-pixel technology fends off the spidery text that blighted predecessors, and this, plus the high resolution, high-pixel-density, reflection-reducing, glossy coating, means it’s also very good for work: multiple windows can be comfortably used at once and large spreadsheets can be more easily viewed. When it came to multimedia, the QD-OLED’s penchant for color vibrancy and contrast quick...