The monitor has accurate colors and a sturdy build quality, and handles HDR gaming particularly well.
Disclaimer:This review was made possible by a review unit provided by Redmagic.
The company did not see the contents of the review before publishing.
You’ll find a chunky bottom bezel on the monitor, with Redmagic’s logo prominently highlighted.
Overall, the 4K Gaming Monitor is a stellar alternative to costlier OLED options.
The monitor is available in a single variant and has a 27-inch panel.
Redmagic is celebrating its fifth anniversary and isholding a live event on its siteto commemorate the occasion.
It may not be as flashy as other gaming monitors, but the 4K Gaming Monitor has a decent design and sturdy build.
There’s good tilt and swivel adjustment, and you might change the height as well.
And if you’re one to use a monitor arm, there’s a standard VESA mount.
Redmagic advertises ultra-thin bezels on its marketing materials, but that isn’t the case.
The base of the stand is made out of metal and is slightly angled.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
The bezels on the three sides are relatively thin, but you don’t quite get that all-screen effect.
And, of course, there’s a relatively chunky bottom bezel that houses the Redmagic logo.
Underneath the bottom bezel is the status LED.
It doesn’t take up too much room of your desk.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
Toggling up surfaces the available modes, and for some reason, I can’t understand.
Toggling down switches off the monitor.
This particular monitor has 1,152 full-array local dimming, leading to much better contrast levels than traditional LED monitors.
The stand has built-in cable management(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
Contrast levels are also good, with the monitor able to hit 980:1 at 50% brightness.
The monitor handles HDR particularly well, as long as you’re using it only for gaming.
But in titles with varying lighting effects, you’ll see a drastic difference with HDR enabled.
There’s an RGB light bar at the back, but it isn’t too vibrant.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
On that note, the monitor has G-Sync and FreeSync, and it goes up to 160Hz.
It’s $300 less than the Redmagic monitor.
As the name suggests, this is also a 27-inch monitor with a 1440p resolution.
It’s very easy to switch the monitor to a portrait orientation.
The UltraGear 27 OLEDretails for $997 on Amazon, which is still reasonable for an OLED monitor.
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The Mini-LED panel is the star of the show.
The RGB light bar at the back adds some character to the design.
It manages to deliver excellent contrast and brightness levels along with great viewing angles and color accuracy.
It is one of the best panels you’ll find in this category at the moment.
The bezels aren’t as thin as Redmagic would have you believe.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
The status LED sits in its own island, and it looks pretty good.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
The menu buttons are at the back, and they’re positioned in an awkward location.
Two HDMI 2.1 and a DisplayPort 1.4 means you get all the connectivity you need.
Getting to this menu isn’t easy, but the settings are at least laid out in a straightforward manner.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
You get to select custom crosshair for games.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
There are plenty of modes and picture settings to tweak.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
Color balance is great out of the box, and you get a good mix of modes.(Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Windows Central)
The 4K Gaming Monitor has much better picture quality than regular LED monitors, and that’s down to Mini-LED tech.
Gaming is an absolute joy on the monitor.
The monitor hits 100% of the sRGB color gamut, 96% of Adobe RGB, and 98% of DCI-P3.
